Hit and run experience
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Hit and run experience
Today, I had my first unpleasant biking experience riding my new FXDF Fat Bob (which I took delivery of only yesterday!) with only 45 miles on the clock. Since I am breaking the bike in, I was riding in the slow lane of a 3 lane highway doing around 50mph. An idiot in a huge Mecedes Benz S500 around 20 metres back decides to move into the slow lane from the middle lane to illegally overtake a truck and just as he starts to accelerate (he must have been doing around 65mph at this point) he literally hits me on my left side with the whole side of his vehicle. I felt the wing mirror hit my elbow and the side of his vehicle hit my leg and, as the car sped past I saw the wing mirror shatter into several pieces and hang down on the side of his vehicle. He slowed down momentarily and when he saw that I was still upright he sped off. To be honest, I am amazed that I didn't fall given the force of the impact on my elbow. On the bike itself, I have a small scrape on the engine guard, a scuff on the left brake lever and Ilost the end cap from my left hand grip. Also weird that I don't have any bruise or pain on my elbow even though it totally destroyed the substantial wing mirror of a giant luxury sedan.
To deal with the shock, I went for a 30 mile ride and felt fine by the end of it. I'd be very interested to hear from anyone with a similar experience or who can explain how a collision at that kind of speed did not end more seriously.
To deal with the shock, I went for a 30 mile ride and felt fine by the end of it. I'd be very interested to hear from anyone with a similar experience or who can explain how a collision at that kind of speed did not end more seriously.
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RE: Hit and run experience
I would have chased that mo fo down. At least to get close enough and get the license plate #. What an A$$.
Now if you think about it if he was going 65 and you 50, the impact was only 15 mph. I think if you look at it that way it will makes sense why it wasn't worse.
Now if you think about it if he was going 65 and you 50, the impact was only 15 mph. I think if you look at it that way it will makes sense why it wasn't worse.
Tourer
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RE: Hit and run experience
I can explain it.....I was GOD lookin out for you. I think he likes FatBobs 
I've had some close calls. Most recently and old coot in one of those $150,000 motor homes decided to pull out in front of me. Lucky for the dual front disks, I was able to slow down hard enough.
I've had some close calls. Most recently and old coot in one of those $150,000 motor homes decided to pull out in front of me. Lucky for the dual front disks, I was able to slow down hard enough.
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RE: Hit and run experience
I'm glad you're OK, that had to be scary. Too bad you didn't get his license plate number so you could nail his ***. 
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Road Master
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RE: Hit and run experience
Hope you reported to the cops the details so they could be looke for a MB s500 with matching damage. That a$$ needs to be in jail.
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RE: Hit and run experience
Nice job of not panicking and possibly tossing your bike away. If your bike only had 500 miles on it, you could have caught up with that ***** and showed him a boot.
