Do I get a T-shirt or summat?

[Nobbylad]

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?)

[Dave20046]

Glr your okay mate.
You'll get your bike moneys and all will be well. Blubbering **** even tried to deny it was his fault??? Some people really get to me.

[Nobbylad]

To be fair, he was a young lad/student and was shook up, I don't think he really thought it through!

[DarrenSV650S]

Sorry to hear about this mate At least you're in one piece and have someone to blame

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Nobbylad

To be fair, he was a young lad/student and was shook up, I don't think he really thought it through!

I'm a young lad ...yet to total someone elses bike, it isn't an excuse. You should keep your eyes open. (and not wear hats whilst driving like a lot of 'em!!)

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

I'm a young lad ...yet to total someone elses bike, it isn't an excuse. You should keep your eyes open. (and not wear hats whilst driving like a lot of 'em!!)

Sorry to hear of your off dude, good you sound relatively unscathed

[dizzyblonde]

Some people just get so far into their own little world they forget theres other people sharing their space. He admitted fault when he said he hadn't signalled.

As you said, you walked away. I've known people have a lot more than ripped gear after being swerved into like that. Know what you mean about the slow motion thing, and the first thing you look at is the bike looking all forlorn
You can have a tshirt if you like

[fizzwheel]

Glad you walked away from that.

You've got it all in hand, like you say get the Dr's and get checked out, if you have legal protection with your insurance talk to them about making a claim for your kit, you might feel worse in the morning, if you have to take time off work I suspect you'll be able to make a reasonable claim for that as well.

Seems cut and dried to me, but dont be surprised if the car driver changes his mind and tells his insurance company a load of rubbish to try and wiggle out of it.

Phew, that's quite a lot of damage to your clothing and the bike for a town off.

Glad you're relatively ok.

With the forks having comestic damage on top of the other stuff you could be looking at a write-off. Not sure if CN come with inbuilt clothing insurance anyway if you're fully comp, which hopefully you are

It should be the others guys fault and you should be able to claim fior everything, but until you have the money in your hands I wouldn't be 100% certain.

[Nobbylad]

Cheers guys..Dave...how do you know he was wearing a hat?!

and yes...fully comp...worst thing is I loved that bike