Went down today.First crash
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Tourer
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From: us
i might be typing withh one hand, but still typing.
i hope insurance does good. met a guy few weeks ago and taking it to the shop he works at. hopefully tow it soon and have them estimate it well.
looking to do some things to the bike. now that will make me feel better
i hope insurance does good. met a guy few weeks ago and taking it to the shop he works at. hopefully tow it soon and have them estimate it well.
looking to do some things to the bike. now that will make me feel better
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From: Florida / Colorado
Glad you walked away (literally) relatively unscathed. Hope all goes well with the insurance. One question - what were the road conditions? I'm wondering if you hit a little sand or grit on the road that caused the squirrely front tire or if you just hit the brake real hard?
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Tourer
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Glad you walked away (literally) relatively unscathed. Hope all goes well with the insurance. One question - what were the road conditions? I'm wondering if you hit a little sand or grit on the road that caused the squirrely front tire or if you just hit the brake real hard?
road seemed ok. i may have reacted a little sudden thinking/seeing the car in front close its gap. i didnt slam on brakes, but may have been just enough for it to get loose.
bike is getting picked up tomorrow by a custom bike shop. hoping for around $4k. its got good damage so i dont see why i shouldnt get around there. doing motor test etc
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Tourer
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anyone have experience with harley estimates and how much did you/friend get for repairs?
Just trying to figure out what I should be getting. Shop picks up bike tomorrow so hopefully I will have an idea of what It will be. Looking to do well and get some parts.
Im guessing maybe $4k??
Just trying to figure out what I should be getting. Shop picks up bike tomorrow so hopefully I will have an idea of what It will be. Looking to do well and get some parts.
Im guessing maybe $4k??
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From: Western MD
glad your ok and was able to walk away.. but i gotta say.. "hoping to make out on the insurance", is one of the reason rates are so dam high for everyone..
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First ad foremost: glad you walked away ... limped away ... whatever. "Any crash you can walk away from..."
This. Also decide what's scuffed that you can live with. Check out the "Soccer mom 1: FXD 0 thread for my tale. The estimate was $7800+ (of which 1200 was labor), and if I'd gotten that much and gone ebay-ing, I could have come out enough ahead to paint the replacement tins.
True enough, until you consider that the insurance industry makes almost as much as Wall Street. My insurance company is still WAY ahead on my ledger sheet.
True enough, until you consider that the insurance industry makes almost as much as Wall Street. My insurance company is still WAY ahead on my ledger sheet.
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Joined: Feb 2012
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Sorry to hear about your accident bro. It sucks but no matter what anyone ever says it can happen to anybody. I laid my bike down last easter a month after I got her. ****ing blew but I put some sweat into her and got it better than new. I know some people don't agree but I recomend you get a jacket. It will definetly save your *** if theres a next time god forbid.
I use to not wear mine all the time but than when I watched one of my buddies dad get into an accident and slid over glass scattered on the ground it changed my mind. Two cars hit and he ended up locking up the front flipped over the bars. Had a jacket on but didnt zip it up. 2 hours later we listened to him screaming when the doctors took steel wool to his back to pull out all the glass. That one one of the most hard core mother ****ers I ever knew and saw tears rolling down his face after 30 mins of that.
As for the insurance I took mine to a shop paid like a $50 fee to have it assessed than took the check and fixed it myself.
I use to not wear mine all the time but than when I watched one of my buddies dad get into an accident and slid over glass scattered on the ground it changed my mind. Two cars hit and he ended up locking up the front flipped over the bars. Had a jacket on but didnt zip it up. 2 hours later we listened to him screaming when the doctors took steel wool to his back to pull out all the glass. That one one of the most hard core mother ****ers I ever knew and saw tears rolling down his face after 30 mins of that.
As for the insurance I took mine to a shop paid like a $50 fee to have it assessed than took the check and fixed it myself.