Wild hare vs fairing

[Jaide]

I uhh, have not been having a good time lately.

I went out for a ride with a friend this evening, and a wild hare jumped into my bike out from nowhere! 

Thankfully I didn't crash, but the fairing is completely messed up now. Does anyone know if it's even possible to get a proper matching replacement in the Netherlands, or is my Lemans now doomed to become a Sport?

[Tomchri]

Keep an eye on Kleinanziegen.de

Cheers Tom.

[audiomick]

Yes, keep an eye on the ads, and be prepared to have the replacement painted. Losing the fairing would be a tragedy.

 

EDIT: if everything else fails, this might be an option. Probably expensive, I expect, but better than losing the fairing. And it is pretty.

http://www.magni.it/v11_fairing.htm

Edited April 30 by audiomick

[gstallons]

Did you hit a rabbit or a calf ?

[audiomick]

21 minutes ago, gstallons said:

Did you hit a rabbit ...

He's not talking about rabbits, he's talking about hares, possibily what you would call a jackrabbit. They can apparently get up to 70cm long and a weight of 7 kg. I wouldn't like to hit one.

Edited April 30 by audiomick

[Scud]

Bummer for the bike. Glad you stayed upright and safe. 

It might need to a Sport for little while, but to do so, you will need a different way to mount the headlight.

How's the fairing's left side? Maybe you can find a fairing from a bike that went down on the left and use the right side of it.

I saw a herd (fluffle? ... colony? ...) of wild hares last week while riding my dirt bike in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. At first I thought is was a pack of small dogs. They can get big, and they are wicked fast and agile. But given the damage in the photo, I'd wager the LeMans was going a lot faster.

[docc]

Not a perfect solution, but perhaps something for the interim . . .

02 Moto Guzzi V11 V 11 LeMans Le Mans right side upper cowl fairing cover

https://www.ebay.com/itm/273414634761?_skw=Moto+Guzzi+v11+lemans+fairing&itmmeta=01JT4Q3FK0AY677BXEAJV5V6R0&hash=item3fa8c83d09:g:wPYAAOSwMwRbd2eq&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAABAFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1d3mkGl5RUy%2B0kRLG33imxOcPV2zIEchNOgiNZT%2F1OBDZoQeknxEcvaoB6zuZQdQCWJaQbH8GPtgIb5BTpHdBgSrOp%2B4Qz1CW84c1ktNk37mW04%2BCRzSEdN%2BI7IgxjXZxu7PhrvZ0%2FOvTugecQDHdsCrQ2cj50nAqGNT3L3j2yREDTTj%2F5UU8x1QUjdIDltDFjlmbtzGhs%2FGSCW%2FjqP4Kmd9YYI5dnSglCe%2B1zKgRj1iDyIctn%2Fr88Hp7CfAKEjHMqsKvaYD5O8j5yDwmJLrQD%2BBVssvwTYfCj7OTGqbNSeP8kvEVQk%2BWVwzsYbln5QelQ%3D|tkp%3ABFBM1PmNl9Fl

 

[Lucky Phil]

3 hours ago, audiomick said:

He's not talking about rabbits, he's talking about hares, possibily what you would call a jackrabbit. They can apparently get up to 70cm long and a weight of 7 kg. I wouldn't like to hit one.

I got the impression that Jaide was of the female persuasion Mick? I mean a Le Mans is a bit of a girls bike unlike a mans bike V11 Sport

As for hitting bush junk around our area at present it's lousy with Roos, road kill everywhere. Driving from Eltham to home yesterday we must have seen more than 300 Roos in a 5klm drive in surrounding paddocks. Scary. The dog was going nuts a few days ago and when I looked up the drive there was a Roo in our front yard. I live in suburbia for goodness sake.  

Phil

Edited May 1 by Lucky Phil

[gstallons]

5 hours ago, audiomick said:

He's not talking about rabbits, he's talking about hares, possibily what you would call a jackrabbit. They can apparently get up to 70cm long and a weight of 7 kg. I wouldn't like to hit one.

You do understand , I am joking.........

[Pressureangle]

12 hours ago, audiomick said:

He's not talking about rabbits, he's talking about hares, possibily what you would call a jackrabbit. They can apparently get up to 70cm long and a weight of 7 kg. I wouldn't like to hit one.

First time I saw a Hare, though American at the Grand Canyon, from the car a hundred feet in front I thought it was a small deer.

[Jaide]

15 hours ago, Scud said:

Bummer for the bike. Glad you stayed upright and safe. 

It might need to a Sport for little while, but to do so, you will need a different way to mount the headlight.

How's the fairing's left side? Maybe you can find a fairing from a bike that went down on the left and use the right side of it.

I saw a herd (fluffle? ... colony? ...) of wild hares last week while riding my dirt bike in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. At first I thought is was a pack of small dogs. They can get big, and they are wicked fast and agile. But given the damage in the photo, I'd wager the LeMans was going a lot faster.

The left side and the bottom bit below the headlight are undamaged from the accident, but the fairing was already a little off centered when I bought the bike. I only noticed that recently, but it was like that all along.

 

[Jaide]

16 hours ago, audiomick said:

Yes, keep an eye on the ads, and be prepared to have the replacement painted. Losing the fairing would be a tragedy.

 

EDIT: if everything else fails, this might be an option. Probably expensive, I expect, but better than losing the fairing. And it is pretty.

http://www.magni.it/v11_fairing.htm

You can still get those Magni fairings? I do really like the look of those, better than the stock Lemans fairing even.
I'll send them an email!

 

[PJPR01]

7 hours ago, Pressureangle said:

First time I saw a Hare, though American at the Grand Canyon, from the car a hundred feet in front I thought it was a small deer.

That might have been a Jackalope...those were fairly common in Arizona when I lived there a while ago.  

[Tomchri]

3 hours ago, Jaide said:

You can still get those Magni fairings? I do really like the look of those, better than the stock Lemans fairing even.
I'll send them an email!

 

There is 1 now, page 5 on Kleinanziegen.  One overtighted hole, easily fixed.  100Euro, probably for less.

Cheers Tom.

[Pressureangle]

1 hour ago, PJPR01 said:

That might have been a Jackalope...those were fairly common in Arizona when I lived there a while ago.  

My Grandfather had a stuffed Jackalope head over the fireplace mantle.