Cager Rear Ended Me Today.

[Sabre093]

Been there did my own Superman....Glad your ok!

[aviationfred]

I went and had the insurance estimate done. Parts and labor comes to $4886.03. 


Fred

[simi_ed]

Ouch!!!  Is the insurance going to want to total the bike?  I think I'd settle for less (if I had to) to avoid the salvage title.

My 2¢

[FeralRdr]

I went and had the insurance estimate done. Parts and labor comes to $4886.03. 


Fred

Meaning: Insurance will 'Total it'.  

[Bminder]

I went and had the insurance estimate done. Parts and labor comes to $4886.03. 


Fred

Did they say they would give you a check for that or what?

[aviationfred]

Ouch!!!  Is the insurance going to want to total the bike?  I think I'd settle for less (if I had to) to avoid the salvage title.

My 2¢

Right now the odds are in my favor. The vehicle that hit me was company owned and the company is self-insured. (No insurance adjuster or professional agent) I think they will be happy to write me a check and sign away my right for later medical compensation
I do have a Doctor appt. Scheduled for Monday as a precaution.

No worries on the salvage title, it already has a salvage title.

$1300.00 of the estimate came from damage to the saddle bags, top box and luggage frame. All of which I had added onto my insurance policy.

[Bminder]

May the odds be ever in your favor.

[Earl Svorks]

Ouch!!!  Is the insurance going to want to total the bike?  I think I'd settle for less (if I had to) to avoid the salvage title.

My 2¢

Right now the odds are in my favor. The vehicle that hit me was company owned and the company is self-insured. (No insurance adjuster or professional agent) I think they will be happy to write me a check and sign away my right for later medical compensation
I do have a Doctor appt. Scheduled for Monday as a precaution.

No worries on the salvage title, it already has a salvage title.

$1300.00 of the estimate came from damage to the saddle bags, top box and luggage frame. All of which I had added onto my insurance policy.

I think we all fear what might happen when stuck in a vulnerable spot like you were. I have made it my practice to blink my brake light on and off when in that position. 40 years and counting,,,so far, so good.

[ribbert]

  I think we all fear what might happen when stuck in a vulnerable spot like you were. I have made it my practice to blink my brake light on and off when in that position. 40 years and counting,,,so far, so good.

I have LED brake light globes and a brake light modulator. It makes the brake light flash rapidly and is adjustable for rate and duration. Very eye catching.

Mostly though I do my best to avoid putting myself anywhere that I could be rear ended.

For example, if I can't complete a turn into a side street without stopping, I will not sit in the centre of the road waiting for a gap while cars are passing within a metre in both directions. If I can't make the turn without stopping I will overshoot it, take the next turn or do a u turn as soon as I can. If making a turn on a country road at highway speeds, I pull off to the side until there is no traffic, no way am I going to be stationary on my bike with vehicles around me doing 100kph. Get hit doing that and there would be no accident report, just an obituary.
Once you have propped in the middle of the road you have no control over your destiny, it is entirely in the hands of the passing motorists.
Noel

[aviationfred]

I dis-assembled the rear of the bike to do some in depth sub-frame inspection, I found a few bent tabs where the luggage frame attacked. Other than that everything looks well. I will concede that the whole sub-frame may be tweaked to the left a hair.







The new LED tail light w/integrated signals arrived in the mail yesterday, some spare parts and paint and some Fred magic I was able to go for a ride last night.







Fred

[yamaha fj rider]

To add insult to injury Fred sold one of these taillights at WCR last month. That SUCKS.

Kurt

[scarylarry]

I feel your pain.  that happened to me last year.  I came away unscathed, but my poor fj did not.
after about a month of ebaying and putting everything back together, I finally painted it the green metallic I always wanted.
too bad that was the excuse to do it.

[Country Joe]

 

[aviationfred]

The FJ is officially TOTALED.

I received the Insurance offer of a total loss. Value set at $2068.00. Buy back option of $76.00.

Should I take the buy back offer???

You bet your ass I am......


Fred

[Bill_Rockoff]

Your bike still looks better than mine.

Glad you weren't hurt / bike wasn't damaged worse.