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landinr
05-23-2009, 11:40 PM
well what had happened was...on a afternoon ride yesterday and took a corner too hot ended up catching the grass on the apex and ended up in the ditch about 80 ft later...insurance will prolly total it out i think i tweaked the frame and the subframe is all kinds of crooked lost the whole front faring surprisingly there wasnt much cosmetic damage possibly cause i was in the grass and mud ...lucky for me i was wearing all my gear all i got was a busted ring finger, i think its broke at the first knuckle and a bruised left calf from where the passenger peg caught me...other than that im ok hopefully ill be back on another buell soon...im really bummed out

strmvt
05-23-2009, 11:49 PM
ATGATT FTW!!! glad you walked away

GatorBuell
05-24-2009, 12:31 AM
Yea glad your ok, and welcome to the club.

maybebuell
05-24-2009, 02:20 AM
hell dont be bummed ... out of all the things that could of happened..probably the luckest day of your life

Stevenc150
05-24-2009, 05:22 AM
Hate to hear it bro. Like Maybe said, could've been a lot worse though.

LeFox
05-24-2009, 10:09 AM
good you're still walking...

now atleast you have an excuse to leave that wedding-ring home :D

loser54023
05-24-2009, 02:51 PM
benn there. glad you were able to walk away

landinr
05-25-2009, 10:02 PM
Bike goes to the shop tomorrow hopefully they have some good news for me

veeemdoubleu
05-28-2009, 01:24 AM
Be glad you are ok. secondly If you have full coverage then hope they will total it. it never rides the same after a wreck. :(

Jay

4is2tooMany
05-28-2009, 03:27 AM
Glad your ok... Pictures?

SemperFi9S
05-28-2009, 03:43 AM
Yea, Pictures! Glad you're okay, but hell...maybe you'll get a new one out of the deal [up][up]

johnmichael
06-05-2009, 12:47 PM
I laid mine down in March and its now June. Still no bike. I was only doing 25 MPH and all the damage was cosmetic. I hope your experience goes better than mine is going.

tuneport67ss
06-05-2009, 12:56 PM
Glad everyone is ok. Just a word of advise. You are supposed to keep the shiny side up and the rubber side on the road. JK
Hope you get back on 2 wheels soon.:D

only1reds
06-05-2009, 04:00 PM
Yeah I've been there, well sort of.

Mine was a freak accident and thankfully the pavement spared me a visit. Oh and did I say no fender bender either?

But I wasn't as fortunate, I was not able to walk away. Broke the fibula and ankle due to a piece of debris that had struck me from another vehicle that rode over it on the HWY ahead of me.

Try that for a late x-mas present Dec 27th '08.

Grem
06-05-2009, 11:13 PM
Glad your ok, we've all been there, or close to thereof. Bikers always run to their rides and sometimes end up hurting themselves in the process. Ever run on a broken leg? Not good.

That said, research up on the insurance accident process and your insurance company. I did and I found I was entitled to $1,200+ for diminished value when they tried to pretend not to know what it was, or that I wasn't allowed it since I was on a bike; but they ultimately conceded.

Good Luck Fellow Bueller

shoeshineboy
06-22-2009, 01:17 AM
Glad you walked away! Hit a deer doing 70 on my XB12R last year and walked away with some minor road rash and a totalled bike. Hope you are able to get a leg over another bike soon. Says a lot for wearing full gear for sure. That was my second high speed deer/bike collision in seven years and being geared up was the major factor in me being here today with all my parts intact!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

toddb3
06-22-2009, 02:34 AM
I know its been said but bikes are easily replaceable with insurance but body parts arent. I'd be glad to be in one piece and in your down time try to decide whether to get the same bike again or go for an 1125R?

landinr
06-23-2009, 09:16 PM
so the damage estimate came back last week bike was not totaled they said and its going to cost 6900.00 to fix...they said if it would have been more than 75% of the value of the bike they would have totaled it...missed it by around 5% so the good news is ill be back on the road again cant wait.

maybebuell
06-24-2009, 01:44 AM
dont be bummed when you can walk away its a great day...