First Road Crash

[bwringer]

Yikes! Glad you're doing OK.

 

[Redman]

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Bike ended up facing 180deg. from the direction I was riding.

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Looking yet again, this time on 'puter screen (not phone)....
Now, see the road scratches ! ! (good documentation)

Good , now that a few days later, you dont have further complications to report.

 

[alke46]

Sorry for your lay down. It happens to all of us sooner or later but still glad it was no worse than you have reported.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Stator and I did a more thorough inspection of the bike today. I can’t imagine how he felt when the pannier he was riding in hit the road. A little scuff, merely flesh wound, I like Steve Murdoch’s word ”patina”. Stator thinks “battle scar” a more apt description. Not bad, really. I’ve had a more minor drop at a gas station do more damage on the box on the opposite side.

He’s also glad I decided on a new helmet. Drove 2+hours each way to Cycle gear in Allentown to get one. I did stop at my local FD and donated my old helmet.

 

[salty_monk]

Now you can pretend to be Darth Vader as you ride down the road....

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

HAHA! TV happened to be on in the background last night as I was playing with the Bluetooth and taking the sticker off the screen of my new helmet. Return of the Jedi was playing. The resemblance did not go unnoticed.

 

[gtem]

Yikes glad that a) you and b) the bike are ok! I had my first get-off back in 2023 on my previous Bandit on a back road in the Georgia mountains, a perfect little gravel trap on a blind corner. As soon as I spotted it I was already going down. Got off with a similarly skinned knee (bought some armored mesh pants after that) and a banged up pinky that made for some excrutiating clutch work on the ride back to camp. Certainly a humbling experience!

 

[Rob S.]

My first road crash I t-boned into the driver's door. That was in...1975!

You kids are growing up so fast!