[Willy NZ]

Hello Boys,

As promised, I making a bit of a thread here following the progress of my fix up for a 2017 Scrambler I have bought post wreck.

After going over the machine I have cataloged what needs to be fixed/ replaced. I will also need to re-register it as the insurance has written it off.

1. Both reservoirs and lever assemblies for clutch and brake. -- these have been badly scraped and the levers have been broken and bent. still full functional however.

2. Headlight has been replaced with an aftermarket one, but needs bezel replaced for fitment(missing o ring) -- I know there can be issues with LED head light conversions, this has been bough as a replacement after the crash but before me getting it.

3. Instrument cluster needs full replacement, Hopefully I can selvage the original Km's digital section. -- In a ideal world I would not need to change the kms on the factory clock.

4. Rear Indicators/blinkers/turn signals, or what everyone wants to call them in countries. -- both back ones have been smashed, one front one just needed bending back in place.

5. Left foot peg, -- took a fair bit of the impact and is well bend up.

6. Righthand ignition/heated grip switch. the lower section has been smashed off, possibly needs the whole switch casing and the casing for the throttle cable.

7. Mirrors, I think it may have been running bar end mirrors.

8. Handlebars left side is a fair way out of wack.

That's what I can see for now, I'm sure a few things will pop up still. Main thing is the frame looks straight, forks point the right way and engine purrs.

I have attached a few photos from day one bike tuned up from the transport. nothing done to it at this stage.

 

[Hardgravity]

Are the steering stops on the frame OK?
That's the only thing I can add other than what happened to it?

HG

 

[Willy NZ]

Are the steering stops on the frame OK?
That's the only thing I can add other than what happened to it?

HG

The left hand side one on the triple clamp has been cracked but not fully broken off, will have to get the local engineer to alloy wield it back on.

Not sure on the crash that caused it all, A lot of the damage doesn't seem to make much sense, I'm guessing it has gone over the front, causing the damage to the top of the bars and the tank.as there is almost no damage to the rear or seat I'm not sure if it didn't have some protection on it that might have been taken off now.

 

[Bettygovoom]

Hello Boys,

As promised, I making a bit of a thread here following the progress of my fix up for a 2017 Scrambler I have bought post wreck.

After going over the machine I have cataloged what needs to be fixed/ replaced. I will also need to re-register it as the insurance has written it off.

1. Both reservoirs and lever assemblies for clutch and brake. -- these have been badly scraped and the levers have been broken and bent. still full functional however.

2. Headlight has been replaced with an aftermarket one, but needs bezel replaced for fitment(missing o ring) -- I know there can be issues with LED head light conversions, this has been bough as a replacement after the crash but before me getting it.

3. Instrument cluster needs full replacement, Hopefully I can selvage the original Km's digital section. -- In a ideal world I would not need to change the kms on the factory clock.

4. Rear Indicators/blinkers/turn signals, or what everyone wants to call them in countries. -- both back ones have been smashed, one front one just needed bending back in place.

5. Left foot peg, -- took a fair bit of the impact and is well bend up.

6. Righthand ignition/heated grip switch. the lower section has been smashed off, possibly needs the whole switch casing and the casing for the throttle cable.

7. Mirrors, I think it may have been running bar end mirrors.

8. Handlebars left side is a fair way out of wack.

That's what I can see for now, I'm sure a few things will pop up still. Main thing is the frame looks straight, forks point the right way and engine purrs.

I have attached a few photos from day one bike tuned up from the transport. nothing done to it at this stage.

Can I ask you about your knee pads? Where did you pick them up? Are they mat or gloss?

 

[Willy NZ]

Can I ask you about your knee pads? Where did you pick them up? Are they mat or gloss?

They were on the Tank when it arrived, they just look like matt grey stickers, I imagine the same as what you can buy from Ali-express.

Not sure how they are applied, If they just come off you are welcome to them, but they do look like stickers

 

[Sundodger]

I don't know anything about the rules and regs to re register a repairable write off over the ditch but in South Australia they are pretty strict from what I've learned.
I'm about to put my R9t through Regency which is the police vehicle inspection centre in Adelaide.
The Inspectors first conduct an ID check which is basically just a VIN/Engine number check, exactly the same as they would do if I was registering a vehicle I'd brought in from Interstate.

Following that it has to go back for the physical inspection that confirms all accident damage has been repaired to manufacturers standards. This requires the owner to present the bike along with a repair diary that details (with the manufacturers repair documentation, photographs and receipts) the repair process from start to finish. Second hand parts can be used if the donor vehicle is identifies by VIN on a tax invoice. Ebay receipts aren't allowed!

