Frustrating lesson learned - bumped from behind

[Sable]

Got bumped from behind in slow moving traffic this morning. Pulled onto pavement and walked towards his car, the light went green and the wanker tore onto the motorway.

Should have stopped dead where he hit me, blocked him from being able to pass, and got his details. Damage, he's managed to bend the whole thing holding the rear light, reflector and plate, and my brake lights stuck on all the time.

Silver audi, already checked for cameras this evening. No luck. Imagine police will be as useful as an ashtray on the pillion seat.

[ws4936]

Bad luck fella. Some people can be right arseholes.

Fabricate a tail tidy from metal from B&Q to tide you over, and check your brake lever to see if the switch is sticking. How hard did he hit you?
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If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

[blurredman]

Bad luck chap.


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[onefourk]

Report it to the old bill anyway, they drove off from the scene of an accident (albeit a minor one) so they might have a look into it. Chances are they were uninsured, etc. as well which may spur them on a bit.

[monkeybiker]

Like has been said they probably have no insurance. If they had insurance and drove off then they are mongs.

[Rogerborg]

[Dave70]

This is why you need to carry and RPG launcher with you at all times.

Anyway, hope the damage isn't too costly.
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There ain't no devil, there's just god when he's drunk.

2012: R125 killed by white van. 2016 R125 killed by 30,000 miles of redline. Current: 2016 Kawasaki ER6f.

[Sable]

Have reported to police online. The form is... Long... Guess I know why.

From what I can see with the torch, everything on the body looks fine but it looks like the mudguard / back end is built in 2 parts, a bolts sheared and where the back parts attached and has moved forward, it's pinched a few cables. The tails bent out of shape, I reckon I can bend back again.

Not sure what the brake switch looks like ws4936, but I have a Haynes manual, and Saturday daylight approaching, I'll figure it out.

Hopefully this will amount to just a bit of time, a bolt and some wires.

Piss is still boiling that someone damaged my bike on any level and drove off though.

[Snop Doog]

[ws4936]

[talkToTheHat]

Leave bike in road, get yourself out of the way, observe numberplate, pull cameraphone, stay calm.

You may be able to claim from the motor insurance beaureau's uninsured/inidentified fund thing if the driver cannot be traced.
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Bandit. does. everything.

[mattsprattuk]

why didn't you, like... get on your bike and follow until you got the plate??
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

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