John712
12-03-2005, 01:29 PM
well it happened to me, my 1st bike accident in a long time.
i forgot to leave the company truck keys yesterday when i left work and didnt know until i took a shower later last night. finally as im resting i see the phone blinking and its a message from Tom, my supervisor telling me to bring the keys in tomorrow morning. no biggie, im always up early. but we all went out last night and took my buddies truck so i left my cell phone and truck keys in his glove department and totally forgot about them. brendas mother got her car with the other set of truck keys so i decided to take the bike. i was gonna walk being its like a 15 minute to 20 minute walk there at the most.
but i took the bike instead. going down Raritan Road 30 - 40 mph and a car in front of me decides to turn into Dunkin Donuts at the last second. i hit the brakes slid was able to move mostly out of the way but i clipped her rear left with the bike and my knee. and some how in all the mist of it while im about to go down i twisted the throttle and the bike flew into the intersection of Raritan Roan and Walnut Street about 100 feet away or so.
tore my Jacket up that i got for my birthday 2 or 3 years ago, wore it because its heavy and my new helmet that i wore like half a dozen times is trash now.
i never rear ended someone before but she told the cops she decided to turn into the lot for a coffee but there was a car there and she had to stop short. will that work in my favor..? or should i not claim it on my insurance and leave it as is and buy them myself.? i only need a fairing, rear tail, front fairing and exhaust, the tire looks decent still being it spun on the side when it went down
i forgot to leave the company truck keys yesterday when i left work and didnt know until i took a shower later last night. finally as im resting i see the phone blinking and its a message from Tom, my supervisor telling me to bring the keys in tomorrow morning. no biggie, im always up early. but we all went out last night and took my buddies truck so i left my cell phone and truck keys in his glove department and totally forgot about them. brendas mother got her car with the other set of truck keys so i decided to take the bike. i was gonna walk being its like a 15 minute to 20 minute walk there at the most.
but i took the bike instead. going down Raritan Road 30 - 40 mph and a car in front of me decides to turn into Dunkin Donuts at the last second. i hit the brakes slid was able to move mostly out of the way but i clipped her rear left with the bike and my knee. and some how in all the mist of it while im about to go down i twisted the throttle and the bike flew into the intersection of Raritan Roan and Walnut Street about 100 feet away or so.
tore my Jacket up that i got for my birthday 2 or 3 years ago, wore it because its heavy and my new helmet that i wore like half a dozen times is trash now.
i never rear ended someone before but she told the cops she decided to turn into the lot for a coffee but there was a car there and she had to stop short. will that work in my favor..? or should i not claim it on my insurance and leave it as is and buy them myself.? i only need a fairing, rear tail, front fairing and exhaust, the tire looks decent still being it spun on the side when it went down