After jumping through the first two hoops a third inspection is required to check roadworthiness.

All up, the cost of the three inspections and permits to ride the bike to/from the inspection centre unregistered on each occasion comes to close to $1,000 and that assumes it passes each inspection first time.
Oh, and one final thing that they stipulate is that non standard/aftermarket parts are not allowed in the repair process and any damage prior to the accident must also be fully repaired.
All of this is supposedly to prevent 'rebirthing' but to me it seems that the powers that be are just trying to make it so difficult to re register an insurance write off that most sane people wouldn't bother their arses to attempt it.
A broken steering stop would be classed as frame damage over here and the regulations stipulate that any frame damage on a motorcycle dictate that it becomes a statutory write off which means that it can never be returned to the road. These end up as track bikes or are broken for parts.
It sounds as though your rules are a lot more lenient in that respect. Good Luck with the rebuild.

 

[Willy NZ]

I don't know anything about the rules and regs to re register a repairable write off over the ditch but in South Australia they are pretty strict from what I've learned.
I'm about to put my R9t through Regency which is the police vehicle inspection centre in Adelaide.
The Inspectors first conduct an ID check which is basically just a VIN/Engine number check, exactly the same as they would do if I was registering a vehicle I'd brought in from Interstate.

Following that it has to go back for the physical inspection that confirms all accident damage has been repaired to manufacturers standards. This requires the owner to present the bike along with a repair diary that details (with the manufacturers repair documentation, photographs and receipts) the repair process from start to finish. Second hand parts can be used if the donor vehicle is identifies by VIN on a tax invoice. Ebay receipts aren't allowed!

After jumping through the first two hoops a third inspection is required to check roadworthiness.

All up, the cost of the three inspections and permits to ride the bike to/from the inspection centre unregistered on each occasion comes to close to $1,000 and that assumes it passes each inspection first time.
Oh, and one final thing that they stipulate is that non standard/aftermarket parts are not allowed in the repair process and any damage prior to the accident must also be fully repaired.
All of this is supposedly to prevent 'rebirthing' but to me it seems that the powers that be are just trying to make it so difficult to re register an insurance write off that most sane people wouldn't bother their arses to attempt it.
A broken steering stop would be classed as frame damage over here and the regulations stipulate that any frame damage on a motorcycle dictate that it becomes a statutory write off which means that it can never be returned to the road. These end up as track bikes or are broken for parts.
It sounds as though your rules are a lot more lenient in that respect. Good Luck with the rebuild.

It seems we have a similar system over here, It have to be re-reged. There has to be a physical inspection to ensure the vehicle is now road worthy,
I'm not aware of any proving where the parts came from sort of rigmarole here. just has to be certified as road legal as I'm aware.

Will not really know until it goes in to be certed but I'm guessing the cost will be around the same as you said in Aus. Luckily I have a mate in the auto trades that I have done a fair bit of work for, He is sorting most of that stuff with his contacts to get the machine back legal.

Only thing I am still chasing down now is the right hand switch cluster and cable throttle housing. Need to follow up a lead I have. but should be a straight forward re-cert as all parts are stock R-nineT bits.

 

[Willy NZ]

So bit of an update, I have ordered most of what I need bar a few parts that I have found were toast during the strip down,

The rear end is all back together with the new indicators, there wasn't much damage back here.

This needed a bit of a beating, will eventually replace, but for the mean time it's good enough to get the bike road legal again.

Some of the broken bits that have come off:

This is where the screw for the RH grip was sheared off.

And the clutch and break reservoirs are a bit worse for wear:

So now I'm pretty much waiting for a box I have got a mate from the states to send with all replacement factory parts, turned out much cheaper for him to buy the part via ebay in the states and then ship them to me. even the stuff that come from Europe, not sure how that works. In the box is a new tank, I went with the bluey-grey urban one I believe, new bars and full break and clutch assemblies, a replacement cluster bracket and of course the gauge unit itself.

The parts I still need are going to be both grips, they were worse off than I thought, and the RH switch assembly, but I will wait till the box gets here first and get everything back together.

 

[Sundodger]

So now I'm pretty much waiting for a box I have got a mate from the states to send with all replacement factory parts, turned out much cheaper for him to buy the part via ebay in the states and then ship them to me. even the stuff that come from Europe, not sure how that works.

