Tal
Living Legend
Bugger!...It happens quickly alright!...Seems you were lucky you didnt get hurt too bad...the bike isnt too bad either but it still bloody hurts when you see your baby scratched up...what a piss off!
Guess It Was My Turn - went off today (crashed)!
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Ishrub
That's my name ....built like a truck
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Another club member survives relatively ununscathed is great news!
Accidents happen, I wrote my R3T off a year ago with a similar unscathed outcome.
Unfortunately my best mate just rang me at midnight last night from the hospital after having a 5pm bright daylight interaction with a car which decided to turn right without indicating after stopping at an intersection and he was past and ahead.
They clipped his rear and down he went, briefly knocked out and breaking his collarbone and cracking 3 ribs. The car driver still blamed him and wanted him to cover their tow cost after ripping off his front bumper.
My mate told them if it was his he would drive it home himself or they could call a tow truck but either way he was not getting him a tow-truck.
Then he took himself to the ED after getting a mate to pick up his bike. He was ringing me from the kerb outside the hospital waiting for his partner to pick him up after enduring the ED and being sent home with a script for painkillers. Brennan thanked them but said "Where the f@#$ will I find a drugstore open after midnight! "
Thankfully his partner arrived during his call and has a stock of painkillers at home from her own conditions.
Good luck with both your own and your bike's recoverys.
Accidents happen, I wrote my R3T off a year ago with a similar unscathed outcome.
Unfortunately my best mate just rang me at midnight last night from the hospital after having a 5pm bright daylight interaction with a car which decided to turn right without indicating after stopping at an intersection and he was past and ahead.
They clipped his rear and down he went, briefly knocked out and breaking his collarbone and cracking 3 ribs. The car driver still blamed him and wanted him to cover their tow cost after ripping off his front bumper.
My mate told them if it was his he would drive it home himself or they could call a tow truck but either way he was not getting him a tow-truck.
Then he took himself to the ED after getting a mate to pick up his bike. He was ringing me from the kerb outside the hospital waiting for his partner to pick him up after enduring the ED and being sent home with a script for painkillers. Brennan thanked them but said "Where the f@#$ will I find a drugstore open after midnight! "
Thankfully his partner arrived during his call and has a stock of painkillers at home from her own conditions.
Good luck with both your own and your bike's recoverys.
stingray
Petroleum Consummate
Once that rear wheel let's loose it's almost impossible to save. Glad you aren't in the hospital with a broken back.
Journeyman
"And this one is just right" ~ Goldilocks
Thanks to everyone for your support. I'm lucky- **** lucky! The scary thing now is to realize that I don't have to make a mistake, or another driver, or a deer to go down. Sometimes $h1t just happens.
Given that my air vest is unscathed where my left ribs are hurt I've figured out that I jammed my elbow into my own ribs. With my hand on the handlebar during the slide (jacket near wrist shredded) the bend in my arm must have been thrown into my side. I guess the air vest deployed after that. This is the argument for electronic air vests. In a low side you don't always come off enough to engage the analog types like mine. Still, for reasons I gave in the original post I like this one and sticking with it.
Get one!
Given that my air vest is unscathed where my left ribs are hurt I've figured out that I jammed my elbow into my own ribs. With my hand on the handlebar during the slide (jacket near wrist shredded) the bend in my arm must have been thrown into my side. I guess the air vest deployed after that. This is the argument for electronic air vests. In a low side you don't always come off enough to engage the analog types like mine. Still, for reasons I gave in the original post I like this one and sticking with it.
Get one!
Journeyman
"And this one is just right" ~ Goldilocks
I'm eager to get back on and see how she tracks and if there is any other unforeseen damage. To do so I need to fix my shifter. I may order one at some point, but for now plan on heating it up and bending it back into place and creating the toe "bar" section with a nut and bolt. Can someone please send me a couple of photos of their shifter so I can get it close to the original design. I've heard that you should attempt the bend just once, if possible. Thanks!
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CrzystghndKC
Triumph guy happy he didn't work for Harley.
