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Glad your ok & Iron can be replaced, body parts are a little more difficult

I put a tailight modulator on last year and just ordered a headlight modulator from bikerbuddy to try and prevent that from happening


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Glad that you're okay and that the bike can be replaced! You will love this forum!
 
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Glad you are ok. Like someone said, "Bike can be replaced but you can't." Hopefully you will get something out of his insurance.
 
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I had joined the forum a couple of years ago, but I forgot the username and had to rejoin. Unfortunately this is not the 1st time this has happened to me. In 1980 I was living in Atlanta and riding a 1978 Honda 750F. After getting off work I was waiting on red light to get onto I-285 when a Cadillac hit me from the rear doing about 45mph. I broke his windshield and the rear window before I rolled off his trunk lid to the pavement. Did very little damage to the bike since the rear end jammed into his grill, the bike never even fell down. 6 weeks late I get the bike back, 3 days after that some fool ran a stop sign in front of me. I never road again till about 4 yrs ago. I'm not going to let this one stop me from riding for another 30 yrs!

BTW I was a hell of a lot younger in 1980 and healed a lot faster.
 
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HuntnGa wrote:
I had joined the forum a couple of years ago, but I forgot the username and had to rejoin. Unfortunately this is not the 1st time this has happened to me. In 1980 I was living in Atlanta and riding a 1978 Honda 750F. After getting off work I was waiting on red light to get onto I-285 when a Cadillac hit me from the rear doing about 45mph. I broke his windshield and the rear window before I rolled off his trunk lid to the pavement. Did very little damage to the bike since the rear end jammed into his grill, the bike never even fell down. 6 weeks late I get the bike back, 3 days after that some fool ran a stop sign in front of me. I never road again till about 4 yrs ago. I'm not going to let this one stop me from riding for another 30 yrs!

BTW I was a hell of a lot younger in 1980 and healed a lot faster.
you are pretty lucky man !!!
 
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HuntnGa, you have a PM
 
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Glad to hear you're ok........new bike will come !
 
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glad your ok i know the feeling you will ride again
 
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glad your OK and hope your back riding soon
 
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Welcome back from your next-door-neighbor (Alabama).
The next time I come over for some lottery tickets what do you say I come by and pick you up. I need some of your luck to rub off on me.
 
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