Good news and bad news....

[Buzzo]

The good.... I fixed the bad higher speed vibration in the front end by replacing the disks and pads.

The bad.... I hit a bloody roo one hour into our 2000km camping trip. Dead square in the middle. Bent the right hand engine guard, front fender, pushed both headlights back and down but only breaking one lens, snapped both indicators and bent the chrome panel around ignition switch. It clipped the missus on the left side for good measure.

It was a good hit and the old girl got a shake up for a second then all good and pulled up. At the next town I taped and zip tied both indicators to the forks and was mobile again. Very very lucky.

Anyone in Brisbane that can recommend a good place to get it repaired would be appreciated.

Cheers

 

[Ishrub]

The good.... I fixed the bad higher speed vibration in the front end by replacing the disks and pads.

The bad.... I hit a bloody roo one hour into our 2000km camping trip. Dead square in the middle. Bent the right hand engine guard, front fender, pushed both headlights back and down but only breaking one lens, snapped both indicators and bent the chrome panel around ignition switch. It clipped the missus on the left side for good measure.

It was a good hit and the old girl got a shake up for a second then all good and pulled up. At the next town I taped and zip tied both indicators to the forks and was mobile again. Very very lucky.

Anyone in Brisbane that can recommend a good place to get it repaired would be appreciated.

Cheers

Congratulations on such great luck, staying upright is some feat with a roo strike.
Your local Rag and Bone man @Mittzy in Brissie would be my first port of call.

 

[Timbo]

You did well to stay on, could have been so much worse, so that was also good news!

Thankfully, we don't have them over here, just kamikaze sheep!

 

[1olbull]

Congrats on being OK, M8!
Best fortune on repairs.
Are roos smaller than our deer?

 

[Mittzy]

The good.... I fixed the bad higher speed vibration in the front end by replacing the disks and pads.

The bad.... I hit a bloody roo one hour into our 2000km camping trip. Dead square in the middle. Bent the right hand engine guard, front fender, pushed both headlights back and down but only breaking one lens, snapped both indicators and bent the chrome panel around ignition switch. It clipped the missus on the left side for good measure.

It was a good hit and the old girl got a shake up for a second then all good and pulled up. At the next town I taped and zip tied both indicators to the forks and was mobile again. Very very lucky.

Anyone in Brisbane that can recommend a good place to get it repaired would be appreciated.

Cheers

As @Ishrub said I will most likely have most parts you are looking for

 

[Ishrub]

Congrats on being OK, M8!
Best fortune on repairs.
Are roos smaller than our deer?

All sizes, some same, none Elk or Sambar Stag size but does of those species similar to biggest male roos. Similar size many smaller bucks or doe size.

 

[ehh]

Congrats on being OK, M8!
Best fortune on repairs.
Are roos smaller than our deer?

Here's one you don't want to hit

 

[Ishrub]

Aussies roos are not just furry limp wristed T-Rexs, heh!

 

[Boog]

@Buzzo Thank goodness you and the missus faired well on this chance encounter. My luck was not so good on a fawn I met in a corner in 2011 on an FZ-1 here in Virginia. Totaled the Yamaha and fractured my sternum down the center.
When on tour in WA during a Navy Port call in 2000, our off-road bus came upon a biker down from hitting a roo just before we left the pavement. The med crew was right behind us but I did get to exercise a little med training for a minute or so before the ambulance arrived. Bloke was talking and laugh/crying. Laughing at the idea he had taken out one of those bastards and crying because his Kawasaki was a mess. Never mind his broken arm and leg...

 

[Buzzo]

Congrats on being OK, M8!
Best fortune on repairs.
Are roos smaller than our deer?

This one was way off being the biggest I’ve seen down the South West of Oz but at a guess I’d say would have stood 3- 3.5’ sitting normally. A good size for this area.

I have no idea if it lived or died. The road had steep verges down to natural scrub. By the time I stopped. Ummm re grouped. Lol. Walked back and poked around a bit down the bottom I couldn’t find it.