GF and NT700VA in rehab...

Alright, slow day at the office (first workday after the holidays), so I went into a shopping spree on eBay... 😎

I've to start at some point anyway, and I can receive parcels at my workplace...

A dozen items so far, will see how much more damage I'll unearth upon disassembling of the NT... 🤔
 
Alright, first 'work day' on the NT...

GF volunteered* to remove damaged front stuff, fairing, headlight, instruments, etc...
(* good plan, a little 'strafing' for wrecking it... 😉 plus a good physical exercise as well...)

She the grabbed the shop vac to remove the dried tufts of grass, soil and pebbles picked up while sliding through the landscape...
She also swapped the 'innards' of the RH upper fairing onto the replacement I'd obtained used at eBay...
Meanwhile I plastic-welded and epoxy-ed a number of cracks in the belly-pan/engine spoiler...

Frame head is intact, no cracks in the paint... phew...
The only deformed thing I found was the lower prong for the cowl-stay; a steel rod and a few sharp strikes with a hammer corrected that...
A replacement cowl-stay is already waiting in a box; originating from UK it shows the obligatory corrosion, hence requiring some wire-wheel, sanding, de-greasing, etching primer and a nice new glossy black coat prior installation...

Replaced the RH engine protector, both bolts were bend, found replacements in my 'treasure chest'...

Found the thermostat housing seeping (a few red crystals forming around the casing joint), gonna replace that rubber ring in there too as long as the bike is undressed...
 
More progress today...

installed the replacement cowl stay frame...
fixed the transport damage on the headlight (two lugs got smacked off in the box) and installed it...
swapped the instruments into the replacement casing; cleaned the new glass, etc...
tested all, headlight OK, instrument cluster fully operational...
 
Well, that thermostat gasket was obviously overdue...
already showed cracks, hardened, crumbled into pieces upon removal... 😲
Good that I caught that in time... 🤔

Glass fiber pen and Dr.Emel brass brushes for cleaning the sealing surfaces...
Also smoothed the cast marks on the pipe stubs with a file and abrasive fleece...
New gasket with a slight smear of silicone grease, all seems perfect now...

Managed to re-assembly more on the front end, adjusting mechanism, garnish plate and windscreen...
Left fairing and belly pan are also back on (RHS still waiting for the replacement turnsignal...)
 
And we have a runner... :cool:

Tacked all together today... something new, something blue, something borrowed... 😉
Installed the small pannier lids for now, till the RHS comes back from the car body shop...

Took it for a spin around the block, all feels and sounds grade A OK, took the hands off the bar, straight like on rails... good...

Even ze GF took it for a bit... about 15 feet back into the shed ;)
Getting her leg over the seat still causing some discomfort in the mended right hip, and the she fears not having enough leg-strength while stationary...
Well, a little more workout will cure that too in the foreseeable future...
 
ST1100Y said:
And we have a runner... :cool:

Tacked all together today... something new, something blue, something borrowed... 😉
Installed the small pannier lids for now, till the RHS comes back from the car body shop...

Took it for a spin around the block, all feels and sounds grade A OK, took the hands off the bar, straight like on rails... good...

Even ze GF took it for a bit... about 15 feet back into the shed ;)
Getting her leg over the seat still causing some discomfort in the mended right hip, and the she fears not having enough leg-strength while stationary...
Well, a little more workout will cure that too in the foreseeable future...
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Thanks for the update. Hopefully, exercise and PT and time will heal your GF 100 percent.

As for us older people, when I was about 50, I blew out 2 discs in my back. The neurosurgeon said people at the 5 year point, whether they have surgery or PT, they usually end up about the same place. I elected to do the PT and after 5 years I was in pretty good shape...I still had to wear suspenders to keep the belt pressure off my back but unless I did something stupid, I was about pain free. If I did something stupid, my back let me know for about 2 weeks. Then I learned that taking muscle relaxants NOW and taking a nap shortened that considerably. At the 6-8 year point, the suspender use was intermittant. At 20 year point, I didnt need them.

Just curious. Do the roads in Austria have safety lane shoulders? Gravel shoulders? Roads in Japan have hardly any shoulders at all, if any. You wouldnt want to go off the road there.
My Subaru beeps at me if I get too close to the shoulder...my bikes dont.
One of the Japanese rider ladies I follow went off a dirt road at night and broke both wrists 70 weeks ago....its been a long process to get her right wrist working. Best wishes for a full recovery.
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Coyote Chris said:
Thanks for the update. Hopefully, exercise and PT and time will heal your GF 100 percent.

As for us older people, when I was about 50, I blew out 2 discs in my back. The neurosurgeon said people at the 5 year point, whether they have surgery or PT, they usually end up about the same place. I elected to do the PT and after 5 years I was in pretty good shape...I still had to wear suspenders to keep the belt pressure off my back but unless I did something stupid, I was about pain free. If I did something stupid, my back let me know for about 2 weeks. Then I learned that taking muscle relaxants NOW and taking a nap shortened that considerably. At the 6-8 year point, the suspender use was intermittant. At 20 year point, I didnt need them.

