Yesterday going through downtown L.A. on 101 fwy to Hollywood, right before 110 Fwy Interchange. White Toyota Camery with gold trim letters, lic plate 3LCL633 or 3LCL663 lane changed into me on my clutch side. I felt his tire on my left boot, knocked me to the right a bit and I throttled out. Wobbled a bit and regained control. I slowed in front of him to try to get him to pull over, he just changed lanes to try to slip out from behind me. I changed in front of him again, waving for him to pull over, he changed lanes back. I was not going to play chicken with him anymore. I slowed to let him pass and caught all the juicy details about him.
I have uninsured motorist and I was able to id this son of a b*tch, so I called in to my insurance and filed a claim. Adjuster should be calling me Monday afternoon.
Damages are mainly cosmetic, as you can see below, that's his white paint on the scratches on my clutch side OEM can, also a little bit on the front cowl. That's from me throttling out of there, because I didn't know what's behind me to get out from this idiot that route. What's not pictured is that after a day of riding now, I believe my clutchside foot peg bracket is slightly bent because I'm feeling more vibration and shaking on my left foot than before.
Funny thing is when I asked the girl at the insurance taking my info should I file a police hit and run report, she said it was up to me. But after talking to a couple of bikers at Cal Coast Motorsport, they correctly pointed out that I should so it will sent message to this as*hole to be more careful of, and respectful of bikers.
Called CHP and they said it is definitely a hit and run from what I described and I should ride down to my nearest CHP station come Monday to file a report in person and so they can take pictures.
I knew it was going to happen sooner or later, especially in this crazy L.A. traffic with all the idiots. I'm just glad that it didn't happen with me actually going down off my bike on the freeway. This is the second time I had a zero inch, full contact incident, and (knock on wood, hard) I didn't go down. I think that's a testimony to the stability of the Busa in hairy situations like that.
I have uninsured motorist and I was able to id this son of a b*tch, so I called in to my insurance and filed a claim. Adjuster should be calling me Monday afternoon.
Damages are mainly cosmetic, as you can see below, that's his white paint on the scratches on my clutch side OEM can, also a little bit on the front cowl. That's from me throttling out of there, because I didn't know what's behind me to get out from this idiot that route. What's not pictured is that after a day of riding now, I believe my clutchside foot peg bracket is slightly bent because I'm feeling more vibration and shaking on my left foot than before.
Funny thing is when I asked the girl at the insurance taking my info should I file a police hit and run report, she said it was up to me. But after talking to a couple of bikers at Cal Coast Motorsport, they correctly pointed out that I should so it will sent message to this as*hole to be more careful of, and respectful of bikers.
Called CHP and they said it is definitely a hit and run from what I described and I should ride down to my nearest CHP station come Monday to file a report in person and so they can take pictures.
I knew it was going to happen sooner or later, especially in this crazy L.A. traffic with all the idiots. I'm just glad that it didn't happen with me actually going down off my bike on the freeway. This is the second time I had a zero inch, full contact incident, and (knock on wood, hard) I didn't go down. I think that's a testimony to the stability of the Busa in hairy situations like that.
