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But I did manage to hit a car on the way to work today...
Woman didn't have her directional on to turn, and waited until she was right in front of me to slam on her brakes to turn into the road I was on. I was looking in the other direction since people fly through that intersection, so I didn't see her stop until it was too late. I was only going about 5mph or so, as I'd just let out the clutch, but dammit, I should have been paying better attention....
Totally my fault, but there are so many accidents at this intersection that the DPW should be sued for negligence. Same intersection I got tagged in my C5, coming out of the same road... (except in that case it was their fault because the guy who hit me was passing a guy on the right)
What's weird is that I didn't even come close to dropping the bike, and didn't think it was a big deal until I looked back and saw all of the wreckage in the middle of the intersection. I just caught her rear bumper (older Ford Escort) and it looks like it grabbed a hold of my left fairing and peeled it back like a banana. Unfortunately pulling the side fairing back pulled the tabs off the front fairing, and the black piece under the radiator, so I'll probably need those two things too. The ram air hose got pulled completely off but I ran out into the intersection and grabbed it before anyone could run it over, and it actually looks relatively unscathed. Battery cover isn't touched at all either...
So now I have to find some replacement plastic. Not much in the "for sale" forum - have people had better luck looking for plastics on the web/forums or at local junk yards? How much should I pay for side/front/under radiator fairings? The bikes a yellow 2k in case anyone knows of something available...
Man, I was pissed off that the lady didn't use her directional, but she was really nice, and it was hard to pissed at *her* when it was really my fault for clipping her, directional or not. Turns out her license had been expired for two days too, but I don't think that's going to make her automatically at fault for insurance purposes... As much as I admit it was my fault for running into her, I have no problem with allowing my insurance company to give me back some of the surcharges they charge me, so I hope there's some technicality around the license issue. ;-)
I'm still surprised at how little the impact effected the bike. I knew a big heavy bike like the TL is pretty much impossible to tip over once it's moving, but I didn't expect it to have no effect at all on the bike. If it was a naked bike, I'd probably be completely fine! :-)
Anyway, if anyone has a lead on some cheap plastics, please let me know.
Thanks!
-B
Woman didn't have her directional on to turn, and waited until she was right in front of me to slam on her brakes to turn into the road I was on. I was looking in the other direction since people fly through that intersection, so I didn't see her stop until it was too late. I was only going about 5mph or so, as I'd just let out the clutch, but dammit, I should have been paying better attention....
Totally my fault, but there are so many accidents at this intersection that the DPW should be sued for negligence. Same intersection I got tagged in my C5, coming out of the same road... (except in that case it was their fault because the guy who hit me was passing a guy on the right)
What's weird is that I didn't even come close to dropping the bike, and didn't think it was a big deal until I looked back and saw all of the wreckage in the middle of the intersection. I just caught her rear bumper (older Ford Escort) and it looks like it grabbed a hold of my left fairing and peeled it back like a banana. Unfortunately pulling the side fairing back pulled the tabs off the front fairing, and the black piece under the radiator, so I'll probably need those two things too. The ram air hose got pulled completely off but I ran out into the intersection and grabbed it before anyone could run it over, and it actually looks relatively unscathed. Battery cover isn't touched at all either...
So now I have to find some replacement plastic. Not much in the "for sale" forum - have people had better luck looking for plastics on the web/forums or at local junk yards? How much should I pay for side/front/under radiator fairings? The bikes a yellow 2k in case anyone knows of something available...
Man, I was pissed off that the lady didn't use her directional, but she was really nice, and it was hard to pissed at *her* when it was really my fault for clipping her, directional or not. Turns out her license had been expired for two days too, but I don't think that's going to make her automatically at fault for insurance purposes... As much as I admit it was my fault for running into her, I have no problem with allowing my insurance company to give me back some of the surcharges they charge me, so I hope there's some technicality around the license issue. ;-)
I'm still surprised at how little the impact effected the bike. I knew a big heavy bike like the TL is pretty much impossible to tip over once it's moving, but I didn't expect it to have no effect at all on the bike. If it was a naked bike, I'd probably be completely fine! :-)
Anyway, if anyone has a lead on some cheap plastics, please let me know.
Thanks!
-B
nice save
that stupid bitch shoulda used her signal
:dunno still your fault though. Good luck in your quest, I might have the whole left side, chin, v-chin off a 2003.
DOH! 
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