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So after not getting a lot of sleep last night, this morning I groggily took my bike out of the garage, put the kickstand back all the way down (so I thought) and went to go punch in the code to close the garage door. As soon as my back is turned CRASH, I look over and the bike has toppled to the curb. * cry *
On inspection, it looks like the brunt of the impact was in one spot on the casing on the left side where there is now a small dent (basically, since it was right next to the curb, the whole thing didn't hit the ground, just the lower half hit at an angle on the curb). Sad, but no big deal. The mirrors got jostled and I had to take a wrench to re-tighten them. I checked all lines, engine, etc to make sure that nothing looked out of place, bent etc and couldn't find anything.
Then I got on and pulled back the clutch to get her started and I noticed the clutch felt like it was noticeably lower down than it used to be (so instead of pulling it directly back to the handle, I had to pull it a little down at an angle to the bottom 1/3rd of the handle). I didn't think that it had hit the ground, but I didn't actually look closely in my panic to get the bike back to standing mode. I tried to see whether the whole clutch/mirror setting was lined up incorrectly on the handlebars, but the clasp on the handlebar seems to be lined up with the little notch so I assume it's in the right place. That being said, I'm a little nervous that maybe just the lever is out of alignment.
I bought this bike in August and learned to ride with a boyfriend who is no longer in the picture. My goal is to do some heavy reading over the next few months of various motorcycle repair guides, but in the meantime, I don't want to mess anything up. Is there some way to adjust the angle of the clutch on my own (and does it sound like something got jostled or like something might be bent)? I could probably look it up but any wise words are much appreciated.
Also, anything else in particular I should check with a dropped bike? My check was a little superficial and I don't want to miss something potentially important that could have happened more internally. As far as I could tell though, it was running just fine.
I may try to snap a picture of it when I go out on my lunch break, in which case I will upload and link.
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