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I went to pick up a part for the vacuum on the pool, and parked in a regular parking spot.

Older guy parked illegally against the curb (on the yellow fire lane hashed lines) backed up and turned into my parked bike.

Knocked it over. Bent the sidestand to the point that it is not moveable, broke the RH mirror off, bent the LH brake lever about 30degrees down off the horizontal, and severely damaged the body panels on both sides, and especially around the exhaust and under the right handlebar. There's a gentle but discernible pull to the right, and this rhythmic swishing sound coming from around the front wheel. The LH side black panel below the headlights has a visible crack.
Luckily, I wasn't on it, or I'd have a broken leg or worse.

His comment? "I didn't see it. I can't see out of my mirrors to back up. Its nothing a little spray paint wont fix!" before he started to drive away. Another guy in the parking lot blocked him and told him he wasn't going to let him leave the scene of an accident.

Except, IMHO it wasn't an accident. It was negligence. How do you not look behind your car before you back up? What if there had been a kid back there? And he had to TURN to hit me. If he'd backed straight up, he'd have missed me.

I'll get the police report tomorrow afternoon, and my insurance agent was livid that someone would drive without being able to see clearly.

I nursed it home, and what is normally an 18-20 minute ride took a little over an hour. That's when I noticed the swishing sound. Goes away when I apply the RH-brake lever. The cop was nice enough to wait in the lot for me to see if it was rideable, and I did mention the slight pull to the right to him. Wonder if he'll put it in the report?
I have no idea how much it's going to cost to repair the bike.  Almost all of the bodypanels will probably have to be replaced. The RH mirror will have to be replaced, as the base is cracked. It will need a new sidestand. If the motor housing is damaged where the sidestand attaches, I may need a new motor housing. If not, it may just need a new sidestand. Or it may need a new motor.

She's really messed up.  I'm really angry, and frustrated, and disgusted, and a hundred other emotions. The SOB kept trying to make every excuse in the book, and blame me because I was angry that he hit my bike, but I had parked the damn thing and was walking into the store! He acted like he didn't do a damn thing wrong, and I was wrong for causing him delay in his day.

So, there won't be any new updates or reports of any kind for a while, until all this gets sorted. Catch you all later.

Oh, a lot of us want to have that "integrated" designed-in look.

Some of us even went so far as to figure out how to do it on a bike that didn't have it done.

<cough, cough, http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=26528.msg188740#msg188740 >

And some of us are even in the process of doing the front turn signals as well, and will put up the tutorial for that when they're done, I'd bet. <ahem...>

The name, and the shape, brings to mind green F1 cars of old ----- and the Morgan.
Is there a British connection with this company?

Stig

I think you're talking about the Lotus from the 60's...


Man, those things were gorgeous!

I think what you have to do is go to a junkyard or auto parts store, and find something called a "1157 BAY15D" socket. You'll have to dremel out (or otherwise cut) the correct opening to fit that socket into, inside your turn signal housing, and then connect the correct wires to your harness.

Here's a photo that shows the shape of that socket. You'll have to cut the plastic in the signal housing to match it, so that a 1/4 turn of the socket locks it into the plastic. I'd attempt it on some cardboard from a cereal box to get the exact pattern right, and to create a template for your custom-cut socket.



This one has an extra wire for running light capability of the light. Some don't have that third wire.

There are a couple of tutorials out there, but it will take some searching to find them. As I said, I know of one guy on a Honda PCX forum who did it, but he took the whole thing apart to do it. I don't remember what forum that was, since I don't have a PCX anymore.

Down!  Looks like https://www.kymcousa.com is offline.

I've got the entire manual, but it cost me something like $50 at Cyclepedia.

I can upload one or two chapters at a time, but not the whole thing, as it's far too big.

You got me..

We're still in the 90s during the day, dropping into the mid-70s at night.

Do you have the service manual? If not, I can upload and link to the appropriate chapter.

Just let me know.

I've got this:
Oil drain: 18.08 ft/lb torque
Oil strainer: 7.2 ft/lb torque

But I've no info for the filter cover plate (that I can find). So, I just got it hand tight, put the wrench on it and added about 1/8 turn. Checked it a week later and still good without any leaks.
When I checked it the week following, I set the wrench to 8 ft/lb and it moved just a hair then clicked.
I'd feel better if I knew the proper torque for the filter.

I wanted to expand on this a little...

From the manual, the recommended torque values:

For the Oil Strainer Screen Cover: 10Nm or 7.38 Ft/Lb

For the Oil Drain Plug Bolt: 25Nm or 18.44 Ft/Lb

For the Gear Oil Drain and Fill Bolt: 9.8Nm or 7.23 Ft/Lb

Here's the one that isn't in the manual, but after looking around a bit and reading the comments sections on several videos, the consensus seems to be...

Oil Filter Cap: 20Nm or 14.75 Ft/Lb

I still don't have any leaks from Diana, but I am also still a bit worried about that dang gear oil...