a whole new dimension of pissed off!!!!

as y'all know i just got my 05 cbr 1000rr on 2 august 2005. i had only been riding it for approximately 2 weeks and 2 days when some !@#@#%#@$%@#$%!@# of a driver decided that he would careen outta control towards me. well i avoided getting hit, but unfortunately i was forced onto a curb, ejecting me from the bike. the bike then landed on the right side and had enough momentum to hop up and land on the left side, where it would finally stop. well after getting up and shaking off what had just happened i saw that my radiator had been busted, along with all the plastics being cracked, the front suspension had been bent, both the wheels were dented, and to top it all off: the frame might have been bent! so after that i call a friend of mine who comes and gets me and my bike. now this was almost two weeks ago and the insurance company just called me to tell me that they had just gotten a hold of their field adjuster and that he had just returned from looking at the bike!!!!!!! so this means that the bike wont get started working on untill mid-next week! so needless to say i am in a whole new dimension that i had never been in before! but there was a reason (besides venting!) that i posted this and it was to find out who on this site wears what brand/ type of riding gear. i am looking for a new helmet, gloves, boots, pants, and jacket. but the thing is that i haven't the slightest idea on where to look to buy or what brand to buy! so any advice would be greatly appreciated! thanks for rewading my rantings! peace!!!!!!

With as much damage as you mention I can assure it it will be totalled, and you should start thinking of a new bike

So what happened to the dude that made you lose control? Glad to hear your breathing man!

Glad you're o.k. It really sux to be down but the most important thing is your health dude!

Ya, the bike sounds totaled. Let the insurance buy your new gear. A buddy of mine was involved in a similar incident and he just got a couple of prices for jacket, gloves, boots and helmet and they wrote him a seperate check for the stuff. I helped him pick the stuff and it was all goooooood stuff

No advice on what to wear, but when I wrecked a while back, I asked my insurance company to reimburse the price of my helmet because the law requires us to wear one. They went a step further and reimbursed me for all of my riding gear that was damaged. It never hurts to ask your insurance company if they will do the same. And since the wreck was not your fault, I feel you should be reimbursed for everything you had damaged in the accident. As far as helmets go, I'm a Shoei fan.

Can only speak for myself but as far as helmets go, i've been riding for 25 years and had many different helmets, none of which have compared to the Suomy Spec 1R, http://suomy.com/ light, good air flow, great fit (for me at least) completely removable/washable inners etc. etc. it's worth trying on to see how it fits you since everybody's peanut is different, had mine for a while and the best price at the time that I found was here http://tinyurl.com/agvu3 but you'll need to call them as they don't post their best price. Anyhow I would suggest trying on as many as possible and seeing what feels/fits you best

My gear includes


Rocket GPX 2 pc leathers
Rocket GPX boots
Rocket Speed master gloves (Love these)
Rocket Phoenix mesh jacket
Rocket Ballistic Text jacket
Rocket phoenix gloves
Shoei TZ-1 Helmet
KBC Forces-s Airborne Helmet

i really appreciate all y'alls concer for my well being. as for the car that cause all this BS; he decided that it probably wasn't worth his time, so he did not even bother to stop. and also thanx for all the imput on the riding gear! and here is an update on the whole situation with the bike: i just got off the phone with my honda dealership, and they said that the approximate value of damage done to the bike is $7,000, which includes a new rear swing arm, new wheels, new plastics all around, new turn signals ( which i will buy some after market ones and just use those instead of the stock ones) new mirrors, new radiator, and a windscreen (also to be replaced with an aftermarket piece). so thanks for all y'alls interest, feedback, and concern! i really appreciate it! ciao.

WOW. taht really sucks. I am new to riding and this site. It amazes me that about three or four people a week have a similar story. We are only a very small piece of the motorcycle owners community, I can't imagine how many happen daily. It also seems that about 90% of them are not the riders fault. I think that car drivers should have to take a course on how to look out for bikes!!!! Good luck with everything. I would think with $7K in damage you will get a new bike.

well its been over three weeks (almost) since the crash and the insurance co. is just getting the adjustment forms to the bank!!!!!!! i have just been officially pushed over the edge cause now they are saying that it wont be until friday "at the earliest" when the bank approves the claim! so now i have to wait a whole nother week until my honda dealership gets the ok to go ahead and fix the bike. and the icing on the cake? the insurance that my bank offered me, instead of having me get a policy with another company,does not cover my riding gear. so now i have to shell out the money to get a new helmet and gloves!!! these are the times that try a mans soul. i dont remember who said that but it seems pretty good to say right about now. oh well ill put another post up when i get more info (or bad news). peace

Dude, I wouldn't settle for them fixing my bike. At that estimate of damage, I would demand they buy me a new one......

dude i think you should ask them for a new bike being that it is over the damage to value mark to where they would total ur bike. Alway try to get a new bike when you have that bad of a wreck. And if your agent is a good insurance agent they would get you a new bike within two weeks or less.

