Crashing Sucks!

[pick]

Well, looks as if a new bike is in my future......... All is ok, just bruised up, but just damn................

[mini-muffin]

As long as you are ok that's all that counts. Just think of all the test rides you can take now to find the new perfect bike, or just for fun.

Good luck and hope the bruises heal up fast.

Margaret

[bongobobny]

Awww, man, not another one!!! Glad you are OK, what hapopened??

 

In a way the picture is amusing with the "Injured?" billboard in the background...

[DragonRider]

It does suck, and hurts most of the time also. Glad your able to talk about it and the soreness will come later, it always does........dont ask me how I know! A couple here weren't quite as lucky as you.

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?threadid=74313

[etcswjoe]

Glad you are here to post, make sure you get yourself checked out good.

[pick]

No better place than here with all of you experts. Whats a fair replacement price for an 01 RSV? Basically stock, 85k, and in reasonably good shape if they decide to total it?

[Eck]

Dang, this thread took me back for a minute..

 

Sure am glad you are ok my friend. Had me worried there for a second.

 

Here is an idea to ponder...

If you feel the insurance co. doesnt make you a fair offer for you RSV, tell them you will ONLY accept that offer if they let you buy it back from them for $500.00 (or whatever price you feel is fair). Dont forget, tell them that if they sold it back to you, they WONT have to pay somone (a towing company) to come and get it to take it to the auction in HOPES someone buys it for scrap.

 

 

Then you can strip it and sell the parts off it. The wheels and tires alone are worth $500.

 

 

Another learning lesson that I had when I wrecked mine..

Not sure how much money you have in accessories or if you had extra coverage for them.

 

I had $500.00 extra coverage for accessories....even though I had a ton of accessories on it..Keep in mind the offer they give you is for a stock bike,.no accesssories included.

 

I told them I wanted all the salvageable accessories off my bike before they take it. At first the adjuster said no and that I only had $500.00 of coverage for accessories. I said you are correct. I picked up my smashed Garmin 550 GPS and handed it to him and said there, that cost me almost $600.. that means EVERY OTHER ACCESSORY on the bike is MINE..and I am taking them off...He paused, and said you are right, but you can not take any stock parts off. I told him I understand and we shook on the settlement. I was able to keep my bike for 3 days to strip the accessories off of it.

 

I had someone send me a bad rear shock and I swapped it out keeping my good rear shock and sold it later..I had a new battery in the bike and I swapped it out for an old battery I had sitting in the shed.

They still got a stock bike when I was done..

[Sleeperhawk]

Dang, looks like the bike lost on that one.

 

Really glad you are okay.

 

[XV1100SE]

Glad to hear you are okay. That is the important thing !

[kbran]

Sure glad you are ok. I'm going thru the same thing, take care of yourself.

[Miles]

Pick, I am now going to need to call the attorneys listed on that billboard in the picture, because...I now have a hurt neck from staring at the sideways picture you presented. If your picture had been rotated 90 degrees to the right, then I could have avoided this injury. Now I have a bone to "Pick" with you. (ha ha ha ha ha)

 

Can you please explain the picture? Who hit whom? Is that coolant on the ground behind the car? Did the coolant come from the car, or another vehicle?

 

I used to do motorcycle accident investigations, many years ago, for Russ Brown, the big biker attorney out of So. Cal. I was in Nor. Cal, and anytime there was a bike accident that he was asked to represent the rider, I was called in to investigate the scene.

 

That is why I am curious.

[RandyR]

Kick, I'm glad you're Ok except for the bruises.

 

So what happened (assuming telling the story won't confuse any litigation).

 

 

Looks like Temp Plates on the car. New driver maybe?

Edited November 11, 2012 by RandyR

[MikeWa]

Glad you are able to walk away. I agree with Miles. That looks like quite a debris field behind the car. Were you pushed backward that far? Is that coolant from your bike? The car seems to be leaning heavily to it's left indicating some damage. Whew it looks like things could easily have been a lot worse. Again glad you are able to talk about it.

 

Mike

[R3rider]

yep it does broken rib and ankle this summer bike survived unharmed

[Galapagos]

In my younger daze I wrecked alot of dirt bikes. I had some great wrecks that would have put me in the ER if not Critical Care today. You gotta be tough to get old.

Good to hear you did not get hurt bad.

 

MoS

[uncledj]

Wow...glad you didn't get laid up from that.

The irony is that it happened right in front of a Lawyers billboard

asking if you've been injured.

[ragtop69gs]

Man that sucks !!! I'll buy the front fender and lowers if it's not damaged.