Front wheel replacement

This past Saturday I was riding west bound on the 101 passing the 405 interchange when a damned cager tried to occupy my space in the left lane which forced me to swerve and hit something on the ground that bent both wheels.
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I was leaned over hard when I was swerving when I hit what ever I hit and almost highsided me @ 75mph but, my VFR1200F is truly an awesome machine and handled it like a champ.
Only the left side of the rims was bent but, the front wheel could not be repaired, it is junk.
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I do not know what kind of a cage it was, I only know it was driven by an old man with grey hair and the cage was white and had a big white mirror sticking off the door.
The good news for me is, I did not go down and get crushed by heavy traffic at the interchange.
I had to order a new front wheel today and they list for $632,00 but, I don't pay retail and my final price will be less than $500,00 including mounting & balancing of the tire.
This is friggin depressing but, I did not get hurt, just my wheels got hurt and the rear wheel is fixed, for free too.
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Glad you came out unscathed.

What about filing an insurance claim? Or would the deductible and higher premiums be more than the wheel is worth?

Nice couple of CBX's next to your bike. Glad you pulled it out. There are lots of blind drivers here in NM as well. I get tired of looking for all the possible blind cages on my roads.

Mark

Thank God you came out of it unscathed!

Certainly is a high-pucker way of testing the handling, though...

[image: View Post]fasterspider, on 13 July 2011 - 09:16 PM, said:

This past Saturday I was riding west bound on the 101 passing the 405 interchange when a damned cager tried to occupy my space in the left lane which forced me to swerve and hit something on the ground that bent both wheels


Its really great that you didn't loose control of the bike. Thank God for that.

I can also sense that you are upset with the "damned cager"! Nevertheless, and in spite of what's happened, and I really don't want to hurt your feelings, I would suggest that you do some introspection.

As a riding instructor, I tell our students that they must become "fortune tellers" to be "good" riders. You should be able to tell your immediate future (I suggest at least 10 seconds ahead). We also preach "situational awareness". You obviously didn't see what was going to happen early enough or you would have avoided it. This says you were probably going faster than you should have been....which lays some responsibility with you. Your safety is your responsibility...cagers will be cagers....and provided you are riding a motorcycle, you need to realize that you WILL be invisible to them. In the end, whether you are right or wrong, on the bike....you loose if your dependance on others to do the "right" thing gets you into trouble.

All the best as you sort it out.

Glad that didn't take you out! :blink:

Ins. should cover it and some cities/states will cover the damage from bad road conditions, look into it! :beer:

BR

[image: View Post]fotodadi, on 14 July 2011 - 06:47 AM, said:

[image: View Post]fasterspider, on 13 July 2011 - 09:16 PM, said:

This past Saturday I was riding west bound on the 101 passing the 405 interchange when a damned cager tried to occupy my space in the left lane which forced me to swerve and hit something on the ground that bent both wheels


Its really great that you didn't loose control of the bike. Thank God for that.

I can also sense that you are upset with the "damned cager"! Nevertheless, and in spite of what's happened, and I really don't want to hurt your feelings, I would suggest that you do some introspection.

As a riding instructor, I tell our students that they must become "fortune tellers" to be "good" riders. You should be able to tell your immediate future (I suggest at least 10 seconds ahead). We also preach "situational awareness". You obviously didn't see what was going to happen early enough or you would have avoided it. This says you were probably going faster than you should have been....which lays some responsibility with you. Your safety is your responsibility...cagers will be cagers....and provided you are riding a motorcycle, you need to realize that you WILL be invisible to them. In the end, whether you are right or wrong, on the bike....you loose if your dependance on others to do the "right" thing gets you into trouble.

All the best as you sort it out.

Well, and gently stated. I am glad you did not fall! But, as Fotodadi said, I always look at every encounter with "those people" as "what did I do wrong?". Even though it is not wrong to expect people to obey the traffic laws and respect our right to life...well...they just don't. And loving to ride, I take it as my responsibility to make up for their shortcomings. Assume that everyone else on the road will always let you down (expect them to take your freedoms for granted - dangerously and violently), ride with such expectations, and you will never *be* let down.

Certainly glad all it cost was 500 bucks!
CHeers!

I have been riding motorcycles for a day or two and know full well {especailly in Los Angeles} to look out for "stupid" when I operate any kind of a motor vehicle, I was. That is why I did not crash on the freeway this past Saturday.

My new wheel got here today and I installed it then took my VFR1200f out for a short ride, all is well with the wheels again.
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Made in Japan but, warehoused in Los Angeles. Sweet!
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