So glad your ok. I just bought some armored pants. Now a vest is on the list. I know at my age the slide is now more of a crumble if I go down.Taking it easy, for once, and on a major, but curvy, highway and hit an oil spot in a turn this morning. Bam! I was sliding down the road before I even knew I was down.
Lots of people stopped to help- there are good people in this world! Good thing I was in a left turn and slid off the right side in my lane, or I would have had to deal with oncoming traffic. A couple went out of their way, almost 30 minutes, to drive me home so I could get my trailer and get back to recover "Roxy." Good people!
Roxy has some bruises (see pix) and so do I. I bruised my left rib pretty good, but know that I probably wouldn't be up for even writing this if I didn't have an air vest on. They're hot, they cost money, and people (maybe like you?) will scoff- ask me if I give a flying $h1t. I highly, highly, recommend you get one. "Ask me now how I know..."
As I said, I was riding fairly conservatively, but headed to do The Snake where, riding conservatively, is not my norm. I'm fortunate and now asking what I/you can learn from this. Feel free to jump in with your observations. From the video the crash looks so "mellow," like you're traveling vertically and now, for some reason, suddenly, horizontally- it's very gentle (my ribs disagree). What you'll see is the ever-present oil stripe (lot of trucks on this road) and then a weird small tire (motorcycle ?) skid shooting off hard to the right. I can't quite figure out what happened there. Anyway, about (or exactly) the time I hit that intersection is when I went down. Slick as "owl $h1t," as I was able to confirm when I went back there and dragged my boot across that area.
What have I learned? I sometimes "ride the edge." This was not one of those times- which is humbling. Early morning when the street is "dry," but not really, from dew, you need to be careful of the effect of residual oil. Staying outside that oil path is not really an option, as you're choosing the line from curve to curve, but I will be more aware of it. Don't talk to me about throttling on- as I said, I was down before I even knew I was in a skid. Finally, the air vest- screw anyone who shames you - order one right now, fu(k!ng, right, fu(k!ng, now!
I special ordered this one from Italy.
Homepage - Motoairbag - L'airbag per i motociclisti
I get nothing from that recommendation other than knowing I may have save you a major injury- you're welcome. Get that one, or another one- whatever.....
There are two main types- the electronic "brain" versions and the more analog tethered ones. I have this one from Italy that utilizes a lock mechanism like a seat belt- i think that's unique. With this one you don't have to come off the bike before it engages. Possibly, I hit the pavement before I extended enough to employ the bag, but even if that's the case I'm sticking with this design. It doesn't need to be charged, doesn't mind getting wet, and it employs earlier than other analog models.
The Damage Done... Wear ATHGATHT (All the Gear All The TIme)- did it's job!
Visor, left jacket sleeve, and left thigh area of my riding overpants....
No dent- just the logo
Be safe out there......
Thankfully you were able to walk away, and bike can be repaired.Taking it easy, for once, and on a major, but curvy, highway and hit an oil spot in a turn this morning. Bam! I was sliding down the road before I even knew I was down.
Lots of people stopped to help- there are good people in this world! Good thing I was in a left turn and slid off the right side in my lane, or I would have had to deal with oncoming traffic. A couple went out of their way, almost 30 minutes, to drive me home so I could get my trailer and get back to recover "Roxy." Good people!
Roxy has some bruises (see pix) and so do I. I bruised my left rib pretty good, but know that I probably wouldn't be up for even writing this if I didn't have an air vest on. They're hot, they cost money, and people (maybe like you?) will scoff- ask me if I give a flying $h1t. I highly, highly, recommend you get one. "Ask me now how I know..."
As I said, I was riding fairly conservatively, but headed to do The Snake where, riding conservatively, is not my norm. I'm fortunate and now asking what I/you can learn from this. Feel free to jump in with your observations. From the video the crash looks so "mellow," like you're traveling vertically and now, for some reason, suddenly, horizontally- it's very gentle (my ribs disagree). What you'll see is the ever-present oil stripe (lot of trucks on this road) and then a weird small tire (motorcycle ?) skid shooting off hard to the right. I can't quite figure out what happened there. Anyway, about (or exactly) the time I hit that intersection is when I went down. Slick as "owl $h1t," as I was able to confirm when I went back there and dragged my boot across that area.
