Binned Bandit - Repair advise

[rehmh05]

Hi BCF community,

I just binned my bandit -

Coming out of junction, outside of tires not used much(or is this a problem metzeler tourance tires ? or maybe the 38 psi pressure is too much in this weather?

The tires were warmed by this time. and just slipped from under me. (acceleration was not too high /low) luckily got away with just a bruise on knee and no other injuries.

Apart from that it bled holy WD40. I managed to ride home - about 5 miles (dangerous i know) by which time engine was empty and some oil on tyre - So i put some tyre soap on it. Now its sitting outside.

Injuries to bike= Cracked engine cover (see pics) and slight scuffed fairing , unnoticeable exhaust scratches.

I've just got tyres done and plugs changed etc. so am low on cash, How much should it cost me to replace the engine cover and I need engine oil obviously. Is there likely to be any internal damage?

P.S. There is like a metal / rubber strip around the inside of engine cover which i believe to be a seal, i think that may be knackered too...

Oh and please advice on engine bars and how much they protect in a slide?

Many thanks
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- CBT 31/10/12 - CBR 125 bought 01/11/12
- Theory: 07/11/12 - Mod 1: 19/11/12 - Mod 2: 28/11/12
- 24/08/13 - Bandit 600

[sprintster]

It sounds like your tyre pressure is too low,not too high.I'd have thought a bandit would have 42psi rear.There's no need to change pressures depending on the weather.

[Pete.]

Bandit 600 should be 33 front and 36 rear.

You'll have to put up some pics of the damage. Might find a used cover on here or banditforum, buy a new gasket from your local dealer, ebay or Robinsons Foundry.

Decent engine bars protect the engine very well and the cost is favourable compared to an engine casing.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[rehmh05]

[_Iain_]

I don't know what cover it is you've broken, but can get pattern part covers for £40 for the ignition one, and £52 for the generator cover. Also have got a generator gasket in my toolbox somewhere, yours for a fiver posted if it's the right one?

I also have an oil cooled GSXR750 engine which shares a lot of covers with the Bandit 600 in the basement. Think it's got all the covers left on it and I think they're in pretty good shape too.

Cant see any pictures though so have no idea if any of its useful to you
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[rehmh05]

[doggone]

[Pete.]

Ignition cover. Damage is very slight so new cover and gasket and you're off. So long as you haven't run the engine dry of oil you should be just fine.
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[rehmh05]

[ZRX61]

[Kickstart]

Hi

From Robinsons Foundry (link here the cover is £37.11 and the gasket is £6.58 new.

Although as ZRX61 is hinting, if you have run it out of oil and carried on riding the bike you could easily have wrecked the engine.

All the best

Keith
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[Clutchy]

[The other Paul Rudd]

It's a Bandit so just Liquid Metal the cover and bend the rest back in to shape with a scaff pole.

Also I doubt you've damaged the engine. The sump plug fell out of a mate's CBF600, after a dealer had serviced it, and he rode it 3 miles with zero oil in it. He thought the oil pressure light was just a level warning and hadn't realised all of his engine oil had been sprayed over his rear tyre and half a mile of the M27.

[Pete.]

I doubt you could leak 3 litres of oil out of that little crack in that particular cover in 5 miles.
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[rehmh05]

[The other Paul Rudd]

[_Iain_]

[jeddy11]

I demand you check now
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

[_Iain_]

Raked through the workshop and dug it out.

https://i.imgur.com/R3UvcDN.jpg

£20 posted sound fair? Cheapest I can see on E-bay is £22.99 with £4.99 postage on it
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[_Iain_]

Anyone know where rehmh05 went. Hasn't replied yet about the covers?


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[rehmh05]

Lol, I don't live on here jeez... I am a night shifter. Sleep at 7 am, just got up.

It seems ok. How do you want payment. Can u pm your paypal
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- CBT 31/10/12 - CBR 125 bought 01/11/12
- Theory: 07/11/12 - Mod 1: 19/11/12 - Mod 2: 28/11/12
- 24/08/13 - Bandit 600

[c_dug]

Engine bars undoubtedly saved my diversion from much worse damage in my crash the other month.
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[rehmh05]

Any suggestions on engine bars? Saw some on ebay for about 70 and some for 110.
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- CBT 31/10/12 - CBR 125 bought 01/11/12
- Theory: 07/11/12 - Mod 1: 19/11/12 - Mod 2: 28/11/12
- 24/08/13 - Bandit 600

[c_dug]

Mine were on there when I bought the bike so I can't really help on the brand, I would have though there was little difference to to be honest though.
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