Well I fuc%^^,just went for a nice and decent ride after installing a new rear tire,you know to scrubb the tire a litle and this happened coming into a curve.

Was wearing helmet/mesh jacket/gloves.

BTW,
please all those with frame sliders do yourself a favor and take them out!! I had a Puig set (bolt into frame) and guess what happened? the slider broke right at the frame spliting the frame,so I 'm screw with no bike.

other pics:

Ouch! (In more ways than one...) You got insurance that will fix the bike? -bg

State Farm (full coverage) minus $250 deduct,the frame slider cracked the bike's frame at the base,is shown in one of the pics,so just waiting for the adjuster to evaluate and make a final decision.

just waiting for the adjuster to evaluate and make a final decision.

Hope it works out well for you. Please let us know. Might want to try State Farm if they are good... -bg

Sorry to hear about the misfortune, juice. I think SF will be good to you. Shame it always happens at somebody else's expense but sharing this info sends a warning out for the rest of us. I know I'm extra on my toes after i hear about a crash. Sounds like the kind of trouble an of us could have happen. You don't know, it might have happened on a scrubbed set of tires just the same. Lots of sand and road debris around here this time of year.

Glad your frame is unbroken. Smart to have yourself protected.

Rook

>>> Used front? Juice, that a used front and you were pushing it? Did the front slip? I bet the rear stuck real grippy like. You washed the front was the front should have been changed with the rear.

Think back to that washout. Did the front dive or the rear come around?

* Last updated by: Hub on 3/31/2009 @ 6:08 PM *

Hub,
it was the rear one that washed it was installed the day before,just went out to scrub it and coming out semi hot on a S curve when the rear lost it..The front still have decent tread,I know pic shows like going bold.Didn't get any road rash on legs I guess the frame slider save me,though I got screw by out cause it damage the frame

Geez man-sorry to see yer new ride crunched.I know THAT feeling.Ya got scraped up there some-hope ya heal up quick.Poor bike-bummer.Takes me back to my crash.Well-get er fixed up-and be careful!!!!Take care-(glad ya didn't bash some car headon)

Sucks man... but bikes are fixable.
Heal up quickly!

Wow Wow Wow, Sorry to see and here the news . I am Glad to see you will be OK. After seeing this I have mixed feelings on the Frame sliders . What is your take on this ? . They broke your frame but saved your leg ? I have the Tee Rex frame sliders installed on my bike.

I will take a broken frame over a broken leg any day! Broken frame plus the cosmetics probably equals new bike! SF should cover to replace your gear also. Glad your ok. As for me, frame sliders stay on.

Do you have pics of your gear? I would like to see the damage of the gear.

Sorry ,but this is how I found this thread . I thought it was NO to frame sliders...... then was the ..... saved my leg ....If it saved your leg ...Well...... I will get a new bike & keep the sliders .

well repair cost is $7800,now SF will decide if the repair or totalled the bike,any advice when it gets to fight the decision with state farm if they decide to low ball me?
thanks

dude sorry bout your bike but glad that you didn't break any bones or get hurt any worse.... I had a mishap with 2 new tires that got a bit wet, was only a few degrees above zero and I cam out of the turn and lost the back end, but saved it... that was my second ride on her... but glad you are okay and always remember that its only a machine they make thousands of them every year!!! Good luck with the insurance company!!!

^^Yeah, same thing happened to me on my last ride of the season last fall but the tires were scrubbed. I'm pretty sure those tires just don't get warm in 30 degree weather and I know the roads don't. I was lucky that day.

Rook

Update:
Parts will be order tomorrow,SF agreed to not totalled the bike and will pay the $7800 to fix the bike,lucky me!!!
They (SF)will send me a nother check for the helmet,the jacket is not covered.

This is great news ....How long before you back up and running ? I was just reading above thread ...you did want the bike fixed ......Right ?

Has been close 2 wks without riding,perfect weather right now(70-85).The shop said parts will arrive this week and another week to assembly.BTW I'm getting the Yoshi CF TRC slip on instead of the M4 retro,just paid $200 xtra for those compared with the M4 price

Question for you guys:

Am I entitled to all the parts that the dealership is replacing? ie cowlings,mirror,exhaust,etc??? I should be,right?
please advise

I think so, and if not you, your insurance company. I would demand that the dealership return all replaced parts to prove that they did the work. I dropped my 2000 ZX9 a couple of years ago and when it went to the shop to get an estimate for my insurance they said both front forks needed to be replaced, along with the entire steering head assembly. The bike was a write-off but I bought it back and fixed everything for a fraction of the price the shop wanted. Turned out a lot of components the shop said needed replacing didn't (ie, the forks were checked out by another mechanic and there was absolutely no warping/bending).

I mentioned this to the insurance company and they weren't surprised, apparently a lot of shops artificially increase the cost of the repairs so the vehicle is written off if they don't feel like doing the work.

Post is getting long but on a similar note: my wife took her car in several years ago to a dealership and specifically requested the old parts be returned to her. They never did and claimed that the parts were already thrown away, she fought with them and had the bill reduced significantly as they couldn't prove that they actually replaced the parts.

thanks for that,I'm getting the check from SF and then I pay the bike shop,so I guess I can demand all the parts that were replaced given back to me,I'll call them tomo and let then know my intentions