Forced mod to the Rockster!

Yahoo-Boy · Post by **Yahoo-Boy** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:07 am

I came out from paying for my gas last night and a car had hit my bike! It was still standing but the muffler was pretty f*cked up. It was scraped real bad and kind of dangling. I came home and took the muffler off...the rest of the bike seems ok. Thank goodness BMWs have that catalytic converter, so I can run sans can for a while.

Actually, the sound is pretty bad-ass! I had read the threads on here about taking the can off, the sound really is a lot deeper and richer...very satisfying. It sucks that I didn't have a choice, but it really turned out for the good.

I'm having a buddy inspect the exhaust system in case the impact transmitted the damage further down the line...otherwise I'm stopping on the way home to buy one of those exhaust tips for $4 to make it look intentional!

Post by **mistercindy** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:36 am

Do you know who hit it? From your post I presume that the person who hit your bike took off.

Post by **Boxer** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:41 am

That's why I never leave my bike at the pump to go pay. I ride up. slide in the card. Pump. Take the receipt and move to another safer location. If I have to get off to pay, I still move the bike and then go in to pay. It's their job to keep up with how much I owe.

Yahoo-Boy · Post by **Yahoo-Boy** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:49 am

MisterCindy,

No, I don't know who it was...no one even mentioned it or said they saw anything. I called a friend who is a cop instead of "calling the police." He said they don't even write reports on accidents without injuries anymore! Considering the neighborhood, he said odds were that they didn't have insurance anyway.

Boxer,

I usually pay at the pump with a card and never even get off the bike. This time I had to break a $20 to have lunch money for my girlfriend's son the next day. I didn't leave the bike at the pump, though. I pumped and then moved the bike to a parking space. I didn't notice the car beside me, but I'll pay more attention from now on!

FGanger · Post by **FGanger** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:35 am

Just a thought. To try and thwart drive-offs and armed robberies many places have security cameras in operation. Just perhaps . . .

Frank

Yahoo-Boy · Post by **Yahoo-Boy** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:05 am

FGanger wrote:Just a thought. To try and thwart drive-offs and armed robberies many places have security cameras in operation. Just perhaps . . .

Frank

Hadn't thought of that...I'll go by at lunch today...