Ditto, just turned 20 today and I have full coverage through progressive with a $500 deductable and it is around $800 a year!

damn...I pay less than $800 a year to insure everything.  House, car, bike, dogs, me, my rare southest asian ulayala tree...

I feel for ya dude, you have my sympathy. Apparently this is very common, it happened to me, luckily the girl who did it did it right in front of her own workplace (a restaurant) thus she was forced to leave a note. Ha ha.

But in a related event, I went to the parking garage where I park my bike (big brand new parking structure in pearl district of portland) and gee, the mirror, handlebar, and right side fairings were ALL fcked up. And the bike was about 25 feet from the attendant's booth.

Took me about 3 days of deductive reasoning til I figured a garage employee had to be involved. Persistent talking and calling and asking and gee, what do I find out? A Smart Park employee BROKE HIS LEG "while pressure washing near the bike, the bike fell on him, breaking his leg".

omfg. I just about flipped out. And the manager on the phone was like "yeah, you should be glad we don't sue you". That was his tone. I was like, "Man, shut the fck up you big baby, the only way my bike got knocked over was cause that idiot sat on it or somehow knocked it over himself".

Took him about 2 weeks to come to his senses but he ended up writing me a check for $500. In retrospect I could have gotten an estimate and had double or triple that amount paid, but I was happy with the result. Just goes to show you... anything can happen.

Just one more reason why motorcyclists should be able to pack a shottie on their bike. Or, rig up humongous explosive charges that detonate when knocked over. You could arm and disarm it before you left it unattended. It wouldn't help recover your losses any, but at least the mf'er wouldn't be able to drive off either.

Haha.

Sigh.

wow, that would've sucked had you been sued. At least you got paid. I'm less stressed about it than I was when it happened. Just a pain in the ass that I can't ride til that new clutch lever comes (tomorrow I think). Gotta replace the broken back fairing but that's about it. If I found the guy tho, still, 

-UnSaniTiZ

Quote from: indywar360 on November 03, 2006, 12:22:12 AM
Took him about 2 weeks to come to his senses but he ended up writing me a check for $500.

I would have broken his other leg...

So I was warming up my bike the other day .. parked in the striped section between 2 handicap spots that are almost never used at the office.  This lady comes out, hops in her TSX (with no handicap placard or plate mind you) and says to me .. if I had my Vette today, the door's wider and I'd just knock your bike over to get in my car.

Dawned on me when I was riding home that she meant she *would* do that ... not that it might accidently happen.  WTF.

UnSaniTiZ - that sucks man.  I had a period earlier this summer where my bike was getting knocked over almost every day.  The building engineer always picked it up before I got to work (I store it there), but still sucked.  Never found out who did it, and insurance won't cover that kind of thing since the bike is too old.  Won't cover theft either since it's not worth the liability to them.

You should tell her that she's lucky you're not riding your cinderblock today ...  ...
BTW a Corvette door is prolly worth more than a GS ...
Cool.
Srinath.

Quote from: seshadri_srinath on November 03, 2006, 08:29:55 AM
You should tell her that she's lucky you're not riding your cinderblock today ...  ...
BTW a Corvette door is prolly worth more than a GS ...
Cool.
Srinath.

I'm sure I'll find a way to deal with her hubris (ok so hubris is a stretch but it's a fun word).