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Posted by Washbrook
 - May 24, 2013, 07:19:12 AM

John, thanks for the tip.

Posted by John Hopkins
 - May 24, 2013, 04:18:54 AM

This is important..

When the insurance inspector checks your bike tell hem to pay close attention to the frame where the engine guard mounts..Quite often the force of the guard hitting the ground makes the guard act as a lever and can force the frame to distort..

Once the insurance has paid out they will not go back and give you more money for something that was missed.

Glad you are safe...

John.

Posted by Washbrook
 - May 24, 2013, 00:57:12 AM

Good News,

I'm OK,

Good News,

I road the Drifter home,

Bad News,

About an hour ago a stupid woman pulled out of a side road in front of me and despite my efforts to avoid her, I ended up skidding a bit and hit her car with the Left Hand Side of the bike in lieu of the front of the bike. A better rider may have avoided her but such is life. Despite the fact that I was on the main road and she was pulling out of a side road she still believed it was my fault. She did't see me. Funny that she saw the two cars in front of me that were turning left but did not see me. If she had been out on the road then I would have hit the rear of her car in lieu of the side.

The engine guard, which is now bent, certainly paid it's way today.

From the looks of things there is only minor damage, front fender paint, windshield gouged, clutch leaver & res may need replacing, engine guard bent, engine guard chap ripped, rear indicator scrap, LHS foot board bent. That's all I can see so far. I had my bike booked in tomorrow to fix my clutch and fit the PC-V so I have asked them to do an insurance claim / inspection as well.

Well this my third time off a bike since I was 16 y/o, No.1 - I hit a cow (I can hear you all laughing), No.2 - Caught my pant lef on my foot pegs and dropped the bike, No.3 - today.

I was lucky this was minor. I'm posting this more as a vent and way of calming down than for any other reason.

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