Yes, I have joined the illustrious group of bods knocked off their SV's by people not looking where they are going!
Left work tonight, 2 mins into the journey, central Manchester, 3 lanes of traffic, I'm in the right hand lane, approaching the lights, bus and car on my left. As I approach the lights, they turn to green, I carry on straight, car on my left decides he's turning right.
Never thought being knocked off would be so wierd....everything did seem to happen slowly (although not slow enough that I had time to brake!), I must have been level or just past his rear wheel when he swung the right turn, remember thinking loads of things, oh ****, get away from the bike, don't tense up, roll with the impact etc. Before I know it I'm lying there looking at the sky and letting my head fall to the floor as it sinks in I've been taken off!
Cue lots of people swarming around, "Can you hear me?", "Do you want an ambulance?", "Saw it all mate, you're not at fault" etc etc.
I'm there thinking, knee hurts, elbow hurts, toes hurt, where's my bike?, make sure driver doesn't do a runner.
Luckily he was crapping himself and was a blubbering wreck. So I get up, bike is about 10ft away, on the pavement, facing me.
Left hand side is damaged, headlamp casing cracked, left side fairing scuffed top and bottom, R&G bung bent to almost off, left hand bar end same, left side handguard scuffed/bent, gear selector snapped, cotton reel worn down on swingarm.
Textiles ripped hole in knee, lid scratched, toe sliders on the best ever boots (TCX Competizione Goretex) worn away, gloves torn, Givi soft luggage and rain cover ripped.
BUT...I walked away, which is the main thing.
Got witnesses, guy admitted he didn't signal or look, I pointed out that out of the mirror/signal/manouever, all he did was manouever (sp?)!
He reckons I
undertook him, yeah right, I was on his right on a lane where the arrow on the floor says straight on and he turn right across my path (a bit like that u-turn u-tube vid). Anyway got his details and phoned insurers. Bike got recovered with breakdown cover I got with Carole Nash, now the claims process starts
Any advice from the great and good on here would be appreciated in taking this forward. Bike can be fixed up, forks might be OK (albeit it scratched) and the rest appears to be bodywork etc and I'm assuming I'll be able to claim for the excess, my kit (textiles/gloves/lid etc)?
Any hints/tips?
I'll be off to A&E or the quacks tomorrow, only just got in/fed and the thing happened at 5.15pm, by the feeling of my left knee and elbow....I won't be going kickboxing for a while (so no doubt I'll put on weight
)
Any advice greatly appreciate!
(P.S. Do I get a t-shirt or what?)