Well bad news guys... Over two weeks ago I was rear ended while coming home after work in stop and go traffic.
The guy just totally spaced out and forgot that I was there and slammed into me at approx 25km/h while skidding for 30-40feet in the rain. He had been following me for 15mintues as i remeber merging infront of him from an adjacent street.
I got EXTREMELY lucky.. like... if any thing else was different in this accident.. my leg would have been crushed.. or I could have been run over by the other lane of traffic... as i was knocked off my bike into the right hand lane.
I was 100% unhurt.. but I could not say the same for my ninja.
I was able to ride the bike home after the incident but unfortunately when I took it for an estimate.. they said it was going to cost $4500 to repair it with OEM parts plus labor.
Needless to say... Insurance deem'd this as a "total loss".
Lets just say my settlement has left me in a GREAT place to upgrade.
Even though Fall is the nicest season to bike in... my season is OVER. With winter approaching I will be taking this money and buying a truck. I'm still not sure what bike i'll be "upgrading" too. The SV650, a supermoto or a pure dirt bike.. the choices!
Oh another FAIL of this story... is while we where waiting for the cops to show up. 3 other rear enders happened because people where looking at our accident and not the road.
I will still lurk.. as this site is totally AWESOME!
I'm going to miss my little ninjette
