bigdrew

Wrong time of year I know, but not long had my bike / passed and the weather looks decent Friday evening / all day Saturday so I am keen to get out and use some fuel. I'll be taking it fairly steady as I am still pretty new to everything! I am based in Derby so Staffs or Derbyshire suits me.

Yup. They are on the list!

Thanks for the replies all. Yeah I know how lucky I am. The good news it it is well on its way to being repaired. Stator case/cover fitted today, new oil + filter and it started first time and the stator seems to be working fine as the battery is charging at about 14.9V. Handlebars with all controls and indicators ordered this evening, just a mirror to find. Its been much less costly than I thought luckily. Stator cover :£21 Stator gasket: £7 (Crazy money for what it is!) Handlebar with controls:£30 Indicators front and rear: £10 Not looked for fairing replacements and probably wont do for some time, they are scratched but still intact. I will plastic weld up the couple of cracks. Might even spray them over winter rather than replace. I will see how I feel!

Just a touch. It happened pretty quickly I was riding then watching sparks fly off the bike as I slid along the floor. . In a nsl overtaking a couple of cars doing about 45, I dropped back in as van was coming the other way. I think I must have been braking as I passed over a cats eye and the front wheel skidded out. The annoying thing is I had more than enough time to get past the next and last car in the line. The van driver was a great chap and gave me and the bike a lift home. Didn't half feel a nob coming off in front of the cars I had just gone past. Especially as it is about a 1 mile straight bit of road.

As for me bit of ligament damage to my thumb. I am pretty lucky really, it could have easily been a lot worse. Glad I had decent kit on. I did still manage to go through my Alpinestar GP gloves.

I'll let you know how I get on! Forgot the add, I spent a while looking for a tidy steel framed cbr600f and this was the one. Owned, by me for a total of 6 hours.

Having not long passed my test and picked a bike up I have come off it:( . It hit the ground pretty hard and took a slide down the road on its left hand side but didn't hit anything. Damage consists of snapped left handle bar, bent gear leaver (but still selects all gears) scratched fairings, and a massive hole in the stator cover. My plan was to get a new cover on there get new oil in and see if it starts. If it does I'll start fixing the rest of it up. Has anyone damaged a stator cover that much? What are the chances that bits of metal have made there was into the engine. I've taken the cover off and it looks pretty clean in there. Pictures here: http://imageshack.us/a/img856/6364/p1030753l.th.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img802/5407/p1030755e.th.jpg

If you are booking it yourself keep checking back, you should get a cancellation with in a week or two but be prepared to do it at few days notice. Check the other test centers around you as well, not just the nearest one. If its your instructor that is fully booked up and can't take you, then there isn't much you can do other than wait, or get someone else to take you - which would probably mean a different bike.