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Well grabbed wreck numero dos today, got t-boned by someone turning left. I had a feeling something would happen too because there was a car turing left in the same direction that I was going and blocking the view of anyone turning left going the other way so I slowed down just in case and she went square into me anyway. Bike needs a new lower fender, right-side mirror and peanut cover (which meant I got to push it about 8 blocks to my apartment). Oh and I'm fine except a bruise on my back although I do need a new helmet obviously. Everything should work out, someone called 911 so the cops showed up and I got a report this time, though I would have been fine with like $600 in cash from her. She's hosed though, no valid license so her car got impounded and her bumper got ripped off almost completely by my footpeg. loving intersections.
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Z3n posted:drat dude, glad you're alright. I honestly don't see how it would be totaled, the damage to it is pretty minimal.
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Mar 17, 2009 22:59
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Z3n posted:Any scratches to any fairings? If so...replacement. Side cover, fender, and mirror + labor and any fairings that got scratched will total an easy 2k. Well I don't have any lower fairings and all the other ones were already hosed to some degree or another anyway. Only the front fender got busted up in the wreck. I guess I could be all sketchy about it and try to profit but I'd rather just minimize the amount of hassle I have to go through.
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Mar 17, 2009 23:58
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Well I looked at it again this morning and I think you're going to end up being right about it being totaled, the forks look a bit tweaked and, now that I think about it, pushing it back to my apt was harder than it should have been. In its current state the bike is probably worth $1200 at best and if the forks and any other part of the front end need replacing, well, its curtains for the Fizzer.
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Mar 18, 2009 20:11
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2ndclasscitizen posted:This just reminded me of some advice for you goons on bikes: Unless you're an American and they don't have insurance in which case that ambulance ride and hospital stay might bankrupt you
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Jul 18, 2009 03:26
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I wonder what the statistics are if you take no-gear squids and no-front-brake Harleys out of the equation
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Aug 31, 2009 16:57
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Z3n posted:It can be a good call to slow early while the light is still red even if you know the light will go green before you get there. Just roll off early, flicker your brake lights, and glance at your mirrors if you think you've got someone who could run up your rear end. LA is balls deep in dangerous intersections thanks to the complete absence of protected left turns. I always slow up when approaching them if there's traffic cars blocking the view of oncoming traffic. Of course, I still got hit but can't win em all. loving LA drivers.
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Sep 8, 2009 05:59
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Doctor Zero posted:Yeah, same principal as deer. You have no loving idea what the thing's going to do, so it's best to slow down and prepare as best you can, rather than start swerving all over and possibly making yourself crash anyway. gently caress deer. If I see one, I'm slowing to a crawl until I get past the suicidal fucker.
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Sep 26, 2009 18:42
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Tsaven Nava posted:Abso-loving-lutely. And really, any sort of large animal on the side of the road, I loving idle past, be it deer, horses, cattle, anything. Every time I see one, I flash back to the OZYMANDIAS thread on ADV. That is the most depressing thread on the internet
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Sep 28, 2009 21:34
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Coredump posted:Link please. If you really want to get depressed as hell on a Monday, its your funeral http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136505
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Sep 28, 2009 22:30
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Scrapez posted:Glad you avoided it. I'm always worried about hitting them here riding at night. Even in town they're everywhere. Speaking of near-crashes, almost ended up in the rear end end of a Suburban that decided to stop suddently today. Reflexively grabbed a handful of brake, heard the telltale sound of a locked brake, which made my brain snap to attention and fortunately there was no car next to me and I could swerve and avoid the fucker. Man that sucked.
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Oct 25, 2009 08:52
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Zool posted:You are either following too closely or not paying enough attention. Easy way to get yourself killed. Yeah I was riding overly aggressively because traffic was completely poo poo thanks to the USC game and I was impatient. Wasn't smart at all.
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Oct 26, 2009 01:30
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Tsaven Nava posted:Laaaaaaane splitting Yeah, exactly. Speaking of, apparently Brad Pitt hosed it up, clipped a parked car's mirror, and dropped his bike the other day.
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Oct 26, 2009 19:13
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Jack the Smack posted:Haha, how dare you not post a link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1223085/Brad-Pitt-knocked-motorbike-Hollywood-crash.html Oh poo poo, the TMZ (I don't read the site actively, just saw it linked) story I saw mentioned nothing about him getting buzzed by a paparazzo. That's hosed up.
