Hit and run :/.. Don't know what to do now..

[tlej@live.com]

Well, I was saving up to get a motorcycle for the longest time. I finally saved up $2,000, and went searching for one. I knew I wasn't going to find much, but I was wrong. I ended up finding a guy who wanted to help me out, and sold me a very nice 02 CBR F4i.. the paint was rough, and it needed a little work, but I was ok with that. I spent my final bucks on the insurance/registration, and then began working on it. I painted it, and put atl east 3 weeks work into the electrical system and got everything working perfectly on it. My birthday was today, and I went out to eat with my mother, and while eating, we got a call from a neighbor saying my bike had been hit. (His car also got side swiped)... I returned home, to find my bike had been flung about 15 yards down the street, pretty much totaled. Frame bent up, and almost everything broken. The police were already there, and there wasn't much they could do...

My bike had leaked oil everywhere, (crack in the tank) ... so they called a firetruck out to put down some oil-dry, and the police was about to leave... I was looking around in the yard when I found part of the car that had hit us. It was the LOGO.. a Ford logo still attached to a small part of the body of the car. The car was silver, and the size of the logo and positioning led me to believe it was a Taurus.. I showed the police and he said was excited about it. He ended up keeping it, and said they were looking and would let us know if they found anything out.. Once everyone left, I walked around my neighborhood (~5 miles probably) looking everywhere for a silver ford.. I didn't find anything... Now it's starting to hit me.. I just lost my dream bike..


Any suggestions on what to do now?








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(Yes, the passenger peg is in my yoshi pipe..)



:/ If you know of anything I can do, please let me know.. Thank you for looking

[Leung]

Sorry to hear about your bike man but if you insured it, wouldn't the insurance cover the repairs or possible help to replace it?

damn man you know that person had to have been drunk or under the influence to have it it that hard to send it flying down the street at least 15 yards. Don't give up looking for the offender. A few years ago a member on here had their car hit and they left the side skirt at the scene of the accident. Anyhow they posted a picture and we all identified it as from a Corolla S because of that unique "dent" in the middle. I think it was a few weeks later that the OP found the person responsible for hitting his car which turned out to be the girl that lived like across the street from him because it was missing the side skirt and was pretty messed up.

If you really want to speed things up, maybe make a Craigslist ad selling a Ford Logo or giving one away. Maybe the dumber motherFer will reply asking how much it is or ask for it.

[tlej@live.com]

Good advice, and def. makes me motivated. Hah, the Craigslist trick could end up working. Who knows, I'll give that a try.. I feel so down in the dumps about it... I had like the minimum insurance possible on my bike I'm pretty sure, so I don't know how that works..

[AeyJayCB7]

Keep your head up bro. Hope they find those SOB and make them pay Everything! Also what you can do is report this to any Auto Body; and check if they had any Ford being brought in for body work. Just my thoughts.

[Minze]

just bought an r6 about a month ago. i keep mines in the garage though. i dunno what id do if someone did that to me. youll find the person but it just takes time.