what STUPID thing did you do with your yamaha today?

I feel for you , man. HOpe you'll recover completely.

 

That does suck big time . Hate to try this but does buddy have home owner liability insurance for someone hurt on his property . Might be worth looking into. That is what insurance is for and hate to see you left in the lurch.
RB

 

Ouch!
All around ouch physical and situational.
Here's hoping you heal faster than expected, get paid by someone for something and a quick mild winter so you can get back on your bike.

 

After sanding and painting my rims black, i watched a video online about the zip tie method to place the tire back on and well that didn't work. After 2 hours trying i got fed up and just used pry bars. Took 4 hours total to get two tires on and in the process chipped up some paint on the rim.

Knees are bruised, back hurts, hip hurts, i feel like an old man.

Needless to say i am never doing that again.

@Wagy i hope you get a speedy recovery amd if your friend has insurance sue. Give him 5% to make him feel better and not sour the relationship.

 

Thanks for the thoughts guys, I am waiting for a call-back from Marcus & Mack (personal injury lawyer) to see if they will take the case. I am not a believer in frivolous law suits, but in the bigger picture this is not frivolous and uses his homeowners policy, not his money and if I cant recoup my losses, I'll pretty much be screwed. Just a reminder to all of us, Life can change in a second, (on or off a bike) Be careful all ?

 

claiming on your buddys homeowners insurance will not end well,

hope it all works out for you

 

Hey 550H, I'm sure it will cause hard feeling, he'll have to realize the losses I'm going to have and that I'm suing his insurance co. not him, and just get past it or not, his choice. By the way, how are you making out ? (SUE THE MOOSE)

 

if someone got hurt at my house, helping me do something, i'd be on the phone to my own insurance company, right from the start.

 

Need help at your house?

 

pinched fingers helping change a tire don't count

 

Not today, but Saturday.... I stopped at the bank on my way out of town, withdrew some cash and started pulling out of the drive-thru. After fiddling with my wallet, my butt just didn't feel quite properly stuck in my seat so I stood up while I was coasting and did a little leg shakeout to get comfortable and plopped my big butt right back down. Turned out onto the highway and rode the 30 miles to work. Get to work, pull out my phone and there was a voicemail from my bank.

"Hi, Revelcal, this is Teller from Credit Union. We noticed when you left this morning a part fell off of your motorcycle. We have it here if you want to pick it up any time this week."

It was my right side cover. When I plopped back down in my seat I must have knocked it off and didn't even notice. Of course if the rubber grommets were all present it wouldn't have happened, but mine had rotted away and split long ago, so I have just wrapped the tabs with a few layers of electrical tape so that they stick in the holes without vibrating loose. It worked OK but I've had the plate off and on a few times this week so its not as snug as it was when I first rigged it.

Not sure if I'm going to fix it the right way or just bolt a short length of chain to them so they can't fall off and just dangle by my feet if they come loose.

 

Didn't hear back from lawyer today, haven't even been out of the house for a week now, cant get to the garage.
Tomorrow my son is going to put up a make shift ramp so I can get some fresh air and sit quietly with "Maxine"

 

Those little grommets are cheap I keep a bag full on hand

 

It will if it's a good frindship to begin with.

 

Yea, there is not a close enough friendship there that i'm conceared about. Did get a rejection from Marcus & Mack today, that sucks, but i'll be talking to Edgar Snyder tomorrow. I'ts only been a week and feels like a month already. I spent every spare minute over the last 4 or 5 months out in the garage getting "Maxine" finished up. I am so glad I got done, to let that hanging all winter would of made a horrible situation even worse, and not many people would understand that either

 

That blows to listen to Keller & Keller adds on TV they will go after anyone and win...oh only if it is a big corporation ,they fail to mention that. Or you could go to the law firm of Howie, Duwe, Wescrewem ?

 

A little bit of hope today, I had a personal injury lawyer agree to take my case. The big guys "Edgar Snyder" referred my case to a smaller firm that takes their left overs.
But that's fine with me, same terms" No fee unless we get money for you " So this is the first step in a very long process, and yet like I said a glimmer of hope

 

After trying to colortune 1 and 2 for an hour i realized i didnt fully tighten the intake manifolds to the head. Tightened them up and bingo bongo all good!

 

I finally lugged my friend's (now my) parts Virago into the garage. It's almost a whole bike, and the engine spins free, now I have to tear the bike down for refurbishing. Oofta.

 

Norwegian?