First accident.

[DuLuX]

So, it was a nice sunny saturday morning, i had my ginny all warmed up and ready to go for an uber ride round the bays and was considering going further as it was sunny.Stopped off at the garage in brooklyn to fill her up. and as i was taking off my gloves and about to dismount - some wee wifey in the car in front of me that was stationary - suddenly decided she wanted to be closer to the pump -so she reversed right back .... into me. snapped the clutch lever right off. there goes the weekend :(
luckily the guy in the garage next door was about to leave for the weekend and offered to let me park the bike there until monday morning when the wellington motorcycle guys are gonna come pick it up.
Anyone know the average turnaround for replacing the clutch lever? am assuming it will be quite fast? made me realize i should probably look into that damn insurance now... although the bill for this one is being sent round to the wee woman who dinged my wee beastie.

hopefully get her back monday afternoon. :bye:

[Mr Merde]

Assuming that they have a spare clutch lever for your bike then it should be only a few minuites.

After my recent off that was one item I had to replace and as said it was the easiest part to replace.

Mr:shit:

[babyblade250rr]

So, it was a nice sunny saturday morning, i had my ginny all warmed up and ready to go for an uber ride round the bays and was considering going further as it was sunny.Stopped off at the garage in brooklyn to fill her up. and as i was taking off my gloves and about to dismount - some wee wifey in the car in front of me that was stationary - suddenly decided she wanted to be closer to the pump -so she reversed right back .... into me. snapped the clutch lever right off. there goes the weekend :(
luckily the guy in the garage next door was about to leave for the weekend and offered to let me park the bike there until monday morning when the wellington motorcycle guys are gonna come pick it up.
Anyone know the average turnaround for replacing the clutch lever? am assuming it will be quite fast? made me realize i should probably look into that damn insurance now... although the bill for this one is being sent round to the wee woman who dinged my wee beastie.

hopefully get her back monday afternoon. :bye:

Insurance is a good idea if you completely kill ya wee beast but for a clutch lever by far aint worth the access, Glad to hear the ginny came off with such minor damage though and it will take a bike shop like five minutes to change that lever

[Drum]

Bummer! New lever is probably around $20, and takes about 2 minutes to replace.

[kiwifruit]

Stink!

Was she sorry?
You don't NEED a clutch lever, its a luxury :sunny:

[Leong]

Bummer! New lever is probably around $20, and takes about 2 minutes to replace.

Yep. Think the real cost is the loss of this fine weekend's riding..... Bad luck mate.... Not your fault but anything learnt from this experience?

[janno]

Get someone to show you how to replace both levers and have a spare set at home.

I don't know your bike, but on an SV650 and a Honda NT650, lever replacing is easy peasy - I can do it no sweat and I am not exactly a mechanic.

Getting the shop to do it for you would be a bit like putting your bike into the garage for them to put air in your tyres . . . it's really basic once someone has shown you!

[JimO]

first thing monday i would be getting insurance because if you had hit her car you would be looking at far more than the $20 to fix...3rd party should be compulsary

[DuLuX]

Yep. Think the real cost is the loss of this fine weekend's riding..... Bad luck mate.... Not your fault but anything learnt from this experience?

Yeah i guess I learned to keep my eye open for women drivers! hehe joking!
Seriously though I think it has made me realize that bikes are quite hard to spot if you're just going through the motions and not being 100% vigilant - I dont blame the lass, I probably could have done the same thing (although i always look behind me over the left shoulder no in the wing mirror!) - but i think the main thing is that if she can see me reversing at 2km/hr its just as likely she wont see me while putting her lipstick on as she's late for work doing 100 on the highway.



first thing monday i would be getting insurance because if you had hit her car you would be looking at far more than the $20 to fix...3rd party should be compulsary -jimjim

Yup, i have been emailing places the past week anyway to get quotes and will be calling round Monday until i get something sorted.

[Mr. Peanut]

Stink!

Was she sorry?
You don't NEED a clutch lever, its a luxury :sunny:

Pfft, back in my day we didn't have clutches! You had to pull the back wheel off the road, then change gear.

Clutches? Luxury...

[Leong]

Seriously though I think it has made me realize that bikes are quite hard to spot if you're just going through the motions and not being 100% vigilant

So when I'm driving the cage... even though I ride a bike and am thus aware.... I'll admit that I'm not 100% vigilant 100% of the time and I reckon most people are the same. You don't need full concentration to drive so the mind tends to wander, unlike riding.

Point is NOT to put yourself in the position where you can be harmed - doesn't matter whos fault it is.... likely you'll be the one hurt!! This time simple low speed/cost. Next week you could be filtering thru traffic...

