crash (broken wings?)

[Renn]

At present I'm fixing everything that got broken over the weekend, damage seems to have been isolated to the front upper areas of the bike (and me, except for both ankles but the swellings going down ) both mirrors gone, couldn't find them, including part of the pot-metal housing that the left mirror shaft screws into. Handlebars folded back and down into the right side of the gas tank, bent them a little so I will have to replace them, I now have fuel capacity of approximately 5.9 gallons instead of 6.1 ;-> . The instrument cluster was almost completely destroyed, ripped from the housing, crushed on the spedometer side and only held to the bike by the wiring harness and one battered screw. Remarkably, the front blinkers and headlight came through okay but the frame that holds the headlight and cowl was bent along with some of the smaller support members behind it. Of course, all the plastic up front took a beating but I can still use it. I'll have to replace a few things but it's still as rideable as ever. I pulled off all the broken pieces ( now it really looks like a big dirt bike with all the facade removed) and put the handle bars, brake, clutch and throttle back in place earlier this evening and rode it around my back yard. Except for the bent handlebars it seems to be none the worse for wear ( I rode it home from the "mishap" by the way, that was an odd trip.), I love this bike! Thankfully, I had removed my extended Kawasaki windshield for dirt riding or it could have been very ugly, as it was, the face shield on my HJC CL12 was stripped from the helmet ( in the fully closed position ), I don't know where it went but it didn't damage the mounts when it left. My leather Olympia gloves ( with gauntlets and rivets in the palms ) did the job and you can see where they went to work, still in great shape though. If I would have had my Roadcrafter suit ( 12 week backorder, should get it in November, hopefully I won't be to dead to use it *>) I would probably only have had a bruised rib and ankles, I lost a little skin on one elbow, very minor but the branch that stole my visor also came up under my nose and scuffed it up a little as well as the same directly over my jugular vein, to close, much to close. This all happened somewhere around 50 MPH. My purpose in all of this is not toward bravado or to brag but to let you know what my bike went through and how it came out the other side as well as how some of my safety equipment performed. If any of you can advise me on replacement parts ( other than stock ) for those things broken I will be grateful. Later? Renn A15 ( Rocinante )