Rocket Crashed and Totaled

[Boog]

@Mike great news on your new ride. Hope your healing is progressing well!

 

[1olbull]

Many of you know about my sentiments for GD MF***ing bicyclers. As they say in East Texas. They are all IGNERNT!

Haven't seen you posting too much lately. Are you coming to the pecan Farm next month?

 

[ZoneIII]

I'm so sorry to hear of your accident. I could almost feel what you went through as you described what happened. It also reminded me of why I don't ride in groups. I've always thought that group riding - the way it's often done - is a prescription for this type of accident. I always keep my distance from other vehicles when I drive any type of vehicle and those tight motorcycle groups put riders just too close for my comfort. I frequently mention that to my wife when we see groups riding.

Last month on a 6,000 mile solo trip that I posted about, I think I mentioned that I passed through Sturgis on my way West. Luckily, that was a week before the craziness started. I just got gas and kept going. But, on the way back East, the party was on and I avoided it like the plague, partly because I just don't like crowds and partly because I knew I would end up riding too close to other riders. Also, I just like riding alone. I've always thought that it's ironic that bikers, who seem to pride themselves on being individualists, often ride in large groups. That said, you were riding for a good cause and I completely understand that.

Get another Rocket!

 

[Mike]

Boog and others...Doing very well, just a long and slow rib healing process. The rash is about gone, the shoulder and hip bruise are fading rapidly. The shoulder where the 2 ribs are broke lets me know RIGHT now when I screw up. So for now I go out to the garage and look and sit with a cold beer and hope the ribs heal before the temps fall thru the floor so I can ride. No heated grips on this one. This is a pix of the R3T at home, waiting for me. My 73 and 02 Mini's are all talking Brit to each other, the CB350 just ignores them. 9 miles on it, not 1 foot by me, yet!

 

[The Dog]

I am no longer a Rocket Captain, I crashed out on a group ride Wednesday the 24th. I was on my American Legion Legacy run along with 350 others in Tennessee when fate caught up with me. Typical large group oscillation's compressed the line in a very sudden motion, worse then any others on the trip, and I was unable to stop in the 2 second gap I had. The front tire hit the saddle bag of the bike in front of me, the wheel twisted and that is all I remember. When I came too, I think 3-5 minutes later, County PD and everyone was there and the ambulance was arriving. I was able to walk to the ambulance and take the ride to ER. X-rays and a CT scan later I was told I only broke 2 ribs, high up behind my left shoulder blade. other then the usual road rash, not to bad. My helmet did its job, I am waiting to see it as I am told it is toasted, as it should be. The left side of the bike is shot, fuel tank, radiator, fender, floorboard and shifter, windscreen, turn signal and saddle bag. The handle bar end cap is untouched. I am waiting for the official insurance notification but they figured it was totaled as cost of repair vs value on a 05 Rocket Classic with 52000 miles.
Now for the decision to replace or not...wife is suggesting a trike. I am not quite to that point.
No moral to the story, just **** glad the helmet was on or this would be an obit by someone else.

I too went down on my 06' Rocket Classic, and my Shoei helmet saved me too. Without that helmet I'd probably be feeding through a straw!!

 

[LAS VEGAS DAVE]

I went down on the freeway once, girlfriend got the jacket she had folded up caught in the rear wheel and locked it up. We was in the fast lane doing about 70 when it first started skidding. Ended up going down and had no helmet. There was no law about helmets in the sixties. Sometimes helmets are good and sometimes not. I had a friend that hit a car and the mirror broke off, then as he was going over the bars the mirror stem went under the helmet and the helmet guided it into the back of his neck under his head which cut all the nerves coming from the brain so his heart stopped etc. If he wouldn't have had a helmet or had a ****ty one that would have come off MAYBE he would have been ok. Helmets also save lives, just not all the time. Best thing is to be aware of any possibility and ride accordingly. Motorcycles are dangerous, most of those that ride them like the presence of danger or else they wouldn't ride motorcycles.

 

[EasTexRIII]

I went down on the freeway once, girlfriend got the jacket she had folded up caught in the rear wheel and locked it up. We was in the fast lane doing about 70 when it first started skidding. Ended up going down and had no helmet. There was no law about helmets in the sixties. Sometimes helmets are good and sometimes not. I had a friend that hit a car and the mirror broke off, then as he was going over the bars the mirror stem went under the helmet and the helmet guided it into the back of his neck under his head which cut all the nerves coming from the brain so his heart stopped etc. If he wouldn't have had a helmet or had a ****ty one that would have come off MAYBE he would have been ok. Helmets also save lives, just not all the time. Best thing is to be aware of any possibility and ride accordingly. Motorcycles are dangerous, most of those that ride them like the presence of danger or else they wouldn't ride motorcycles.

That Juss goes ta show when it's your time to go its your time to go. When it's not it's not - The Lord is in control of all

 

[LAS VEGAS DAVE]

I AGREE WITH THAT 100%.

 

[Ishrub]

I AGREE WITH THAT 100%.

And so do a billion or so Arabic speaking Christians, Jews and Muslims generally whose most common expression is "Inshallah" - "God willing" or "if God wills".

Me, I just call it 'Risk'. Training, experience, judgement, health and 'luck' all have their influence. I do whatever I feel appropriate to increase or decrease mine to the level of 'Risk' I accept. So far I have beaten the odds quite a few times with a run of 'heads' (near misses and surviving some big hits), which statistically makes a 'tails' much more likely in the future. That is my risk assessment to make every time I ride.

 

[EasTexRIII]

And so do a billion or so Arabic speaking Christians, Jews and Muslims generally whose most common expression is "Inshallah" - "God willing" or "if God wills".

Me, I just call it 'Risk'. Training, experience, judgement, health and 'luck' all have their influence. I do whatever I feel appropriate to increase or decrease mine to the level of 'Risk' I accept. So far I have beaten the odds quite a few times with a run of 'heads' (near misses and surviving some big hits), which statistically makes a 'tails' much more likely in the future. That is my risk assessment to make every time I ride.

's speaking arabic got to do with anything?