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10-26-2004, 02:44 AM
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| Seat Tester Join Date: Jul 2004
Bike: 2000 Suz Gsxr 600
Location: Metairie, La
Posts: 54
  |  Bike VS CAR...Car wins :(
Sup, Just thought I would share my not so good day with everyone. Well, today seemed like a normal day or so it seemed when it began. As always I got up and got dressed to go to class, bah bah bah. Well, on the way to school i come to a red light stopped behind a small passenger car. We both are turning left (as you can see in the illustration) as she turns she veers off to the outside lane so i continue in my lane. Then, out of no where as I get even with her she decides she wants to Pull a U turn (yes a U turn) from the right hand lane, well as you can see that lane was occupied but non other then me and my poor bike.  Well she slams into me knocking me off the bike and forcing me to kiss the pavement. I was wearing my helmet of course but not my jacket because I was going to class and it gets a little hot to wear. Besides the fact that it gets hot my class is only 10 blocks from my house Max! Well, anyway as you can see distance plays no role as they say "most accidents happen near your home"; Guess this holds true. I got out pretty lucky or so it seemed at the time, she has insurance and only thing happen to my bike is Front brake lever broke, rear brake lever broke and bent the bracket back a bit, but my frame slider saved my plastics for the most part just a few scratches remain along with the ate up frame slider. My bike wont start now either : / sounds like the starter is jammed or something so hoping that its nothing major. Oh yea, my factory exhaust is pretty scratched up( Cry, guess I will have to order a Yoshi  . As for me right elbow is scratched good along with scratches on my side hip and knee. Worst thing I guess is my foot, after talking to a teacher tonight (city cop/slash pretty cool R1 owner) I am going to the ER tomorrow and having it looked at, its pretty black and blue and hurts to walk on it. I spoke with the appraiser already today and he wants me to send the bike to this shop I usually purchase parts from to see what all needs fixed. I am eager to get my bike back on the road but don't want to get screwed out of what I have coming. I was thinking about maybe contacting a lawyer tomorrow and seeing what he says about the situation. I mean, I sat behind this GD(sorry) lady (not to mention there were 2 people in the car) for a good 3 minutes at the light and its hard for me to believe that she didn't ONCE glance in the rear view to see me there? Drivers like that make me want to punch a homeless guy.(joking) I thought I would share my first accident/meeting with the pavement with you guys. Thanks for the ear(eyes), John Banged up '00 Gsxr 600  P.S. nice little image I drew up but dont know how to post the pic |
