Bruiser back from hospital after bike accident!

**Pixie** · 1st January 2006, 09:41

SUE HER ARSE!!
sorry i forgot we live in the land of no responsibility

**sunhuntin** · 1st January 2006, 16:26

jeez, bruise. glad to hear you lived to tell you tale. and as colapop said, heaps of time to plan the new design!

i had someone do the same to me. got hit by a car. no insurance for either of us. cops didnt charge [she showed "remorse" and said shed pay everything] last we heard from her was her partner abusing dad saying we wont get a cent from them. luckily i wasnt overly injured, just royally pissed off.

mend quick, dude.

**ducatilover** · 1st January 2006, 16:30

fucken hell thats a bit rough! best wishes on your recovery mate. hope you get back on yer bike

**boomer** · 1st January 2006, 16:53

glad to see your up and about

Get well and best wishes for teh future

**madboy** · 1st January 2006, 17:01

Sorry to hear of the bin, but with your attitude it sounds like it'll all turn out okay.

**Hitcher** · 2nd January 2006, 12:53

Bruiser, I hope your recovery goes well.

**DEATH_INC.** · 3rd January 2006, 09:29

Shit man, that sux! Makes my few scratches feel miniscule (though I'm a bit jealous of yer Titanium ) All the best and get better quick eh!
Don't worry about the driver,they're always full of remorse at the time but then they get over it, and yer nothing but an inconvenience after that. Maybe send her some photo's of yer leg etc....but don't hold yer breath....

**Bruiser** · 3rd January 2006, 12:15

Originally Posted by SpeedMedic

Hi Bruiser... didnt know it was a KB'er that was invoved in that crash.
Hope your recovery goes well. Hate to burst the GP's bubble but you were only on scene for 15 minutes at the most, and he got politely "asked" to move to one side by the Advanced Paramedic on his arrival.
Was a nice bike for a Harley too.

Hi Medic,
Thanks for the correction. And it "is" a nice harley, heh heh. One of the biggest bonuses was someone finding my $2,500 bracelet at the site, and the cops returning it to me in hospital.

Also lost my nice watch, as well as the cash contents of my wallet at the accident site. And a brand new Shoei Fliptop helmet (4 days old) and obviously now ruined.

So now all I have to do is get the $3,500 hearing aid replaced by the hospital (who lost it and have agreed to replace), get all that custom work repaired and get well enough to pick it up off the stand. Then watch out!

All in all a very expensive accident. Which is one of the issues I wanted to discuss with the woman who hit me. I guess she worked out that which is why she is avoiding me like the plague lol

Cheers,
Bruiser

**Lou Girardin** · 3rd January 2006, 15:10

Are you insured? If so, let them chase the cow.

**Bruiser** · 3rd January 2006, 16:54

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Are you insured? If so, let them chase the cow.

The harley was fully insured, as was her 4WD. Unfortunately only the vehicles involved were insured. The $15,000 damage to my harley is covered, and both the bike and I will be up and on the road about the same time, which should see me riding it about March 2006 :-(

I haven't had contents insurance in over 30 years so am well ahead of that game, but it still hurts when it hits. Its the risk you take. Would be nice to be able to cheaply recover my non-vehicle losses and expenses from the idiot woman, (Over $10,000 in lost or damaged personal belongings, and over $25,000 so far in lost income) but, as someone else previously stated, this is NZ and those wonderful ACC laws mean either I pay to sue her privately, or I pay - either way, game over, I lose.

Sigh

Bruiser

**Brett** · 3rd January 2006, 20:22

You lost the cash contents of your wallet??? I take this as meaning it was uplifted and stolen from you? If that is the case, that makes me friggen sick. That some asshole sees fit to steel from someone seriously injured.

Sucks to hear bout that dude killed after visiting you, just goes to show death can be so close.

Glad to hear you are on the mend, good luck!

**Biff** · 3rd January 2006, 21:42

Holly shiite mate. I'm glad you're still here to tell the story. The very best of luck with your recovery.

**oldrider** · 3rd January 2006, 22:32

Sad to hear of your bin but nice your perkin up again.
My young nephew had a similar attack on him in Auckland.
Car failed to stop at a compulsory stop, smashed him to bits.
The cops booked him for no headlight! (on a hard wired cruiser)
based on the evidence of the errant cage driver!!!!!

It's taken me a long time to get over that injustice but he has so I guess I can too.

Stay well, Cheers John.

**RiderInBlack** · 4th January 2006, 06:08

Gee that really makes me feel like taking an early morning pass somewhere (where did you say she live). Think my muffler might be loose too

I pretty sure there is good burnout pad close to there to. It probably a good poker run route too.

Dam she is lucky that us bikers are not as bad as we make out.

Sad to hear about the Wide Glide (my mate Pilgrim loves his one), but they do repair a lot easier than bike with heaps of plastic shite on them.

Glad to hear you'll healing mate. Hope to see you out on the road again sometime

Doug and "Roxanne"

**Bruiser** · 4th January 2006, 13:39

Originally Posted by Brett

You lost the cash contents of your wallet??? I take this as meaning it was uplifted and stolen from you? If that is the case, that makes me friggen sick. That some asshole sees fit to steel from someone seriously injured.

Sucks to hear bout that dude killed after visiting you, just goes to show death can be so close.

Glad to hear you are on the mend, good luck!

Woke up in hospital day after and did the limb-check thing, then the bling-check thing, as you do lol. Thats when I found all the cash missing from my wallet. I have a vague recollection of someone in the ambulance asking for cash, and me looking for my wallet, but nothing more, and so who knows!

Perhaps someone thought their need was greater eh.

Cheers,
Bruiser