Yesterday morning at about 8:30 I was starting out my casual morning ride to school. As I was making a left turn on yellow though an intersection, following other traffic, a black escort came burning through the intersection. I had no choice but to lock up the brakes on my beloved gs700es and drop it....
Next thing I know, I come to surrounded by people asking me if I'm ok. I tried to sit up and was pushed back down and told to remain still. I notice that my left leg is hurting really bad, and look down to see my pants torn and covered in blood...
To make a long story short, after some probing and prodding (and a CAT scan), I'm pretty ok, considering. I've got some stitches in my left leg and am a little concussed and banged up pretty good, but nothing major. I'm walking and alive, and that's about the best I can ask for. My GS is a twisted mass of metal bleeding oil from everywhere, though. She has a hole in her bumper and a cracked window from the airbag. That's it.
Now, as for the helmet. I know most of the guys here are pretty good about wearing them, but to add an exclamation point to the end of this, my helmet has a 4 inch circular section of deep gouges from where I apparently slammed into/skidded down the road. I'd probably be dead or a vegetable had I not been wearing it. You dont know when it's going to happen, and statistics say that it probably will, so please be safe out there. It's a calculated risk that comes with this lifestyle/hobby that brings us so much joy. When all this court/insurance crap is done, I can guarantee I'll be back out riding again, probably on another GS, and I'll be wearing a helmet.
Take care and be safe.
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