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Had an accident last Monday afternoon on the 1200GS - - first one since 1966 when two retired Army Colonels ran me and my Honda 450 off the road with their Rambler American. Picture perfect day up in the mountains so I decided to go for an afternoon ride. Came to a 4-way stop about five miles from home and, to make the story short, a Prius ran into me as I was crossing the intersection. He "never saw me" but I saw him coming and tried to get out of his way but didn't quite make it. He caught my right rear with his right front. I was totally unhurt but the bike wasn't. The most serious part of the damage is to the rear sub-frame. I'm thinking it needs to be replaced and that part alone is listed at $2,418.19. When all the smoke clears, I'm thinking the bike will be totaled. Picked up the Accident Report today - - it shows the other party as "failure to yield" and me as "non-contributory" which tracks the info given to the investigating officer but of course I really wanted him to get it straight in the Report. Anyway, I could easily have come out on the short end and I'm counting myself lucky. I can do without another one of these for the NEXT forty-eight years.

Bummer about the crash, but glad you are OK. Call the guys at Beemer Boneyard about parts...

I'm thinking it needs to be replaced and that part alone is listed at $2,418.19.

Wow, the entire frame for my CBR250R only costs $238 ($360 retail)!

I'm glad you were not hurt! And I'm glad it didn't happen to an airhead, or even worse, a /2!

Ouch! And I'm happy that it's mostly the insurance company's wallet that will feel that pain.

Bummer.....but.

Get back on that (another) horse man!
Good to hear you're ok.

Bum skid.

Glad you walked away.

Make sure to be super careful 48 years from now.

Well, the bike was totaled as I suspected it would be after I saw the repair estimate. The other guy's insurance company caved as soon as they got a copy of the Accident Report and were contacted by my company. Really didn't have to negotiate/argue very much at all with them. They paid me about $1K over NADA/KBB high retail, State sales tax on an equivalent bike, title fee on a replacement bike, and what I spent for the repair estimate. Before the bike went away, I stripped off all the aftermarket stuff including the Jesse racks and I kept the Odyssey sidecases which were not on the bike at the time of the wreck. No one cared. It will go to auction somewhere and someone will get a beautiful drivetrain and a bunch of other stuff for probably next to nothing. I felt very little emotion at all as the bike was loaded on the flatbed in my driveway. Now, if it had been my /5 that I bought on my 24th birthday in 1971, it would have been a different story...