well here is another update: just got off the phone (literally) with my bank rep and she said that sometime between mon and wed the bike will begin to be repaired. now i may not have explained it all too well in my previous posts but here is the deal with the bike being insured through the bank: when my bank approves me (or anybody else applying for an automobile loan) on a loan for the bike, they always offer (and dont quote me on this cause im not exactly sure of the name) what is called comprehensive collateral insurance. now what this is is basically just collosion insurance so that if something happens to the bike (in this case) the bank is not out 12,000 bucks (not that it would hurt them any.) so the insurance that is on my bike is not "insurance" in the normal sense of the word, but just a supplement to provide a cusion for the bank. so anyways thats that. now the phone call that i got from my bank rep. was just to inform me that they "should" get the paperwork to give me the ok to get the repair work started on the bike between mon and wed. so now i have to wait until they give me the go ahead! but on a better note i do want to ask y'alls opinion on something: i now have the option to change the color of my bike; due to the fact that "all the plastics" were "damaged" by hte wreck. so anybody got a fav. color they like and would like to voice their opinion? all ideas are welcomed. well thats about all for now. i will keep y'all posted on progress (by the way, my choice right now is red) peace!

04 Black plastic

05 Repsol Plastics!!!!!

It's a Honda... it oughtta be RED!

Cheers

now this has gotten out of control!!! i have been sitting here venting my anger for the past 4 hours! anyways the bike is FINALLY getting repaired and SHOULD be fixed within 2 weeks. now here is the funny part (note the sarcasm): i bought the bike on 2 AUGUST 2005; i got in the accident on 11 AUGUST 2005; i called the insurance company on 12AUGUST 2005; they did not assign an adjuster to the case until 19 AUGUST 2005; he did not look at the bike until 25 AUGUST 2005; he did not send back his report until 30 AUGUST 2005: the insurance company did not send me the reimbursment check until 16 SEPTEMBER 2005! now i woulkd like anybody on this website to look at the gaps between the dates and tell me, with a staright face, that they would not be even the slightes bit upset! so the end result is i have been without my baby for over a month and if you ever hear of, or have to deal with anybody from the company CUNA MUTUAL INSURANCE GROUP OF MADISON WISCONSON, tell them to turn right around and walk away or face serious bodily injury. this company has been nothing but trouble from day 01 and i will not let anybody else get burned by these people if i can help it! so anyways that was the end of my venting. now here is the good news: i am finally getting the bike fixed, it should be done in 2 weeks at most, and to top it all off the check from the idiots (the ins. comp.) was for 6747.93. the bike is only going to cost roughly 5700.00 to repair. the remaining balance of the check goes towards the prinple on my loan., so atleast something good came from my month of torment. anyways thats all for now so i really appreciate all of y'all putting up with my rage and giving your advice whenever i asked for it! so here is to better times down the road! i will see y'all at biketoberfest! peace. oh and p.s. the bike is staying black due to an oversight by me. ill explain later

its good to finaly hear your bikes actualy get worked on. i think insurance people are the scum of the earth. below lawyers even. whenever it comes to an insurance claim the companies true colors come out. Back when i was in high school i wrecked my dads 02 dodge truck. i hit a tree going 65. the tree was 1 inch from the road. the root was actualy pushing up the pavement. it took out the passenger front tire and bent the lower and upper arms and the headlight and 2 passenger doors. first off it was a top of the line model except it wasnt a hemi and they werent leather seats. the company tried saying it was a botom line model with casset player and no power seats. we had power everything and cd player. i mean you can look and see its not a base model. then they tried saying the frame was mest up when i looked at it before they took it and it was fine. well the car wouldnt start and had no power. and the passenger front window was down before the wreck so it couldnt be put up. the car was well under being totaled. and they wanted to total it for and give us 10gs for a 25g truck. they also tried saying they looked at the miles and tried saying we had way more than we did like 6000 more.. but how can you look at the miles on a digital odometer when theres no power?!? luckily we got the oil changed the week before and they wrote the milage down. we still wanted them to fix the truck and they should have but guess what happened. there dumb asses let it sit out in the lot durring the rain when the windows were down! so the whole interior got extensive water damage cause of there fault. and they totaled it because of the water damage they caused and were still only trying to give us 10gs!! not to mention the guy they sent to pick the truck up from the scene of the wreck did more damage then the accident itself did! but in the end we kicked there asses and made them give us 19 gs. but still all the shifty sh!t they tried to pull was un believable. but yea point of the story is dealing with any insurance company over a damaged vehicle is frustrating and would make anyone hotter than firecracker. NOT TO MENTION HOW SLOW THEY ARE EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLES RIGHT INFRONT OF THEM. it took them 2 months to look at it and the whole time it was on their storage property. outside getting more damage to it, so i feel your frustration man.

Well it's good that it's getting repaired now..but with that much damage it should be considered a total loss...i think..well my girl's f4i 04 total would have been 7000 for a 7400 bike...