I think it comes down to distributors charging what they think the local market will pay. Years ago I needed 3 fuel injectors for a 300zx turbo. From memory they were around $150 each at the local Nissan stealer. I got them from a dealer in the States for under $30 a pop.
The biggest problems that I've encountered recently when trying to save a buck by buying from o/s is that manufacturers prevent their goods from being exported to Australia from overseas stockists to protect their local retailers/distributor networks. I've even experienced this 'refusal to ship' where an Australian retailer doesn't have or can't get the specific item I want.
The other thing is the ludicrous shipping charges imposed by Fleabay. I'm currently restoring an old BSA and often come across examples like this (tacho drive gasket).
AU $1.52 Buy It Now +AU $30.67 postage from United States.
I think its fair to say that at times we get bent over backwards and well and truly reamed.

 

[Willy NZ]

I think it comes down to distributors charging what they think the local market will pay. Years ago I needed 3 fuel injectors for a 300zx turbo. From memory they were around $150 each at the local Nissan stealer. I got them from a dealer in the States for under $30 a pop.
The biggest problems that I've encountered recently when trying to save a buck by buying from o/s is that manufacturers prevent their goods from being exported to Australia from overseas stockists to protect their local retailers/distributor networks. I've even experienced this 'refusal to ship' where an Australian retailer doesn't have or can't get the specific item I want.
The other thing is the ludicrous shipping charges imposed by Fleabay. I'm currently restoring an old BSA and often come across examples like this (tacho drive gasket).
AU $1.52 Buy It Now +AU $30.67 postage from United States.
I think its fair to say that at times we get bent over backwards and well and truly reamed.

Yes it's defiantly the same here in NZ, even importing from AUS, I've encountered that with some R NineT parts.
Funnily enough, I too used to have a 300zx, 1990. and also agree that parts were a rip off from the local suppliers.

 

[Willy NZ]

So here is where I am at today,

Have got the old tank off and stripped it down, the new tank I got brought in from the states was slightly damaged it turned out, that is with the repair shop at the moment, having the badge recesses removed also for that custom look and keeping the grey/blue from the urban it came off but in a matt frosted finish.

Does anyone know if there is anything else I need to think about when putting a steel tank onto a bike that had an aluminum tank? everything looks pretty similar. Hopefully the seals all fit from the cap and pump

Here you can see the new bars and reservoirs/levers are already on. I am waiting for the grips to turn up so that I can put the switch gear back on, and waiting for the cluster rear cup, for re-fitting the speedo.

Also noticed today that the right hand side under seat bracket thingy bolt was missing. will have to track one down .

 

[Willy NZ]

Latest update,

Now have the beast running,

New tank is back from the panel beaters,

Dials are back together and fitted

Next steep is bringing it in to get a cert for the structure in Christchurch, which about 6hrs tow from here.

 

[Willy NZ]

Finally all put back together.

This is it all loaded up after being put back together, ready for it's trip up to Christchurch from Alexandra in South Island to be certified and re-registered as it was de-registered as a insurance write off. Been a lot of fun putting it all back together and figuring out a few things,

Last night finally sorted the head light, the replacement the guy before had bought for it was an LED and was not creating enough resistance for the computer and was triggering the warning light. Luckily a mate of mine is an auto sparky and we managed to find the right amount of resistance to trick it.

Wish me luck boys, about to start my Rnine T life haha. these are from the test run in the weekend

 

[Dauphinais]

Wow @Willy NZ - your bike looks fantastic!

Good luck on your trip.

 

[73711]

The bike looks great, Willy NZ. Enjoy your ride. Looks like rain, though.

 

[JustABill]

Great looking bike.

 

[laalves]

Lovely bike! Is it a Prambler or a Scrure? 😎😎😎

BTW, anything BMW logos?

 

[Sundodger]

Good Luck with the inspection. Look forward to hearing how you go. My bike is booked into Regency inspection centre next Friday morning. Found out last week after re reading the rules that I'm supposed to have the original auction house photos in my repair diary along with all the other gumph! Given I bought the bike 18 months ago I didn't hold out much hope of getting them but fortunately Mannheim keep them on file forever so for $44AU I got some stamped and initialed A4 sheets to go in the repair diary. I took screenshots from the auction website when I bought the bike and had them printed as glossy colour photos. What I got from Mannheim doesn't show the original damage anything like as clearly as my screenshots but I've come to the conclusion that the inspection process in South Australia is more about bureaucracy than logic!
My biggest worry atm is that they state that the vehicle must be presented in a clean condition for inspection. I've got a 30 minute ride to get it there and the forecast for next week isn't good so wish me luck with that!!

 

[Sundodger]

G'Day Willy. How did the inspection go? Mine passed its Tier 3 inspection yesterday

 

[Willy NZ]

Lovely bike! Is it a Prambler or a Scrure? 😎😎😎

BTW, anything BMW logos?

It's a scrambler but I have used a Urban tank that I had re-finished and the badge recesses filled in. only BMW logo is the ends of the bars