NHTSA Complaint #10186150 — 2007 YAMAHA YZFR1

2007 YAMAHA R1, RIDING DOWN THE LOCAL HIGHWAY WITH SOME FRIENDS AND THE RIGHT REAR SET CRACKED AND AS IT BROKE FREE FROM THE BIKE, MY FOOT HIT THE GROUND DOING ABOUT 65 MPH , CAUSING ME TO SHATTER 1 TOE WITH AN OPEN FRACTURE, BREAK ANOTHER IN HALF AND FRACTURE THE TIP OF THAT TOE. THE REARSET WAS CRACKED AT THE UPPER MOST LEG" RIGHT WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE MOTORCYCLES FRAME. ALSO AS A RESULT FROM THIS BROKEN REARSET, I HAVE SCRATCHES ON MY SWINGARM AND A PIECE OF PLASTIC IS BROKEN ON THE EXHAUST COVER FROM WHERE THE REARSET DROPPED AND SINCE EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED IT JUST BROKE THE PLASTIC AND LEFT SCRATCHES IN THE SWINGARM. LOCAL YAMAHA DEALERSHIP HAS AGREED TO REPLACE THE RIGHT REARSET UNDER WARRENTY AND HAS CONTACTED YAMAHA ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO HAS THE OLD REARSET THAT IS BROKEN, AND I ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE PICTURES OF THE BROKEN REARSET, SCRATCHES IN MY SWINGARM, BROKEN PLASTIC COVER, X-RAYS, AND OTHER PHOTOS OF THE ACCIDENT. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED HOWEVER THE POLICE, AMBULANCE, FIRE DEPT WAS ON SCENE AND THE POLICE OFFICER HAS LEFT HIS NUMBER AND BADGE NUMBER INCASE A REPORT NEEDS TO BE FILED.*AK