What have I learned? I sometimes "ride the edge." This was not one of those times- which is humbling. Early morning when the street is "dry," but not really, from dew, you need to be careful of the effect of residual oil. Staying outside that oil path is not really an option, as you're choosing the line from curve to curve, but I will be more aware of it. Don't talk to me about throttling on- as I said, I was down before I even knew I was in a skid. Finally, the air vest- screw anyone who shames you - order one right now, fu(k!ng, right, fu(k!ng, now!
I special ordered this one from Italy.
Homepage - Motoairbag - L'airbag per i motociclisti
I get nothing from that recommendation other than knowing I may have save you a major injury- you're welcome. Get that one, or another one- whatever.....
There are two main types- the electronic "brain" versions and the more analog tethered ones. I have this one from Italy that utilizes a lock mechanism like a seat belt- i think that's unique. With this one you don't have to come off the bike before it engages. Possibly, I hit the pavement before I extended enough to employ the bag, but even if that's the case I'm sticking with this design. It doesn't need to be charged, doesn't mind getting wet, and it employs earlier than other analog models.
The Damage Done... Wear ATHGATHT (All the Gear All The TIme)- did it's job!
Visor, left jacket sleeve, and left thigh area of my riding overpants....
No dent- just the logo
Be safe out there......
Bernard Vinet
Frenchbernie
Soory you had a misahp . Bike can be fixed . You take your time and heal properly . Good luck .
RockOn
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This reminds me of a time a couple decades ago when I was on a Harley forum and the subject was accidents. I admitted to having some level of fear when bike riding. I was stunned by the critical feedback I got. Basically the comments said I should not ride and the only bikers on the road should be those with, "No Fear!" Well, I can't ride without my brain remembering the close calls, the near misses, the friends hurt and acquaintances killed over the 5 decades I have ridden. So, it is refreshing for me to see a biker who I have considered in the upper echelon of experienced riders with the common sense to use the word, "scary".
Journeyman
"And this one is just right" ~ Goldilocks
Thanks @RockOn
"No Fear." People that say such things are compensating for something. Ahemmm... They tend to be the kind of person who actually pays for and then takes the time to carefully paste a "BadA$$" sticker on their helmet. Oh, really?
Have you seen those?
Everyone has, at the very least, a healthy dose of fear (or call it healthy respect, if you prefer), which is a survival mechanism. The best riders...... just know how to control that fear so they can use it and not let it take over when they need to make critical decisions.
I'm not that good, which is one reason I insist on ABS brakes. If a deer charges directly in front of me I'm pretty sure (certain) that fear will cause me to clamp down full-force on the brakes, and most of the rest of us will too in that situation, whether we want to believe it or not.
The best I can hope for is to learn something from this experience (still working on that) and then try not to repeat it- cause, yeah, I am afraid of how much worse that could have been or might be, potentially, if there is a next time.
"No Fear." People that say such things are compensating for something. Ahemmm... They tend to be the kind of person who actually pays for and then takes the time to carefully paste a "BadA$$" sticker on their helmet. Oh, really?
Have you seen those?
Everyone has, at the very least, a healthy dose of fear (or call it healthy respect, if you prefer), which is a survival mechanism. The best riders...... just know how to control that fear so they can use it and not let it take over when they need to make critical decisions.
I'm not that good, which is one reason I insist on ABS brakes. If a deer charges directly in front of me I'm pretty sure (certain) that fear will cause me to clamp down full-force on the brakes, and most of the rest of us will too in that situation, whether we want to believe it or not.
The best I can hope for is to learn something from this experience (still working on that) and then try not to repeat it- cause, yeah, I am afraid of how much worse that could have been or might be, potentially, if there is a next time.
