The crash or Chris' eulogy?

glad yur ok.

but ..... sad to see, like Gas said, the highest mileage sportbike i know of go down with a lot more left in her.

Sorry to see your mishap, and I can totally understand the sentimental attachment. I was sorry to see my old F3 (with a mere 35k) become a 'total' unexpectedly after my brother wrecked it for me and then some douche helped himself to the bodywork while it was sitting @ the dealer getting an estimate. But that led me directly to my trusty old VFR, which has been my favorite bike for the past decade. Like others said - bikes can be replaced, but you can't & it's great that the bike paid the price instead of your carcass! :)

Good luck bike-hunting. One GREAT place to keep an eye on is the ADVRider.com flea-market. Not lots of sportbikes show up on there, but some, and very often they are smokin' deals! :dthumb:

it sucks to hear that man. I know you were really attached to that bike like a family member. I wish you could have reached both of your major goals man. maybe your next bike will reach those goals and then some.

So sorry to hear about that!

But glad to hear you're ok.

Jared, Was92v on this forum is selling his F4I you can check with him if interested.

outta try writing honda. they might cut you a deal on a new one. never know. no one rides em like that

:lol: I meant the crash, but I see your point.

Glad you are okay.

Well... just a lil update on this

Insurance company came out this past Thursday and looked at the bike, they said it would prob be a few days and I'd be getting a call from the claims office. So hopefully I hear something from them this week, and can get a check and really get going with the rebuild.

I finally got the flywheel off today... I was hoping for the best, but was sadly disappointed. Crankshaft is indeed bent pretty good at the end... enough that I not only can easily see it's bent just by looking at it, but it's also still keeping the engine from turning. I've got a buddy who's boss does machine work, and said he should be able to straighten out the crank without any probs, so hopefully he's right! If not, then I guess another crankshaft is the next plan. Also gonna see just how bad the damage is when I split the cases open. If the inside of the case is pretty tore up, I may end up looking for a good used engine. We'll see though....