I've had this bike less than a month. We haven't even made the first payment.
I don't care about the damage--it can be fixed. I care about the $500 deductible.
But wait, there's good news! It fell on the right side. Which means that the exhaust was damaged. GEICO called it $1k just for the pipe. So...a new Delkevic will be replacing it, and the difference in price will cover the deductible. Which means I'm not in so much trouble with the missus (who bought the bike for me)!
Oh, you want to know what happened? Fine.
I was done in the garage for the evening--I'm a pen turner/wood worker. I have to move the two bikes (Connie and a long chopper I built) out of the garage to move my equipment around when I want to build something. I pushed the chopper in and then the Connie. The Connie didn't quite fit, so I backed it out and parked it on our sloped driveway. I *thought* it was in gear--the neutral indicator was off.
I backed the chopper up and pushed it back in a bit more to the left, and just as I was getting off of it, heard the scraping sound of the Connie's kickstand on the asphalt. *Just* as I was able to run to it and *just* before I could grab the brake, it fell on its right side.
And kept sliding.
The kickstand left a mark 6' long in the driveway as it slid backwards, and then the now-broken footpeg left a 7" long gouge.
Damage:
mirror snapped off
bar end scuffed
brake lever scuffed
turn signal gouged
upper, middle, lower fairings gouged
right bag gouged
exhaust gouged
Crash bars are looking really nice right now and I've learned to put a chock behind the wheel.
I don't care about the damage--it can be fixed. I care about the $500 deductible.
But wait, there's good news! It fell on the right side. Which means that the exhaust was damaged. GEICO called it $1k just for the pipe. So...a new Delkevic will be replacing it, and the difference in price will cover the deductible. Which means I'm not in so much trouble with the missus (who bought the bike for me)!
Oh, you want to know what happened? Fine.
I was done in the garage for the evening--I'm a pen turner/wood worker. I have to move the two bikes (Connie and a long chopper I built) out of the garage to move my equipment around when I want to build something. I pushed the chopper in and then the Connie. The Connie didn't quite fit, so I backed it out and parked it on our sloped driveway. I *thought* it was in gear--the neutral indicator was off.
I backed the chopper up and pushed it back in a bit more to the left, and just as I was getting off of it, heard the scraping sound of the Connie's kickstand on the asphalt. *Just* as I was able to run to it and *just* before I could grab the brake, it fell on its right side.
And kept sliding.
The kickstand left a mark 6' long in the driveway as it slid backwards, and then the now-broken footpeg left a 7" long gouge.
Damage:
mirror snapped off
bar end scuffed
brake lever scuffed
turn signal gouged
upper, middle, lower fairings gouged
right bag gouged
exhaust gouged
Crash bars are looking really nice right now and I've learned to put a chock behind the wheel.