thrasherbill
Active Member
Yep, had a bit of a spill on my way to work this morning. I'm a little sore but no major damage to me. The bike took a mild beating but I'm quite sure it's savable.
So far my left elbow and right hand are stiff, and I've got a small bruise on my right hip. I was wearing my armored jacket, jeans and leather boots with my snowboard jacket and pants over all that (it was pissing rain this morning). Ripped my snowboard pants and jacket but that's all.
I was in the right lane (2 lanes each way) coming up to an intersection when a dump truck decided to turn left in front of me. He kept creeping across and as I went around him the front tire washed out. I'm pretty sure I didn't hit the front brake so I must have hit some standing water. As soon as I felt the front end go I remember thinking "I'm going down, don't fight it" and consciously decided to relax my body. The bike slid out away from me and I slid on my left side for probably 60-70 yards down the street.I got up and did a quick personal inventory and figured I was ok. I looked back towards the intersection and saw the tail end of the dumptruck driving away around the corner. I ran up the street yelling and swearing and jumping up and down. He kept going and at the time I wasn't with it enough to get his plate. I walked back to the bike and got it up on the wheels and rolled it off the street.
A few cars stopped to see if I was ok and then kept going. No one got out of their cars to talk to me or help me pick up the bike.
I called the police to report it and was told that if there was no other vehicles involved and I wasn't injured they won't get involved and there is no need to report it. Next call was my insurance company who basically said there was nothing they could do because I don't have collision coverage and there was no other vehicle involved. I had them start a claim anyway in case it can be classified as a hit and run. I doubt they will do anything so I'll have to wait and see what happens. I'm going to go to a clinic this afternoon just to have something on record in case the claim goes through.
The bike isn't too bad, the worst part is the right side engine cover ground off and crushed the ignition parts behind it. The exhaust is ground down, the brake pedal is bent and ground down and the rear signal and front brake lever got scratched.
I'll be putting my bug back on the road this weekend and checking around the local bike wreckers to see if I get it back together on the cheap for now.
So far my left elbow and right hand are stiff, and I've got a small bruise on my right hip. I was wearing my armored jacket, jeans and leather boots with my snowboard jacket and pants over all that (it was pissing rain this morning). Ripped my snowboard pants and jacket but that's all.
I was in the right lane (2 lanes each way) coming up to an intersection when a dump truck decided to turn left in front of me. He kept creeping across and as I went around him the front tire washed out. I'm pretty sure I didn't hit the front brake so I must have hit some standing water. As soon as I felt the front end go I remember thinking "I'm going down, don't fight it" and consciously decided to relax my body. The bike slid out away from me and I slid on my left side for probably 60-70 yards down the street.I got up and did a quick personal inventory and figured I was ok. I looked back towards the intersection and saw the tail end of the dumptruck driving away around the corner. I ran up the street yelling and swearing and jumping up and down. He kept going and at the time I wasn't with it enough to get his plate. I walked back to the bike and got it up on the wheels and rolled it off the street.
A few cars stopped to see if I was ok and then kept going. No one got out of their cars to talk to me or help me pick up the bike.
I called the police to report it and was told that if there was no other vehicles involved and I wasn't injured they won't get involved and there is no need to report it. Next call was my insurance company who basically said there was nothing they could do because I don't have collision coverage and there was no other vehicle involved. I had them start a claim anyway in case it can be classified as a hit and run. I doubt they will do anything so I'll have to wait and see what happens. I'm going to go to a clinic this afternoon just to have something on record in case the claim goes through.
The bike isn't too bad, the worst part is the right side engine cover ground off and crushed the ignition parts behind it. The exhaust is ground down, the brake pedal is bent and ground down and the rear signal and front brake lever got scratched.
I'll be putting my bug back on the road this weekend and checking around the local bike wreckers to see if I get it back together on the cheap for now.
