Thanks everyone...
but there's more.
A bit long winded, but indulge me for a mo.
After rolling across the rode and trying
to protect my lid, she gets out of the car
and states that she didn't see me.
I was extremely pissed off as you could
well imagine & after a few profanities from me, I think I scared her off.
Told her to ring the police, which see duly
did, me thinking there's no way you're getting away with this.
Two cso's arrive, the other one a male (not in pic) a beard down to his naval and
I almost asked him to do a rendition of
'La Grange' from ZZ Top to calm me down. To be fair, they did all the leg work
with her details and passed them over to me. They helped me pick the bike up and
I noticed and pointed out that the right
hand indicator was still flashing when I switched the ignition on, they confirmed that too. Anyhow, a traffic cop then pulls
up asked his colleagues a few questions
and the 3rd party was offered a seat in the back of his snazzy BM. Meanwhile i'm
onto the insurance i.e. Bennetts.
With numerous questions ranging from..
Have you past your bike test?
Was you wearing the appropriate attire?
What mods if any have you changed on
the bike?
After that I get a call from a company called 4th Dimension working on behalf
of Bennetts, so same questions again.
They have a logistics team who will arrange a date for the 'Bird' to be collected and assessed for repair/ damage via their approved Honda technicians. I already know how that's
going to turn out. Road side recovery was
eta 60 to 90 mins. Sod that I said I will
free wheel it home, it's all downhill anyway. The police actually took the
woman home and drove her feckin car
too because she was in a state....WTF!
Who's the feckin innocent party here.
Un feckin believable!!!
I arrived home eventually and get another
call from the 'Bike assist team', same feckin questions, but I am allegedly getting a loan bike, same spec as the 'Bird' apparently? It better not be that
scudzuki bus thingy?
Asked for my lid size cause that's a freebie from them after telling me to bin my nearly new lid....nowt wrong with it as far as I can see. Told me to claim for any gear had on if i'm not happy, any time lost
through injury related crash, any receipts
for medication, petrol, parking etc.
Funny how I didn't take any extra cover for
my gear either.
The accident happened like this....
She was sat at the hill of the junction waiting to turn right.
I was also turning right into junction where she was giving way.
I was doing maybe 5/10 mph, lights and
indicator on, as a crossed her path she decided to pull out and shunted me out
of the way.
I dont know what damage is under the
fairings? The right hand fairing is scuffed
to feck, left fairing ok, shroom protector
is bent at 45° just hope the frame isn't goosed?
Oil spill, no idea. Left it for an hour then
fired it up, sounds lumpy and rough, maybe oil refill will fettle that, but will
check engine covers 1st.
That's it, soz for the delay, hope it reads
well.
