I feel bad about bitching about minor rock dings from last weeks dump truck incident.
On my way to Jackson Hole Wyoming this weekend, I stopped at a Chevron in Soda Springs Idaho.
I whnt in to get some food and some lottery scratch tickets and came back out, parked in the shade to play my tickets when all a sudden my bike lunged forward (I was not on my bike at the time) and down into a tall curb, busting off my left mirror, scratching the windscreen, the corner of the front faring, the left faring, the magnito cover , the clutch resivior (which took the brunt of the fall by the way) and even got a bit of my muffler can.
Turns out a guy from Boise turned into the gas station a bit too tightly and his camper tailer bumped my tail light making my bike roll off the kickstand.
You could have hear me cursing from three states I was so mad.
But I calmed down, after seeing the absolute dread on this guys face, and after finding out he was fully insured. (I know he felt bad, let alone scared, I'm not a small guy)
I called the local police to document the whole thing (I highly suggest doing this if you have never delt with an insurance company before) to proove it wasn't my fault and to aid in my insurance claim. The office documented everything and took photos of the scene and cleared me of wrong doing.
I stopped by a Suzuki dealership on the way home, and it looks like (from a rough estimate) tht parts will be about $2000+labor.
The bike itself still runs ok, I even got it up to 160 on a back road. (not that I do that all the time).
Nice thing is, OEM replacement parts from Suzuki are out of this world expensive. So I might be able to use my claim check to buy replacement parts off of ebay, do the labor myself, and get some killer after market items, like carbon fiber wheels and or a performance exhaust.
I'll have photos as soon as I can find my camera.
On my way to Jackson Hole Wyoming this weekend, I stopped at a Chevron in Soda Springs Idaho.
I whnt in to get some food and some lottery scratch tickets and came back out, parked in the shade to play my tickets when all a sudden my bike lunged forward (I was not on my bike at the time) and down into a tall curb, busting off my left mirror, scratching the windscreen, the corner of the front faring, the left faring, the magnito cover , the clutch resivior (which took the brunt of the fall by the way) and even got a bit of my muffler can.
Turns out a guy from Boise turned into the gas station a bit too tightly and his camper tailer bumped my tail light making my bike roll off the kickstand.
You could have hear me cursing from three states I was so mad.
But I calmed down, after seeing the absolute dread on this guys face, and after finding out he was fully insured. (I know he felt bad, let alone scared, I'm not a small guy)
I called the local police to document the whole thing (I highly suggest doing this if you have never delt with an insurance company before) to proove it wasn't my fault and to aid in my insurance claim. The office documented everything and took photos of the scene and cleared me of wrong doing.
I stopped by a Suzuki dealership on the way home, and it looks like (from a rough estimate) tht parts will be about $2000+labor.
The bike itself still runs ok, I even got it up to 160 on a back road. (not that I do that all the time).
Nice thing is, OEM replacement parts from Suzuki are out of this world expensive. So I might be able to use my claim check to buy replacement parts off of ebay, do the labor myself, and get some killer after market items, like carbon fiber wheels and or a performance exhaust.
I'll have photos as soon as I can find my camera.
