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Some douche bag backed into my parked bike today
« on: May 30, 2009, 04:06:33 PM »
" I didn't even see it there." At first it seemed pretty f*cked up, but it was parked in neutral so it just rolled back. The forks were twisted around and I was able to move everything back into place.
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Re: Some douche bag backed into my parked bike today
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2009, 04:19:01 PM »
They left a note with all their info, right?  :o
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Re: Some douche bag backed into my parked bike today
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2009, 04:19:58 PM »
Yeah, my wife dropped the nighthawk at the roadside across the street from the house, it fell softly and quietly on its right side in the dirt, front end is tweeked but it rides fine, I'll be loosening things up and putting everything back in line tomorrow hopefully.  A soft drop shouldn't bend much of anything.

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Re: Some douche bag backed into my parked bike today
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2009, 04:48:33 PM »
I'm always paranoid parking mine.  I put it way back at the end (open end) of the parking space so nobody can possibly miss it...  theoretically...
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Re: Some douche bag backed into my parked bike today
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2009, 04:49:37 PM »
It didn't even fall is the good thing. There was a scrape mark where the kick stand scraped across the concrete. It did seem to rupture the left fork seal though.  :( I guess my habit of leaving it parked in neutral isn't a bad idea.
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Re: Some douche bag backed into my parked bike today
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2009, 05:09:26 PM »
Not a bad idea as long as you're on level ground.
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Re: Some douche bag backed into my parked bike today
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2009, 06:45:30 PM »
Check the upper and lower trees for hairline cracks, and the steering stem to see if it may have been bent.  Check the fork tubes for kinks in the tubing where the trees clamp to them.  When I got my bike, the P.O. said that he had rear-ended a car, but "everything" was replaced..yeah, right.  The steering stem was bent at the lower bearing, and the bearing race was cracked too.
Before you try to get everything back in alignment, be sure that you loosen ALL the bolts and wedge something in the slit to release the forks, and loosen the steering stem nut and jam nut to releive any stresses that the impact had caused.  Don't be tempted to force anything back to straight.
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Re: Some douche bag backed into my parked bike today
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2009, 08:41:39 PM »
Surround your bike with landmines when you park it...........grrr at dumb ass drivers who don't look before they park. >:(
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Re: Some douche bag backed into my parked bike today
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2009, 01:31:34 PM »
I called the guy and he told me that the insurance info he gave me was wrong. I'm having trouble getting what insurance company he's with now. But the guy gave me the $75 for the estimate. He's coming through so far. I hope he doesn't drop out on me. The thing is I know a lot of people he knows, I know where he works and I know the bar he hangs out at almost every night. I also know how he supplements his income as a "independent pharmaceuticals representative" at said bar. Also, he knows I know all this about him. He seems to genuinely want to take care of this as he should, but I have trouble trusting people in a situation like this.
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Re: Some douche bag backed into my parked bike today
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2009, 06:37:38 AM »
Sorry man, sucks to have your bike backed into... especially when you're on it. I had to jump off once because some MORON WALKED BETWEEN ME ON MY BIKE AND HER CAR and then promptly proceeded to BACK UP SLOWLY INTO ME. I almost got jumped by her baby daddy shortly thereafter because I started yelling like a maniac when the thought of my crushed legs and mangled body got my adrenaline rolling.
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