a bad day

Sirref · March 5th, 2013, 09:47 PM

There are a few other things that happened today that sucked but this one takes the cake. So I rode my ninja to school because my car wouldn't start (electrical problem, I figured it out but missed my first class (turned out to be a exam that I didn't know about) and decided that finishing the repair would take too long and I may as well get to one class in the day) I get to campus to learn that my second class was canceled due to the professor being sick...I head home to go fix my car when I arrive at the edge of campus a road that has two parking lot entrances on it (one on each side at the same place) and I didn't think twice about the nissan altima that was on the left. The driver didn't think once about me though and pulled out in front of me, my first reaction was to swerve right. This was a logical response on my part because it put me farther away from the car as it completed it's left turn. The problem was though that the car wasn't turning left it was going straight into the other parking lot. All I had left to try was braking, but I applied the brakes slightly too early and wasn't fully upright, the front tire maxed out and I ended up on the hood of his car with my bike a few feet behind me.
Somehow I had luck on my side though and got out of it with only some damage to my right knee and right side around the hip is swollen but nothing severe. The student claimed fault and offered to pay the cost of repairs after checking the bike it seems that all it needs is turn signals on the right side (both of them) and a new brake lever as it's bent. It runs just fine and I know that because I rode it the remaining 10 minute ride home

psych0hans · March 5th, 2013, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Sirref

There are a few other things that happened today that sucked but this one takes the cake. So I rode my ninja to school because my car wouldn't start (electrical problem, I figured it out but missed my first class (turned out to be a exam that I didn't know about) and decided that finishing the repair would take too long and I may as well get to one class in the day) I get to campus to learn that my second class was canceled due to the professor being sick...I head home to go fix my car when I arrive at the edge of campus a road that has two parking lot entrances on it (one on each side at the same place) and I didn't think twice about the nissan altima that was on the left. The driver didn't think once about me though and pulled out in front of me, my first reaction was to swerve right. This was a logical response on my part because it put me farther away from the car as it completed it's left turn. The problem was though that the car wasn't turning left it was going straight into the other parking lot. All I had left to try was braking, but I applied the brakes slightly too early and wasn't fully upright, the front tire maxed out and I ended up on the hood of his car with my bike a few feet behind me.
Somehow I had luck on my side though and got out of it with only some damage to my right knee and right side around the hip is swollen but nothing severe. The student claimed fault and offered to pay the cost of repairs after checking the bike it seems that all it needs is turn signals on the right side (both of them) and a new brake lever as it's bent. It runs just fine and I know that because I rode it the remaining 10 minute ride home

Like I always say, misery loves company...

Heal quick! Good luck getting your bike fixed up...

xSean13 · March 5th, 2013, 09:56 PM

Crappy day indeed, hopefully it will turn around.

I was riding around campus last night and put my blinker on to make a right turn and two douchebags coming towards me cut in front of me (they turned left). I can't stand teenage/young drivers...they don't know wtf they're doing and don't pay attention.

Motofool · March 6th, 2013, 08:37 AM

Glad the day wasn't worse, Ben !!!

CC Cowboy · March 6th, 2013, 08:56 AM

Did you get a zero on the test you missed?

Sirref · March 6th, 2013, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

Did you get a zero on the test you missed?

I ended up getting a "all things considered" allowance to take it tomorrow but I do automatically get my grade lowered by 10% on it, but that's nowhere near as bad

csmith12 · March 6th, 2013, 10:13 AM

Rotten luck Ben.

CThunder-blue · March 6th, 2013, 12:29 PM

Glad you're ok, but I think you had some pretty good luck on the crash. If all that needs replacing are blinkers and a lever, you got out golden. I'd check to see if the fairings got cracked.

cookiebug79 · March 6th, 2013, 10:12 PM

Sorry about your sucky day! Hope it goes better tomorrow!

kmcdonald5500 · March 8th, 2013, 08:41 AM

Ouch sorry to hear about the accident man. Do you go to Towson University? I graduated from there in 2011.

Sirref · March 8th, 2013, 10:11 AM

Nope, UMBC for me. the engineering departments are so much better. I just work in towson and lived in towson for the longest time, that should probably be updated to catonsville lol

Jiggles · March 8th, 2013, 11:54 AM

You should sing a sad song just to turn it around

Jono · March 9th, 2013, 12:03 AM

RollTide-LDub · March 9th, 2013, 03:15 AM

I encounter situations like this one almost everyday on campus down here. Noone is focused on the roads only on whether there's an open parking space ahead.

Anyways hope you heal quickly man!

