[squarecat]

well not really, but my bike got knocked over today, bent steer stops and all. upside was that she was a responsible human and actually left a note!

i cannot tell you how melancholy this is making me, and we are just now starting to get some nice weather finally!

thing is: do you park in between cars where one has a good chance of not seeing you behind, or, do you park in the clear with no one around so people see a bright red bike sticking out like a sore thumb, that eventually gets backed over by someone not paying full attention/being distracted by kids in the car etc?

i dont know that theres a correct answer to this one.

 

[vale46]

Mate keep smiling get it fixed and get back out there this will be the only way to combat a problem like this, I have had this happen to me some dickhead back into my bike wile i was in the shop getting a hambuger I went out and went belistic kneed the door grabed him and yelled a hell of abuse, made me feel better but didnt get the bike on the road that had to wait,

well not really, but my bike got knocked over today, bent steer stops and all. upside was that she was a responsible human and actually left a note!

i cannot tell you how melancholy this is making me, and we are just now starting to get some nice weather finally!

thing is: do you park in between cars where one has a good chance of not seeing you behind, or, do you park in the clear with no one around so people see a bright red bike sticking out like a sore thumb, that eventually gets backed over by someone not paying full attention/being distracted by kids in the car etc?

i dont know that theres a correct answer to this one.

 

[Stressfest]

Ah crap man, that sucks to hear. Is it a write off when the stops are bent??

I generally park miles away from anyone, even if i need to grab a taxi from where i parked to the front door

Guarentee it though, there's always some unattentive clown just waiting to mess up your ride. Hope you're back up and running soon man

 

[Goner]

Awww man, that sucks. Hope you are back on the road soon. FWIW I take Stressfest's approach and park it as isolated as i can.

 

[roggt1000]

Honestly guys...I would be screwed without park assist !

People drive huge 4 wheel drives...no reversing cameras and run over their own children....so anything smaller than a small truck is at risk !

Hope you get your bike fixed better than new and it will end up being a good result.

Cheers Roger

 

[GTMuzz]

why would it be a write off... one of mine bent when i went splut.. i just straightened as best i could with my primitive lego toolset, adjusted the stops to compensate and off i went....

 

[geospencer]

why would it be a write off... one of mine bent when i went splut.. i just straightened as best i could with my primitive lego toolset, adjusted the stops to compensate and off i went....

In the U.S. if a claims adjuster sees a bent steering stop he/she usually assumes that the frame is damaged as well. Damaged Frame = Totaled Bike.

 

[GTRossi]

In the U.S. if a claims adjuster sees a bent steering stop he/she usually assumes that the frame is damaged as well. Damaged Frame = Totaled Bike.

actually, since the steering stop is welded on it is part of the frame (vs. a bolt-on spar) so a bent steering stop IS a damaged frame. due to liability they won't repair frames.

 

[GTMuzz]

fair enough i guess, didnt seem like a big thing to me

 

[squarecat]

thanks a lot guys, yeah its a bummer, the upside i guess is that i wasnt on it when it went down!

hopefully ducati seattle and the insurance people play nice and are able to look at it tomorrow, i really want to get this shit going as soon as possible. the weather man! the weather!!!

 

[AL-Rick]

Sorry for your loss

I typically park at a distance from all others and then worry until I return back to my faithful little Italian little mistress.

 

[Stressfest]

fair enough i guess, didnt seem like a big thing to me

Quick, trade it in on that Goldwing!!

 

[Cracker]

Squirecat, same thing happened to me. Lucky for me the SUV commander finished his cellphone call before demolisihing the bike. Took me a while to get over that. Years ago I read the stats on written off bikes, can't remember the % but off the stand write off is the biggest. I park where the enemy can't reach, that means anywhere but a regular car park. To be fair, a bike without a rider on is hard to see and not a registered obstacle in the subconscious of vehicle drivers.
Funny enough, I bought all the replacement parts but still ride around with bent and twisted levers, guards and pegs. seems to be a good luck. My steering stops are bent but they are flinsey and the bike seems to go faster now they are bent.

 

[caryabhi127]

Same type of things happended with me also.

 

[desmo_alf]

so sorry to hear that from you! hope the repairing goes quick & fine, but understand very well the feeling.

BTW: last weekend I almost kill myself and a couple of friends; a group of 7 ducatis, position n#2, a lonely road... ¡and a small deer jumped from one side to the other of the road between #1 and me! believe me we were pretty close to each other, we had to stop for a while to get breath!