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Title: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: Carstarphen on March 22, 2009, 05:40:03 PM
I have not picked up anything on this forum about this thread from the Two Wheeled Texans forum:

http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38041 (http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38041)

Were any of you there?
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: ducatiz on March 22, 2009, 05:46:38 PM
I bet he won't be happy when he gets his rate increase!
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: dne1810 on March 22, 2009, 05:54:58 PM
Quote from: Carstarphen on March 22, 2009, 05:40:03 PM
I have not picked up anything on this forum about this thread from the Two Wheeled Texans forum:

http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38041 (http://www.twtex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38041)

Were any of you there?

posted here... http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=20837.30 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=20837.30) in the DFW area of the forum ;)
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: bryant8 on March 22, 2009, 06:14:32 PM
I was there, but left maybe 20 mins before the crash. 
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: Goat_Herder on March 22, 2009, 09:15:44 PM
Sorry to hear the story...  Hurts to see the 1098R laying on her side like that...
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: DuciD03 on March 22, 2009, 10:19:30 PM
 :o

ach its a crying shame ... I hope there was no perminat human injuries ... the insurance claims will be huge ... funny but not.
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: Alexandre on March 22, 2009, 10:20:25 PM
jeebus... thats not good
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: swampduc on March 23, 2009, 06:35:19 AM
Sad thing is, that jackass may well have the state required minimum insurance. $25k liability, which of course won't even cover the 1098r, let alone everything else.
Just hope that woman who got hit is ok.
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: OverCaffeinated on March 23, 2009, 09:10:06 AM
It good that nobody was killed. It proves that the unexpected will happen.

Why isn't there a chalk line around that dead duc?
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: duclvr on March 23, 2009, 09:24:11 AM
What a mess :o
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: EvilSteve on March 23, 2009, 09:33:28 AM
Glad no one was killed.

Nice alliteration by the way.
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: nickelass on March 23, 2009, 09:44:54 AM
(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e213/nickelass78/469.gif)
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: mitt on March 23, 2009, 02:03:27 PM
wow

mitt
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: Raux on March 24, 2009, 01:12:28 AM
yeah that shop is in a horrible location. when i loaded my bike up there, the truck was sticking out in the road.
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: ♣ McKraut ♣ on March 24, 2009, 08:15:38 AM
i heard about it just a few minutes after it happened and was just a few minutes down the road, so i went over with a few friends to see if anyone we knew was hurt or involved at all.  sad stuff...the conditions there are fairly optimal for something like this to happen; it's a somewhat "developing" neighborhood....people are usually going pretty fast down this road.  but i suppose you never know when someone is going to do something retarded, no matter what neighborhood you're in.

(https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3459/3377424328_b2dd39e947_b.jpg)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/franzen/sets/72157615774820708/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/franzen/sets/72157615774820708/)

it put a bit of a damper on the mods vs. rockers fest we had going on...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/franzen/sets/72157615682989815/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/franzen/sets/72157615682989815/)
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: ducatiz on March 24, 2009, 08:24:14 AM
if they stay at that lcoation, maybe it's time to put some deep-set concrete posts into the sidewalk???

(http://www.dailyslope.com/corner.jpg-762414.jpg)
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: corey on March 24, 2009, 09:47:04 AM
those look like weiners...
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: EvilSteve on March 24, 2009, 11:29:25 AM
Quote from: ducatizzzz on March 24, 2009, 08:24:14 AMif they stay at that lcoation, maybe it's time to put some deep-set concrete posts into the sidewalk???

(http://www.dailyslope.com/corner.jpg-762414.jpg)
And maybe a moat?

(http://www.dgolds.com/oldsite/Japan/Images/103_Moat_with_Castle_Walls.jpg)
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: fastwin on March 24, 2009, 11:45:58 AM
Stopped by there today to see Scott and Rosa. The FJR was still there (inside that is...). What a mess. The driver of the Chrysler was hauled off by ambulance so no one there got his info other than the police. He was stunned but OK. Scott said the airbag did him the most harm, busted lip, etc. The driver of the Avalanche was not the owner and the insurance was within a day or two of expiring. Who knows if it's any good to begin with. Lots of fake insurance cards out there. Heck the numbers that are kicked around the insurance industry has between 25%-40% of all Dallas area drivers not having the state required coverage. No wonder "uninsured motorist" coverage is so high.

What is really scary about this is there could have been a dozen folks bent down checking out someones cool Ducati when the car came flying into them. I've been to many AMS sponsored affairs at the Dallas shop, race watches, demo days, new model presentations. There can be dozens of folks hanging out in front of the shop at any time talking and checking out scooters. Very lucky that no one got seriously hurt or killed. Sure, the driver of the Chrysler was equally to blame by speeding so fast in a 35mph zone but he is also lucky he didn't go flying straight through the front plate glass window and into the store.

Definitely sad about the bikes but great that everyone is still with us and safe. [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: ducatiz on March 24, 2009, 12:17:31 PM
Quote from: corey on March 24, 2009, 09:47:04 AM
those look like weiners...

have you been shopping for purses lately?
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: ducatiz on March 24, 2009, 12:19:34 PM
Quote from: EvilSteve on March 24, 2009, 11:29:25 AM
And maybe a moat?

(http://www.dgolds.com/oldsite/Japan/Images/103_Moat_with_Castle_Walls.jpg)

and perhaps a vicious attack rabbit?

(http://mysite.verizon.net/vze27h5b/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/attack.jpg)
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: DLSGAP on March 25, 2009, 08:11:41 AM
a friend of mine was at the mods vs rockers.... said there were alot of skany women... sad that i missed it...


as for the AMS event.. I think I am gonna look for some cheap Brembos for the Kawi
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: ducatiz on March 25, 2009, 10:36:57 AM
Quote from: DLSGAP on March 25, 2009, 08:11:41 AM
a friend of mine was at the mods vs rockers.... said there were alot of skany women... sad that i missed it...



skany???

would you say "bimbos for brembos?"
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: causeofkaos on March 25, 2009, 11:07:42 AM
That is a terrible situation..
If i never see a guy sitting on a 1098 like that again it would be too soon
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: ♣ McKraut ♣ on March 26, 2009, 12:17:55 PM
and an "R", no less
Title: Re: Dallas Ducati Dealership Disaster
Post by: DoubleEagle on March 27, 2009, 06:47:18 PM
I'm glad no one was killed . Seeing the " R " dead on the ground gave me chills brrrrrrrr.

One less " R" ; maybe mine is worth more ?    Dolph    :P