You can look at it another way: It's "Broken In" "Scratched now so you don't have to be so careful. Now you can just ride it & enjoy it and not worry so much. Stuff like this is bound to happen sooner or later. My friends bike got knocked over on a very windy day and got scratched up pretty well but he just put some nice stickers over the damage and it is hard to tell.

 

That really sux. Hopefully you can buff it out. I bought mine with a few scratches from the dealer and even thoughI got a good deal because of it , it bothers the hell out out ofme. Goodluck with everything.

 

If he's such a good friend, he should insist on paying for it and you should graciously accept.

A good friend wouldn't leave the cost up to you.

 

I'm in total agreement with the people saying it's the friend's responsibility to fix it. I know that if any of my friends dropped my bike they would pay for the repairs flat out. That's the kind of friends they are. The kind that take responsibility for their actions and wouldn't screw a friend over by breaking their **** and leaving the repairs up to them.

 

go **** that guys car up.

 

Go take it to the track and lowside it on the other side
+1 to the bloke that said its broken in. I stopped buying new bikes/guitars/drums/anything else i buy, exactly for this reason. It drives me to insanity worrying about the smallest COSMETIC damage. Unless you are planning on selling it soon, i would just forget about it and enjoy riding it... thats way more fun than just looking at it