Last October I bought an '05 ST1300 from a person in Minnesota. I live in western South Dakota and had to wait about 3 weeks to pick it up. Needless to say, I was very excited to finally go get it. I picked it up at about 10pm on a Friday night from a friend who had ridden it for me to our hometown. I rode it around town a little bit to get a feel for it and headed to my Dad's place about 17 miles away. I got to his place fine despite strong, gusty cross winds and the deer I saw in the ditch.
The next day I rode around all day and had a great time. On sunday morning, I was just going to ride around town a little and get gas for my long trip (400+ miles on Monday). About 3 minutes from my Dad's house I was sitting at a stop sign preparing to make a left turn when a car came up from behind and tried to squeeze around to the right of me. The car's bumper and front quarterpanel contaced the right side saddle bag and pushed me to the ground. I couldn't believe it. An accident, sitting at a stop sign at about 10:30am on a sunday morning in a little town. I wasn't hurt and the saddle bag sustained cosmetic damage. The tipover wing got a little scratched up. But there was really no other damage to the bike. Those tip over wings are awesome. I was shocked to see that it had worked so well. I also found out that I could pick up the ST, so I learned a lot that day. It wasn't exactly how I planned to pick up my new motorcycle that weekend!
The woman who tipped me over called the cops and then confessed to the police officer that she had looked back at her daughter right before she hit me. She was charged with careless driving.
The next day I rode around all day and had a great time. On sunday morning, I was just going to ride around town a little and get gas for my long trip (400+ miles on Monday). About 3 minutes from my Dad's house I was sitting at a stop sign preparing to make a left turn when a car came up from behind and tried to squeeze around to the right of me. The car's bumper and front quarterpanel contaced the right side saddle bag and pushed me to the ground. I couldn't believe it. An accident, sitting at a stop sign at about 10:30am on a sunday morning in a little town. I wasn't hurt and the saddle bag sustained cosmetic damage. The tipover wing got a little scratched up. But there was really no other damage to the bike. Those tip over wings are awesome. I was shocked to see that it had worked so well. I also found out that I could pick up the ST, so I learned a lot that day. It wasn't exactly how I planned to pick up my new motorcycle that weekend!
The woman who tipped me over called the cops and then confessed to the police officer that she had looked back at her daughter right before she hit me. She was charged with careless driving.
Did you hit your helmet, she should get you a new one if you did.