New bike + stupid cage = Sad me :(

[ZeroIndex]

Hey everyone, finally got me a new pair of wheels <-- implying "2" YAY!!!!
1998 Suzuki RG150 (black with purple and orange vinyls)
Runs really nicely, and got it for the amazing price of $1500 :)

OK, now for the 'suck' part.

Got up this morning, went over to my mom's work to collect some money she owed me (next to the old Warehouse on Te Rapa Straight/across from Road&Sport). Got EFTPOS card, went to Boyd Honda (Te Rapa Straight), bought some 2stroke oil ($27), then carried on up Te Rapa Straight to Supacross Cycles to get a WOF. Another $25 later, my bike is full of 2stroke oil (Castrol TTS Fully Synthetic), and it has a WOF. Then stopped at Westpac (Caltex Roundabout, yes still Te Rapa Straight), to draw the rest of the money owed from the cash machine. Then rode back down Te Rapa Straight to drop off the EFTPOS card. Park in a parallel-park parking, hop off the bike go inside hand the card back to my mom, as I turn around, I see a big people mover reverse 2 metres (half metre back out of theres, and a further 1.5 metres into my parking), and knock my bike over... I'm like WTF you dumb bitch! Anyway, have got all the necessary insurance details, and have been into Waikato Yamaha to get an insurance quote written up.

Damages:
Top left fairing braket - bent
Clutch lever - bent
Left Clip-on - bent
Gear-shift - bent
Left lower fairing - vinyl scratches
Left mirror - broken.


Pics to come

[avgas]

that sucks man, must be the season for it or something. I park on footpaths cos its just to dangerous in carparks

[samwp]

bitches and 4WDs are never a good mix

[ZeroIndex]

that sucks man, must be the season for it or something. I park on footpaths cos its just to dangerous in carparks

yeah, last time I park in a car parking.. maybe that's why it's called a car parking....

[samwp]

that sucks man, must be the season for it or something. I park on footpaths cos its just to dangerous in carparks


yea and $40 later you've got a fine for it

[Nasty]

Man totally bummed ... but at least you were able to get their details ... now to repair????.

[rwh]

Bugger! I've worried a bit when parking in parallel spots, though more that people will get annoyed at being prevented from using the park by such a small vehicle. Hard to see though too.

It seems to me that bikes are far too fragile, too - it's never that unlikely that it'll be dropped or knocked over, and all the bits seem to be designed to break and cost lots of money. Must get round to getting some crash knobs when I get my next bike ...

Sounds like your mum's probably breached her EFTPOS conditions, too :)

Richard

[bane]

its a green conspiracy to kill off all 2 strokers...

bad luck, but look on the bright side, when you get it back, it will be an 8 year old bike that looks like new.

[ZeroIndex]

yea and $40 later you've got a fine for it

depends on what type of footpath you park on.. if it's out of the way of standard pedestrian traffic, they don't bother

[stunz]

Sounds like "newyearitis" is catching. Lots of cagers playing silly buggers this week...hope your back on your bike soon as, cos there aint much sun left. (Exceptin if you live in Welly....)

[Indiana_Jones]

that sucks man, must be the season for it or something. I park on footpaths cos its just to dangerous in carparks

same here, too dodge in a parallel one. In spaces, I make sure my arse can be seen when ur driving down the row.

-Indy

[Grahameeboy]

I am in your sadness cause my bike was hit whilst parked today....

[Phurrball]

There is definately something in the air...I really feel for you ZI.

Almost glad my bike is safe at home in the shed...disc-locked, cable alarmed, and with a car reversed up to the door...:shutup:

Nah, who am I kidding, I miss him horribly...

Good luck getting your bike sorted ZI - may cars - and especially people movers and urban assault vehicles - stay well clear in future.

[ZeroIndex]

I am in your sadness cause my bike was hit whilst parked today....

yeah, hope you manage to get that sorted out, I read about it, and when I went up to park was thinking about your post, and thought "nah, that won't happen to my bike... I'm only gonna be 2 minutes"... REMEMBER PEOPLE: Things that happen to other people CAN happen to you too...

[Oakie]

That is exactly what happened (twice!) to my FXR150. $420 and $1200 worth of damage. Bummer!

[ZeroIndex]

Well, here are the pictures of my new, yet broken bike

[ferretface]

Sucks man - at least she didn't try denying it. - Had it happen to me once with 3 witnesses and she reckoned she still had nothing to do with it - dozy woman driving huge SUV...grrrrr

[carver]

Hey everyone, finally got me a new pair of wheels <-- implying "2" YAY!!!!
1998 Suzuki RG150 (black with purple and orange vinyls)
Runs really nicely, and got it for the amazing price of $1500 :)

OK, now for the 'suck' part.

Got up this morning, went over to my mom's work to collect some money she owed me (next to the old Warehouse on Te Rapa Straight/across from Road&Sport). Got EFTPOS card, went to Boyd Honda (Te Rapa Straight), bought some 2stroke oil ($27), then carried on up Te Rapa Straight to Supacross Cycles to get a WOF. Another $25 later, my bike is full of 2stroke oil (Castrol TTS Fully Synthetic), and it has a WOF. Then stopped at Westpac (Caltex Roundabout, yes still Te Rapa Straight), to draw the rest of the money owed from the cash machine. Then rode back down Te Rapa Straight to drop off the EFTPOS card. Park in a parallel-park parking, hop off the bike go inside hand the card back to my mom, as I turn around, I see a big people mover reverse 2 metres (half metre back out of theres, and a further 1.5 metres into my parking), and knock my bike over... I'm like WTF you dumb bitch! Anyway, have got all the necessary insurance details, and have been into Waikato Yamaha to get an insurance quote written up.

