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  1. 02-11-2015, 07:50 AM #1
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    I went down on the bike Saturday Feb 7 around 1:30pm at the intersection of Westshore & Kennedy. A lady in a Chrysler 300 was making a right turn onto Westshore at the same time I was making a left trun onto Westshore, but instead of staying in her lane, she immediately merged over 3 lanes right into me. I went down hard on the left side and as taken by ambulance to St. Jospehs Hospital. My bike is still in the impound, but it appears to have survived with only minor damage, mostly just scrapes (thank God for frame sliders). I fared decently well too, my gear took the brunt of the damage, but I knocked my left knee & hip pretty hard, and got a lil whiplash from the impact with the helmet to the ground. I am alive and kicking still, going to the doctors for treatment/therapy and hopefully the bike will get fixed shortly.
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    Sucks to hear. Feel better and heal soon
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    damm, sucks to hear, but glad you fared well all things considered...
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    Good to hear you and the bike made it out without any major damage or injuries!
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    Damn man, sorry to hear that. But good to hear you are just a little banged up. Get well and get back out there with us!
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    Glad your are good. Is the bike at the police impound or a tow yard? If at the tow yard, get it out ASAP, or the charges on it will climb fast. What happened with the lady? Insurances? Ticket? Give us all the info! We can handle it!!!!!!
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    +1 on getting bike asap, I got taken by the impound place that had mine.
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    glad to hear you made it out with minor bumps
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    Glad your ok and if you need someone to pick up your bike let us know. I would take time off work to do so.

    Piece of advice: Lawyer the fuck up. Lawyer WAY THE FUCK UP. The ladies insurance company WILL attempt to screw you and a lawyer will be a gatekeeper to your asshole. I don't care who, if you need someone my wife works for a firm, but (again doesn't matter who) lawyer the fuck up!!!

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  10. 02-12-2015, 08:25 AM #10
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    I've got a lawyer. Bike is still in tow yard. I don't know if I can ride it or not. It was the lady's fault, she was ticketed, police had 2 witnesses saying she merged into me. She has insurance, its Geico, same as mine, although when I told the claims department that I had a lawyer, they wouldn't talk to me anymore. I dont know what to do next. Im just going to see the doctors until I physically feel better than I was before the accident. I don't need money, i just want to get better and my bike/helmet to get fixed/replaced.
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  11. 02-12-2015, 08:58 AM #11
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    Get the bike out, even if you have to borrow a truck. I bet it goes up in price by the day, and wouldn't doubt if it's like $50.
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  12. 02-12-2015, 09:08 AM #12
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    Update, finally reached Geico again. They wouldn't talk to me on Monday after I told them I had a lawyer (when they asked about accident details) but I got a message on my phone wanting the lawyers info, so I called them back, gave them the info and told them what I was trying to say back on Monday that I signed the release for Geico to pick up the bike and take it to St. Pete Powersports for the repair work (its a Triumph, and I wanted the Triumph dealer to fix it) so finally its going to get fixed.
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    Great! Yep, once you get a lawyer he (or she) is always between the insurance company and your anus and like Rico said get your bike out of the lot! I think his estimate of $50 may be on the cheap side.
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    Update #2 the bike is out of the tow yard and on its way to St Pete Powersports, it should be there shortly
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    Please tell me the ultra sweet exhaust note on that thing didn't take any damage!
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    The damage is minimal, the frame sliders kept everything safe, a busted turn signal and a broken side/tail fairing and scraped up the belly pan and stator cover, scraped the rear axle nut cover and bar end mirror and the battery is dead. The exhaust is fine. Now on to the bad news, I have a "hip labral tear", one torn disc and two bulging discs. My recovery is not going to be as fast as I expected, this sucks
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keoni View Post
    I have a "hip labral tear", one torn disc and two bulging discs. My recovery is not going to be as fast as I expected, this sucks
    You already had a MRI?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Papa Jon View Post
    You already had a MRI?
    I took off work on Monday to see the doctor and got the MRI done that night at 9pm
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    I would be more concerned with the bulging and torn discs than the hip labral tear...it should heal on its own...the discs however, can cause you all kinds of issues
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    Quote Originally Posted by macdaddyslomo View Post
    I would be more concerned with the bulging and torn discs than the hip labral tear...it should heal on its own...the discs however, can cause you all kinds of issues
    The doctor says that the issues with the discs are minimal compared to the labral tear, he said they usually treat with them with injections but that they will heal with the right therapy but the tear will not.
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