| Author | Message | ||
     Mideon |
this was the email I sent to Erik Buell yesterday.... This past Sunday morning at a bit after Midnight I was riding home from work, my normal route. Was in my high viz orange safety vest and all my armor. I was sitting at a traffic light when a DUI driver hit me from behind, picked the bike up and threw it sideways into the next lane with me under it. Luckily I was able to quickly move the bike off me (wonderful light weight design) and only had bruised legs and shoulder. I had my bike taken to Gateway Harley/Buell (who have always been huge Buell supporters) and just got the call.....they went over the bike with a fine toothed comb front to back. Had to re-seat the rear spring and will have to replace my side cases and hand guards. But basically....my bike came through a rear end throw over collision with only minor cosmetic damage. So as soon as the insurance company gets everything signed off, I get my bike back and just have to wait till the cases come in! (left case 3 weeks, right case 1 month for some reason) So my bike Beast LIVES! Thank you to you and the Buell staff for making a wonderful motorcycle! I will always be loyal to you and to Buell! Christopher "Tyger" Roth | ||
| Sekalilgai |
sorry to hear about the wreck...but pretty cool bike eh?! | ||
| Mnrider |
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| Yamafreak |
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| Terrible1one3 |
Bikes generally don't get too damaged when they land on the rider :-P Glad you and the bike are OK! | ||
| Oldwesterncowboy |
glad your ok and the DUI driver, were you able to beat his ass before the cops showed... he wont remember and the cop will think he got that way from the wreck.  | ||
| Mideon |
Well luckily the one side case that didn't get ripped off on the initial impact took a lot of the hit along with the hand guard. when my bike and I finally came to a stop, the case and guard kept me from a lot of the hit. The insurance adjuster asked if I knew my side cases were $1k to replace. I said yup they were standard equip on the bike and if I didn't have such good cases she would have had a lot bigger medical claim....she shut up and authorized new cases!  The wonderful driver that hit me was so out of it that he got a free ride from the police. The officer wouldn't even let him pull his vehicle up 1/2 block to the space he parked him. I'm happy to know he will more than get what is coming to him. The officer that responded was a biker too. He wasn't happy! |
