| Author | Message | ||
     Joey |
I was once told the following: "When riding a motorcycle, you are either falling, or have fallen." I was in the right lane, passing a pickup that was pulling a trailer. He decided he needed to turn right at that moment. He didn't signal, but just moved over. He was also braking, so my attempt to brake didn't do a lot of good. I put my thumb down on my horn, but he kept coming. Fortunately, the road was not bordered with a regular curb, but what looked like a median ramp. I took this slight ramp and landed in soft, grassy dirt. Because of the sudden change in traction, I quickly fell on my left side, and so did my Blast. Unfortunately, I was still on my Blast, so my left leg took the brunt of the weight as the bike and I skidded to a stop in the grass. Fortunately, I had taken off most of my speed, so I just ended up with some really colorful bruises. As I lay there in the grass, the pickup continued to pull into the gas station, as the driver was completely oblivious to what had just happened. I pulled my leg out from under my bike, and started to walk over to him and tell him just what he did. As I walked, my leg began to hurt. By the time I got there, I was yelling and cussing at him. He seemed to feel pretty bad, since he never saw me. I calmed down, and waited for the police to arrive. My Blast now has no left turn signal, a bent handlebar, damaged windshield, bent windshield bracket, and quite the shiner on the gas tank cover. I think it turned out pretty good, considering what could have happened if I hadn't gotten out of the way of his trailer. Now I have to post what happened when I took my Blast to the nearest dealer for a damage estimate... | ||
| Jlnance |
Glad you're mostly ok. Blasts crash pretty well. Sounds like you could ride yours away. | ||
| Naustin |
I bet dealing with the dealer was worse than getting run off the road. Glad you are OK. Buy the parts you need online from DaveS @ Appleton Buell or go aftermarket for the bars, mirrors, signals, etc. | ||
| Joey |
All I need to do so it will pass inspection is get a new signal light. I'll probably just fix the old one for now, and order stuff after I get the insurance check. I'm going to go back to the old fly screen, since I don't have to ride in the winter time. I'll just stick with stock, except for the mirrors. My left mirror is bent down, but not broken, and now I can see behind me much better! The dealer was downright funny! I never refused to pay. I just kept saying, "show me where I signed something that said I would have to pay." They answered me calmly, but I could see the anger seething from their eyes!  My wife got annoyed at me when I laughed too much at home.  | ||
| Xbjames |
Joey, I've never dealt with H-D/Buell dealerships, or Buell warranties. What was the dealer wanting you to pay for? | ||
| Joey |
They wanted me to pay for 1.4 hours of labor for them to tell me what was wrong. See Dealer Ratings section for details. | ||
| Xbjames |
I just did...amazing you were treated that way. I used to approve warranty work for Suzuki. Even working up a total loss crash, the part by part estimate would only take 1.5 hours. Those boys must be taking extra special care estimating your eight part loss. |
