I am reporting a driver incident of a Fluid Truck, 8/3/2021, ~10:30PST, temporary license plate # 3224355, dated August 6, 2021, I was riding my motorbike in Hood River, OR. On the SW corner of 1st Street and Oak Street there is a designated motorcycle parking area. Likely large enough for QTY 4 motorcycles. A Fluid Truck delivery van was in front of me. The van made a right hand turn onto 1st Street. With the designated motorcycle parking area empty the driver quickly adjusted his turn and drove into the motorcycle parking area and parked. Not realizing the driver was doing this I was surprised in the middle of my right hand turn and had to abruptly stop causing me to drop my motorcycle to the pavement. Fortunately travel forward was minimal. My motorcycle, a 2009 BMW F650GS with ~6000 miles was in near perfect condition. Considered a light collector bike. It now is scratched and would no longer be show worthy.
The driver was kind enough to help me stand the motorbike up since he knew he was in the wrong. I did say some explicit words asking the driver what he thought he was doing. The driver immediately moved his van, but the damage to me(my left leg, and the motorbike) was already done. Likely the van is leased to a delivery type company, so you, Fluid Truck will be able to push this under the carpet and ignore this message.
Why am I writing this note/message: 1) the driver should be released of his position for him breaking parking regulations; 2) I would like to be reimbursed for the damages to my motorbike. This is the first time the motorbike has been dropped, and not being my fault, I am quite distraught. A quick review of the motorbike damages, I would estimate damage to be $400>$600.
Thank you for reading this message. I have pictures to backup the license plate number and the damage to my leg chin. But, I do not know how to attach the pictures to this message.
Thank you
Bill Johnson