Crashed my 2fiddy (NSFW as long as Jiggles is on Percoset)

[Sigma.40]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

^Lol, I had 1.8 seconds between the girl initiating the U turn and the collision, so for me it was pretty impossible to avoid it

Yeah, I figured you were closer, it just reminded me of this thread. If you only had .625 of a second to react, you must have been practically next to her when she turned.

[Jiggles]

Well no not quite, it was 1.8 seconds between her visibly turning and us colliding. As soon as she visibly turned it took me 0.625 seconds to visibly react, which left me with around 1.1 seconds to break and swerve

[Sigma.40]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

If insurance totals my bike out due to a bent frame, would it be a good idea to buy it back from them? Does anyone have any idea how much they would charge? Idk what I would do without my 250, I'm not a one bike guy. If the frame was bent, but not badly, I wouldn't be opposed to buying it back and fixing it up. If it was bent beyond use, would buying it back and parting it out prove fruitful? If it is totaled, I don't think I would want to buy another 250, it just wouldn't be the same, I want MY bike back. Perhaps if its totaled, I'll start saving up for a Ninja 1000... idk... idk what to do, I just want my bike back

I'd imagine you can buy it back dirt cheap. My sister totaled out my dad's 02 Audi A6 (value was around $7500-9000) the insurance company offered to sell it back for like $500 or so. The biggest damage on it was a dent in the rear quarter panel, but that panel was like $5000 alone.

Thought about buying it from them, but she drove it off a 7 foot cliff. It seemed to drive OK, but no telling if there'd be suspension or steering issues down the road. Didn't want those repair bills on an Audi. Waste of a nice car.

[Sigma.40]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Well no not quite, it was 1.8 seconds between her visibly turning and us colliding. As soon as she visibly turned it took me 0.625 seconds to visibly react, which left me with around 1.1 seconds to break and swerve

Oh, gotcha...still not enough time. Dumb B****.

[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by Sigma.40

I'd imagine you can buy it back dirt cheap. My sister totaled out my dad's 02 Audi A6 (value was around $7500-9000) the insurance company offered to sell it back for like $500 or so. The biggest damage on it was a dent in the rear quarter panel, but that panel was like $5000 alone.

Thought about buying it from them, but she drove it off a 7 foot cliff. It seemed to drive OK, but no telling.

Yea, I'm wondering if anyone has any similar experience and knows how much I could get it for from them

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by trixter

I wouldnt but then I dont have a hot spare

Originally Posted by etiainen

My raid won't rebuild....

EXACTLY what I was thinking! So, you lost redundancy and now can't restore from the parity info on the remaining drives?

Originally Posted by Jiggles

I ordered call of duty modern warfare 3 with overnight shipping from amazon (thanks prime ) Like I said I'm not really into games but I'm hoping this one will be good enough that it can fend off boredom a while

This one isn't from Infinity Ward, so my expectations were low.

Originally Posted by Jiggles

My youtube account is deliquent because I posted that haha

Did you post it as "Unlisted?" Probably should have... and mirror-image flipped it.

[Jiggles]

No I didn't haha and I thought about flipping it after the fact, I just deleted it lol

[etiainen]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Well no not quite, it was 1.8 seconds between her visibly turning and us colliding. As soon as she visibly turned it took me 0.625 seconds to visibly react, which left me with around 1.1 seconds to break and swerve

I read somewhere that it is better to do one than do both. Im not sure though....1.1 seconds isn't a lot.:/
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[gfloyd2002]

Originally Posted by trixter

BTW Bruce Campbell rocks

Agreed. Completely underrated. He wrote a great book called "If Chins Could Kill" that details his movie making experiences with Sam Raimi, particularly on Evil Dead. Humorous and also fascinating to see how movies get made.

[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by etiainen

I read somewhere that it is better to do one than do both. Im not sure though....1.1 seconds isn't a lot.:/
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It was such a short amount of time and so close to impact that I really couldn't decide what to do. I swerve and hit the brakes, realized that wasn't working so I hit the brakes harder (locking them) and put my right foot down, as if I was going to push the car away from me, all futile haha. I'm not even sure how much speed I scrubbed off because when I locked the front my speedo went to 0

[Jiggles]

Going to the park today for my nieces birthday party. It's like I'm not even injured!

[koenigcitizen]

Did Jiggles post the crash video? You guys seem to be talking about it, but I cant find it in the posts

[bluepoof]

Yay birthday party! Gorgeous day outside today, too. I think I'm going to be wild and crazy and venture outside to the mailbox. Dare to dream!

[Jiggles]

aint no video till this ***** gets paid, soz bro

And the birthday party was fun! Got to see my family members, showed everyone there the edited video, got a lot of attention out of it haha. It was really nice to be outside and damn, wheelchairs are hard! I'm definitely going to grow some muscles from it

[Jiggles]

Sometimes when the pain meds are working real good, I feel like I could just get up and walk.

[Jiggles]

I'm trying to get off them (so that I have a stash for later)

[gfloyd2002]

Awesome you got out of the house and had some fun with family. Also great that your upper body might benefit from the wheeling about - it might take the ladies' attention away from your atrophied leg and penis. I confess I'm selfishly disappointed that massively inappropriate comments seem to be on the decline, but I suppose I should be happy that means you are getting better and needing fewer pain meds.

