r/motorcycles • u/Thunderhamster • 8h ago

My poor ninja 650

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Rode my favourite route last thursday, the sun was shining and it was real nice... Up until i hit some gravel in a corner and wasnt able to save it, with more skill and experience maybe I could have, but alas.. the damages was apparently too severe so the insurance is paying me out the bike instead of getting it fixed. Rest in pieces..

So, what bike do I get now?

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u/Jameson-Mc Tracer 7h ago

Another ninja 650 perhaps? - how can we tell man wrecking a bike doesn’t mean you get to move up to something faster and better - skills development is what determines that

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u/2Black_Hats 8h ago

F my man! But an excuse to get a new bike is still an excuse to get a new bike! How about a CBR650R or switch it up and get an MT07/MT09!

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u/Dazzlethetrizzle 4h ago

I don't think you add upgrade, stick with a 650

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u/Thunderhamster 4h ago

I do enjoy that class, was thinking cbr650r, gsx8r or maybe a Trident 660

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u/Dazzlethetrizzle 3h ago

Sure, any one of those

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u/RuthlessDetailing 3m ago

Cb750 hornet is hell of a fun bike in that class as well, i recently got one and its been a blast

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u/Vfrnut 7h ago

Dirt is considered damage now ?!?

https://giphy.com/gifs/qmfpjpAT2fJRK

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u/SASSIESASSQUATCH 6h ago

Well for starters the opposite side of the front fairing pieces is all torn up so I’m guessing that side looks much worse?

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u/Vfrnut 6h ago

Yeah , I would have just fixed the plastics or built a streetfighter.

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u/built_FXR 6h ago

One tiny scratch on the frame and insurance will total it 

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u/Vfrnut 6h ago

I work in the motorcycle industry. . Takes a little more than that . But the plastics and labor . 🙄🤦‍♂️😬

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u/built_FXR 6h ago

And I've had a bike totalled because of a small scratch that could be barely felt with a fingernail .

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u/Vfrnut 5h ago

Scratch or ripple? I have never seen a scratch so anything other than some calling he wow er a moron and telling them to touch it up or put a sticker on it .

A ripple .. frame’s fucked .

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u/built_FXR 4h ago

Scratch. RIP my '09 fzr600. I didn't even have it for 6 months

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u/Vfrnut 3h ago

If was just a scratch , why report it at all ?

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u/bitaria 2h ago

Crash with a scratch on the frame usually means bike is totaled. Repair has to be to "new" standard, replacing the frame or getting it out to be professionally painted is so much labor that's it's never worth it. Free to buy it back and keep riding though, lots of people do it.

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u/Vfrnut 1h ago

The question is still why bother with insurance if it’s just a scratch?!? You fix it yourself

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u/built_FXR 25m ago

It wasn't just the scratch on the frame. In fact, I didn't see that over the plastics and tank damage. The appraiser spotted the scratch first and told me that was enough

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u/Ambitious-Most4485 8h ago

Im so sorry for you, should be hard but you are gonna get through it!

Triumph street triple?

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u/MajorSalad5445 4h ago

Always fun shopping new bikes! Be patient, take test rides, be ready to walk away, check web for issues, glad YOU weren't hurt!

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u/Tender_MF DUKE 390 8h ago

Neither would a car.

In fact, a bus would have been safer! Or a train! Great rec.

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u/Comfortable_East_358 7h ago

Yeah but then he has to call everyone "brotheeeeeer" and grow a long Grey beard, listen to shitty music so loud they can hear it two counties over, become obese, and get pissed every time he gets passed.