My bike got hit by a car friday

I parked my bike at school friday night and was 20 steps towards the building when I heard the crunching sound. Looking over my shoulder I saw some kid had backed into the spot where I had parked. That feeling right then is horrible. Walking back to see what happened I can see his trunk is really bent. The thing is, the bike didn't roll of the side stand. The only damage was a bent license plate. NOTHING ELSE!!!!! I just can't figure out why the bike stayed up. I'm guessing that the bumper hit my rear tire as the rest made contact low enough and was at just the right angle to act with pressure to the ground instead of rolling over the top. The fender guard and plate flexed in while getting hit by the trunk. It was a sporty new Mitsubishi and it's going to cost him (or his dad more likely) some coin to get fixed.

I'm thinking of messing with him Monday night and tell him my pipe got messed up, but that there are some "cheaper than factory" options available on the market we can go with to save him some $$. But that would waste any Karma points I have left.


I must have been very good to someone in a previous life

Make sure you look the bike over closely. It's hard to believe the only damage was to the plate mount. Get a shop/someone you trust to look at it, they might spot things that you haven't/can't. You got his insurance info, right?

Seb: "Very good grasshopper. You learn well" LOL. +++ on the advice to have it checked out by a professional. Way back when I was a youngster I had a car (67 Buick Skylark GS 400) that got "tapped" in the rear and I saw no apparent damage until a body man friend of mine showed me the flex spots near the rear window. Car had been bent slightly. The insurance company bought me a new car(67 Chevy Impala SS 427). Better safe now than sorry later.

I had the same thing happen to my bike in a parking lot two mo's ago. The lady in the mini van backed into my "starboard" side, pushed the bike 4 inches (I measured the scrape in the pavement left by my kickstand). The bike stayed upright!

The damage included a small scratch on the clutch housing or cover ($300 fix) and she scraped my red stripe on the side fairing ($131 fix).

I still can't believe the bike didn't fall over!!!!!!! I can't believe your bike didn't bite it either!!

I had the dealer look over it to make sure nothing else was damaged--it wasn't...

Anyway, glad it's not too bad and glad you weren't on it!!!

I'd like to bring up a parking tip that some people may know about, and others may not.(and there may be poeple that don't agree at all).
But if parking in a standard parking lot space, instead of pulling in (nose or tail 1st)to the space all the way, stop close to being even with the area where it can be seen by a cage driver looking for a place to park.... A lot of hits come from cagers thinking the slots empty.... Just an FYI.... GooseChef and I ride together on Sunday's, so I've already given him my condolences.....

I would get the bike looked over and make sure that you were compensated for any scratches he put in the bike.

I would also argue with the school parking board to restrict a pair of parking spots at the end of a row for motorcycles only. Argue that it's safer for the bikes, and since four bikes can comfortably use one parking spot, it would create more room for cars.

Gotta watch out for those Mitsubishi drivers....they're trouble! :goofy:

I know you don't have an avatar but I see an image of Mother Mary appearing where it should go...

Sorry to hear about the hit, but glad it only appears to be minimal damage. +1 on getting the bike checked out by a dealer just in case.

[image: View Post]Monk, on 22 November 2009 - 08:40 PM, said:

I'd like to bring up a parking tip that some people may know about, and others may not.(and there may be poeple that don't agree at all).
But if parking in a standard parking lot space, instead of pulling in (nose or tail 1st)to the space all the way, stop close to being even with the area where it can be seen by a cage driver looking for a place to park.... A lot of hits come from cagers thinking the slots empty.... Just an FYI.... GooseChef and I ride together on Sunday's, so I've already given him my condolences.....


+1 on this I do it all the time, parallel parking at the end of a spot. it makes for a quick getaway and i usually come back to an empty spot or two because it intimidates cagers to park by it. it also makes it easy to find when you forget where you parked.

Sadly I trust my own evaluation over that of the local dealer. I lost faith in them last time I was there. Either way, 3 weeks and I'm done with the program.

They should have bike parking. The guy who runs the program rides, and so do several instructors. We usually can put 3-4 bikes into a regular car spot.