Dropped my bike while loading. Will insurance cover the damage?
So I tried to cheap out on my gap trip and borrow my friends hitch mounted motorcycle carrier. While loading it I dropped my bike off of it and it hit the ground. Broke my mirror, and damaged the tank, rear seat, bar end, case cover, and broke or scratched every fairing on the left side of the bike.
Looking online and short of buying Chinese fairings the repairs are going to be more than my deductible. Im not sure how much it'll affect the cost of my insurance yet so I'll have to look in t
I was between the truck and the bike when it fell. The canyon dancer hung down too low for me to be able to use my ratchet straps so I was trying to loop them over the lower triple tree. I got the outside one on and had the bike leaning towards the truck. I started fishing the strap through but it needed two hands to get it through without damaging anything. I kind of bumped the carrier with my leg which was enough to cause it to rock which put the bike past the balance point. I tried to catch i