My nephew in Vancouver bought a 1982 (?) Honda CB900 Super Sport this spring. He has been enjoying it thoroughly until last week when I got this email...
QuoteCrashed going up mount baker.
I saw two guys near a cop and turns out one of them had a head on collision with a car going around a blind corner.
Low speed. He was ok. I stayed with them and was going tk ride back to vancouver with then. Was going back down the mountain and 5 mins later I'm behind them a good ways going into a hairpin when a jeep blows into the turn crossing the line and hit me head on. Bike is fucked. My neck hurts a good bunch but I'm ok.
Bike is fucked and it's going to be a pain in the ass to get it and myself back to Canada.
The forks are bent but possibly not beyond repair - as seen in the pic below. The problem is he is trying to get the bike back to Canada because there are no shops in Sumas WA (https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Sumas,+WA+98295,+USA/@48.9755335,-122.2983592,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x54844b2fd487d249:0x5255e06f07cf7db!8m2!3d49.0001217!4d-122.2648752), which is right on the border.
Just thought it might be logistically easier to find a shop in the area and get it fixed there. I googled around and pickings seem slim. Ironically that part of British Columbia is one of the more denser pouplated areas of Canada - while that area of Washington State is much less populated. Usually it's the other way around.
Any suggestions appreciated. He may have to bite the bullett and get a rental a bring it back. That has some issues as most rental companies don't allow cross border travel - not that they need to know.
That sucks. Glad he was not hurt worse. Hope the driver was caught. Wishing your nephew the best of luck, getting the bike home.
Kurt