We're all really looking forward to the video (and to getting you back on the bike!), but we understand the need to work with your lawyer and the delicacies of California personal injury law. If anyone gives you too hard a time about not coughing up footage, send 'em my way and I'll set 'em straight.

[Jiggles]

lol, thanks Floyd

[ajcadoo]

Dumb question, but will you be riding again after your full recovery?

[etiainen]

Then an R1.

Then a Busa.

Then he'll get old and get a Goldwing.

Life over.

[FrugalNinja250]

There will be two checks from the insurance company. One will be for property damage, and will include compensation for the bike and gear. The second check will include settlements for medical costs, pain and suffering, lost wages, etc.

Important information: All amounts are negotiable! It's highly unusual for the insurance company to offer the maximum they'll go up front, In fact, they typically will offer the least amount they think you'll go for because if you take it they've gained and if you don't they haven't lost anything.

On the bike, if you have the room to store it buy it back, it will be worth far more as a parts bike than the little extra they'll give you for it. Actually, how it works is they will deduct some value from the settlement check for property that's roughly equivalent to what their net would be after transporting, storing, and auctioning the bike off. It'll get a salvage title, but as a parts bike that doesn't really matter. If the bike doesn't have a bent frame and you think you will fix it up to ride again, you can negotiate with the insurance company to keep the bike with a clear title. The amount paid out may be less than if you bought the bike back with salvage title. That's what I did with mine:






I ended up keeping the bike with clear, untouched title and receiving about $2,400 (the most the underwriter said they'd go without taking possession of the bike), about $800 less than the original offer.

On the non-property compensation, you will receive an amount for pain and suffering (should be in the several thousands minimum) plus all medical costs not covered by any insurance you have, such as medical with employer, etc. You should also receive compensation for lost time from work, travel expenses to and from various doctors for followup care, deductibles and copays, etc.

Her insurance company's responsibility is to make you whole in every way, down to the smallest details like replacing the pants that they had to cut off of you in the ER. Don't be intimidated or afraid to seek full recompense for everything you're owed. You should be able to walk away from this with literally zero spent out of pocket plus a bike that is in at least as good condition as what you had, plus compensation for the pain and suffering she caused.

If you in any way feel that they're trying to lowball and scrimp, it's generally considered to be a good idea to seek legal representation, preferably one that specializes in motorcycle incidents. AIM, Aid for Injured Motorcyclists, would be a good place to start. Hopefully it won't come to that, but many people have found that insurance companies aren't so much in the business of making people whole than they are into cutting losses to maximize executive bonuses at all costs.

[Jiggles]

Thanks for the info frugal, I've already hired a lawyer to take care of everything for me. AAA is sending someone out to check the bike out on monday, will find out what kind of damage there is to it and if its totaled I will most likely buy it back.

[Jiggles]

Let's say I get the bike fixed, what kind of mods should I have added at that time? Flush mount turn signals? Maybe HID's? What else?

[etiainen]

Turbo...you know you wanna.

Originally Posted by etiainen

Turbo...you know you wanna.

lolz do that

[Jiggles]

http://www.ecotrons.com/Small_Engine...bocharger.html

[etiainen]

Be careful, you may end up with another heated install thread.:P

[Jiggles]

loltits...

Good news guys, my little friend still works, though he's not at full strength yet

[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by trixter

I think he is about as good as he is going to get

I hope not!

[Jiggles]

Hey so, some good news completely unrelated to the accident. I'm getting a shitload of money back on my tax return. More than enough to buy a brand new 2012 250 OTD with enough left over to mod the balls off of it. So yea, thats cool

[gfloyd2002]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Hey so, some good news completely unrelated to the accident. I'm getting a shitload of money back on my tax return. More than enough to buy a brand new 2012 250 OTD with enough left over to mod the balls off of it. So yea, thats cool

wtf do you do to get like 5k in tax return?

[Jiggles]

6700

Uhm, you gotta pay a **** load extra by having your comission taxed up the butthole, then go to school so you can get everything you are supposed to pay, back

[TBC]

Originally Posted by codestp202

wtf do you do to get like 5k in tax return?

Break a femur?

[Jiggles]

lol, how does breaking a femur get you money back in a tax return?

[Jiggles]

Yea, I hate this stupid answer. Ok let's say I put that 6k in the bank for a year, what am I going to get, $60? Who gives a ****. It's money they take out that I don't notice and then I get back later as a nice lump sum. I have extra taken out of my check just for that reason (yes I also have extra taken out for 401k) The amounts taken out allows me to help limit my budget, and I like it. So the government got an interest free loan, realistically, if I took all of that money and invested it, how much would I expect to get back? An amount thats not worth it, and most likely I would just spend it.

[Jiggles]

The 650 was easy to pay off

This combined with a totaled 250 check from insurance would easily get me my dream bike



I don't like these colors though, I'm an all black kinda *****

Oh and trixter, you can take this thumb, and shove it up your ass!

[akshay11]

sexy bike ugly exhaust

[Jiggles]

Yea, the one thing I hate about that bike is the exhaust. My exhaust philosophy is the same as my tittie philosophy, I like big fat cans.

[choneofakind]

Sean, get better first. Worry about the money second!!!