So.... Its my turn to post in this forum

I crashed the bike yesterday, going down magnolia in the right lane, when a silver celica turned onto magnolia right in front of me. I swerved to the left lane, no big deal - but the car apparently didnt see me and kept going over into the left lane too. I hit the brakes and went further left. The front wheel hit the center median curb first then the whole bike went down on the left side. apparently this is when the guy saw me, he stopped and came back around. I picked up the bike got it going again and pulled off to talk to the guy. anyway to sum it up, the guy was really apologetic, gave me cash to fix the left side of the bike. almost all damage is cosmetic, except my elbow which hit the ground first. So theres the story..... fun stuff... Just got my shogun frame sliders on too.... now I need a new left frame slider :headshake new parts will run about $460 from Oneida.

glad your ok, your lucky most people arent the cool...

Wow, it's good you're fine, and that the 'guy' came back around...to check on you and give some cash!

Yeah real lucky, the guy gave me $500 on the spot then we (my wife & I) followed him to an ATM and he gave another $500... So I actually came out ahead. Left fairing is scraped deep & cracked, front fender is scraped pretty deep, kickstand got some scraped as did the left cover for the engine. If I find time I'll post some pics, there was a death in the family last night though so I'll probably be flying out of town tonight or tomorrow night...

glad to hear it was so minimal! what speed were you at? very happy your ok for the most part, and that the dood was loaded.

damn, sucks you went down but at least you got paid!

Glad to hear you're ok and that you made out. Sorry to hear about the death in the fam.

damn, sucks you went down but at least you got paid! I'm pretty sure he didn't have insurance. He did not want anything documented, I really don't think anything could have gone against him since he made no contact with me. But he looked more scared of me and concerned of me filing a report than anything else. I got back up pretty quick and looked right at him, maybe thats also why he turned around? :hmmm:

Glad everything went smoothly for you...guy that pulled out infront of me on my old bike took off. When shit liek that happens to me i pull around them and haul ass so they dont screw me up again. Good thing your okay. Rdie safe every1. :thumbup:

Yah you lucked out serious... Sounds like you where in garden grove?

your lucky the guy was cool, he could of told u to hit the road and left