ouch! silly drivers!

Pohly

Pohly

Pohly

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after coming back from a short camping trip with the mates i decide to go and see my girlfriend on the bike. about 6 mins down the road from my house i reach a roundabout where i see a car indicating right so i wait just as i am about to set off a car comes flying down the slip road so i decided to wait instead of cutting him up. all of a sudden bang im pushed forward about 6 feet and thrown off the front of the bike luckily the car coming round the roundabout swerved narrowly avoiding running me over. i jump up off the ground to find an old women in her mid 70's step out the car saying "im soo sorry i wasn't paying attention properly and thought the roundabout was clear" i exchange details and then the police arrived on scene as i was blocking the round about they could clearly see the women was to blame and advised me to ask the women to sign for liability which she did (making insurance claim a hell of a lot easier) i later went to the hospital to get checked out because i had wrist and neck pain after xrays and a lot of time wasted it turned out i just had a sprained wrist and whiplash. my bike will more than likely get written off due to the frame and swing arm being badly bent :( and my leathers and helmet are ruined :(

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yeh she had an automatic i reckon she pressed the accelerator instead of the break because she hit me pretty hard. i think the police are going to do her for careless driving. and im good thanks mate just a bit sore and gutted about my bike :/
 
YarwoodUK said:
Fuarkkk! Does your insurance cover your leathers etc?

By the pictures, you look quite lucky and I'm surprised it wedged the bike like it did!

At least she signed liability so it won't be too long before your back on two wheels!
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no they dont :/ and yeh hope so :) going to go and pick it up from the compound and take it to the insurance depo today (as they wont be able to pick it up till next week and i want it sorted as quickly as possible) and see how bad the damage is.
 
VoG said:
That sucks, & you've only had it 3 months as well, hope the plod checked her eye sight given her advanced years.

On the plus side, given tis a rear end shunt at a roundabout & she's signed to accept liability, hopefully, it "should" be a relativley trouble free claim.

Glad your ok bud. :)
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pugheaven said:
Well, you're alright is the main thing... so good luck with the insurance and make sure everything that has marks gets replaced. Also, don't mess around with Lid, if it hit the floor, replace mate. I got told if a lid falls from anything above 2 feet, replace it... why take the risk. Hope bike is ok though, but if not, time for new bits lol... possibly?

When me and my mate got back yesterday, he had some bag news... and friend of a friend had been knocked off by a truck, some bust ribs and 2 broken vertabrae... he's ok though and will make full recovery... but does make you think... he'd gone out with a mate like myself for a nice sunday run and allegidly a safe rider and got hit... you kinda get home and count your lucky stars some days.
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Ouch sounds painful I was really lucky if I had been hit by an older car with poor crumple zones I would have most definitely been thrown into the path of the at going round the roundabout and a side swipe at 40mph wouldn't be a very good thing
 
wazza300 said:
anyone that rear ends you is automatically at fault? far as i know

damage looks worse than it is imo,might get away with new wheel/swingarm rear plastics ect
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Hmm not sure got some quotes on parts from Kawasaki
Wheel (which is badly scratched)-450
Swingarm (which may be bent and scratched)-350
Foot rest (which are bent) -125 each
Rear seat unit and undertray- 360
Tank is scratched from zips and boots when I came off- 250
Front left side panel clips have snapped and is slightly scratched (think I may have kicked it) - 400

i know some of it isnt 100% needed but i want my bike back to how it was which was perfect condition why should i have to be at a loss because some one hit me :P

And if the frame is bent that's 800 all this is ex vat so that's 2400 best case plus labour (plus might need a rear tire as it has a huge chunk missing) or over 3.5 with frame my insurance company said they tend to write them off if damage is more than 40% of the bikes cost :/
 
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yeh if it is written off might buy it back (depends on the price) just pi**ed off that i have no bike for when the weather is like 30 degrees and superb sunshine :/

anyway the guy from BLD (Bikers Legal Defence) came along to take the bike this morning and on fist glance just wheeling it down the drive he noticed it didn't go in a straight line :/ they will strip it and check everything over tomorrow and send a quote to her insurance company where it is up to the lose adjuster to determine weather it is a total loss. in all honesty i want it too be a write off because i personally wouldn't feel safe riding a damaged repaired bike (regardless of how well it was fixed)
 
wazza300 said:
theyll have special jigs to align the frame so i wouldnt worry about riding if its been repaired ect,idk if it would be on your insurance as a cat write off? might affect resale value?

for all the scratched panels tank ect they would probably respray rather than replace for new,you wont be able to tell the repair though
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yeh suppose according to the man from BLD they dont repair or respray they just replace them.
 
Well BLD phone and said it is repairable but said "the swing arm and frame is bent about 1inch or so but we can bend that back and it shouldn't effect the strength of the bike" i replied "sorry.... but I am not going back on a bike where the frame and swing arm is bodeged back into shape you will ever replace them or write it off" he replied "well that would cost about £1300 and take a lot of our man hours to fit" really pi*sed off now!
 
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finally after a whole month the bike has been deemed a write off and only a cat D ;) getting it back and £3800 my mates dad owns a bike shop and reckons he can have it good as new for less than £1000 and in about 2 weeks :) (will finally be back on the road again!)
 
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