blackbird gorn

Managed to crash last Friday. car in front stopped behind a bus
dropping off, and I decided to overtake them, the car then decided
without warning, to pull out, exactly as I was passing her door.
Whallop, only 20-25 mph, but punted me across the road, bike into a
wall, me along the road about 5metres. Upshot is an operation on the
shoulder, that has the tendons ripping the bone to bits, apparently
enough for the surgeon to be unable to get screws in, so I'm fucked for
between 6months and a year.
Anyway, any ideas on insurance liability with apportion of blame? Or
are more details neede? A witness came over and said it was obviously
not my fault, but how far will this help.
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its only the fairing, lights, front forks probably and oil all over,
but repairable? not by me, thats what insewerance is for.

It was time for a change anyway, I was looking at GSXR1000 but would
only get 3k for mine, so didn't bother

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Has someone not told me it's clumsy cunts week? I would say witnesses
are a good thing if they can be made to write a letter.


GWS btw.

 

You're pretty much screwed, if past events are a guide. It's the
responsibility of the overtaking vehicle to avoid collisions, and it's
almost impossible to prove that the fault lies with the vehicle being
overtaken.

Sympathies, and all, of course. Seems like the cripple club is growing
apace at the moment.


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..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (b.rogers at ifrance.com)
\`\ | /`/
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
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this one can, she stopped and ran over to me, but I was busy trying to
further wreck my shoulder by picking the bike up cos it was pissing oil
all over. She did try to get me to go to hospital, but I thought I was
ok at the time, adrenalin etc. While waiting of the wife picking me up,
the pain set in, and in, and in.
I phoned later to thank her for giving her name etc. so hopefully she
will serve as a good witness

Ta muchly.

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Ohhhh shit

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Did you indicate?

 

<Bullshit Bear mode>
DSTIUTA?
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D.

 

I'm thinking she will say she looked carefully, indicated, and you appeared
from nowhere at approx. 40mph. That's my guess.

 

Clumsy ****.

 

Ob: Clumsy cnut.
I hope you wrote down the name and address of the witness.
Sue the silly bitch for _everything_.

 

With respect, bollocks.
That's a carbon copy of my collarbone break and the driver got royally
shafted by my shark.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

Excellent. I'm pleased it worked out for you. Sadly, I think you're
the exception. I'd like to hope not, though.

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..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (b.rogers at ifrance.com)
\`\ | /`/
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
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This includes ensuring that nothing is already overtaking you when you
pull out. IMO the OP has a good case, especially as he has a witness on
his side.

To the OP, try http://www.whitedalton.co.uk/ . They did a sterling job
when my mechanic wrote off my RSV when some blind **** pulled out on him
as he was test riding it after servicing it.

Regards, Ian

Regards, Ian

 

My first lawyer was all for rolling over and letting the insurance
company shaft her, the useless tart. She actually recommended I take a
miserable settlement, just because she a)couldn't be bothered, or
b)didn't actually know how, to do her job.
I fired her, pronto.

I think a lot of riders get shafted by her type of lawyer,
unfortunately.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

Well it'll probably help more than if he'd come across and said "You're a
fucking wanker riding like that".
But then again..... bikers are never right.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I pricked my knee on a gorse bush[1] whilst riding down the track from
my house yesterday - does that count?

[1] Soon to be ex-gorse bush once I find some strimmer string.

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
Off-Road Classifieds

'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

"We're in trouble now - he had his indicator on"
--
Champ

ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
To email me, neal at my domain should work.

 

I also won a case that had similar circumstances (he'd pulled over
behind parked cars to read his map, I overtook assuming he was
parking, and he pulled out without looking).

It took a very long time to win though.

 

I could hardly walk by the end of yesterday afternoon[1].

[1] spent the time between 13:00 and 16:45 eating a 7 course meze meal
at Lemonia, fit to burst afterwards.