Crash and burn

[TexasDave]

Sorry to hear about your accident and hope you have a speedy recovery. Now about blaming the wife for dropping your bike..........

[Lotsokids]

Insurance?

Yes, I was wondering that also. Legally, is it automatically your fault, or is there debate for blame?

[Tiger]

  WOW!!! Glad to know that you came through such a scary ordeal relatively unscathed mate...Sorry about your ride but I'm sure it's fixable

I'm not really a religious person as such, however, I do believe that anyone that can walk away from a bike accident is blessed...and also proves that;

  ALL THE GEAR, ALL THE TIME
...actually does works regardless what the cruiser guys think!!!

John.

[JPaganel]

The blame is on the guy causing the initial accident. Unfortunately, everyone was so distracted by my little bonfire, nobody took his plate down and he got away.

Insurance will cover medical, not sure what I got for coverage on the bike. To us it's a classic, to them it's just an old bike.

[JPaganel]

And yeah, gear works.

My gear wasn't all that fancy, even. Both jeans and jacket were River Road.

The coolest thing was this little bit.  I got the jeans and the kneepads were a little low. So, I opened them up, stitched the pads where I thought they should be, and my wife put them back together. Guess where I have a rip? Right where I moved the pad to.

[Steve_in_Florida]

Wow, I'm glad you're o.k.

The bike can definitely be fixed, especially since they got the fire out early.

Sobering. It can happen so fast.

Steve

[Arnie]

There's a lot of 'good things' you can take from this experience.

#1. You're able to tell us all about it.

#2. You will heal

#3. You'll still be able to ride a bike.

#4. Your bike can be repaired or replaced

#5. Its close to the end of your bike riding season so you won't miss too much.

#6. You'll have all winter to repair, refurbish, (or shop) for your bike.

Get well soon.

Arnie

[charleygofast]

Gear is indeed important! For some who've never crashed they'll never know untill they do (Alot of Harley riders, and most wont wear a helmet, but wear all that leather, so when they crash theyre toast anyway!)Glad youre ok, youll get the bike in shape when your ready friends here will see to that! I personally avoid I90/94 like the plague! Last weeknd a cooler fell off a trailer in front of me near Madison bouncing cans everywhere! I didnt get hit but some flew overhead scarey shit. I only jumped on for about a mile to get on hwy12 again. Heal up Man, I,m hoping next year some of us WI. ILL. and MINN. guys can do some miles together.                                                                Cheers!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Charley.

[Dads_FJ]

I've got some bits and odds-n-ends leftover from an '84 I parted out.  Make a list and I'll see what I have for you.

[JPaganel]

I've got some bits and odds-n-ends leftover from an '84 I parted out.  Make a list and I'll see what I have for you.

Thanks! I will make a thread in the parts wanted section.

[JoBrCo]

Wow, I'm really sorry this happened, but you are in pretty good shape, it would seem.  Hindsight being 20/20, I'm sure you'll never fall victim to another thoughtless driver.  I always say that it takes Aggressive Defensive driving to steer clear of danger, unfortunately even then, there are some real prize winners for the stupidity trophy.  And that guy caused a hit and then ran; here's to hoping karma takes care of him.

Well, as others have said, "get well soon." And don't worry about the bike, because if there's an FJ Will, there will always be an FJ way.

Good Luck my friend!

FJ Forever!   

JoBrCo   

[Burns]

So glad you`re okay mate. 

A two mile long oil slick!....(in another lane?).  You are one Very Lucky Man. ...glad you`re right handed too!

like every one else here I'm glad your body got through this with a minimum of trauma.  Seems to me that what got you was the road hazard of that oil slick. I'd check with a lawyer as to where the liability for that is. 

[charleygofast]

I've got some bits and odds-n-ends leftover from an '84 I parted out.  Make a list and I'll see what I have for you.

I've also got alot of 84FJ parts including some electrics and a wireing harness if U need one.                                                                                                                    Charley.

[JPaganel]

Hindsight being 20/20, I'm sure you'll never fall victim to another thoughtless driver. 

I'm pretty sure I would have made it OK if it wasn't for the oil river. I did see then in time and had room to maneuver.

[JPaganel]

Pulled seat and tank, hosed everything down, cleared the fire suppressant.

Right side panel is fine. Belly pan, right scoop and left panel are a total loss. Main fairing is a little scorched. Worst damage to metal seems to be the crankshaft cap area. The cap itself is half gone, the bottom screw is sheared off, and the rim to which it mounts is damaged.

The fire seems to have been in and around the airbox. Airbox itself is melted. The fuel lines are intact, as is the petcock. Carbs are covered in soot,  not sure if they have fire damage. Not sure what wiring is cooked, yet, either.

To be continued when it's daylight again...