Last night, I installed a new pipe on my '05 R6 and I figured I would take it for a quick cruise to see how it sounds. I went a few miles out of town on an open stretch of road, saw no cars behind me or coming, so I banged it through 3rd gear, and at the top of 3rd, slowed down and looked in my rearview to see blue lights about a half mile back. I immediately pulled over and turned my bike off and took my gear off. The officer approached with caution obviously, and recognized me when he got nearer. I was very apologetic and respectful, gave him all my info. Meanwhile, another unit showed up and while the first police officer was in his car, he was talking to me about everything. He explained how I could go to jail for getting clocked over 100 in a 50, but because I was being compliant with them and was honest about only having my motorcycle permit, I was probably not going to jail. The original officer came out of the car and told me I was getting the bare minimum ticket he could reason with; 2 points and a $576 fine (106 in a 50), and he was going to try and find another officer to drive my bike home since I wasn't suppose to be driving after dark with my Permit. Eventually, they couldn't find anyone to drive it, so they called a wrecker and hung out untill he got there. After strapping my bike down, we were on our way when we heard a big crack and looked back at my bike on its side half off the truck. He slowed down and we got out and looked at the damage, which included scratches and gouges down the whole right side of my bike. We re-strapped the bike and got to my house 5 minutes later and the guy from the tow service basically told me that they don't insure motorcycle tow's. I felt mother-f---ed at this point. Should I feel blessed @getting away with a reasonably small ticket for what I did and forget about the damaged bike, or should I go after the tow company?? BTW, I know it was very irresponsible going that fast and risking other people's safety as well as my own.
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