The damage
Is there anything I should look for that may not be obvious. I had to replace the gear peg (the arm is a little off but functioning fine) the hail light ( intergrated turn signal and brake) and changing out handle grips. The fairing took a scratch. Also the obvious dent in the tank but knowing as I’m a beginner I’ll probably leave this tank on until the dropping stage is over.

 

That sucks, but it sounds like you weren't hurt. The bike can be fixed, and you learned from it.

 

This is why training wheels are good. Crappy metric that can be beat up. Get some crash bars

minor stuff outside the tank. Bike still shifting smoothly?

 

so.... que happen ?

 

Crash bars would have prevented the tank damage.

 

So here’s the story.

purchase the bike. Have coworker who’s had 15 years experience ride it. Then I go to test waters on it did perfectly fine until I needed to brake. That’s when I knew something was wrong. Holding down the clutch didn’t help as every time I tried to break the throttle would be engaged. There was curb coming up in a few feet and was going too fast so I had to drop her to save my own. A simple testing of the breaks while in nutral would have revealed that who ever has this bike before had big hands and tilted the controls far forward. Now that the bars are straight my hands don’t pull the throttle when breaking. So let this be a lesson. Imidiatly check positioning in handle bars especially if you have tiny girl hands.

 

Certainly getting a engine guard.

 

Sucks but happens to the best of us.

 

Get an engine guard. Once the dropping stage is over, you can find a tank on ebay or order a new one just primed, or in the original color from your dealer.

 

You might consider getting some more 'stop and go' saddle time in a big wide-open parking lot. Most riders keep two fingers on the brake lever, so work with that as well. Also practice using the kill switch. That tank damage = not a 'garage queen' (I too would just leave it as is).