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Oct 26, 2009 19:58
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Z3n posted:All of downtown SF is one huge clusterfuck of waiting for people to left turn you. So much visual clutter, it's difficult to pick out a bike in the best of times, and most drivers honestly just suck. The core of Los Angeles is the same way 
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Oct 30, 2009 15:35
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Becktastic posted:Yeah, new shrouds are $150, I found a used one on ebay that will run me about $70 with shipping, but it's all scuffed and has a crack. :/ I can't decide which is the better deal, I feel pretty shafted either way. My dad is going to take a look at the bike and possibly fabricate metal cowls for me, not sure if there's anything that would be protective enough while staying lightweight. If not, maybe he can make me some crashbars, all the aftermarket ones are being dissed for bending in too easily and breaking the plastics anyway. What you should do is trade it in for an 07 or earlier that doesn't have all of those ridiculous and unnecessary plastics  I don't know WTF Kawasaki was thinking when designing the new KLR. "Hey guys, you know what this bike that is meant to be used off-road and will probably be dumped relatively often needs? FAIRINGS!"
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Dec 10, 2009 18:56
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DiZ posted:Good to hear you are ok physically and also legally, nothing worse then being hit by a car then having the driver trying to save their own skin by blaming you. Happened to me in my first wreck, that sucked. Made a happy profit in the second one because it was flagrantly her fault! glad you're ok, tentacle
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Jan 3, 2010 04:38
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Tentacle Party posted:Whoa, i just went down to the holding yard to check out the bike. There is almost no damage. I took pictures and will post them as soon as i get home. All i could see was a scuff mark on the fairing, the crash slider and mirror is scratched and the bottom of the fork has some scratches. The windscreen is also cracked but thats it! Unless the fork is now bent, or there is some rim damage i couldnt see, i dont see this being a huge repair job. Odds are good that your forks are bent just enough to no longer be useable
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Jan 4, 2010 07:09
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Tentacle Party posted:
All fairings are like that, at least when you look at OEM prices
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Jan 4, 2010 16:03
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If thats the case then i would rather buy it back and make it naked, slap some GSXR forks and wheels on there and call it a day. I really cant think of another bike i would want!
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ohwandernearer posted:That is intense and I wish you well in your recovery. Just for the record, you were wearing a full helmet? Were there any witnesses to acquire the story from? By the sound of it, he wasn't wearing any kind of helmet.
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Mar 2, 2010 16:52
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Scrapez posted:I hear ya. Agree to disagree. I'd rather crush my melon than be responsible for doing that to someone else. Seriously, I'd sooner squid it up 100% than have a passenger wear a "used" helmet, I don't want that poo poo on my conscience. Hell, I've yet to carry one just cause I don't have a second set of gear.
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Apr 12, 2010 16:43
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Crayvex posted:For the love of... it's reasoning like your brother's that will push states to pass even more laws to protect morons from themselves. Bike insurance is expensive because squids wreck their GIXXERS and then run up $4000 comprehensive coverage bills fixing all the plastics, not because they get dangerously close to taking themselves out of the gene pool. That just drives up your health-insurance premiums and even then its negligible compared to the legions of geezers that have more chemicals in them than a DuPont plant.
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May 17, 2010 19:38
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That seems like a very bad piece of government policy
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May 17, 2010 19:58
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laymil posted:Of course, by the same logic, supersport riders should get a discount for installing frame sliders since the expensive plastic fairings won't get destroyed. This is actually a pretty brilliant idea that would probably save the insurance companies a shitload of money
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May 17, 2010 21:01
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the_reject posted:If some insurance companies are willing to cancel your policy because you take your car or bike out to the local track for a non-timed, non-competitive track day I've heard of companies cancelling warranties over track time, but not insurance companies canceling policies except in cases where it was fraud (e.g. guy wrecks on track, makes it look like he wrecked on a street to file a claim since insurance doesn't cover track time)
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May 17, 2010 21:58
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the_reject posted:I haven't checked the T's and C's with my bike policy (Dairyland), but I know that USAA will cancel my car policy for trackdays, timed or untimed. The verbiage used is vague enough that even an autocross meet would be grounds for them canceling me. That makes no sense
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May 17, 2010 22:56
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UserNotFound posted:Autocross is a risk, albeit not much for crashing if you're not an idiot, but at least for higher wear on your vehicle. What makes no sense is why an insurance company would cancel your policy over a track day since they don't normally cover track days anyway. I seriously had never heard of this before now. Yeah additional wear and tear, but that's out of their purview. Its not like they check to make sure you do your brakes when they wear out and don't ride around on bald tires.