Don't know about this particular situation, but maybe you could have stopped in a different position, or somehow made eye contact, a nod or a hello or something so the driver knew you were there etc etc. When filtering, drivers often have zero chance of seeing you, so make sure that no matter what they do (within reason), you have not put yourself in a position where they could hit you. Same goes with where you stop at traffic lights, riding thru intersections where you have right of way etc etc.

I think this is something experienced riders do automatically. It doesn't come naturally to those of us who have been driving for years before learning to ride.

Just my 2c FWIW....

[Macktheknife]

It pays to keep a set of spare levers with you on the bike, should pack under the seat nicely. If you ever have an off in the wops somewhere, this can often get you home.

[gijoe1313]

It pays to keep a set of spare levers with you on the bike, should pack under the seat nicely. If you ever have an off in the wops somewhere, this can often get you home.

Now that is damn fine idea... I will do this ASAP since I'm the sort of person who ends up in the wop wops quite often and at random! :innocent:

[gijoe1313]

Sorry to hear about the loss of a fine days pootling :no: But the upside is you are okay and it should be a relatively simple fix! And good on you for taking action right away and sorting out your insurance needs! :sweatdrop

Now, I woulda given you some bling but it appears I've been too generous with it lately! :doh: :o

[sAsLEX]

It pays to keep a set of spare levers with you on the bike, should pack under the seat nicely. If you ever have an off in the wops somewhere, this can often get you home.

If its a cable just put a loop in the end and pull it with your hand!

[swbarnett]

Ouch! Some people just don't look.

Reminds me of an incident I had on my CB750 years ago. I parked it behind a parallel parked truck and nipped in to a dairy. Next thing I know the truck has backed into the bike and pushed it sideways about 6ft before they stopped to see what the scraping sound was. Got away without a scratch, just slid on tyres and side-stand. Damn lucky for the truckie.

[DuLuX]

Welly Motorcycles told me today its not gonna be ready until Wednesday and its gonna cost $200 ouch. thought it would be cheaper than that. I am just going to pay and send the invoice the the lass who did it - hope she doesnt complain about it. Starting to think maybe i should have called the cops out to get it verified - if she decides not to pay i wonder what the deal is...

will know later in the week i suppose O.o

[Drum]

$200??

I'm assuming that more than the clutch lever is broken then. A clutch lever is about $20.

What did they say they are going to do to it?

[breakaway]

Starting to think maybe i should have called the cops out to get it verified - if she decides not to pay i wonder what the deal is...

Probably would have been a good idea.

This happened to us once, some Beaurepaires tyre repair guy was following too close in his ute. Dad stopped at the lights, and he went right up our ass. Didn't do too much damage, but scratched us a bit. Got his details, he said he'd be liable for any repair charge.

Went to the panel beaters, they quoted like $300 to respray the panel and the adjacent ones to return it to the condition it was before the crash. Rang the Beaurepaires guy. He said something along the lines of "Nah, that's too much" and refused to pay. We went to the cops, but they couldn't be bothered.

There was nothing we could do.

[rideNroot]

I'm not the type to call the cops when this sorta stuff happens, but I wonder what it is you can do in this situation to protect yourself, should the other party decides to change their mind when they get home.
What can you do?
Personally I would grab my cell, take a few photos, and use it's dictation mode to take a statement from them, telling me what they just did.

[Drum]

....What can you do? .....

Keep your insurance company's phone number in your phone. Call them straight away and tell them them what just happened, and the drivers details. They will tell you what you need to do.

[Flyno]

silly car drivers, but a real crash is wipping the front out on a honda rs125gp bike in 4th gear flat! oppps

[Toaster]

Small claims court.... or a visit by KB brethren.

[DuLuX]

I would have thought smalls claims court is made for this kind of thing. Quite cheap usually to do too - not sure how it works in NZ but in UK and states its the first port of call when you get wankers doing shit like that.


Probably would have been a good idea.

This happened to us once, some Beaurepaires tyre repair guy was following too close in his ute. Dad stopped at the lights, and he went right up our ass. Didn't do too much damage, but scratched us a bit. Got his details, he said he'd be liable for any repair charge.

Went to the panel beaters, they quoted like $300 to respray the panel and the adjacent ones to return it to the condition it was before the crash. Rang the Beaurepaires guy. He said something along the lines of "Nah, that's too much" and refused to pay. We went to the cops, but they couldn't be bothered.

There was nothing we could do.

[Lucy]

Small claims court for the lady or the bike shop? I gotta admit, I felt like opening a Tui when people started saying things like $20 bucks and two minutes....

I got my GN serviced a couple of weeks ago and it was over $200. Still can't figure out why it costs so much, compared to a van that takes four times as much oil, and has double the amount of tyres to check etc.