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I am very interested to see inside. If it happened to be vibrating enough to crack off, I would have expected a crack and leak long ago. Also the fracture is wrong. If it is fatigue, you should have a beachhead (looks like tree rings) and he got brittle fracture. I will not be surprised if the transmission launched a part down through the case and that rib was a casualty.
Hit a chunk of curb that had come loose and out in the live lane. Had to have the front sub-frame replaced. Made insurance claim, Insurance rates went up.
Static things on the road are a collision (eg dead animal). Moving animals are comp. I have no idea about moving inanimate objects. I would suspect comp but it is hard to prove whether something was moving so I suspect insurance company screws you at every opportunity.
THanks. The other upside to avoiding insurance is you get your bike back weeks earlier.That is my mindset right now. It could have been significantly worse, both for me and the bike between the oiled down rear tire and coasting in heavy fast-moving heavy traffic across four lanes of traffic.
As for insurance, not sure if it will be worth it even if my rates don't go up. My deductible is $500, a new oil pan is $500, plus ~$400 for tires, plus ~$50 for rear pads. If I can manage to find a used pan, I'm just going to fix it myself and forget it.
So now onto the good stuff. Pulled the pan today and things are looking promising. The dry sump drain bolt had nothing in it, but the engine drain bolt let out between 0.5-1L of oil, also no gold dust in the oil. There is zero damage on the inside of the motor to indicate that it was an internal failure. As shown in the pics, there is only a small window between the transmission and the dry sump that something would have to shoot through and there is no damage anywhere around it. Also the broken baffle found inside the pan has zero damage to the top section, but a scratch on the bottom which is the bottom/exterior of the oil pan. Further to everything, there is a pretty good ding in the centre stand that 99% wasn't there before.
It seems unlikely that something could get from the engine to that location without leaving witness marks along the way (and no witness marks on the inside of that web). Also, if it was something from the engine, it should be from the bottom (eg a rod bolt that flung off) and that wouldn't get picked up in a compression/leakdown test (assuming the rod was still attached to piston and crank).
Fixed that for ya.
Was thinking if it ran at that high RPM with reduced oil up there. The innards sure look pristine from the pictures.
Jeez, looking at the way the metal is bent outwards and sheared at the back I'd be worried that something let go inside...until I look at the 2 impact marks on the cover beside. Fluky things do happen I suppose.That is my mindset right now. It could have been significantly worse, both for me and the bike between the oiled down rear tire and coasting in heavy fast-moving heavy traffic across four lanes of traffic.
As for insurance, not sure if it will be worth it even if my rates don't go up. My deductible is $500, a new oil pan is $500, plus ~$400 for tires, plus ~$50 for rear pads. If I can manage to find a used pan, I'm just going to fix it myself and forget it.
So now onto the good stuff. Pulled the pan today and things are looking promising. The dry sump drain bolt had nothing in it, but the engine drain bolt let out between 0.5-1L of oil, also no gold dust in the oil. There is zero damage on the inside of the motor to indicate that it was an internal failure. As shown in the pics, there is only a small window between the transmission and the dry sump that something would have to shoot through and there is no damage anywhere around it. Also the broken baffle found inside the pan has zero damage to the top section, but a scratch on the bottom which is the bottom/exterior of the oil pan. Further to everything, there is a pretty good ding in the centre stand that 99% wasn't there before.
Your tire and brakes can be cleaned, a splashing of oil does not permanently destroy them. Both are exposed to oil and grease their whole life -- they are designed to not absorb these.That is my mindset right now. It could have been significantly worse, both for me and the bike between the oiled down rear tire and coasting in heavy fast-moving heavy traffic across four lanes of traffic.
As for insurance, not sure if it will be worth it even if my rates don't go up. My deductible is $500, a new oil pan is $500, plus ~$400 for tires, plus ~$50 for rear pads. If I can manage to find a used pan, I'm just going to fix it myself and forget it.
So now onto the good stuff. Pulled the pan today and things are looking promising. The dry sump drain bolt had nothing in it, but the engine drain bolt let out between 0.5-1L of oil, also no gold dust in the oil. There is zero damage on the inside of the motor to indicate that it was an internal failure. As shown in the pics, there is only a small window between the transmission and the dry sump that something would have to shoot through and there is no damage anywhere around it. Also the broken baffle found inside the pan has zero damage to the top section, but a scratch on the bottom which is the bottom/exterior of the oil pan. Further to everything, there is a pretty good ding in the centre stand that 99% wasn't there before.
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