wrecked my bike today

Glad you are mostly ok. I hope you get something out of her to pay for the drs bills and your bike.

Dress for the slide not the ride.

 

where are you located? it sucks shell probably get a few tickets but still keep on driving and it wont even affect her. Lawyer up... take what she has.

 

I'm glad you're okay, but now that you realize that cagers are actually trying to kill you, I hope you'll reconsider your riding gear!

 

Funny how everyone is saying Sue for all she is worth. Apparently you would get more by suing the stick of gum at the gas station she tried getting gas with food stamps. All you'll end up doing is going deeper in the negative on this one by going that route unfortunately. 0+0 is still 0. Maybe at the very least this will teach you to believe in ATGATT(All the gear all the time.) Just sayin'. You never know when your going to go down so you may as well dress for it. Sorry to hear about the accident nonetheless and hope you heal quick. Not sure how new the bike was since you said it was new to you and if you were financing or not but I am hoping not since you only had liability. Keeping mine fully covered until it's at least payed off. Nothing would suck more than paying for something you no longer have or can enjoy anymore.

 

x2 after seeing how poorly some of the aholes in ca drive i put a 905 stunt cage on my bike... i wreck once and had to piece my bike back together with liability insurance not helping. not fun. If your in cali and need a hand fixing your bike id be glad to help yah. Ebay is your friend lol.

 

Just say no to "stunt cages!" That is one fad I'll be happy to see end!

 

well if you stunt they save your bike. if you drop a bike itll save it. i dont think its a fad. it practical protection. In ny not needed for daily driving. In CA needed.

Its like a skid plate for a bike. protection in areas needed. Splitting lanes is legal in cali and some aholes in cages dont respect that. the stunt cage put something other than you leg in between the bike and the car.

 

Cages definitely don't protect in all ares needed. If that were the case, there would be bars encasing the entire machine. What they do do is protect the lower part of the bike during a very minor accident: a lowside or a tip-over. They may save your the lower part of your bike but that's it. There's alot more left unprotected than protected. Plus, you have to cut up or drill large holes into the bodywork on some of the kits just to install the cage. Doesn't make sense to destroy the very bodywork you're trying to protect. On another note, the cages bolt directly to motormounts or the frame. Brake any part of those two and it's a goner for sure!

 

not true... ive been stunting for 6 years now. If you stunt you can get beefy fairing stays and custom sub frames. no a cage wont protect the forks etc. but in the description the op gave it would save his plastics and case and engine covers. alot of bikes you dont need to modify the plastics. even if you do A small hole in the fairing is better than a cracked case or broken covers. Ive wrecked the shit out of my gsxr and no damage to the frame or engine from the cage. If you hurt either of those youd have more problems and not be worrying about the bike... ive been side swiped on my bike. i didnt have a cage and the nerf bars of a nissan frontier crushed my ankle and broke the lower case. if i had a cage the bike wouldnt have been totalled and my leg woulda been fine...

 

they can be stylish too!!! i like the street fighter with cage look

 

OP - good thing you managed to stay on your feet...got lucky there. Would've hate to hear about you falling off without your gear.

 

That's the plan

 

You did the right thing getting rid of the bike and staying clear of the car yourself in that scenario........I say sue her -- if she's stupid enough to negate federal laws, then she can be stupid enough to restitute you for damages for however long it takes her to pay it -- the courts will mandate that for you.........I also understand the need for cages when you're a stunter, but not on a daily rider IMO.........I'm all about power and speed, these cages just suck more "aero" out of your bike and increase the drag coefficient -- if you wear the proper gear and insure your shit, there's nothing to worry about as long as you know what your doing..........traffic will do what traffic will do, but seasoned riders tend to steer clear of incidents the majority of the time -- but I know you cant ALWAYS avoid the unavoidable, but the odds are usually in our favor as long as we're prepared in advance and riding within our skill levels.

 

I agree with you, until you come to southern cali. Its scary to ride a bike here. Ive never had any problems in the northeast. Here is cali i swear they are all out to kill you. splitting lanes is perfectly legal here. Especially since there is a double yellow line separating carpool lanes and regular lanes making it safer to split lanes. but there is always that asshole who jumps the double yellow into the carpool lane and the no.1 cause of motorcycle accidents on the highways here are side swipes. the cage while practical for stunting is also practical for saving your legs and feet. Cop bikes and other street bikes have there version of crash guards here too, not just sportbikes. And they dont kill the aerodynamics that much i cant even tell its there with the plastics. I did notice a huge difference when i took the plastics off. You can only go 65 anyway.

 

Well, I guess my intentions were biased to the way I want a bike to perform and what I do with my machine, so I understand why you would want one.......it's illegal to lane-split in Ohio and surrounding states, so I rarely get to experiment with those situations -- but there's dumbasses everywhere in cars/trucks that just don't take care enough to ensure there's no bikes coming up on them or attempting to pass.
I bought a ZX14, so there's virtually nothing I can't pass on the road -- I always keep an eye up ahead and the other in front of me, so when I see stupidity in my lane I'm holding up until I can click-bang right by!!
But in your case, side streets are blind sometimes -- along with a lot of drivers on the roads today........just another episode of us bikers gambling with our own lives........glad you're ok though

 

some motorcyclists are just idiots. This morning at 5 am I get passed within inches by a motorcyclist wearing black, on a black motorcycle, before sunrise, weaving through traffic "Cali" style. If he clips my front fenders and sprays his brains all over the freeway, who is gonna replace my fenders?

 

Are you able to sue even though you only have liability insurance?

 

yea, if its there fault... you can get pain and suffering, lost wages etc. things that there insurance doesnt cover.

 

you can through subrogation, the legal process by which your insurance company sues the 3rd party responsible for the losses they incurred to you. So basically, the insurance company will pay for your losses, then sue the crap out of the minivan bitch