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First, I'm OK, not a scratch.
I pulled out of my garage, turned to be parallel to the garage door and noticed a Suburban parked about four garages down the driveway behind me. I closed the garage door, put on my gloves and lean over to start the bike (still warm from an earlier ride) when I see the tailight of the Suburban in my right mirror coming quick. I let off the clutch and turned the throttle duh, the bike's not running, can't move, all the while I'm screaming HEY! HEY! then BAM she hits me square from behind. I looked to see where to bail off to but the bike stays upright and got knocked about 3 ft forward.
It was night I'm getting ready to go to work and her rear windows are tinted dark. There's plenty of lights in the driveway though. She never saw me until she heard me screaming. I have a very loud voice because her windows were closed and I had my helmet on. The neighbor's dogs started barking even.
Anyway, the damage, her bumper hit just the cans, no body work at all. Also, the bolt that holds the bracket that holds the collector under the engine behind the oil pan is bent. She has insurance, and she's the sister of my neighbor who I'm friends with. I think she was more shook up than I was. I thought she was going to break down in tears at any second. I'm going to take the bike to my mechanic and have him check it all out to make sure there's no other damage I can't see. And yes, I rode it to work, I didn't notice any problems at all. Whew!
So, here's the pics:
Right side can, very little damage.
I pulled out of my garage, turned to be parallel to the garage door and noticed a Suburban parked about four garages down the driveway behind me. I closed the garage door, put on my gloves and lean over to start the bike (still warm from an earlier ride) when I see the tailight of the Suburban in my right mirror coming quick. I let off the clutch and turned the throttle duh, the bike's not running, can't move, all the while I'm screaming HEY! HEY! then BAM she hits me square from behind. I looked to see where to bail off to but the bike stays upright and got knocked about 3 ft forward.
It was night I'm getting ready to go to work and her rear windows are tinted dark. There's plenty of lights in the driveway though. She never saw me until she heard me screaming. I have a very loud voice because her windows were closed and I had my helmet on. The neighbor's dogs started barking even.
Anyway, the damage, her bumper hit just the cans, no body work at all. Also, the bolt that holds the bracket that holds the collector under the engine behind the oil pan is bent. She has insurance, and she's the sister of my neighbor who I'm friends with. I think she was more shook up than I was. I thought she was going to break down in tears at any second. I'm going to take the bike to my mechanic and have him check it all out to make sure there's no other damage I can't see. And yes, I rode it to work, I didn't notice any problems at all. Whew!
So, here's the pics:
Right side can, very little damage.
