In 37 years I've had too many to count ranging from cars pulling out in front of me to having a Transit reverse back into me and then push the bike a good 20' along the road as I kicked the shit out of his van. He jumped out and was going to batter me until I pointed out my bike and all of a sudden he was very apologetic. It ended up pretty well because I scored a new bike and the driver actually put my bike in his van and drove me home once the dust had settled :smile:
Geez that's scary nearly 80% I feel for the guys who stay near big citys , theres that many tossers in such a rush these days
only had 2 offs on the road in the last 20 something years first when i was 17 (well 3 days before my birthday ) hit an illegaly parked car on a bend at night whilst on a fizzy fair to say the bike didnt fair well no broken bones luckily just missing skin and the car dissapeared within 4 min of me hitting it second one a car pulled out from a side road on the way to work about 15 years ago ended up going into the side of the car doing a nice superman impression over the bonnet lol only doing 25 mph landed fully on left elbow completly shattering it driver did stop and help and make some phone calls for me but kept telling people i had fell off my bike well in my own way told him i didnt fall off you f*$£+g knocked me off told by doctors i would never ride again as wouldnt have proper use of my arm bollocks to that i rode again took 6 years though :biggrin:
Pulled out in front of me and even with a bus stop full of witnesses it took 2 years to admit liability
Really makes me count my blessings, I got a call from the other parties insurance company accepting 100% liability three days after I got out of hospital, the bike was paid out a week later.
When you see young lads whizzing through London traffic on their 125s, or scooters, you can tell whether they have ever crashed just from their style of riding. The ones who ride with careless abandon and push their luck all the time have never had an off. I think to myself: you'll learn, once you've been killed a few times.
A few have tried, I have fallen off by putting it through a hedge whilst avoiding someone who was on the wrong side of the road but, thankfully I have never been hit by a car.
1. Polish woman who forgot what country she was in/direction to look. She T boned me. 2. Old twat looking for the turning to the local golf club, last min turn in front of me. I T-boned him. 3. Old woman looking at the scenery and ran into the back of me. Me under bike, bike under car. I'm taking up philately....:frown:
Yes - Justine is my wife. Pillion is a third party / passenger so able to claim same as any other third party. Bit annoyed with myself - I've been in / still am in insurance industry for best part of 25 years and didn't take out pa cover (to save about £30 on premium and due to superstition ie it ain't gonna happen to me!!)
Was just about to go to court, in all honesty im guessing a greedy lawyer just milking it for all he can
Okay so your insurance company had to pay your wife, for an accident that you were found to be at fault for. I can see a loop hole here, albeit a painful one :wink:
Quite possibly although not a recommended route to obtain cash through lol - 2 back and 4 neck fractures, broken collar bone and shoulder blade, 6 broken ribs, partially collapsed lung and left knee rebuild (3rd time) + left side brachial plexus injury (not fun that / hence my disability).Hey ho - still here (5 bikes down the line), still riding and having fun and most importantly Justine made full recovery after proving she can't fly and performing (I presume) a fairly full on crash landing.
i ran into the back of a 207 on the m5 when the driver paniced and stopped dead in lane 3, my fault i should have guessed the silly tart would throw out the anchors for no reason at 80... result? written off Street Triple R, purple plums and my missus in physiotherapy for 11 months with torn muscles and ligaments in her back after she did a superman impression over the top of the car followed by the bike. fun and games eh. seeing the missus lay on the tarmac screaming with my bike on top of her was the single most terrifying experience of my life...
SMIDSY by a bloke day before leaving for WDW - slow speed he pulled out of a junction , knew he was going to do it but not enough space to stop in time - hit him straight in the drivers door - thankfully just a few knocks & bruises - he admitted full liability and blubbed on the side of the road
6 ish times in last 30 years, last one 2007 and 3 months in hospital, nearly a goner, on a blade, before that 1998 on a blade, decided no more blades ; )
Must be something bout blades - mine was a 2007 blade. Before I made a damn mess of it, it was bloody nice looking bike tbh. Spoke to some plod a few months after and they said something along the lines of "figures...widow maker etc!!!!"
