Smashed bike while parked

[tbs]

I went out to my bike one night and found a big old BMW lying on it's side next to it with a wing mirror smashed off. The lady at the bookshop over the road came out and we had a chat about it. Another lady who'd parked in the disabled spot in front of the motorcycle park had reversed into it and knocked it over. Luckily the bike between ours was gone, because otherwise it would have been dominoes all the way. Apparently the perpetrator had gone into the bookshop and asked to borrow a pen and paper to write a note. She had duly tucked it into the bike's dash. It said "I'm sorry, I've knocked over your bike." That is all. Luckily the bookshop owner had thought to write down her rego. Neither of us park out bikes in that area any more.

People eh?

[GTRMAN]

pic of bike park

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pic of bike park

Yes, that is the exact bike park - nice google work

[quickbuck]

Rare wheel facing the kerb, it was in a motorbike bay that was essentially a \__\ type of park that usually only holds a single car on a one way street, \i__\ if that i represents my bike then the dot of the i is the front of the bike and it was in line with the angle of the parking bay. Also I lock in the gear in so the bike won't move forward

I see now.... Tremadol is a bitch for concerntration... Sorry.

The photo helped too... thanks GTRMAN.

[GTRMAN]

True that, nothing like Tramadole to reduce you to a dribbling mess...

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Update to say: No CCTV footage available, but I would like to think it wasn't another fellow biker.

Atleast now I can put some custom parts on the bike and get rid of the scrubnub stock standard - those low profile indicators for the front that sit right on the fairing look pretty sweet, saw another Hyosung GT250R with the same today.

Thanks guys, at least now I'm part of these forums as more than just a guest reading all the decent posts.

Cheers

[Quasi]

You tried door knocking - seems to be a few shops/businesses around there. Maybe they saw/heard something? Good luck

[mrchips]

Man that sucks.

I don't park in the designated bike parks anymore for this reason, i now pay for parking. Got sick of inconsiderate a-holes jamming their rusty pieces of shit up against expensive fairings & having mirrors bashed.

Perhaps the shop saw something ?

[haydes55]

Just take up a full car park, carry cones in a back pack and cone it off around your bike. Troll the cages.

[tbs]

I don't park in the designated bike parks anymore for this reason, i now pay for parking. Got sick of inconsiderate a-holes jamming their rusty pieces of shit up against expensive fairings & having mirrors bashed.

Same. I park under cover at a Tournament carpark. I actually have paid parking there for the cage anyway, but I have permission to ride around the barriers on the bike. I park right under the CCTV camera in a spot too small for a car. It's also nice to have the bike out of the rain and not need to dry the seat before hopping on.

[Paul in NZ]

Crap.... Bloody wankers out there eh?

Um - we are in Kapiti and I don't know your domestic situation but happy to let you use our garage / tools over a weekend to sort the damage?

[Mystic13]

Update to say: No CCTV footage available, but I would like to think it wasn't another fellow biker.

Atleast now I can put some custom parts on the bike and get rid of the scrubnub stock standard - those low profile indicators for the front that sit right on the fairing look pretty sweet, saw another Hyosung GT250R with the same today.

Thanks guys, at least now I'm part of these forums as more than just a guest reading all the decent posts.

Cheers

There are very few white bikes and perhaps more white scooters. I've usually taken the assumption that whoever does that will park locally to that spot so I'd cruise by and check the bikes. If a car or van could park to the right of your bike I'd check them as well. People to tend to take a quick park if they're running in somewhere. And sometimes folks just drive into a space before realizing. It's amazing how often you find stuff though. Someone swapped out my mint side covers for ratty ones and I got them back within the week when i found him parked around the corner with his scuffed up bike with my mint covers.

Good luck with the search.

[flyingcrocodile46]

Thanks guys, it was definitely another motorbike, as damage was done on the right hand side which is facing into the motorcycle bay, only cars could park on the left - I'm guessing the motorbike reversing had to do it in a hurry due to oncoming traffic, my bike was middle left of a bay (Normal car park size for motorbikes) that can hold about 6-8 bikes and the scrapings along its sides show coming in from the road into the park so not from falling damage.

I'm guessing its safer to park near the back of a motorbike bay since you get less traffic in and out around your bike...will attempt to do that from now on. Was just looking at prices and total cost is about $500 to repair which is pretty close to the excess on the insurance.

I'm guessing I just ask local businesses to see their CCTV footage? I'm not sure if the police would give me any of their time but yeah it would definitely be interesting to see what actually happened and how the dude reacted after. Faired in indicators so they don't catch the back end of a motorbike sounds good - will check them out.

If you are lucky enough to fins cctv footage (or someone) that identifys the wankers bike you should lodge a claim and let the Insurance company sort the fucker out with a damages payement demand or somesuch. Best to put them on notice asap in the event that evidence comes to light later and you wish to lodge a claim.

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Crap.... Bloody wankers out there eh?

Um - we are in Kapiti and I don't know your domestic situation but happy to let you use our garage / tools over a weekend to sort the damage?

Thanks guys, appreciate the input and help, won't be inconveniencing anyone except the rider who did the hit n run, white bikes are rare and of course they also would have damaged their bike and would be local to the parking area, should have all the replacement parts and fixed by end of this week, bad experience but was a good excuse to sign up to these forums

[Tryhard]

there are very few white bikes and perhaps more white scooters. I've usually taken the assumption that whoever does that will park locally to that spot so i'd cruise by and check the bikes. If a car or van could park to the right of your bike i'd check them as well. People to tend to take a quick park if they're running in somewhere. And sometimes folks just drive into a space before realizing. It's amazing how often you find stuff though. Someone swapped out my mint side covers for ratty ones and i got them back within the week when i found him parked around the corner with his scuffed up bike with my mint covers.

Good luck with the search.

no shit!.....