Track Day damage!!!

[NIN]

I had an incident during my track days this weekend and am not sure what i've done. I ran off into the grass to avoid a downed bike at about 80, lost control and the bike slammed down on the left side. Besides cracked front fairing and signal damage, my triple clamp and bars are now slanted to the left when the front tire is centered!?! The bike handled fine after this, lapping around Heartland park @ 130 after the incident, which is even more confusing. I can see no fractures or stressing. Any guesses?

 

[lonesoldier84]

My guess is that your triple clamp and bars are now slanted to the left and you have a cracked fairing and signal damage.

 

[lonesoldier84]

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[Nelly]

I had an incident during my track days this weekend and am not sure what i've done. I ran off into the grass to avoid a downed bike at about 80, lost control and the bike slammed down on the left side. Besides cracked front fairing and signal damage, my triple clamp and bars are now slanted to the left when the front tire is centered!?! The bike handled fine after this, lapping around Heartland park @ 130 after the incident, which is even more confusing. I can see no fractures or stressing. Any guesses?

Your forks have twisted in the yokes (triple clamp).
Undo the yokes slightly and whilst holding the front brake bounce up and down so the forks compress. This moment causes the forks to re-align in the clamps.
I have done this a few times in the past. Its also likely that you have bent your bars. You need to check this after the forks are re-aligned.

nelly

 

[chaskell27]

Let my preface my answer by saying that I mean no offense.



There is no way in Hell I would be riding my bike at speed (let alone lapping at 130) with bent fork legs :spank:. That sounds like your problem by the way. It sounds like they are either bent or twisted. Do yourself a favor and don't ride the thing until you get it checked out. If the forks are twisted in the triple tree you will need to loosen the bolts on the tree as well as anything else that may be connected to the forks and realign them. You need to check thoroughly for anything that is bent i.e. forks, triple tree, handlebars, etc.

 

[Evitzee]

What ^ said .... +1 Get it checked out before you do any more riding.