That sux. I had a similar thing happen when a cheapy shelf buckled. It slid the speaker off the top, and that bounced off my AIH Outlaw. No damage to my ride, thankfully, but I then proceeded to smash that shelf unit flat to the ground, and the ruptured bottcles and cans made a looooong cleanup.

 

That reminds me of a video I once saw on AFV. The guys wife gives him the camera and tells him to go out in the garage. He starts filming. He gets out there and his 2 kids have a bucket of white paint out and they've painted the majority of his bagger, themselves and the surrounding area. At that point he was a much more understanding father than I would have been..

 

If he had a decent life insurance policy on her, it could've worked out.

 

I hope you're going to make HER pay the bill! [:@]

 

This is one of those tricky ones though and so obviously my post will beall opinion. Of course if you agree to let him store his bike in your garage, you are obligated to protect it to a certain degree. I don't mean to sound like a lawyer, but practically speakingdo you acceptALL risks?

If this was a favor (and you weren't being compensated), it shouldn't bite you in the rear unless you feel like you were careless with his bike or didn't do enough to protect it. Thiswas neither, it was one of those fluky things (ESPECIALLY if he choose the parking spot under that speaker).You are saving him moneyor protecting the value of his bike if outside storage was his only option, especially if this is a long-term arrangement.

If I were you, I'd still feel like you do and I'd offer to pay for it. But if I were HIM, I would NOT consider you responsible under the circumstances and I'd eat it. I wouldn't expect you to accept full responsibility for the well being of my bike if I'd never paid you to store it. That's why it was a FAVOR in the first place.Storage companiesaren'tlining up to take on the financialrisk of the wellfare of his bike for free.

These things are expensive and there are a lot of ways to hurt them. If your 3 year old finger painted the tins, if your girlfriend dropped a dumbell on it, if you bumped into it with your mower and knocked it over, or something similar that would be one thing. Personally, I think this isa lot different because no one did anything stupid, negligent or clumsy. Afterall, he chose to store his bike in your GARAGE, not some dedicated motorcycle storage facility. What happened is exactly the kind of thing you would expect to happen in someone's GARAGE. I'm sure he didn't expect you to cease using your garage when you agreed to store his bike. But I'm sure he would expect that you would be careful around it and you were (in my opinion).

I could see peoplelegitimatelybeing oneither side of this one. Maybe talk with him and see what he says. If you offer to pay and he doesn't refuse, I'd just pay for it.It'llpreserve the friendship and that's most important and there is no clear-cut right/wrong here. If he says he doesn't want you to have to pay for it, then I'd offer to split the repair cost.

Sounds like you are a good friend for letting him store his bike and for the attitude you have about the damage. Good luck and I hope the repair turns out to be inexpensive.

Kevin

 

whelp. . . ur a good friend i'll give ya that.

does he pay to park in ur garage? or is that a free-bee?

 

Once again...no good deed goes unpunished.

 

no he is a good friend, and riding partner I dont charge him for storage. Like I said I dont mind paying for it. **** happens[8D]

 

I bet he turns you down and pays for it himself