I’m heading north on Allen rd South off Finch. Traffic is mild, and I’m doing the speed limit. A minivan cab is stopped in the live line to make a left into the church that’s there. There is cars reducing speed and approaching being behind the cab about to come to a stop and my lane is flowing smoothly. The car directly behind the cab decided to last minute swerve into half my lane to get around the cab. The car in front of me has a panic and slams on the breaks, which in turn I had to slam on mine...I’ve done dozens of emergency stops but this time my bike just went down. I didn’t bail as I wasn’t close to the car in front of me, but had to break to avoid collision of course.
There is damage to my left fairing and upper cowl, left light broke off, and gear selector bent. Very minimal consindrring what could have been. I’m a bit bruises up, have two scrapes (was atgatt) and my leg is hurting, but I escaped virtually unharmed.
The vehicles continued on their way and didn’t stop. I didn’t get plate numbers. The only saving grace is a home near the accident has cameras and the gentleman offered to take a look and send the footage.
This is is my first accident of any kind and am at odds with what I should do. I’m considering not going to the collision center and not contacting insurance. Fixing the bike myself as it’s just cosmetic. Is this advisable? Or would it be best to go through the process. This occurred last evening and I did not call police to report it. My insurance rates are already too high for my liking and really don’t want to put a claim in if I dont have to.
There is damage to my left fairing and upper cowl, left light broke off, and gear selector bent. Very minimal consindrring what could have been. I’m a bit bruises up, have two scrapes (was atgatt) and my leg is hurting, but I escaped virtually unharmed.
The vehicles continued on their way and didn’t stop. I didn’t get plate numbers. The only saving grace is a home near the accident has cameras and the gentleman offered to take a look and send the footage.
This is is my first accident of any kind and am at odds with what I should do. I’m considering not going to the collision center and not contacting insurance. Fixing the bike myself as it’s just cosmetic. Is this advisable? Or would it be best to go through the process. This occurred last evening and I did not call police to report it. My insurance rates are already too high for my liking and really don’t want to put a claim in if I dont have to.