Well, That Was Quick (Warning, Volvo Related Content)

Damn! I hadn't seen those before. You really got screwed up.

Good thing broken legs don't affect writing skills...

Mike

 

LOL. Thanks. Yeah, good thing I didn't break my *funny* bone. (groan)
You need it around Reeky. BTW, that was Sept 2002. I got the halo off
Jan 24, 2003 and got my new bike May 27, then had my final leg surgery
to remove the screws June 27. So, I guess you can say I'm back to
normal (if I was *ever* normal).
Mag

 

Reed, glad you weren't hurt worse. Breaking shit sucks.

No way you can claim to be "normal" if you're hanging out here...

Mike

 

You and Dave Slavik seem to be competing for who can accumulate the
most injuries. This is a lose-lose game. Please give it up
immediately.

As ro the Tuesday morning quarterbacking, I contend that uninsured
motorist is an expensive red herring. If the person you collide with
is honorable, they'll have insurance. If they aren't, they'll flee,
and unless someone has caught enough ID to catch them, UI won't pay
off. If you're lucky enough to have health insurance, let them deal
with the medical costs and write the pain and suffering off against
the joy of riding.

What you may not have taken into account that you need to factor into
future drives is that most motorists are older than you and many of us
don't see all that well after dark. I don't do much night driving,
but I know a lot of it depends for safety on other occupants of the
road doing exactly what they are supposed to do, because if they
wandered into my path, I may or may not be able to see them in time.
This is the principle that allows the state to set 70 mph posted
limits on freeways, and it probably works less well on 25 mph urban
streets where people's intended paths are more variant.

How can you defend yourself? Make yourself as visible as you can --
reflective gear, etc. Don't do the unexpected maneuver -- you may be
agile enough to make an impulsive stop, but the other guy won't see it
in time at night or twilight or looking into the sun.

And if all else fails, Reed, one word: chauffeur.

Heal well!

R, UB

 

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 22:08:45 +0000 (UTC),

Tow service. Particularly if there's some question that the bike is
driveable.

R, UB

 

He was driving a truck, hauling a trailer and had already slowed down
to avoid hydroplaning. I don't think he had a lot of room to
maneuver.
R, UB

 

Probably not -- this was Piedmont. KQED more likely.
R, UB

 

Reed, glad you and you're gf are okay, and that the Volvo
driver didn't go full throttle upon impact. I'd say you both
lucked out big time. What's your initial reaction to Mike's post?
How many street wrecks have you had, anyway!?
Henry

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I didn't realize that he meant only the United States"
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Don't let bu$h do to the United States what his very close
friend and top campaign contributor, Ken Lay, did to Enron...

 

As if you or many others of us, ( me included) have not had our share of two
wheeled booboos.
Reed is just paying his karma in advance.
It took me almost 30 years to have my first actual crash. Then I had a
couple more, nothing serious but not exactly "little get offs) either.
The fact is, once you decide you are a motorcycle rider, you are pretty much
exactly that, until you or something beyond your control calls off the game.

 

god damnit!

I thought that was one word?
Anyone?

 

Oh, you mean person, you.

Let me guess.

Although they had holes there, they got back home.

The ones that didn't get home had holes elsewhere so you protect those areas more.

Brilliant thinking, that was. If you hadn't recounted that, I wouldn't have thought
of it.

Another similar sort of lateral thought is that sportbikes are over-represented in
motorcycle crashes so you have to get rid of incompetent sportbike *riders*.

 

Er... um.... Mike, am I not correct in saying that you have had your fair share of
all the things you assign to Reed and yet you've had lots of fun?

Maybe, just maybe Reed is more willing to own up to these ... er ... misadventures?

 

And some people need to stay off scooters eh Mike? <poke poke>

 

I'll agree to that, and thanks for the well wishes.

I'm not stopping riding.

Primarilly, I'm famous for destroying my Buell with the help of a couple of
Muni buses the day after I bought it as my first bike.

Beyond that, I ran my NX650 off into the weeds on a increasing radius turn
once. Slipped on some gravel and touched the side down at 5 miles an hour
on that bike too.

Got hit by a lady driving an Acura who ran a stopsign and swerved across
two lanes of traffic, with no real damage to the BMW I was riding.

And this one.

Reed.

 

Hey, life is full of choices and gambles. You do
what you gotta do....

Two buses! In one wreck? How and what the hell?....

Doesn't sound too outrageous.

Hmm. Hopefully you're learning a lot, had a string of bad
luck, and things will go better. Be careful out there!

Henry



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Don't let bu$h do to the United States what his very close
friend and top campaign contributor, Ken Lay, did to Enron...

 

It was a motorcycle-related thread. You wouldn't have seen it.

 

Think about quality of life differences.

Lose an arm and it sucks big time. Lose a leg and you'd
gladly trade your arm to get it back. Likewise with feet,
ankles, knees, etc. There's a LOT of mobility tied up in
our lower limbs that we take for granted.

It FEELS wrong to say pants are more important than a
jacket, but studies[1] show that the frequency of injuries
to the lower body is higher, and the average impact on ones
life is higher too, the lower you move down the body.
(head excepted, I believe)

[1] No, I don't have a link - I'll admit that.

 

Well, my only (thus far) crash involved my knee and toecap taking the
brunt of the blow, along with the bike itself. My boot has a lovely
coating of Subaru Legacy silver, and my knee has a bruise in the shape
of the armour that was covering it. By comparison, landing on my back
after somersaulting barely hurt.

So one's experience may vary.

 

[snip]

Aw shit, that sucks :-(

Yes, it is not unusual to get air in the lines, particularly if you
squeeze the lever to keep the bike from rolling as you pick it up.

[snip]

You already picked out what could have kept you from getting hit.

When I ride I consider myself to be invisible. That way it doesn't
surprise me when others don't see me. I have had drivers look right
at me and then cut me off, because they were actually looking through
me to see if any cars were coming. Many riders say to make yourself
more visible with lights and bright clothing. The problem with that
is that you start thinking the other guy should see you. The only
person you should trust to look out for you is you.

Get well, and keep posting.

Bruce

 

I'm not trying to add to your score but the violent front tire tuck you did on
Highway 7, on the way to the Cookoff, scared the crap out of me. That you
did not fall off then, negates all your other accidents.

I'd say that, since you survived that, and didn't have to ride to the
cookoff in my sidecar, you are even.