Raptor
Mon Oct 22nd, 2007, 01:24 PM
Damn proverbial sayings that turn out to be true! :scream1:
I thought I'd disprove the "most people drop it at least once the first year" saying. Nope. It's true. Damn.
So anyhow, Saturday night, about midnight, coming home in the cold and rain. Made it all the way to my neighborhood with a lot of confidence. Too much damn confidence. Overestimated my traction through a turn, rear tire spun out and left me way too fast for me to really do much but get thrown. Bike lowsided (think that;s the right word for it) and skid a 360. I did hang on long enough to not get thrown on in the way of the bike and hit the pave and tumbled. Good news is I rolled almost right back to my feet and stood up, checked everything out and was very lucky. Barely a scrape on my knee. My back's sore as hell but it's already jacked up anyway.
Can't say I'm too bummed considering I walked away.
Down side, my Shoei took a thump, right to the front...I loved that helmet! *snif* Other than that, lost my left footpeg, left side exhaust is toast, left mirror toast, left clip-on adn clutch lever toast, little grazing to the left fork right near the axle, tiny bit of rash to left fairing. Possible sub frame damage from the exhaust taking a slam, which is mounted to the passenger peg, which is hooked to the subframe and so on. Who knows what else. Fun stuff.
So, I called my insurance (Statefarm) Sunday morning. From here, i guess they call me and get an adjuster? i can't ride it anywhere so I guess they send someone to me? Of course I'll call and get my Q's answered.
What's odd is they were trying to refer me to some local body shops. That didn't seem right. I don't want a body shop fixing anything on my ride. Waiting til tomorrow for TK to be open and see if they work with Statefarm.
So, yeah. Great weekend. Really though, I can't complain much. I'm ok and insured. Guess it could have been a ton worse. Guess i'll be way more careful in the rain in the future.
I thought I'd disprove the "most people drop it at least once the first year" saying. Nope. It's true. Damn.
So anyhow, Saturday night, about midnight, coming home in the cold and rain. Made it all the way to my neighborhood with a lot of confidence. Too much damn confidence. Overestimated my traction through a turn, rear tire spun out and left me way too fast for me to really do much but get thrown. Bike lowsided (think that;s the right word for it) and skid a 360. I did hang on long enough to not get thrown on in the way of the bike and hit the pave and tumbled. Good news is I rolled almost right back to my feet and stood up, checked everything out and was very lucky. Barely a scrape on my knee. My back's sore as hell but it's already jacked up anyway.
Can't say I'm too bummed considering I walked away.
Down side, my Shoei took a thump, right to the front...I loved that helmet! *snif* Other than that, lost my left footpeg, left side exhaust is toast, left mirror toast, left clip-on adn clutch lever toast, little grazing to the left fork right near the axle, tiny bit of rash to left fairing. Possible sub frame damage from the exhaust taking a slam, which is mounted to the passenger peg, which is hooked to the subframe and so on. Who knows what else. Fun stuff.
So, I called my insurance (Statefarm) Sunday morning. From here, i guess they call me and get an adjuster? i can't ride it anywhere so I guess they send someone to me? Of course I'll call and get my Q's answered.
What's odd is they were trying to refer me to some local body shops. That didn't seem right. I don't want a body shop fixing anything on my ride. Waiting til tomorrow for TK to be open and see if they work with Statefarm.
So, yeah. Great weekend. Really though, I can't complain much. I'm ok and insured. Guess it could have been a ton worse. Guess i'll be way more careful in the rain in the future.