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It was a really nice day so I decided to ride my motorcycle over to meet up with my family prior to the funeral. Unfortunately that turned out to be a mistake.
I was riding on the right side of the left lane, going down a road which had two lanes in each direction. The SUV in front of me slowed down and stopped for a car which was turning left in front of it. I slowed down and stopped behind the SUV in front of me.
Next thing I know I get slammed from behind. The Toyota truck that hit me pushed me forward and over towards the right side. I managed to pull a perfect '10' dismount and hit the ground running but my momentum carried me into the right hand lane. Fortunately there were no cars coming at that moment, otherwise I would have also ended up getting run over by a car.
So, as luck would have it, I walked away without a single scratch but my bike didn't get as lucky. My Akrapovic carbon fiber slip-on is now nearly broke in half all the way along the bracket holding it on as well as being bent in towards my rear tire. It must have bent that whole passenger peg area as well on that side because my undertail is popped out and out of alignment on that side. In addition to various scrapes on my fairing, my gas tank also managed to get dented. I broke my front turn signal and scraped up my frameslider really good as well.
I called 'po-po' and I'm happy to report that they (two cars) were there in less than five minutes. (Can you believe this f'ing cager was sitting there trying to blame it on me, like I put my bike in 'reverse' or something and hit him??)
Just when I think it's cut and dry the cop tells me he can't make a report saying it was definitely that guy's fault because there were no witnesses. I don't know 'wtf' happened to using common sense? There is a single tire skidmark (from my bike obviously) running from underneath this asswipe's truck right up to where my bike was now resting on it's kickstand. My exhaust is smashed like an acordian and there is a perfect imprint of the hole on my exhaust which was left in his front bumper as well as rubber from my tire.
Am I missing something here? I know this cop wasn't Sherlock Holmes (I saw his name tag -- hahaha) but it doesn't take a genius to figure out what happened.
I was riding on the right side of the left lane, going down a road which had two lanes in each direction. The SUV in front of me slowed down and stopped for a car which was turning left in front of it. I slowed down and stopped behind the SUV in front of me.
Next thing I know I get slammed from behind. The Toyota truck that hit me pushed me forward and over towards the right side. I managed to pull a perfect '10' dismount and hit the ground running but my momentum carried me into the right hand lane. Fortunately there were no cars coming at that moment, otherwise I would have also ended up getting run over by a car.
So, as luck would have it, I walked away without a single scratch but my bike didn't get as lucky. My Akrapovic carbon fiber slip-on is now nearly broke in half all the way along the bracket holding it on as well as being bent in towards my rear tire. It must have bent that whole passenger peg area as well on that side because my undertail is popped out and out of alignment on that side. In addition to various scrapes on my fairing, my gas tank also managed to get dented. I broke my front turn signal and scraped up my frameslider really good as well.
I called 'po-po' and I'm happy to report that they (two cars) were there in less than five minutes. (Can you believe this f'ing cager was sitting there trying to blame it on me, like I put my bike in 'reverse' or something and hit him??)
Just when I think it's cut and dry the cop tells me he can't make a report saying it was definitely that guy's fault because there were no witnesses. I don't know 'wtf' happened to using common sense? There is a single tire skidmark (from my bike obviously) running from underneath this asswipe's truck right up to where my bike was now resting on it's kickstand. My exhaust is smashed like an acordian and there is a perfect imprint of the hole on my exhaust which was left in his front bumper as well as rubber from my tire.
Am I missing something here? I know this cop wasn't Sherlock Holmes (I saw his name tag -- hahaha) but it doesn't take a genius to figure out what happened.