Also, my day just keeps getting better, this morning I needed to drive down to denver to pickup a Jeep I bought I monday, I got a friend to drive down with me so I could drive it back, then this happened:









Guy on a HD trike rear ended me right after traffic came to a standstill on I25, I had been stopped a few seconds when I heard the rather ominous sound of a tire locking up, looked back in time to him clip my left rear and go flying. Guy went tumbling through the air are rolled on the ground before stopped a few feet in front of me on the median, his trike went tumbling along behind him and luckily stopped before it landed on him.

At the time there was a CSP car parked on the passenger side just across from us on the passenger median, so there was a trooper there right away.

I'm fine but my passenger now has whiplash, which developed pretty much as soon as we left the scene, so I'm not sure how that will all work out.

I talked to the trooper who took my report a few hours later to get the info to me, I asked him how the trike guy was doing and he said he is alert and conscience and says he thinks he will be fine.

So now my jeep is down for a bit, in addition to the cosmetic damage something is off in the rear and the drivers side is sitting up high, the unibody does not appear to be tweaked but for some reason its sitting up higher there. I also appear to have a bent axleshaft or wheel as I get some odd wobble/vibration and I believe I can see the rear wheel "wooblying" as I drive down the road.

When it rains it pours(I have a metric butt-ton of other things going on and having my Jeep down is not convenient), and you guys may not care but Yellow Jeep Cherokee Freedoms don't exactly grow on trees, and there were only about 2200 Cherokee Freedoms produced in 2000, less than 500 of which where yellow, so its kinda a shame for me.

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"Its not about what you can DO with your Jeep, its about where you can GO with your Jeep."
Knowledgeable - But Caustic

wow that sucks, glad no one was seriously hurt and that the damage wasn't worse.

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Current Jeeps:
2004 KJ Sport, 1977 CJ-5 Renegade
Jeeps I no longer have:
2003 KJ Limited, 2002 KJ Renegade, 2002 KJ Sport 2WD, 2002 KJ Sport, 2000 XJ SE 2WD, 1998 ZJ Laredo, 1996 XJ Country , 1990 YJ, 1991 SJ Grand Wagoneer, 1979 SJ Wagoneer
Projects I am looking for:
1996-2001 XJ, 1980-1988 AMC Eagle Wagon

Ya as much as I love my Jeep and it would be hard to find a replacement, I'm not particularly upset about it or pissed off at the guy and I'm glad the guy wasn't more seriously hurt. In the grand scheme of things its just a vehicle and doesn't mean anything compared to a human life.

These two guys were also being safety conscious, had helmets, riding leathers, bright vests with reflective stripes, gloves, extra lights, etc. Just goes to show you can never be too safe.

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http://www.Colorado4Wheel.com
"Its not about what you can DO with your Jeep, its about where you can GO with your Jeep."
Knowledgeable - But Caustic

I know the feeling man, insurance all checks out right?

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Mike Smith
06 KJ Sport - PA - ONSFARI

OME 926/948 w/ OME Shocks, 3/8 Boiler, 1" LTT, a bit of Clevis lift
MOPAR Skids, Custom trans skid
Valley Roof Basket with Extension (when required), Homemade fence post crossbars with Thule system to compliment
Mastercraft A\T Something or another...

Ya I got his insurance info and sent them the info already. Hopefully I can get a nice payday out of it and fix it myself with parts I already got here.

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"Its not about what you can DO with your Jeep, its about where you can GO with your Jeep."
Knowledgeable - But Caustic

Glad everyone is ok! This almost happened to me when I went to Starved Rock State Park. There was a local gathering in masses, traffic was horrible for miles, max speed we did for 30 minutes was 10MPH. There's was a couple riding behind us and his wife lost control of the bike (going 5MPH). She decided to put the bike down, versus rear ending me.

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His: 2004 Jeep Liberty Columbia Edition, Stock - Front Tow Hooks, D-Ring Receiver, Flowmaster Super 44, GY Silent Armors.
Hers: 2012 Jeep Liberty JET, Stock - D-Ring Receiver

Sorry Sam, I know how much you love that XJ.

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2015 Ram Ecodiesel/Big Horn/4x4/Quad Cab
2016 Arctic Fox 22G/Onboard 2500 LP Cummins Onan Generator/160 Watt Solar Panel

I took the road less traveled. Now I'm LOST.

That sucks. I'm glad the rider was OK and I hope your passenger was OK. If you haven't already tell that person to go to a hospital and checked out, I know lots of people who have back issues going back to fender benders and never got them check out in time to have them be covered in any settlements. I had a bike a long time ago and when you need to brake hard you've got one of two choices - hit the brakes and hope for the best (especially that the car behind you will stop too,) or don't hit the brakes and turn out of the way. You can't brake and turn on a bike - or a trike, otherwise you will low side or flip the trike. If that guy was using his highway pegs my bet is he didn't have enough time to step on the rear brakes and the front brakes alone won't stop the extra weight of the trike in time.

Good luck with the frame issues, at least with that Jeep and the rear axle (rather than the front) a good shop should be able to line everything back up.

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(Formerly just “scoobysnax”) '04 Liberty Limited - 245/70/16 Firestone Destination AT's, Mopar tow hooks, Draw-Tite Class IV hitch, Skid Row Engine & Transmission Skids, Mopar T-Case & Gas Tank Skids, Extended Breather Tubes, Red Top Optima, Sylvania Silver Star head lights, Hella 500FF bumper mounted driving lights

Glad everyone was relatively alright.
How's your passenger's whiplash?

" My dad's got an awesome set of tools, I can fix it"

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'99 Tahoe, 3" BL, 285/75/16's , MT II's.
'05 Liberty Sport, -wifey's
'98 Poncho Fireturd, 3.8L, .....the purple pig!