qurtrn10
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Out on the road (45mph), small SUV in front of me - I'm riding a safe distance behind. The SUV lightly applies brake, so I pull in the clutch and coast a bit - slowing down slightly but also letting myself get closer to the SUV. I'm expecting it to accelerate, so once it did I would regain that safe distance between us. That was my bad - I was lazy. As I got closer, the SUV slammed on the brakes hard - maybe the car in front of it did too, maybe there was a pothole, etc.? Either way, I was too close, and my reaction time was too long. I slammed on the brakes, and I was going to run into the back of the SUV. I tried turning a bit, aiming to split the lane a bit as I was coming to a stop, but I couldn't make the turn under hard braking - the bike went down.
I don't think the SUV ever saw me, as it just kept going. The car behind me got out and helped me up and helped me get the bike up and off the road into the grass. The shifter was broken, peg broken, mirror broken, windscreen all scraped up, and tank/frame dented. (Before anyone says anything about pucks - I knew the advantages of the pucks, but my bike was a salvage rebuild from an earlier fall before my ownership, and I wasn't interested in preserving a damaged tank. Going puckless was by choice.)
Fortunately by the time I hit the pavement I couldn't have been going more than 20mph. I slid a bit, but not much, and the only thing I can really complain about is my left wrist being a little sore from putting my hand out first when I fell. I always ride with full gear - Helmet, gloves, jacket, boots, kevlar pants - and I'm glad I do.
That was a Thursday night. I called Progressive, and they had an adjuster scheduled to come out to the house Monday morning. The adjuster was very professional, spent about an hour and a half with me and the bike, and then I left for work while she finished all of her paperwork. I got the call that afternoon with my amount for the bike, which was very fair and picked up the check the next day. I spent that previous weekend looking up my options for a replacement bike, so I went right out and went shopping. Had my new bike that Tuesday night.
These are some of my last pics of the xb before getting picked up by the salvage company next to the new bike - a 2014 EBR 1190SX. The Laguna Blue color was a limited run of 50 bikes, and was taken out of the crate about two weeks prior to me looking at it. It had 14.5 miles on it before I bought it.
Not the method I would have chosen to upgrade bikes, but I'm making the most out of it. Time to start all over again with a blank canvas.
I don't think the SUV ever saw me, as it just kept going. The car behind me got out and helped me up and helped me get the bike up and off the road into the grass. The shifter was broken, peg broken, mirror broken, windscreen all scraped up, and tank/frame dented. (Before anyone says anything about pucks - I knew the advantages of the pucks, but my bike was a salvage rebuild from an earlier fall before my ownership, and I wasn't interested in preserving a damaged tank. Going puckless was by choice.)
Fortunately by the time I hit the pavement I couldn't have been going more than 20mph. I slid a bit, but not much, and the only thing I can really complain about is my left wrist being a little sore from putting my hand out first when I fell. I always ride with full gear - Helmet, gloves, jacket, boots, kevlar pants - and I'm glad I do.
That was a Thursday night. I called Progressive, and they had an adjuster scheduled to come out to the house Monday morning. The adjuster was very professional, spent about an hour and a half with me and the bike, and then I left for work while she finished all of her paperwork. I got the call that afternoon with my amount for the bike, which was very fair and picked up the check the next day. I spent that previous weekend looking up my options for a replacement bike, so I went right out and went shopping. Had my new bike that Tuesday night.
These are some of my last pics of the xb before getting picked up by the salvage company next to the new bike - a 2014 EBR 1190SX. The Laguna Blue color was a limited run of 50 bikes, and was taken out of the crate about two weeks prior to me looking at it. It had 14.5 miles on it before I bought it.
Not the method I would have chosen to upgrade bikes, but I'm making the most out of it. Time to start all over again with a blank canvas.
