Over on its right side into the pumps, and the assembly on the right handlebar took the brunt of the blow. The whole thing (mirror, brake, start/kill-switch assembly) got twisted up about 90 degrees. The right side engine cover may have hit the concrete base of the pump, but I'm not sure-- that cover was scratched when I bought the bike, and there don't seem to be any additional scratches.
Some gas spilled out of my tank when it went over, so the first thing I did after lifting it upright was clean that off-- then I moved the brake et al back into position-- and started it. I had to really crank it, but once it got going it was fine-- as long as it was in Neutral.
When I shifted into first, it would not rev up. In fact, the fastest I could get it to rev was about 2000 rpm before it stalled and died. I pulled over to the side of the road, started it again in first, and it would slowly die. After half an hour of frustrated examinations, I figured that in Neutral the bike would run fine-- but in gear it just wouldn't go. No matter what I did with the throttle, even with the clutch in the bike would just give up the ghost after being in gear for about 30 seconds.
Until the drop, the bike was running fine-- I'd been out for about 90 minutes.
Does anyone have any clue what's going on here? And how it can be fixed? Answers much appreciated!
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