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May 17, 2010 23:01
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Zool posted:Trackday thread cross-post: bonus picture content  gently caress that looks painful
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UserNotFound posted:After a couple thousand miles as a pedal road biker, one season of motorcycle riding with armored clothing and full face helmet has made me feel 100% unsafe on my pedal bike. Seriously, spandex and 'skid lid'? I pretty much ride the same roads with both bikes, but I feel completely naked on the pedal bike now thinking about poo poo like what you saw. Anyone that pedal-bikes any road that's liable to be filled with squids, ricers, et al is probably lacking a bit in the self-preservation department to begin with.
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May 20, 2010 04:59
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Z3n posted:Do you take perfect care every time you poo poo? Nah, you just get your poo poo done and move on with your life. Now I don't know about you, but i take taking a poo poo VERY seriously 
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May 20, 2010 17:35
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pr0zac posted:Had the exact same thing that I posted about in the almost crashed thread last week happen again, this time I wasn't as lucky. Guy cut in front of me into the carpool lane, I swerved into the shoulder to avoid rear ending him, hit debris of some sort, rear tire slid out, and I high sided off the bike. Luckily I wasn't in a lane so that was the end of it. I try to use cages as screens specifically because of this kind of poo poo. Even the dumbest of dumb motherfuckers isn't going to merge square into a car. And if one does, well then God decided that it was time for your rear end to go burn in hell and there ain't a thing to do about it. Glad you're ok, that could have been real bad as I'm sure you're aware. Also you seem to have been operating under the assumption that the cager will see you. He won't. Ever. Hell I keep my eyes out for bikes like a hawk when I'm in a car and sometimes I still get buzzed by one out of nowhere. Think of the odds of a bubmblefuck in a Camry with his mind half in his iPhone and half in some coochie seeing you. Exactly. I actually never ride in the carpool lane unless traffic is heavy enough to warrant it and in that case, they're usually attentive enough to see you before merging simply because they don't want to hit a car.
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Sarthek posted:I'd buy a crash bung for it, but I'd say we're somewhat past that stage at this point... Can't hurt to do it anyway, its not like it won't be taking naps here and there (unless you have no intention of using the GS for its intended purpose)
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Mother of gently caress you two are lucky sons of bitches. Good luck with the hands. At least neither of you were on a Firebolt!  I had my first off-road drops earlier thanks to failing to adhere to the cardinal rule of dealing with sand: DON'T loving STOP. Also I didn't realize just how much of a fat pig the KLR is until I had to pick it up in sand. On a hill. gently caress that sucked. Also also, hockey puck ME880s are (predictably) rear end off-road. Additionally, I'm lucky I'm not making this from the hospital as some dick in a big red Tundra locked it up and came within inches of bulldozing me on the superslab cause it got backed up suddenly. redscare fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Aug 1, 2010 |
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Z3n posted:The bike probably won't start because they don't respond well to being on their sides. Does the 250 have a prime setting? Its this. When carbed bikes take naps, fuel leaves the carbs and goes onto the pavement (at least with both of mine it did) and you gotta sit on the start button for a while until they get refilled again. Do all that other stuff z3n said, the damage sounds pretty minor. Speaking of 250s and crashes, one of the girls that works here might have been hit on her way in this morning (edit: was just told she clipped a mirror while splitting, oops). I think she's only been riding for like 5 months. redscare fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Aug 19, 2010 |
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Saga posted:A friend of mine went off a cliff on his RC51 and bounced off every tree on the way down (not poetic licence). He then ran back up the side of the cliff before collapsing. Fractured pelvis and internal bleeding. Just to make his day complete, the air ambulance got caught in a thunderstorm and he thought he was going to die (for the second or third time that day, I guess). Then he had to fly home in coach class. Holy loving poo poo
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Get proper riding boots man, unless you like the idea of your foot being at a 90 degree angle in a direction its not supposed to bend in.
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Ringo R posted:Maybe slightly NWS https://wi.somethingawful.com/69/693def007f67c29eb4fc81b15fc0faff0a02b209.jpg Uh, why is that not thoroughly bandaged up? It looks like it might be getting ready to get infected.
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Oct 4, 2010 03:13
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Ow ow ow ow ow holy gently caress ow
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Never mind cited, did the cops take a report?
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Porkchop Express posted:people trying to be hot poo poo doing tricks and failing miserably. those are the best ones
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