Have you ever had a motorcycle accident/injury?

Question

What happened? How did you get hurt? Did you get insurance money? (if they do that? im not sure)

Answer 1

Hit head on by a 1962 Buick Skylark station wagon. 2 broken legs, both wrists and a mild concussion. Got a few hundred from insurance but that was it. It was a long time ago and the driver had no insurance or assets, I did have medical insurance so I did'nt have to go into debt. I swore for almost a week I would not ride again. I ended up buying another ( Better) bike while I was still being held together by plaster ,fiberglass tape and thread.I've been down many other times as well but this was the only one I could'nt walk(or limp) away from. Just crashing is not so bad, but crashing into a car kinda hurts.

Answer 2

I've been lucky and only had 1 slight accident since I started riding street bikes in 2001. It was winter and I had just turned onto a back road and saw 2 other sport bikes coming the opposite direction turning on the same road. So I tried to show off and got up to 100mph, then realized there was a sharp left ahead and couldn't slow down enough to take the turn. I drove straight into the ditch at about 30 mph or more, the bike stayed upright and absorbed most of the impact as the ditch was muddy and full of water. I am strong so luckily my wrists didn't snap due to the impact, but my head did slam into the windshield causing it to shatter. Thank god for helmet laws, my full face helmet saved me from needing facial reconstruction or perhaps worse. The bike wasn't hurt bad, though the stress of impact caused the plastic to crack in places. I didn't bother reporting it to insurance and rode home after the other 2 guys helped me pull it out of the ditch.

Answer 3

Track Injury List –

Broken Color bone
Cracked Ribs (Seperate Times)
Cracked Vertebra L2 or L3

Street Injury List –

Bruised Kidneys
Bruised Right Leg
Cracked ribs

Anyone who rides a sport bike and pushes it will crash. The gear you wear will make all the difference in the world. I have yet to see someone, die and I hope I never do, but I have seen many get to the edge. I know a few who have died and in most cases including my own accidents it is not cars it is the biker making errors or bad decisions.

As for insurance if you don’t have full coverage on a sport bike that is just as insane. It only takes a few scratches to total a bike. In my case the bike was repaired with insurance money.

Answer 4

1. I was riding down some stairs, showing off. There was a slick wet brick walkway below, and the motorcycle fell right over, dragging me with it. Got a lot of road grit in my right side.
2. I was kickstarting my motorcycle, but didn't notice that somehow it was in gear. The motorcycle leaped forward, then fell over to the left. The clutch lever impaled my left foot. OUCH!
3. There were lines at the gas station. I joined the line. The joker ahead of me decided to back up! He hit me. I landed on my back, some bruises. I made the joker pick up my motorcycle and unbend its fender off the front wheel.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I was behind one of those 2-foot drivers that rest their left foot on the brake pedal, and it's impossible to tell when they are ACTUALLY stopping. She misjudged her following distance, rear-ended the Expedition in front of her, and stopped instantly, taking away most of my time to move.

I tried braking as much as possible, and I could feel my rear tire starting to hop as I thought about the big square vehicle behind me bearing down. I didn't have time to check the lane next to me, but it was rush hour and I was betting on a car being right next to me. So I tried splitting lanes, but simply didn't have enough room to do so. My front tire missed her car, but my fairing and radiator slammed into her rear bumper and sent me flying over the car.

I did a half front flip before hitting the pavement, and didn't slide more than a foot (I scrubbed off enough speed before impact). I cracked the armor on my glove right at the wrist, rolled onto my elbow and shoulder, and felt nothing the whole time.

My immediate thought was GET THE HELL OUT OF TRAFFIC! so I didn't get hit by more cars. It didn't occur to me at the time that everyone had come to a stop. So I stood up and my left knee hurt like hell. The lady I hit rolled down her window and kept asking me if I was OK, and there was suddenly about a dozen people surrounding me, telling me what to do and asking questions.

As luck would have it, the big SUV was driven by an EMT who helped me into the back of his vehicle so I could take a breather and stay off my leg. More questions. It's strange that through all the noise, the loudest thing was the CRUNCH of passing cars crushing pieces of my little SV650.

An ambulance came even if I didn't need it, my knee was X-rayed and turned out fine. The muscles in my hand were crushed but recovered. All I have is a small scar on my knee where the inside of my pants popped my skin open hitting the back of her car. Other than that I was back to work the next day and fully recovered within a week.

It took about a month to settle with the insurance company, and I pretty much broke even on the bike. But as soon as it was settled, I went shopping for another one!

Lesson #1: People that drive with their left foot resting on the brake pedal should be pulled out of their cars and beaten.

Lesson #2: GEAR WORKS- WEAR IT!

Lesson #3: Even the nicest people will stick their foot up your butt when it comes to insurance claims.

Lesson #4: You better have good insurance to pay for an ambulance ride- mine ran almost $800!

Lesson #5: Make sure the adjuster knows EXACTLY what your bike is worth or they will try to under-pay you.

Lesson #6: Crashing is inevitable. If you ride, you WILL go down at some point, and being able to walk away from totaling a bike is priceless.

Answer 7

Got side swiped by a car in the rain. I was bruised and scraped up, but bike was damaged. My insurance was pretty decent. They covered anything with even a small scratch. The guy told me "nows the time to get new pipes or handle bars or whatever". So I did:)

Answer 8

1. Come off in black ice on a righthand bend- bruised pride
2. jumped off my bike at the lights as it wouldnt stop on black ice and hit the back of a transit van. no injury
3. Come off at junction 10 M6 at 50-60mph.... had a bruise from the pound coin in my back pocket- no other injury
4. come off in france, hit a hair-pin bend at 50mph and the french had dug up all the road surface and replaced it with loose gravel.
5.come off on an island when the back end shot out and then i tried to save it.. so it catapulted me over the handle bars---- bit of flight and a wrenched shoulder.

thats about it!... not bad for 18 years!. eh ;)

Answer 9

Bikernoj, thats why you arent supposed to ride peoples asses. You never know when someone is going to slam on the brakes. Thats as bad as the *** holes in cars who try to rub your rear tire with their front bumper when you are going down the road. Stupidity.

Answer 10

A woman opened the passenger door in the midle of the street while i was driving by....too late to brake or do anything...so stupid accident cost me a week of my beatifull summer...