Thaaat is some BS. I really hate how people have no consideration for bikes and their riders.

Do you have more than just liability insurance at least?

I currently don't have ANY insurance. In Washington its not required for motorcycles, so I've been riding no more than 5 or so miles away while I shop around for better quotes than what my insurance company gave me. I was literally going to get insurance tomorrow. One day too late I guess.

How damaged is the bike, cant tell much from the picture

Broke both my bar end mirrors off, scratched my exhaust, bent my rear brake lever to hell (it barely engages the brake now), bent the kickstand but it still works, bent the lever and fucked up the shift assembly - it was jammed in first gear when i picked it up, had to bend the lever and dick with it a bit to get it to work so i could ride home

Thats... wow, guess bikes are more fragile then they look, that really sucks. :c

Wonder how they'd feel if you were their boss, and you fired them because they knocked it over and refused to pay for the damages? The world sucks and we know it.

I'm sick of people in this country acting like chimpanzees. You should try to track the cunt down and beat the ever loving shit out of him.

seeing all that damage makes me wonder if they ran into it with their car... Or did it intentionally. If it was just an accident, I would find it kind of hard to believe they broke stuff off both sides of it.

Fuck man, that sucks! Is there any CCTV around where you parked that might have caught it?

And with the rear brake, being on its side might have let air get in the system, could try bleeding it and topping up the reservoir to get some function back.

Also, If you have a hollow section of pipe you can slide that over things like the foot pegs to get more leverage bending them back into place.

Hope you're made whole in some way from this. I'd post a note where the crash was appealing for witnesses too.

This infuriates me, you were even courtacy parked so its not like they couldn't see you had parked there. I didn't realize that so much damage could be caused from the bike falling over, although I agree that it looks like someone may have hit it just by virtue of there being damage on both sides either that or it was intentional :(. I'd look for someone with dents in their bumpers or something :/

That just sucks... so bloody hard. :(

I guess I'm taken a back by how much damage was done to it. It sucks that it happened D: Were there any cameras or anything to point out who did it?

It's so cowardly when people do that. :C very uncool of them...

I once came out of work after working till 3am to find that somebody keyed my veloster turbo to all shit...I know the feeling as a fellow gearhead, and nothing is more maddening than coming out to see your pride and joy vandalized. :c

I'd be checking to see if there's some sort of parking lot surveylance and try to get my paws on the tape to go to the police about that shit. I'm in Washington state too and don't have Insurance on my bike either. But if I came out to that, I'd have called the police and walked right back in and said cops are coming I need the CCTV securicam from the parkinglot.

Because there's a whole lot more damage there than just being pushed over. If both brake and shifter were bent to shit, my friend that's past a bump and into vandalism.

Damn, really sorry to see that. I hope you're able to get it back in working shape, eh?

Damn. :(

Though as one who doesn't ride (yet) I had no idea so much damage could occur from it tipping over like that. I bet lots of people don't. Still doesn't excuse the lack of even a note, though.

My bike's fallen over once, knocked over by a raccoon or possom in the shed and against one of my uncles motorcycles.It fell completely onto it's side on the ground. The only thing that broke was a turn signal post, and loosened the mirror. There's way too much damage on that bike for just being knocked over, especially if the kickstand and shift lever was damaged as that's on the opposite side than the brake lever. Somebody had to have pushed it over and stomped the crap out of the bike to bend shit that badly.

Or... they hit it with a car, knocked it over, they picked it up and were idiots, tipping it over the other way and then just ran after that. But still.. I'd have the cops there, checking for CCTV and finding somebody to rip a new ass into. Because then that'd be hit and run which.. I believe, leaving the scene of an accident is a felony in this state, no note, no insurance info.. I'd call it vandalism.

Ah, didn't know that. Yeah, someone backing into it with their car sounds like a possibility. Hope this gets resolved. :(

Well if you are planning to get a bike. You should get a working knowledge of manual transmissions, when to clutch, shift, how to, what not to do. Because 95% of all motorcycles are manual transmissions. And don't go too big with your first bike. A good starter is between a 500 and 750cc engine. Good power, but not like a 1200 which well the bike would be down the road and you'd still be at the starting point haha. And if possible, see if the owner or store will put it on it's side and show you how to pick it up /let you pick it up., Different bikes need picked up different ways, but also lets you know your limit, should never get a bike that you can't right yourself, because it's not if you dump it, it's when. Every rider has dumped their bike at one point or another. :P

I was lucky my first truck was a manual so I got to learn on that. Saddens me that 80% of the people today don't know how to drive a stick shift and 70% of people don't know how to change their tire when they get a flat.

I don't have immediate plans but I won't be going all out at the start. :) I have an uncle who's a long-time rider and have talked about it with him a little bit. He's said similar things. I'll probably look for his advice when I actually decide to pull the trigger.

Advice is always free my friend. I'm no long time rider. My first bike was a 1979 Kawasaki 650 back in 2000/2001 on my first permit. Then I rolled my truck and put off bikes for a number of years. Then I was given my current bike, a 1981 Yamaha 650 Special for christmas a few years ago.. maybe 5 years now... So by all means I'm not a long term or overly experienced driver.

Oh of course, there was nothing meant by that comment towards you. Thanks for the advice, though! :)

I honestly have no set plans on when. I have other things to think about for now that take priority. But it's been something I've been kicking around for years, anyway. :)

See if there is any CCTV footage. Sorry to hear about this happening to you hun :(

Some smoke stackin' hick was probably butthurt that their parking spot was being taken up by a fuel efficient bike.

When I lived in an apartment, I heard a crunch while sleeping, woke up, looked out and didn't see anything, but hearing noises wasn't unusual in that place. The light were burned out years ago for the parking spaces. Next morning I find that both motorcycles had been pushed over, the Honda CB500/4 and the CB750F Super Sport. Both suffered fairing damage, broken mirrors, damaged exhaust, etc. I found a note on one saying someone did see two teen age girls going through the complex damaging light poles, pushing motorcycles over, and vandalizing things. They even knew who they were- the apartment manager's own daughters. Confronted with this, the manager claimed they were in bed the entire time, no way it was them. By the most amazing of coincidence, the security camera footage that showed the entire complex was mysteriously missing for that night when it was looked for by the police. Night before and the night after, but that night? Magically 30+ cameras all had failed.


Police didn't buy that excuse, but without evidence, yeah. The witness didn't want to be confronted so we had nothing.


Eventually I moved, and shortly after that the managers were arrested on embezzlement charges, fraud, and mail theft- they were getting all FedEx /UPS packages delivered to the main office and then claiming nothing was delivered.

It sucks, but bikes are exposed to a lot of bad situations like this. I'm glad mine is now in my driveway at my home, even if it doesn't run right.

*Hugs you tightly and doesn't let go* :c