ARGHH!!

So I just need to vent a little. This morning, after getting up and having some breakfast, I decided to give my bike a nice detail. I polished the wheels, cleaned all the nooks and crannies all over the bike and even put a little tire shine on the sidewalls of the tires . After that I left for a ride down to a buddy of mine's house. I'm riding on this little two-lane back road, the type w/no shoulder. This person in a white Lexus RX330 comes barreling towards the one small turn in the center/left lane of the road. I saw him/her and I slowed down, but apparently not enough. As I rounded the turn, the other driver slowed down too (while still partially in my lane) and I had nowhere to go. I braked hard and I ended up on the shoulder aka the woods and the next thing I know my bike is on its side and I'm flipping over sideways. I immediately got up in a hell of a lot of pain, glanced down in disgust and saw the Lexus slow down enough to where I caught that it was a PA plate, but not the number. When I started screaming and waving at the other car it sped up and took off. I ended up breaking my collarbone pretty badly and I had to ride my now-broken ass ride home w/basically one hand. The upper front fairing, the windscreen and the two mid fairings got scratched up and broken pretty badly, the aluminum mounting bracket that braces the headlights and upper fairing just broke right off, and every other painted part of the bike managed to get scratched in some way EXCEPT for the black lower fairings and the rear fender. I filed a police report and went through all the bs, but now I'm left with a decent amount in damages that I have to pay and a ****ing claim on my insurance policy for the medical care. I just figured I'd try and give my story as attempt to show how dangerous and oblivious other drivers are. Guys (and girls), no matter how well we can handle our machines (I've been riding motorcycles for 8yrs), there's always some idiot in a car that can easily ruin our day. Everybody needs to watch out and be aware of all the other motorists around them. They say riding a motorcycle is dangerous, and it is, but not because of us, but because of every mindless, shitforbrains out there with a drivers license. Ride Safe Everybody.

Oh yeah, and if anybody knows where I can score the replacement fairings for a decent price PLEASE PM me!

Tire shine on the walls is a big no no. I almost learned this the hard way. but im not sure if more traction would have helped you in this case. sorry to hear about your ride and your wounds. sucks you couldn't get his plate #'s.

Sorry to here about your troubles. Dont stress not being able to git the tag though because even if you did, if you cant put a driver behind the wheel (positive id / photo line up/ excetra) , the Police will just send a letter to the register owner. Thats if its a Hit And Run, its called a hit a run notification, your vehicle was involved in an accident, blahh blahh blahh, please contact so and so department. Without a confession after being marandized, you got nothing. The registered owner just has to say, "I lent the car to a friend I only know as BOB", and nothing u'll happen.
 
and thats just if contact is made to your vehicle. It sounded like she/he was in your lane of traffic. In that case, you would need an independant witness. People are such bad drivers, we got loads here in south Florida. Again, sorry for your mis-fortune.

Well that sucks. Sorry for your misfortune. It's nice to know that when we crash, and if somebody else caused it, that they just drive away without a care. Last year I had a highside and went down a pretty steep embankment. There was a car behind me a little distance, but I know they had to have seen me crash and they didn't stop. When I stopped rolling and tumbling down the hill, I could hear that car keep on driving by - they didn't cause it though, it was my own fault.
Just claim it on your insurance, both medical and bike parts. It was explained to me that with bikes, being so relatively inexpensive and so few riders compared to car drivers, that rates don't generally go up with an accident.
Oh, like already said, tire shine on bike sidewalls is a big no no. I don't think it would have made a difference in your case though, but something to remember for the future. It could bleed over onto the tread on the edge. Like putting oil on your tires.

    sucks that it happened, no one ever wants to take responsibility for their mistakes anymore

happens all the time here in san antonio, just a few days ago a guy in a truck flew across three lanes of traffic and slammed right into a girl on a cruiser.
and killed her instantly,

sad part is the three lanes he swerved across were empty he just wanted to be in the far left hand lane


all you can do is have good insurance that covers this sort of stuff and ride defensively

i ride with my camera hooked up a lot lately taping the ride, (mainly to record the twisties but hopefully for just such an ocurrence)

Thanks for the sympathy guys. Yeah, people are definitely self-centered nowadays. The tire shine didn't bleed onto the bottom of the tire, I intentionally made sure that it didn't by wiping it. The worst is that my deductible is $1000, so I'll probably end up paying for most of it myself . . .

ugh, that really sucked. im sorry this happened to you. i agree. most people say riding a bike is dangerous, but it's mostly because of the stupid car drivers out there with you on the road.

