got rear ended

[ken65]

g'day folks,  went for a short ride today, anyway i was at a stop sign looking right and bang ,  this stupid idiot crashed into my backside,   i was just taking off,  he went thru  the stop sign,  , oil everywhere after the brake pedal went thru the clutch cover, the other little cover near it was busted and 1/2 of it missing ,    the right scoop is all busted up and other things aswell, anyway im a bit sore but no real damage but am getting stiffer by the minute..  lucky no one was coming on the right,  i would have been in real trouble,,  anyway , i walked away from it but with the adrenaline flowing the vet  (from the brighton vet shop) had to calm me down ,,,  i came within an inch of knocking him into next week,,   seems almost surreal now, anyway take it easy, ken

[Vsekvsek]

Good to hear your ok.
this is my absolute biggest fears of street riding. I have seriously almost thought of giving up street riding because of it and just go back to dirt bike riding only I live in a wet area and have had people slam into my last vehicle totaling it. It doesnt take anything for someone to be looking at their dam phone and not pay attention for a split second before its too dam late. Slamming on their brakes will just speed you up if you slide. People just dont get this. Everytime I come to a stop light I watch like a hawk behind me. I still struggle with riding street because of it.

[ken65]

thanks vsekvsek, i too alway look behind me aswell,,,,    but when he hit me i was looking down the road to my right to see if anything was coming so i could get going,,  i can understand you thinking about dirt only, this is the second time in 2 years were ive been belted by twits who appear to have their eyes painted on, cheers ken

[CanDman]

Holy sh_t Ken.......well brother I am happy to hear your ok....the bike is fixable....and sounds like you will be doing the Frankenstein for a week or so...... good news that it wasn't worse....make sure you tilt your head up and say thanks...if you believe He was watching over you that is...if you don't...I will.....no worries. And here I was thinking about our experiment with the blindfold......my first though was that you got home....threw on the blind fold....and stuck you head into the freezer....when suddenly your dog came up from behind and bit your ass while you were shaking...but anyways........it obviously wasn't that.....so.....get well and get your bike ready for the Big R in Snowy Riva...........I will bring some Jose Cuervo  gold and we can do a few shots and celebrate what didn't happen !!!!! 
CanDman

[FJmonkey]

Ken, sorry to hear that you got clipped at a stop sign, but very glad you can tell us about it. Keep us posted as you heal. From what you posted it seems it was the Vet that hit you? Cheers.

[markmartin]

It doesnt take anything for someone to be looking at their dam phone and not pay attention for a split second before its too dam late.

+1 .  I often count drivers looking at their phones while I wait in traffic.  The highest I've gotten so far is 10 in  a row that were not looking at their phone as they drove past me.  It's usually more often around every 4rth or 5th car if u no wht I mean.

Glad you weren't hurt too badly Ken. Yes bikes can be fixed but it still sucks.

[andyoutandabout]

yep, never stop at those stop signs.

[FJmonkey]

yep, never stop at those stop signs.

In Mexico, if you stop at a stop sign, you will get rear-ended... The rules are not the same..... Keep moving to save your ass....

[movenon]

Glad to hear you are OK. The bike is fixable. Getting hit from the rear has always a big concern with me.  Had a co worker in a center lane down in Salt Lake on a BMW RT and a car to his right side at a stop light.  A semi truck hit the car next to him straight on in the back almost at full speed, killed the driver.  Sacred the shit out of my co worker.  His comment to me was if a semi truck can't see a car in front of him at a stop light what chance do I have ?   

Not often but once in awhile I will see someone blow right throw a stop light at full speed as if the light was never there.  You just have to take care of yourself.
I am really glad you are not hurt to bad.
George

[roverfj1200]

As long as your OK Ken. Hope the bumps heal fast.

[oz.fj]

Hey Ken
Glad to here your ok
Still F#%kin frustrating though ha.
Darran 

[ken65]

thanks for the kind words,  hips a bit sore,and both hands aswell but i feel pretty good considering,

fjmonkey,  i probably didnt word it right, i got hit outside the vet clinic and the vet came out after he heard the bang.  it was a tradesmen in a hurry to get home after a days work.

ive been thinking if there was anything i could have done to avoid it and apart from not stopping nothing comes to mind.

i got a $220 fine only a couple of days ago in the mail for being 13k's over the speed limit in the car so i was being a law abiding citizen.  ken

[FJmonkey]

Heal well and fast Ken.

[CanDman]

thanks for the kind words,  hips a bit sore,and both hands aswell but i feel pretty good considering,

.... it was a tradesmen in a hurry to get home after a days work.

Hear that Darran......another damn carpenter.......doesn't look good on us at all.......Ken.......on behalf of Darran and myself.....and all tradesmen with their eyes painted on......fuuuuck .....we're sorry !!!

in 1978......I was 15 years old and on the back of my brothers Honda CB 350......it was raining and we were heading to Lindsay to visit our cousins. For some reason My dumb ass (older) brother was going West instead of East......well..... we were on Hwy #7 at the top of Hwy 404 waiting at a stop for the light to turn green......well for some reason I decided to look behind us and saw a Camero heading at us at light speed and she was only 50 yards away....I thought to myself.....this isn't good......when the driver(female) finally hit the brakes she just slid right into us at about I don't know.....35-40 mph.........Bang........the impact launched the 2 of us through the intersection and we came crashing down and then the bike on top of us. We were pinned and people were running towards us with blankets and umbrellas......the lady was a mess....absolute Hysterics (which didn't help)...we laid there n the ground in the rain and waited for the ambulance to arrive......they rushed the both of us to York Central Hospital. Other than a few pulled muscles and bruises we were both able to limp away from the whole thing. The 2 bars of the back rest were bent back 90% from the impact and my back sometimes gives me a little reminder once in a while. Thank God I became a framer and my back muscles quadrupled in size and doesn't bother me at all (as long as I am working)....if I am off for a few winter months ..it get a little squishy and it can bugger me...but that's my story.....my rear ending story..and the only one I have.....sorry Klav ....
Get well soon....
Kev


     

[ken65]

hehehe, he was a sparky actually, im ok, i hurt myself more falling down steps, im meeting with him this morning to try and sort out the details, ken