Fucked by a cager tonight (5 Feb)

[Manxman]

Thanks for the suggestion and sharing the experience.

My helmet wasn't hit the ground as far as I can remember. Just check the helmet surface again, no scratch or other noticeable damage.

I will contact a doctor soon.

You sure 'bout that...

Good to hear you're ok, though.

[mattian]

get your insurance to take care of it then take the offender to small claims court to get them to pay your excess costs.

[carlosliu]

get your insurance to take care of it then take the offender to small claims court to get them to pay your excess costs.

Good suggestion. Will do that. Thanks.

[Little Miss Trouble]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't it just be a case of giving the insurance company the dudes details and thats the end of it - i.e. no excess to pay as the person who caused the 'accident' has been identified? Helped by the fact that a witness called the cops & they'll have a report of it on file?

[Mole_C]

Good suggestion. Will do that. Thanks.

Are the cops charging them with careless? If so just call them and tell them the excess and they will claim it back for you when he goes to court. Also if you have any injuries at all let them know cause it makes it a much better charge

[marioc]

Bad luck man but ffs its "brakes" not "breaks".

[FJRider]

Bad luck man but ffs its "brakes" not "breaks".

Give him a break... his mirrors weren't working either...

[samgab]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't it just be a case of giving the insurance company the dudes details and thats the end of it - i.e. no excess to pay as the person who caused the 'accident' has been identified? Helped by the fact that a witness called the cops & they'll have a report of it on file?

Yeah, that's the great thing about having full insurance. You just fill out the form explaining what happened, and they do the rest, and you get a cheque in the mail.

[samgab]

Thanks for your kind words. I just came back from the doctor. He put on a wrist splint, and bandage on my foot. Nothing too serious, no fractures.

I probably will have a quiet and lazy week though.

That really sucks man. And you really did nothing wrong at all. It would be an amazingly alert rider that would have avoided that one. Good thing you just got minor injuries. Of course, no injuries and no crash would have been even better...

Anyway, side point, you said you'd just finished cleaning and lubing your chain? What type of cleaner did you end up going with? And what type of lube? Of lesser importance now, I know, but I'm interested, none-the-less.

[MsKABC]

Glad you and your bike made it out relatively unscathed. A friend a few years back was not so lucky - stopped at traffic lights when someone rear-ended him. He was ok but his bike was written off. It was his baby and he'd had it from brand new

[sunhuntin]

Good points! And another is to always sit there in gear so if you see someone about to rear end you, you are quicker to get away to the side of the vehicle in front of you allowing them to fuck the back of their car NOT your bike!

agreed. when stopped at lights, the bike remains in gear unless i know the cycles are REALLY long and my hand needs a rest, and i have cars stopped behind me. ive never understood why some put the bike into neutral at lights.

glad you are mostly ok

[Max Preload]

This is where lane splitting comes into it's own as a safety tool. Safest place to be is beside cars, not in front of them. All it takes is one dopey cager to crush you between his front bumper and the bumper of the car in front of you. I know my chances of surviving a sideswipe on the motorway on a bike are much better than the chances of surviving a nose-to-tail...

[Forest]

agreed. when stopped at lights, the bike remains in gear unless i know the cycles are REALLY long and my hand needs a rest, and i have cars stopped behind me. ive never understood why some put the bike into neutral at lights.

Some bikes have very heavy clutch springs. So putting the bike into Neutral is easier on the wrist.

[klingon]

If I read his story right, carlosliu was first at the lights - there were no cars to shelter behind. In a case like this you have the choice of staying where you are and being hit from behind, or moving forward through a red light and being hit side-on.

I don't like this kind of choice.

[shah]

hey Carlos,
sorry to hear about your mishap, mate. get well soon, eh.
regards,
Shah