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DanTheMan
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After a great day of riding with my buddies today, on the way home I crashed my bike in a ditch, on a straight stretch of road.
Two things made this happen. The first was that I was tired and should have stopped to stretch and get more alert. The second thing was the fact that this is a deer infested road, and one of the critters ran out in front of me. I didn't hit it, but in the avoidance of it, my front tire ran onto the soft dirt shoulder, which pulled me down the steep grassy ditch at about 50 mph. I was riding it out, and thought I would get it stopped under control before a driveway embankment, but in the braking procedure and the soft ground, my front tire dug in and tossed me. I'm not sure if the bike flipped or not, but from the damage I think it did. My trunk is damaged, my right saddlebag is toast, the rear carrier and backrest were bent up also. My vetter fairing is ruined also, but I have another one of those, so that's not a problem. My forks are twisted, but the triple tree and the frame is fine.
I came out fine, very upset with myself for being so stupid, I've probably got bruises I'll find tommorrow, but I came out of it ok, and I was only 11 miles from home, of course.
Reminder to self: Pull over and wake yourself up when you're tired, idiot!!!
Two things made this happen. The first was that I was tired and should have stopped to stretch and get more alert. The second thing was the fact that this is a deer infested road, and one of the critters ran out in front of me. I didn't hit it, but in the avoidance of it, my front tire ran onto the soft dirt shoulder, which pulled me down the steep grassy ditch at about 50 mph. I was riding it out, and thought I would get it stopped under control before a driveway embankment, but in the braking procedure and the soft ground, my front tire dug in and tossed me. I'm not sure if the bike flipped or not, but from the damage I think it did. My trunk is damaged, my right saddlebag is toast, the rear carrier and backrest were bent up also. My vetter fairing is ruined also, but I have another one of those, so that's not a problem. My forks are twisted, but the triple tree and the frame is fine.
I came out fine, very upset with myself for being so stupid, I've probably got bruises I'll find tommorrow, but I came out of it ok, and I was only 11 miles from home, of course.
Reminder to self: Pull over and wake yourself up when you're tired, idiot!!!
Glad youre not badly damaged Dan. Hang in there....another "learning experience" to tell the students.
