bye bye bike, hello crappy day

[Sev]

Jeeze, that must have been heartbreaking to see. Poor thing, took it hard it sounds like. Hopefully it messed up his truck and he didn't realize it.

On the bright side you not only have an excuse but a REASON to go look at and drool over new bikes. Maybe you'll find something that suits you even better then your EX500 did. Maybe a nice FJR, or a SV... or dare we say it, a Hornet??

Even better, you weren't on the bike when it got trashed. Possesions are replacable, body parts are not.

[Jamers!]

Jeeze, that must have been heartbreaking to see. Poor thing, took it hard it sounds like. Hopefully it messed up his truck and he didn't realize it.

On the bright side you not only have an excuse but a REASON to go look at and drool over new bikes. Maybe you'll find something that suits you even better then your EX500 did. Maybe a nice FJR, or a SV... or dare we say it, a Hornet??

Even better, you weren't on the bike when it got trashed. Possesions are replacable, body parts are not.

ya it sucked to watch it but im glad i wasent on it. I think it may have messed his suspension and or differential but i donno. As for a next bike im looking at the SV650s and or klr650, who knwos i got time.


JWF

[storysunfolding]

Those trucks are hard to park...

of course I would have told him where he could put it.

Sorry to hear about your bike. Don't get a dual sport, it won't be at all the same- unless that's what you're looking for in a bike.

See how much it would cost to buy back your bike from the insurance company.

My friend was driven off the road by a drunk driver (everyone ended up fine) and hit a fire hydrant in a marsh (houses nearby so zoning laws require fire hydrants every so often and it was the cheapest place to put a pipe). Long story short, he bought back his 1986 Grand Marquis station wagon for $5.37 drove it for another year before the transmission went and then took it to a demolition derby. Shame because the seats in that car were like laziboys. Heated leather and oh so fine.

Anyway- maybe you can fix the bike into that "street fighter" look for nothing or at the very least make some extra cash on ebay.

[Sev]

Sort of depends what happened to the frame, that can't be fixed as easily as a cars frame.

[CentralOzzy]

JEEZ, THAT REALLY SUCKS! - Seeing it & all.

At least it kinda worked out OK for you....errrr....sort of anyway....

[storysunfolding]

Sort of depends what happened to the frame, that can't be fixed as easily as a cars frame.

True, but maybe the brake caliper is 100%, or a few other random parts. That would cover a low buy back cost and make some money on the side.

[Sev]

Definately, anything you can sell off that is probably going to be profit.

[CNF2002]

I hope when you say you called progressive you mean you called his insurance and not yours.

Sorry to hear about the bike, hope it all works out.

[ninja79]

You may not realize it, but you are actually very lucky. From what you said in the story the a$$hole was trying to drive away until he saw you walking towards him. i.e., he was trying to take off and hope nobody saw him do it. lucky thing #1 for you.

I read your earlier post about how you were considering a new bike (specifically drewling over zzr600). So now you have effectively "sold" your bike. (Btw, check out ninja 650. It looks awesome and has a twin engine, so it should be easier to handle and use less gas than zzr600.) Lucky thing #2.

Some of the parts off your bike must be still ok. (tires, levers, lights come to mind). You can take them off and use them for spares. Also, this is an excellent opportunity to open up the engine and look inside and see first-hand how it all works. Now that the bike is already ruined, you don't have to worry about putting it back together I'm a geek myself so I would jump on the opportunity. I can already assemble computers. When I was a kid, I repaired my own bike -- I was able to take it all apart and put it back together. Hopefully soon I'll be able to do the same thing with motorcycles. Anyway, that's lucky thing #3 for you.

So cheer up. Don't think about it as a disaster -- think of it as an opportunity!

Eugene

[cb360]

I don't think too many people do things like this on purpose. I haven't been in many vehicle mishaps but every time I have been the other party was truly penitent and helpful. It still sucks to be sure, but at least you are being compensated which is the best that you can hope for. Yelling at the guy, while it might be nice to let off some steam, isn't going to make anything better. We're human and I suspect we all screw up from time to time. I hope you find a bike even better than your last one. Good luck.