So I went to look at a '01 R6 trackbike for stupid cheap today. Penske rear, Traxxion front, street and race plastics, a whole pile of extra parts. I even worked out a deal to trade the Hawk for it plus he pays me $200.. I know.

So on the way home in rush hour traffic the line of cars starts slowing down and all of a sudden I hear loud-*** screeching tires behind me, I let off the brakes and move over to the middle of the two lane road, and bam I get hit from behind. Next thing I know I was shot forward towards the car in front of me, somehow I manage to do a quick dodge around the car in front of me and pull to a stop in the middle of the road a few cars ahead. I get off the bike and start walking back through traffic pointing at people and shouting if they hit me. I was so pissed. Someone could have killed me. I found the asshat who hit me and we pull off and do the whole "call the police because you don't have a license or insurance bit". It turns out he did but just couldn't find it at the time.

The left muffler took the full brunt of a full size, crew cab Dodge truck. The left passenger peg bracket was sheered in half, and the mounting point on the midpipe that connects to the rearset sheered as well. I think it even bent the whole left rearset outwards too.

Ok, now for the divine intervention part, which is really messing with me right now. I was thinking about getting a cheap track bike, but I really like my SuperChicken, so I was gonna take the left pipe off to save some weight and do cheap suspension upgrades like an F4i shock, fork springs, and the rearset spacer. Then this retardedly good deal comes up on craigslist today and on the way home the left pipe gets smashed, and from the insurance I may be able to fund the rest of my budget track stuff. The bike has a rebuilt title and already has a tank dent and some broken plastic, so hell that may get written off too. Maybe it was meant to be??

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