March 5th, 2013, 09:47 PM	#1
Sirref Private Joker Name: Ben Location: Towson, MD Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): '99/'01 Ninja 250 "sketchy", '13 Ninja 300 "yoshi", '03 GSXR 600 "merlin" Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '14	a bad day There are a few other things that happened today that sucked but this one takes the cake. So I rode my ninja to school because my car wouldn't start (electrical problem, I figured it out but missed my first class (turned out to be a exam that I didn't know about) and decided that finishing the repair would take too long and I may as well get to one class in the day) I get to campus to learn that my second class was canceled due to the professor being sick...I head home to go fix my car when I arrive at the edge of campus a road that has two parking lot entrances on it (one on each side at the same place) and I didn't think twice about the nissan altima that was on the left. The driver didn't think once about me though and pulled out in front of me, my first reaction was to swerve right. This was a logical response on my part because it put me farther away from the car as it completed it's left turn. The problem was though that the car wasn't turning left it was going straight into the other parking lot. All I had left to try was braking, but I applied the brakes slightly too early and wasn't fully upright, the front tire maxed out and I ended up on the hood of his car with my bike a few feet behind me. Somehow I had luck on my side though and got out of it with only some damage to my right knee and right side around the hip is swollen but nothing severe. The student claimed fault and offered to pay the cost of repairs after checking the bike it seems that all it needs is turn signals on the right side (both of them) and a new brake lever as it's bent. It runs just fine and I know that because I rode it the remaining 10 minute ride home

March 6th, 2013, 08:37 AM	#4
Motofool Daily Ninjette rider Name: Hernan Location: Florida Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: A lot. MOTY - 2016, MOTM - Dec '12, Jan '14, Jan '15, May '16	Glad the day wasn't worse, Ben !!! __________________________________________________ *Motofool* *.................................Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly* "Mankind is composed of two sorts of men — those who love and create, and those who hate and destroy. Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world." - José Martí

March 6th, 2013, 08:56 AM	#5
CC Cowboy ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Whodat Location: Ware Is.,MA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14	Did you get a zero on the test you missed? __________________________________________________ If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough!

March 6th, 2013, 10:13 AM	#7
csmith12 The Corner Whisperer Name: Chris (aka Reactor) Location: Northern KY Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much. MOTY 2015, MOTM - Nov '12, Nov '13	Rotten luck Ben. __________________________________________________ Goal: Shake A Million Hands \| Look through the corners \| Track Day Prep \| Closest track? \| The Mid-Ohio School

March 6th, 2013, 12:29 PM	#8
CThunder-blue ModMy250.com Name: Tri Location: St, Louis Join Date: Sep 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R, 2005 R6 Posts: A lot.	Glad you're ok, but I think you had some pretty good luck on the crash. If all that needs replacing are blinkers and a lever, you got out golden. I'd check to see if the fairings got cracked. __________________________________________________ The www.ModMy250.com guy

March 5th, 2013, 09:56 PM	#3
xSean13 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Sean Location: Middle TN Join Date: Apr 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250r (sold) / '03 CBR 600RR Posts: A lot.	Crappy day indeed, hopefully it will turn around. I was riding around campus last night and put my blinker on to make a right turn and two douchebags coming towards me cut in front of me (they turned left). I can't stand teenage/young drivers...they don't know wtf they're doing and don't pay attention.

March 6th, 2013, 10:12 PM	#9
cookiebug79 n00b with the b00bs Name: Jen Location: Southern California Join Date: Jan 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2007 EX250, 2008 EX250, 2001 ZR-7S, 2010 ZX-6R Posts: 470	Sorry about your sucky day! Hope it goes better tomorrow!

March 8th, 2013, 08:41 AM	#10
kmcdonald5500 ninjette.org member Name: Kenny Location: Chesapeake Beach, MD Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): None Yet Posts: 32	Ouch sorry to hear about the accident man. Do you go to Towson University? I graduated from there in 2011.

March 8th, 2013, 10:11 AM	#11
Sirref Private Joker Name: Ben Location: Towson, MD Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): '99/'01 Ninja 250 "sketchy", '13 Ninja 300 "yoshi", '03 GSXR 600 "merlin" Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '14	Nope, UMBC for me. the engineering departments are so much better. I just work in towson and lived in towson for the longest time, that should probably be updated to catonsville lol

March 8th, 2013, 11:54 AM	#12
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	You should sing a sad song just to turn it around __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

March 9th, 2013, 12:03 AM	#13
Jono ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Jono Location: Memphis, TN Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Triumph Street Triple, 2009 KLX250SF, 2003 Suzuki SV650S (Sold), 2006 Ninja 250 (Sold) Posts: A lot.

March 9th, 2013, 03:15 AM	#14
RollTide-LDub ninjette.org member Name: Logan Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Join Date: Feb 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250R Posts: 41	I encounter situations like this one almost everyday on campus down here. Noone is focused on the roads only on whether there's an open parking space ahead. Anyways hope you heal quickly man! __________________________________________________ Check out my blog: http://www.2wheeledlogan.blogspot.com/ Last futzed with by RollTide-LDub; March 9th, 2013 at 03:16 AM. Reason: forgot to add something

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