Damages:
Top left fairing braket - bent
Clutch lever - bent
Left Clip-on - bent
Gear-shift - bent
Left lower fairing - vinyl scratches
Left mirror - broken.


fuck, no way!
that really sucks dude, oh well, insurance pays!
at least we all got to see it when it was mint last night!

[Insanity_rules]

I feel your pain dude. Not so much my bike but my car isn't that old (ie couple of years) and I already have dings in the doors from meat puppets opening theirs on it.

People just don't respect other peoples shit anymore.

[Kinje]

Ah crap- gutted to hear that mate

[kiwifruit]

at least you weren't on it :yes:

[aderino4]

Lol, i guess it wasn't just me.
I had a restricted driver cut me off on intersection just 3 days before Christmas.
He apologized and admitted fault; and tried his best to talk to me to not go to the insurance. :nono:

Damage is on the plastics only but valuewise it's in the region of $5k. :gob:
Insurance company almost wrote it off, but the nice chap at *Nice shop name* defended and said it's repairable.

Heard a news from the insurance company today that the other party has decided to deny all liabilities and send a response that I was speeding in the CBD area.

Luckily I had 2 witnesses that was there and knew the other guy was at fault and send a nice statement supporting me. :innocent:

No we wait and see.

[Wolf]

Sorry to read of your bike woes, ZI.

Some people are just utter fucking morons when it comes to driving. Of course, if the silly cow had been driving something smaller than a tank she might have been able to see what was behind her.

[RC1]

that sucks bigtime zi,at least it was insured at time it happened ,and you were not hurt :shit:

[ZeroIndex]

that sucks bigtime zi,at least it was insured at time it happened ,and you were not hurt :shit:

what do you mean "at least it was insured at time it happened"? My bike doesn't have insurance yet, hell, I only transferred into my name 10 minutes ago. The fun-killing-tank has insurance

[davereid]

I park on the footpath too, there are no parks in Levin. I've never had a ticket here. I got one in *%$#$@&^ North but wrote in and explained that some c%nt musta moved my bike cos I parked legally, which I assure you I had.

Bad new about the bike, it's Murphys law.

I've had ridden without a near miss for ages, then I decided to trade the HD on a new 6F. Took the HD for a final ride with the missus, and followed a line of cars doing a RH turn into the main St. of Foxton. Grandad in the toyota gave way to 4 cars in front of me, and then pulled out and almost dished us. Only broke his rear view mirror luckily, it hooked up on my foot, but I managed not to crash.

Then got the new bike, TWO bloody idiot failed to give way on the ride home. Sheesh !

[Pathos]

omfg... you don't any luck do you...

[Mr. Peanut]

Congrats on the new purchase!! 2 strokes FTW :)

[Lissa]

Oh crap..... hope it gets fixed up soon!

[Waylander]

I still don't understand why, when you had three bike shops near by, you still parked in a car space.

[chanceyy]

bitches and 4WDs are never a good mix



hmmmmmm why is that .. this bytch drives a 4WD .. & have never backed into a bike car or other obstacle yet ;)


but i am sure i could make an exception for you :shutup:

[Toaster]

bitches and 4WDs are never a good mix

I thought giving them the vote was bad enough.

[Waylander]

hmmmmmm why is that .. this bytch drives a 4WD .. & have never backed into a bike car or other obstacle yet ;)


but i am sure i could make an exception for you :shutup:
Wouldn't matter much with his bike. It's been thrashed half to death anyway.
:dodge:

[Toaster]

... just being cheeky :)

[Maha]

Rob???.... do your knees impeed the your rear vision at all??.....:innocent:

[ZeroIndex]

Rob???.... do your knees impeed the your rear vision at all??.....:innocent:

surprisingly, I fit the RG as well as I fit your Trumpy (better than the GPX)

[elle-f]

That's a bummer to hear that. When i park in car parks i always make sure my bike it sticking out so whoever decides to bloody turn in can see it.....mind you, i guess i put my faith in people in cages who actually bother looking!

On another note - Before this bike i have now, i rode around for 2 years on a.........1998 Suzuki RG 1998 and absolutely loved it. It's a zippy little thing and easily drags things off at the lights! When it's all fixed you will love hanging out on it. Mine is just another colour.....same base colour though.

Happy Riding when you get back there
Elle :)

[gijoe1313]

Sorry to hear about your own semi-Dante's inferno version - I get paranoid whenever I'm not around my bike when it's parked. I try to avoid parking in car spaces whenever possible - too many idjits and incidents seem to occur to bikes when they are! (I do recall Spankme saying "Never,ever park in car spaces!")

And all that on your new ride! :no: Ah well, least it wasn't when you were pootling along!

[ZeroIndex]

Well, just got the insurance quote from Waikato Yamaha, and the silly woman is not gonna be happy.

1x Top fairing bracket - $119
1x Left mirror - $120
1x Clutch lever - $40
1x Clip-on left handle bar - $139
1x End weight $18

Parts total - $436
Labour - $144 (2 hours)

Total cost for being an idiot and reversing into someone's bike - $580

So, I'm dropping off the quote tonight, and hopefully shall be underweigh with repairs next week

[hXc]

yea and $40 later you've got a fine for it
I use their own rules against them when getting told to move off the footpath.

Technically, a footpath is a public road, as it has no gates to stop motorists from using it. Therefore, as long as you are not impeding the flow of traffic (be it foot or otherwise), you are doing nothing illegal when parking on it.

Shuts the little Nazi parking bitches up.