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Offline wavedog

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Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« on: March 14, 2020, 01:48:01 PM »
Sad day. My goose is cooked. It flipped over sideways several times and cartwheeledfront to rear several times.. crikey. I am fine, the gear did its job. Photos later.

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2020, 01:53:52 PM »
 Wholey Schmidt , what happened ? :shocked:

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2020, 02:12:17 PM »
Sounds like you're a SURVIVOR!!!   :thumb:  Now you can make that cafe Guzzi you've always wanted.  :rolleyes: :evil:  New body pieces unless the frame is twisted. Hey.....trying to "make lemonade out of lemons."  Good to hear the gear worked out.

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2020, 03:05:59 PM »
Glad you're OK.  Sorry about the bike.  Lot's of bikes to choose for replacement. 
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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2020, 03:05:59 PM »

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2020, 04:45:43 PM »
That doesn't sound good at all  :cry: but at the end of the day, you're walking and talking, so it obviously ended well.

Take it real easy for the next while, you're probably hurting in places you haven't thought of yet.

Glad you came out of it better than the bike by the sounds of it.

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2020, 06:59:47 PM »
I am laying on the sofa nursing a sore toe. My lovely wife, the fabulous Mrs Wavedog, is waiting on me hand and foot. I guess I am doing pretty good.”

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2020, 07:07:04 PM »
Glad to hear the bike took the brunt of this one!  Best wishes,

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2020, 07:08:19 PM »
Good to hear that you're ok. That's the main thing.
Mind yourself.

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2020, 07:10:57 PM »
 :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: for story + photos.  Without  :gotpics: it didn't happen.

Glad to hear you are ok, especially if a sore toe is your worst injury.
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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2020, 07:37:37 PM »
Must be the Mother of all sore toes!
« Last Edit: March 15, 2020, 10:56:06 AM by wirespokes »

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2020, 08:54:17 PM »








« Last Edit: March 14, 2020, 08:56:36 PM by wavedog »

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2020, 08:57:35 PM »
I'm glad you are ok.  I guess you got out of the way of the bike as it did its circus act?
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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2020, 09:01:39 PM »
Can’t see from photos but both mufflers bashed, gas rear fender dash all lights and instrumentation. Handle bars, switches, front master brake cylinder on and on and on. Crash bars ground down on both sides.
Good news is the seat beads stayed on! Win!

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2020, 09:12:03 PM »
Can’t see from photos but both mufflers bashed, gas rear fender dash all lights and instrumentation. Handle bars, switches, front master brake cylinder on and on and on. Crash bars ground down on both sides.
Good news is the seat beads stayed on! Win!

I don't know, it looks like they can buff that right out ...  :wink:
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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2020, 09:13:46 PM »
 OUCH ! To echo everyone else , really glad you're OK .

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #15 on: March 14, 2020, 09:14:07 PM »
It's no fun being you right now, but I really like the image of you with the officer. I'm sure he wishes they all worked out like this.

I've trashed a bike before, you know what they say about airplanes and landings - it's a good landing if you can walk away from it, and a great landing if they can use the aircraft again. I'm going to pronounce this a good one.
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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #16 on: March 14, 2020, 11:07:34 PM »
I have had some landings where the aircraft could not be used again.

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2020, 11:58:27 PM »
So what caused the flippy flippy knee over toe hold prang?
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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2020, 07:34:23 AM »
Good to see you *standing* next to the officer post accident! A bit sore is better than a bit broken.
So, was it loose gravel on the road?  Too sharp a curve for the intended speed? Aliens?

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2020, 07:45:03 AM »
Glad you are ok, bikes can be replaced 😂

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #20 on: March 15, 2020, 09:55:23 AM »










That should buff right out.





(sorry- but someone was bound to say it)
« Last Edit: March 15, 2020, 09:56:09 AM by LowRyter »
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Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2020, 08:23:44 PM »
That should buff right out.


(sorry- but someone was bound to say it)

Count about six or seven posts back, someone already did . . .

Glad you're OK WD.

I had a similar experience a couple of years back, racing (Post Classic) at Chimay in Belgium.

Just tipping into an 80-ish mph chicane, and a guy behind clipped my rear Tyre.
I slid and tumbled for about 60m, every single panel on my Leathers had damage, all I got was a scuff on my Elbow.


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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2020, 07:52:47 PM »
So the insurance dude will be showing up Wednesday and he let on that the bike will be totaled. I already know the insurance company will only be offering a very small token payment. I will have to weigh out some options like keep it and part out the good stuff ( not the bodywork)or take payment, buy it back and sell parts? Due to health and financial reasons I wouldn’t be able to repair or replace for a long long time. Hmm, what to do?

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #23 on: March 16, 2020, 09:23:46 PM »
.... buy it back ....

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #24 on: March 16, 2020, 09:29:07 PM »
I saw a couple of photos Emily posted of the bike. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be for what happened to it. Glad you're okay!
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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #25 on: March 17, 2020, 01:09:16 AM »
So the insurance dude will be showing up Wednesday and he let on that the bike will be totaled. I already know the insurance company will only be offering a very small token payment. I will have to weigh out some options like keep it and part out the good stuff ( not the bodywork)or take payment, buy it back and sell parts? Due to health and financial reasons I wouldn’t be able to repair or replace for a long long time. Hmm, what to do?

I don't know the insurance regulations in your state, but here in California, you have to be offered replacement value, not "book" value - and no, there is no requirement for your policy to state replacement cost in the policy, it's state law.  The hierarchy is 1) sales in the last 90 days; 2)valuation by a dealer or other knowledgeable person; 3) Blue Book

Best of luck with your insurance.  And to echo others, glad you are OK.  Bikes are replaceable (more or less), but humans are a lot tougher to replace.

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #26 on: March 17, 2020, 11:10:11 AM »
Thanks for the info and support. Appreciate it.

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #27 on: March 17, 2020, 03:51:28 PM »
Good luck negotiating with the insurance company, giv'em hell!  Glad to see you were able to walk away from from an accident that had the potential to be far worse.
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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #28 on: March 17, 2020, 06:05:37 PM »
So glad you're ok wavedog. Hopefully another ride will become available somehow. To repeat others, what happened? Even if rider error sharing may lend insight to others.
I disagree with jdgretz tho. Some bikes are irreplaceable but last I heard years ago, 3 humans are born every second.

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Re: Too-Loose-le Goose is totaled
« Reply #29 on: March 17, 2020, 07:08:02 PM »
It looks like it can be fixed to me..

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