Topic: Bad night

[Markcb750]

Took my 1500 out to grab some dinner last night. An leaving the sandwich shop I was stopped at a stop sign waiting to make sure the guy with the signal flashing  was actually going to make the turn when a young lady on a cell phone "thought" I had pulled out and ran into my rear end.  Not a lot of damage but ruined a trip I am planning for the week after next.


#$%* happens, be careful out there,

[flybox1]

F'n Sucks, but REALLY glad you are ok. 
On a cell phone, not paying attention....
Hope you got the PoPo involved.  She needs to be taught a lesson.

[azuredesign]

Glad you're ok and dealing. From my past experience with dealing privately without insurance in a similar situation, make sure you get compensated for new parts and professional labor rate.

[754]

I am not seeing something that prevent it from making a trip..?

[Markcb750]

It is rideable, but I have kept it perfect and I hate riding with this blemish.

I don't know yet, I may put off repairing it till after the trip.

Plan on taking care of all but the painting myself.

[wannabridin]

still don't see what's wrong...

[Markcb750]

still don't see what's wrong...

It is a small dent, but it is not a infinitely small dent

[SOHC4ever]

You are a lucky man.

Three weeks ago, my gf and I drove from Vancouver, BC to Seattle to watch a Mariners game.

I had just put my bike on the road, she was keen on taking it down to the ball game. I talked her (and me) out of it, because 3 hrs of highway riding is no fun for a passenger. That and it looked like rain.

So: we rented a car from Thrifty, set out, got hungry, pulled off the highway to buy some authentic American fried crap for dinner, stopped at the first light after the exit and got PLOWED by a big ballbuster Ford F-250 piloted by some old dude who missed the brake and landed on the accelerator.

The car's a mess, so I'm glad I rented it. That makes it Thrifty's problem. Not too happy with being left to fend for myself in an unfamiliar town without as much as the number of a taxi company, but in context: whatever. It was a $90 cab ride to Seattle, and the other motorist's insurance said they'd take care of that.

The point is, I got to some serious thinking about the risk that I'm taking on my beloved motorcycle. The rented Toyota was smacked up against the car in front of me pretty good, despite plenty of room. Had I been riding the bike, we would have been crushed like bugs.

That risk is something that I have decided to take on for the sake of enjoying my bike. My girlfriend, on the other hand, understands this academically, but I suspect is colored by her wanting to be with me and having fun on the bike. Of course, that's no different than my acceptance of the risk being colored by my wanting to be with my bike and having fun. Ultimately, though, I don't think I could really deal with her getting seriously hurt on the back of my bike, and I've since made excuses to not take her on rides.

So, I'm just saying... what am I saying? Oh yeah: leave plenty of stopping distance in front of you, boys (and girls), and don't sweat traffic accidents that result in minor dents. It's actually pretty agreeable in terms of the collateral damage that we all accept as a part of the lifestyle.

[Markcb750]

SOHC4ever

It is a risky pleasure, something I think about every time i throw my leg over the seat.

My wife likes to ride, I discourage her as much as I can without entering into a debate with her about if it's too dangerous for her, why do you I do it?


I love to ride, I like to go fast when conditions are safe, but it is like jumping from a plane without a back up chute, and there are people who are distracted and unskilled around us with no idea of how vulnerable we are.

It sounds irrational to ride as I read what I typed above, but I will be riding tomorrow.

[dave500]

man sohcforever,thats #$%* luck,its like a box of chocolates,you just dont know,for a start you wouldnt have been on your bike there,but somewhere else, where a truck on fire with brake fail and a drunk driver on the phone to his speed dealer would have put you into history!did you get a lotto ticket?

[Don R]

 To me driving to the track is as dangerous as racing. Someone asked me about the dangers of racing knowing people have been killed. I replied, there are more memorials along the road to the track than at the track.
 Juan Maunel Fangio was asked by a reporter how he could continue to get in the car every race knowing any day he could be killed racing. He asked the reporter if he knew for sure every day that he would not be in killed an accident of some type, when the reporter agreed that he did not know for sure, Fangio asked him how then was he able to get out of bed each day and leave his house?

 My philosophy,
 You can sit in the house with the shades pulled and hope a meteor doesn't fall on you or you can go out in the world and live a large life worth experiencing.

[SOHC4ever]

To me driving to the track is as dangerous as racing. Someone asked me about the dangers of racing knowing people have been killed. I replied, there are more memorials along the road to the track than at the track.

"There's not a pig's eye worth of difference between going sidelong into the bleachers and headlong into a Peterbilt."
- Hunter S. Thompson, from The Song of The Sausage Creature.

But, alas, it's a matter of probability which, dave500, is why I didn't get a lotto ticket. The odds of getting killed by a metor aren't worth worrying about. Driving a car is certainly dangerous, but significantly less dangerous than riding a motorcycle... and that's why it's worth discussing.

[tramp]

could have been alot worse
glad your ok
can't fix that before your trip?

[dave500]

yeah sohc4ever probability,i drive a skip bin truck and all the bins have an ID number painted on them,the other week i picked up bin number 413 ,from an address of 413!next day it was bin 23 from address 23!!i didnt get a lotto ticket either so ill never know!timing/location/luck/and karma all rolled into one equals life.

[Markcb750]

could have been alot worse
glad your ok
can't fix that before your trip?

Thanks, Reading what happens to some, i am a lucky man.


I can bang it out, but I cannot match the metallic paint.  the fender comes painted from Kawasaki, I want her insurance to buy the parts so I can do the repair myself.

[wannabridin]

i always tell my friends, it doesn't matter how good of a rider you are, it's how bad of a driver ONE person can can and will be that day!