Bikes been bopped over.

[Sable]

Mirrors cracked. Will be purchasing 4th set of mirrors tomorrow. >.<

Heard my alarm going off, came out to see bike on its side, saw rear lights disappearing up the road, too far to see who / what car it was. Minor damage, mirrors cracked (again), front left indicator, bar ends scuffed, annoyingly, rear lights not working. Could happily whip mirror off and use hand signals for turning, but rear lights a pain. If I am riding in daylight is there any issues with the police riding without a tail light? Bit hard to commute without motorbike after having push bike stolen.

[Eddie Hitler]

I wouldn't ride without a tailight. It could crop up a mass of issues if you have a crash - police/insurance.

[cromwell]

That sucks mate, is there any where else you can store it, maybe on the pavement ? If it keeps happening its got to be one of your neighbours that can't park properly.
As for the tail light and the old bill, they may pull you but if you explain the situation they should be alright. Unless its a tail light and brake light together then they could give you a £60 ticket I believe.
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Current - Suzuki Bandit 600
Ex's - Yamaha YBR 125

[Sable]

Arseytits. Thought it might be a fine or something. Yes its brake light as well.

[fox]

Do you mean brake light, or tail light? If its during the day and its just your tail light, then I can't see there being a problem with police etc. On the other hand, if its a brake light, get that fixed before you ride it fella. wouldn't want some bint rear ending you because they didn't see it come on.

Are you parked on a busy street?
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Sold: 2003 satin black Yamaha R6
Current rides: 2006 blue Triumph Sprint ST 1050, 2003 Yamaha WR450F

[Sable]

Parked in a car park with no lights in the area. Theft hot spot for motorbikes. My bikes chained and alarmed with internal alarm and a disc lock alarm and thick Oxford chain.

[Wonko The Sane]

[Copycat73]

have you tried replacing the bulb ?
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[UnspeedySam]

Sorry to hear this Some people just don't know how to drive! Even then if I'd damaged someone else'a property I'd at least leave a note!

If it is just the holder I'll bet it will be bodgable with some bits of wire and cable ties. If the bulb filament has broken you can usually see.
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Riding: BMW R1150RT `02 bought mildly crashed
Fixing: Also the BMW as I get less broken bits
Gone: ZZR600 '00, TRX850 '97, RXS100 '93, JS125-6B '07, BMW R1100RS '93, Kawasaki ZX-6R-J2 '01, Honda Bros NT400 NC25 '88

[Copycat73]

[Sable]

Got home, pulled the light apart, and theres some little metal bits in there that had come lose. Some of the plastic bits holding the inside bit had broken. Well no problem! Bit of black tape and everythings working fine! Read light and brake light! Booyah! I am a mechanic now right?

Well then I got ROBBED!

I shot around the block to grab a bag of chips. When I was at the shop, I came out to find someone trying to steal my rear light! BASTARD! I shouted at him and took chase! Called the police while running and they sent a police car! With the help of a helicopter we tracked him down as he jumped on a Daelim (which is a korean bike), where I dragged him to the floor and kicked the crap out of him! Full throat punch and everything! Took me an hour to walk back to the bike, and when i got there, I found out the thieving bastard had managed to get away with the red lens bit across the back of my rear light! Son of a BITCH! Ima gonna kill that fucker at court!

I certainly did not forget to tighten the screws holding the lens on and lose it around the block..... Nope... I am a mechanic now! Clearly!

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[Luke]

[hellkat]

Just as a matter of form, check your handlebars for damage.

My GPZ got similarly knocked over by some plonker who clearly couldn't reverse without hitting a bus, and the right handlebar had suffered a small sheer-stress injury (I think that's what its called).

So being the little bugger (aka idiotic fool) that I am, of course I kept riding it.

About a week later, I lost the entire right handlebar, it just came away in my hand with the braking gear and everything still attached

Fortunately I was only going 5mph at the time and was only half a block from home ... but it could have been very dodgy indeed.
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[Sable]

[Copycat73]

[Sable]

Must have made the journey to London to steal my rear light lens. Thats what happened. Tellin the truth. Honest guv'!

[angryjonny]