So the end result of the incident was that I had to have surgery on my shoulder - 3" titanium plate and 6 screws. The only fortunate thing was the insurance company paid out $3400 for a bunch of repairs that I can do myself for about five hundred bucks . . . gotta love how they go by dealer MSRP.


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So does this mean you will fix it yourself for $500 and use the rest of the money for upgrades???

How about that fancy new addition to your collar bone? What did that run you?

Hang out at the spot on the road for a few days around that same time and see if you se the car again. I could let that slide so easy and BOYYYYYYY WOULD I BE PISSSSSSEEEEEEEDDDDD!!!!!!!!

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So the end result of the incident was that I had to have surgery on my shoulder - 3" titanium plate and 6 screws. The only fortunate thing was the insurance company paid out $3400 for a bunch of repairs that I can do myself for about five hundred bucks . . . gotta love how they go by dealer MSRP.


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get another print of those x-ray's and go down to the first bar.. get some sympathy sex out of it - chicks dig battle wounds..
 
ok now being serious, i'm sorry cbrkf - this has been my worse fear on my bike today (except for a semi that cant stop and just rams me from behind and i bleed to death) but i'm scared if i get side-swiped should i just let them hit me so if they run they have evidents on their vehicle, it really sucks that you try to save yourself from an accident and the person at fault just drives off without a care in the world. I've had people come into my lane (side-swiped me) and just not even know i was still right beside them; i was seriously behind two cars riding the dots. then when they saw me, they gave me a disgusted face like i was speeding pass them on my bike thru the lanes. (actuality i was cruising so they would notice I WAS THERE) love how that works out.. all you can do is believe in karma and hope it comes back to bite them in the ass.
 
i hope your bike gets all nice and pretty again and your collar heals up - be safe and try to get an on-broad camera..(might be the best purchase you ever made)
 

haha, I've actually already thought about using the wound for some sympathy , but I gotta wait until I'm off the percocet before I can drink again. To be optimistic about everything, at least I got an extra $2500 out of the deal, got some new upgrades comin for the bike and some moolah left over to keep in the bank for a rainy day.

My husband was involved in a hit and run just 1 week ago. He did not get hurt like you.  We took his fairings to a car dealership and their body repair fixed his back tail and right fairing for 234.00. Never will know it was in an accident. Get well. Ps they can plastic weld anything back together. Check with you local bodyshops. We had to take the graphics off the left side. They just peel off.

Good to hear that he wasn't injured! Yeah, I plastic welded the cracks in the mid fairings and I'm getting ready to paint everything next week. I'm changing the color to something new and interesting because I wanna mess around with these new special pearl additives that I found.

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How about that fancy new addition to your collar bone? What did that run you?

Those were gifts from my health insurance company. Gotta remember to send them a "Thank You" card.

you know a couple more wrecks like that cbrkf - and a couple more sugeries like that, you will be setting off metal dectectors everytime muhaha.. so dont break your pelvic bone or something because you and i know airports love to do strip searches - and in mcarren airport you have glasses windows so everyone can see muhahaha...

lol cagers are retarded sometimes....it just sux that people have no heart to stop and help a fellow rider when hes down.  you could of died and they would of left you there....bunch of pussies....hey throw that leg over and ride hard again man......

You can always go with the rhino-lining also. Just a thought....

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You can always go with the rhino-lining also. Just a thought....

 
I'VE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THIS - to like a stunt bike or something.. i mean it might look textured but hey, you can drop that thing so many times and not break the fairing i bet.. i've never seen a bike do it yet, wonder what it would look like..

Okay, so after about 3 months, my bike is finally done and I'm riding again!! Newly painted with a color-changing blue pearl. It goes from sapphire to a purplish, depending on the light.



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Damn! Get well bro.

I'm all right now. Almost totally healed up, except for the big scar on my shoulder.