Just curious. Do the roads in Austria have safety lane shoulders? Gravel shoulders? Roads in Japan have hardly any shoulders at all, if any. You wouldnt want to go off the road there.
My Subaru beeps at me if I get too close to the shoulder...my bikes dont.
One of the Japanese rider ladies I follow went off a dirt road at night and broke both wrists 70 weeks ago....its been a long process to get her right wrist working. Best wishes for a full recovery.
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I can relate a little, managed a compression fracture on my L1 (and dinged my prev '92 ST1100 quite good in the process...)...

No hard shoulders over here except the emergency lane on motorways...

On rural roads you've a solid white guidance line, then aprox 5" tarmac left, next is a gravel strip about 1ft wide, and then grass, arable or woodland...

On the strip ze GF managed to get off was a 6ft wide strip of grass adjacent to the road, then a blacktopped bicycle lane and more grass beyond that...
 
The better two lane roads in the US have some sort of paved safety strip, although many quickly turn into gravel. In either case, you dont want to spend too much time on them as you will get hit by drivers with target fixation.
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upon her explicit request we re-visited ze GF's crash site yesterday...
a little 'NTSB investigation'... I even discovered the broken off front brake lever and a shard of the turn signal lens...

ze GF took it well, still trying to figure out the cause and possible process leading to it...

observing a rider passing a car, heading east to west just as she/we did, I grew a pretty good idea, while she still only has a vague memory of it...
like the rock formations, the trees, me on the ST about 600ft ahead... grass... BAM!...

At least she's coping with it...

While rummaging & preparing the riding gear she informed me that her bag-liners start to deteriorate...
My RKA lines for the ST1100 held up for decades... products made these days last like 2~3 seasons at max...

However, found a good spring coupon deal at MOTEA, hope they'll hold up better as the previous set from eBay...

www.motea.com

Pannier Liner Inner bag compatible with Honda Deauville NT 700 V 06-16 Bagtecs HB2

Bagtecs inner liner bag for original manufacturer panniers (OEM) Adapted exactly to the panniers, make optimal use of the suitcase volume Easily take your luggage with you with one movement Resistant nylon material, water-repellent Handle and shoulder strap for easy handling and...
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ST1100Y said:
upon her explicit request we re-visited ze GF's crash site yesterday...
a little 'NTSB investigation'... I even discovered the broken off front brake lever and a shard of the turn signal lens...

ze GF took it well, still trying to figure out the cause and possible process leading to it...

observing a rider passing a car, heading east to west just as she/we did, I grew a pretty good idea, while she still only has a vague memory of it...
like the rock formations, the trees, me on the ST about 600ft ahead... grass... BAM!...

At least she's coping with it...

While rummaging & preparing the riding gear she informed me that her bag-liners start to deteriorate...
My RKA lines for the ST1100 held up for decades... products made these days last like 2~3 seasons at max...

However, found a good spring coupon deal at MOTEA, hope they'll hold up better as the previous set from eBay...

www.motea.com

Pannier Liner Inner bag compatible with Honda Deauville NT 700 V 06-16 Bagtecs HB2

Bagtecs inner liner bag for original manufacturer panniers (OEM) Adapted exactly to the panniers, make optimal use of the suitcase volume Easily take your luggage with you with one movement Resistant nylon material, water-repellent Handle and shoulder strap for easy handling and...
www.motea.com www.motea.com
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Years ago here in the US when I rode a NT700, I discovered that the common student backpack was the perfect shape and thickness to fit the normal size NT700 saddle bags, these can found almost anywhere for 10$ to15$.
 
coaster said:
Years ago here in the US when I rode a NT700, I discovered that the common student backpack was the perfect shape and thickness to fit the normal size NT700 saddle bags, these can found almost anywhere for 10$ to15$.
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I like haunting the used clotheing stores like GoodWill for items that are useful....
 
ST1100Y said:
upon her explicit request we re-visited ze GF's crash site yesterday...
a little 'NTSB investigation'... I even discovered the broken off front brake lever and a shard of the turn signal lens...

ze GF took it well, still trying to figure out the cause and possible process leading to it...

observing a rider passing a car, heading east to west just as she/we did, I grew a pretty good idea, while she still only has a vague memory of it...
like the rock formations, the trees, me on the ST about 600ft ahead... grass... BAM!...

At least she's coping with it...

While rummaging & preparing the riding gear she informed me that her bag-liners start to deteriorate...
My RKA lines for the ST1100 held up for decades... products made these days last like 2~3 seasons at max...

However, found a good spring coupon deal at MOTEA, hope they'll hold up better as the previous set from eBay...

www.motea.com

Pannier Liner Inner bag compatible with Honda Deauville NT 700 V 06-16 Bagtecs HB2

Bagtecs inner liner bag for original manufacturer panniers (OEM) Adapted exactly to the panniers, make optimal use of the suitcase volume Easily take your luggage with you with one movement Resistant nylon material, water-repellent Handle and shoulder strap for easy handling and...
www.motea.com www.motea.com
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I wonder if at this late date in my life if I should bother with a helmet cam so that if something "awkward" happens, I can at least figure it out.
 
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