I Wrecked my new bike :(
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:29 pm
The pain meds are wearing off a bit so I thought I would try recounting what all happened.
I figured I had a few years before I would encounter my first bike wreck. Never once been in a car wreck, rode the heck out of dirt bikes when I was a teen and never had anything serious happen.
On Saturday I'm riding home from the bike shop, enjoying the weather when a truck in front me decides to make a quick right, which was no problem, check my blind spot and moved into the left lane. Then some guy whips out of the gas station on my right, apparently trying to turn left on the street, where he is blocked by on coming traffic so he just stops, blocking both lanes and giving me no where to go but into his car. I had about 4 seconds to stop, back wheel skidded a bit and BAM right into his driver side door. I felt some pain in my knee as I got a good look at him while my head bashed into his window.
Thankfully I only busted up my knee and tore the muscles off from around it. I was wearing all my gear except my rain pants which has extra padding for th knees and I can't help but wonder, if I was wearing that would I have broken mine. Anyways, I'm awaiting surgery, which will hopefully be this Thursday. The real issue is my bike doesn't look so good, insurance isn't sure if they are going to total it or fix it yet. I paid around $6500 for it and they are figuring its going to run around $3100 to fix, maybe more, they are still trying to figure that out. Basically the whole front fork is smashed up to head light and a bunch of damage on the right side (mufflers and stuffs).
So for now, I'm sitting around in limbo, doped up on pain meds waiting to find out what is happening. Pretty sure the guy who pulled out is going to held liable but I can't get a copy of the police report unless I walk down and pick it up in person which means I am waiting for them to mail it to my insurance company. Hopefully that is the case and he has insurance, then I don't have to worry about anything. Otherwise its going to run me a $500 deductible on my bike and god only knows how much my insurance will cover on medical bills.
I think once I'm back in the game I'm going to cut back on my in town riding, there are just to many idiots. Besides, I like to cruse, not sit at stop lights and dodge cars all day long.
I figured I had a few years before I would encounter my first bike wreck. Never once been in a car wreck, rode the heck out of dirt bikes when I was a teen and never had anything serious happen.
On Saturday I'm riding home from the bike shop, enjoying the weather when a truck in front me decides to make a quick right, which was no problem, check my blind spot and moved into the left lane. Then some guy whips out of the gas station on my right, apparently trying to turn left on the street, where he is blocked by on coming traffic so he just stops, blocking both lanes and giving me no where to go but into his car. I had about 4 seconds to stop, back wheel skidded a bit and BAM right into his driver side door. I felt some pain in my knee as I got a good look at him while my head bashed into his window.
Thankfully I only busted up my knee and tore the muscles off from around it. I was wearing all my gear except my rain pants which has extra padding for th knees and I can't help but wonder, if I was wearing that would I have broken mine. Anyways, I'm awaiting surgery, which will hopefully be this Thursday. The real issue is my bike doesn't look so good, insurance isn't sure if they are going to total it or fix it yet. I paid around $6500 for it and they are figuring its going to run around $3100 to fix, maybe more, they are still trying to figure that out. Basically the whole front fork is smashed up to head light and a bunch of damage on the right side (mufflers and stuffs).
So for now, I'm sitting around in limbo, doped up on pain meds waiting to find out what is happening. Pretty sure the guy who pulled out is going to held liable but I can't get a copy of the police report unless I walk down and pick it up in person which means I am waiting for them to mail it to my insurance company. Hopefully that is the case and he has insurance, then I don't have to worry about anything. Otherwise its going to run me a $500 deductible on my bike and god only knows how much my insurance will cover on medical bills.
I think once I'm back in the game I'm going to cut back on my in town riding, there are just to many idiots. Besides, I like to cruse, not sit at stop lights and dodge cars all day long.
