SMAAASH! How do I fix this then?

britboy4321 · 5 Nov 2010 at 15:18

Hi Guys,

After a nice little side-ways slide (yehaa what fun

).. there are a few horrid scratches on my bike. I know nothing about bikes so, although it just looks like I need to buy a few plastic covers to fix that majority of it?? , I don't know what to replace.

Firstly the damage on the right side of the bike:

Here are the two massive bits of damage:

Its them two I think I have the best chance of easily fixing from replacing the bust 'cover' but don't know what they're called so don't know what to google for(???) Although the below is also bust ..

So -- could anyone tell me, at the moment I don't know whether to google for a 'triumph oil bracket', a 'triumph wiggledyjig' or something else, in order to get the things I need to replace .. does anyone know the name of the things that are scratched please

Much help -- greatly appreciated etc ..

ShakenNstirred · 5 Nov 2010 at 15:54

the big one on the left is the clutch cover and the small one is a cranckcase cover

growse · 5 Nov 2010 at 15:59

Yup, crankcase and clutch covers it looks like. You might get away with doing the clutch yourself (is it a dry or wet clutch?) but the crankcase will at the minimum need the oil draining from the engine, + a bit more. If you don't know what they're called, it's a dealer/garage job.

Dogbreath · 5 Nov 2010 at 17:34

That's the kind of damage that insurers write off reasonably new bikes for as genuine replacement parts will not be cheap - and the frame has been damaged slightly as well.

Looks like clutch cover, generator cover and (I think) water pump cover? If they are not leaking (i.e. worn through) it's possible to fix them by filling the gouges with a suitable epoxy, sanding back and refinishing with a matching paint.

PieEater · 5 Nov 2010 at 17:42

Dogbreath said:
it's possible to fix them by filling the gouges with a suitable epoxy, sanding back and refinishing with a matching paint.

That's going to be your only sensible option if you're not going through insurance. How did it happen? If you can prove something on the road caused you to slip you may have a slim chance of compensation if you can prove anyone was negligable.