Rick B. Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 what the hell is goin on with everyone getting in accidents? im gonna be pissed if i get in one now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Especially seein' as you're on a bike and all.. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick B. Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 easy to laugh at it now. but not after i end up decapitated by a semi trailer or something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Damn man, sucks again. Wow. Get that puppy fixed up b4 the meet man. And Rick, I hope you already know to drive very very carefully on that bike and pay attention to all cars around you at all times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 easy to laugh at it now. but not after i end up decapitated by a semi trailer or something similar. you mean like this guy? I had to link to it, it's a little graphic: oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH6TunerDaniel Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Did the airbags go off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repsol Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 Nope, I was surprised it didn't. I was just waiting for it to go off. I'm glad it didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repsol Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 easy to laugh at it now. but not after i end up decapitated by a semi trailer or something similar. =\ Don't say that... Damn man, sucks again. Wow. Get that puppy fixed up b4 the meet man. And Rick, I hope you already know to drive very very carefully on that bike and pay attention to all cars around you at all times. Yeah, It should be fixed and fully repainted before the meet. Hopefully converted to a 5-speed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH6TunerDaniel Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 =\ Don't say that... Yeah, It should be fixed and fully repainted before the meet. Hopefully converted to a 5-speed as well. Want to buy some del Sol SOHC shift linkage for the conversion? Since you cant use regular civic linkage...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick B. Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 sooo. i would love to thank all of you having accidents because today there was one that i got to experience. im out with a buddy riding palomar moutain (a really really curvy road). i have a passenger on the back of my bike. so here we are gliding through these turns at 40+ when it happens. there is some loose gravel through the apex of one of the turns. I managed to dodge it but my friend hit it straight on. he dropped the bike and saved himself from serious injury by letting go of the bike instead of holding on. the bike slammed into one of the cliff walls (not really cliff, but steep and full of rocks) along side the road and he skidded into a ditch. so, i turn around and parked the bike and jumped off to help him out. he ended up with some pretty gnarly road rash on his left knee and a bruised ankle but that was it. he was wearing leathers which really saved him some painful injuries. while picking the bike up out of the ditch i accidentally put my hand on the exhaust pipe and burned off half my finger prints. so, we pulled the bike out eventually with the help of some other bikers who stopped, (i swear, riding a motorcycle makes you a part of a sacred brotherhood, everyone looks out for each other. 10 bikers stopped to make sure we were ok, and every car that went by just stared and kept on going). the crash broke the fairings on the left side of the bike, tore off the left mirror, and snapped the shifter pedal in half. i bent what was left of the shifter pedal outward that way he could shift and drive the bike home. all in all, there is about $300 in damage done to the bike and he has a scraped knee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Rick you crazy bastard. At least you were paying enough attention to avoid that gravel yourself. Glad your buddy is ok too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lceah Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 wow so glad you guys are ok true, bikers really do look out for eachother... I look out for them too like on the freeway, I see them coming from far and I pull to the other side of the lane so they have a lot of space to go through! so glad everyone is ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_agu28 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Damn rick. I am glad you and your buddy are alright. This worries me that everybody is getting in accidents. Will I be next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lceah Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 no, no one is next! let's tell stories of accidents we have seen lately? I let a big van get in front of me in traffic and then I see the guy get in and hit the car in front of it! loool and then I pass by this car with a crushed hood...and I notice there are flames coming out of the engine! the guys were just standing next to it exchanging insurance or whatever! idiots!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_agu28 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 you should be glad that it was not you. I have a thing for side swiping people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick B. Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 nah, im not crazy. i barely saw the gravel myself. ill post pics tomorrow of his bike. he left it at my place because it was too painful to ride home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 let's tell stories of accidents we have seen lately? I haven't seen any accidents lately but on the drive home from Boston there was a fire in the median of the highway for some reason, in the grass. There was no one there but it was producing a lot of smoke and was blowing right across my side of the highway. Had to pull all the way to the right lane and even so when I drove through it, I got a big whiff of something very hot burning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lceah Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 did you call emergency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I saw a cop coming on the other side of the highway so I didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repsol Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 Well. The Insurance Adjuster never came to look at the car. My dad took it to the body shop to get an estimate while I was at work. Came out to $4100. The frame is bent a tad. The insurance company is trying to get out of giving me any cash out of it. It's not my fault they're stupid ass driver was sleepy and blew through a stop sign. WTF. I'll just keep you guys updated on everything that goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Yea man. Insurance companies are always a b*tch and a half. Took me 2 months to get back on the road EACH time I've been hit. Call them every damn day, and keep us updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 it's sad that they want out of fixing it, but it is amusing that I called this so perfectly. If you do not have it repaired or buy it back, call me ASAP. I will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_agu28 Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 So yeah, that sucks that the insurance is trying to give you nothing. That is how it works. you pay every month for nothing but when it comes down to actually using what they offer, in this case a car payout or whatever. They won't do what they say and if they do, they drag there feet oh so slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lceah Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 sucks...sorry...insurance companies suck! too bad having car insurance is a law here! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelSolSweetie Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 so we were driving down the road today and i saw a lot of fire trucks and fire/rescue trucks(they are just red pick-ups) and we got stopped so an ambulance could get out of the mess and i saw a phone pole at a 45 degree angle and a black suv.. and i was like o so moron hit a light pole again.. well when they said we could start going again i realized there was a blue car in between the pole and the SUV.. and it was smashed.. the blue car looked like a bowtie how smashed the middle of it was.. i guess the blue car pulled out in front of the SUV i just dont know how they ended up in a light pole too.. it reminded me of all the wrecks everyone is gettin into Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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