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Posted by Washbrook
- May 24, 2013, 09:17:15 AMUnless someone is injured, the police do not attend accidents so no police report. One good thing, a couple in a 4WD following me pulled over and gave their details. When I called them this evening the wife confirmed that they were willing to be a witness and confirm that the other car pulled out in front of me.
My pride is hurt far more than anything else, although there may be more damage to the bike than I originally thought. I checked a while ago and there is a small pool of radiator fluid under the bike. Luckily I was booked in tomorrow to get some work done on the bike, ie fit a PC-V and other stuff, they are now going to check it out For insurance as well.
I was more upset about the bike than myself. I actually have my mother visiting so telling her about Dad's bike when I got home was worse than hitting the concrete ( I inherited dad's Drifter when he died late last year). When I told my wife, she was surprised I didn't explode at the woman driver.
I was wearing my new Bohn Armoured Pants (www.bohn-armor-pants.com) under my Draggin Cargo Pants so I actually felt nothing. A friend from another forum introduced them to me about a month ago, I owe him some beers.
Now I'm back to riding my V-Star 650 until the Drifter is fixed.
Posted by Troll
- May 24, 2013, 07:38:38 AMI'm going to assume there was a police report...how did they write it up, as in who did they say was at fault? Her insurance should have to pay for ALL of the damage, but often, depending on the police report, your company gets stuck with at least part of it...unless you are blessed with "no fault" laws..which really suck.
Posted by Washbrook
- May 24, 2013, 07:19:12 AMJohn, thanks for the tip.
Posted by John Hopkins
- May 24, 2013, 04:18:54 AMThis 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 AMGood 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.