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Zooks
Originally posted by IOWA450T View PostI don't really know where he was. The cop I talked to said that he said he didn't see me so they must have talked to him at the scene. There were a bunch of witnesses on the golf course; one of them even called me last night to see how I was doing.
Originally posted by 1978GS1000custom View Postget well soon and send me your helmet and i will get it painted up like new for free. cliff
Get well soon.
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Billy Ricks
Originally posted by Zooks View PostGlad you're okay dude. Get those witnesses details and make contact with them as soon as you can. You should be able to get info from the cop. Do it fairly soon whilst it is all still fresh. These things have a habit of dragging on and if you need to find witnesses a year from now it will be a lot easier if you already have their details and have made contact with them previously.
No offense to 1978GS1000custom but that helmet is toast. They are designed for ONE impact. If there was to be a next time you'd want to know that the helmet is still sound. Get another one. Accident compensation (from the truck driver) should pay for new gear. When you buy new gear, keep the old stuff and keep all of your receipts for the new stuff. Sorry to badger you, but those of us that have been through this before, know the drill. It's a very similar system of road law down here.
Get well soon.
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IOWA450T
Got Rita back
Went over there after work today and picked her up. Bad rash on the fairing and the edge trim is peeled back; bags are tweaked to the left (laid it down on the right). Case guard on the right pushed into the cover and ground down flat on the outside. All take-off stuff that can be replaced. My GPS was still on the bike and still operational. Radio still works. Start button has to be pushed in further and harder to make contact. Took a little creep around my neighborhood and everything seems ok except the fairing is making a different buzzing noise than before and is definately pushed to the left; the mounting bracket seems to line up correctly with the forks but the top of the fairing is definately a couple inches off center. Windshield has a new scratch. Dirt and sand stuck to all the little oil spots I already had. Doesn't seem to be leaking anything. I took some pics but I haven't posted any for awhile and will have to re-educate myself and it's too late for that tonight.
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80GS750
glad your ok! rita too!
maybe you will be up for the ride later this month with the rest of us....
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I will add my voice to the chorus of "Glad you're alright, and Rita too!"
and thanks for the detailed description of everything. Riding condition, gear, all that. You are positively affecting riders here, and I'm sure that'll be passed on to riders elsewhere.
Regarding the ER nurse and her aversion to helmets, I wonder if her thinking was along the lines of "I'd rather go out with a bang than deal with serious-but-non-fatal-injuries and maybe end up paralyzed-or-somehow-disabled-because-the-helmet-saved-my-life"
p.s. shout out to Iowa! I lived there for 9 years... went to Grinnell, lived in Clear Lake / Mason City for a few years after that. Plus I did RAGBRAI XVI"I have come to believe that all life is precious." -- Eastman, TWD6.4
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Originally posted by Billy Ricks View PostCortech makes some nice jeans with leather in the hip and butt area and armor for the knees and upper shins.Currently bikeless
'81 GS 1100EX - "Peace, by superior fire power."
'06 FZ1000 - "What we are dealing with here, is a COMPLETE lack of respect for the law."
I ride, therefore I am.... constantly buying new tires.
"Tell me what kind of an accident you are going to have, and I will tell you which helmet to wear." - Harry Hurt
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dwvoss
Glad you are ok. A rider near Council Bluffs wasn't so lucky yesterday.
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