Hummer 1, Motorcycle 0

[evldave]

Well, got rear-ended by a motorcycle last night. Had to stop for traffic and he wasn't paying attention. He bounced off my passenger rear fender and went down in the lane next to us. Luckily, no one ran him over.

He was driving a very nice BMW, scraped up pretty good, broke my fender off and bent a piece of plastic trim. He was ok, some scrapes and bruises.

So now he wants to avoid insurance and pay the $500 or so for the repair out of pocket. I've been screwed on this before, but realistically it keeps it off both our records. He was totally cool, apologized, is willing to give me $500 cash in earnest money and is willing for me to go to any shop I choose. Any thoughts on the subject?