This truly sucks.
I was following my friend and his wife in their new truck. We were going to pick up my friend's new bike and ride back together. Not two traffic lights later, I am lying on the pavement.
The weather here has been pretty crappy...cold and wet. Yesterday morning was 65 degrees and sunny, which I find ironic as I ride in all types of weather, thus far with no issues.
His wife went to stop for a yellow light. I was about 3 car lengths back. As soon as I hit the brakes, both wheels locked up on the wet pavement. I let out the front brake and started downshifting as fast as I could go. When I saw that I was not going to stop in time (seriously, it felt like I was sliding on ice), I let out the back brake when the wheels were aligned and tried to swerve around the truck. The rear end slid out from under me to the right, and as I was in the process of a left-right swerve, it caused me to high side off to the right at about 30 mph and slowing.
The bike still runs. I will have to replace one of the fog lights on my light bar, and the edge of the windscreen is all scratched up. I don't know yet if it can be fixed or polished out. The crash bars did their job (surprisingly well, considering they did not bend) and have some scratches on the right side. The highway peg got turned around 180 degrees, but I may be able to salvage it. The right saddlebag guard is pretty scuffed up, and I have some new missing paint on the bag itself, along with some scratches on the bottom exhaust pipe.
My BRAND NEW Shoei J-Cruise is all scratched up on the right side. Needs a new visor, but the helmet is supposed to be replaced after a crash, so...
My old River Road leather jacket is scuffed and damage on the right side, but nothing wore through. The impact armor in the shoulder worked, but not as well as I would like.
Nothing is broken, but I have no lateral movement in my right shoulder at all. Hopefully due to the contusion and swelling. I have pain all along my right side, and road rash on my right forearm and knee, which makes no sense since there is no damage to the jacket. The knee is denim related damage.
My wife has been awesome throughout, and her first reaction, once we were done at the ER..."you need better gear!"[emoji13] [emoji7]
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I was following my friend and his wife in their new truck. We were going to pick up my friend's new bike and ride back together. Not two traffic lights later, I am lying on the pavement.
The weather here has been pretty crappy...cold and wet. Yesterday morning was 65 degrees and sunny, which I find ironic as I ride in all types of weather, thus far with no issues.
His wife went to stop for a yellow light. I was about 3 car lengths back. As soon as I hit the brakes, both wheels locked up on the wet pavement. I let out the front brake and started downshifting as fast as I could go. When I saw that I was not going to stop in time (seriously, it felt like I was sliding on ice), I let out the back brake when the wheels were aligned and tried to swerve around the truck. The rear end slid out from under me to the right, and as I was in the process of a left-right swerve, it caused me to high side off to the right at about 30 mph and slowing.
The bike still runs. I will have to replace one of the fog lights on my light bar, and the edge of the windscreen is all scratched up. I don't know yet if it can be fixed or polished out. The crash bars did their job (surprisingly well, considering they did not bend) and have some scratches on the right side. The highway peg got turned around 180 degrees, but I may be able to salvage it. The right saddlebag guard is pretty scuffed up, and I have some new missing paint on the bag itself, along with some scratches on the bottom exhaust pipe.
My BRAND NEW Shoei J-Cruise is all scratched up on the right side. Needs a new visor, but the helmet is supposed to be replaced after a crash, so...
My old River Road leather jacket is scuffed and damage on the right side, but nothing wore through. The impact armor in the shoulder worked, but not as well as I would like.
Nothing is broken, but I have no lateral movement in my right shoulder at all. Hopefully due to the contusion and swelling. I have pain all along my right side, and road rash on my right forearm and knee, which makes no sense since there is no damage to the jacket. The knee is denim related damage.
My wife has been awesome throughout, and her first reaction, once we were done at the ER..."you need better gear!"[emoji13] [emoji7]
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