I crashed last night

[loud et]

Thanks gents!
Whoever said the second and third day was worse.......WAS RIGHT
It was hard gettin out of bed today. The full soreness has set in.
I am gonna pop a few of my meds, shower up and have mom take me, my son, and sister up to the county fair a little later.
Once I get on my feet and walk around, it helps work the soreness out of my legs and hip.
I really do appreciate your encouraging words.

[loud et]

Holy crap...Just read this, man, I hope your alright, call me sometime, and anything I can do to help with the rebuild, let me know, take care of yourself.

pm me your # Rich. I will call ya later tonigh. I am gonna be fine.
I have not seen the bike yet, so that will be a nice surprize I have to look forward to

[clancey g]

glad to hear you will be ok, get well and plenty of sleep helps healing.

[terrylee]

Glad it wasn't worse, hope you and your bike heal up. terrylee

[Badooka]

Yes glad as well you are here to tell the tale. I bet all you need is an oil change and the bike will be good as new.
One note- now you have a new GS project!!!!
Gravel is always my biggest concern!!!
get well!

[chef1366]

Man it's been a rough couple of years around here.
Sorry to hear about your misfortune.

[bellucci]

We ride,therefore we are... or some mystic thing like that. I crashed a YZ 250 on Christmas eve and broke my collar bone, 3 ribs and punctured a lung a little. The ribs are the worse. Use the meds. That will make things easier. They said they were going to put a little pin in to fix the collar bone... sorry its sideways...
Curt

[Tech73]

Sorry to hear about the wreck but all that matters is your ok. You'll get the bike fixed or start a new one and sure most on here will help find what you need.

[pmong]

Sorry to hear about the accident. No good accident, but better to have one that you survive. Since returning to riding, fortunately the most that has happened to me is dropping a bike at slow speed of coming to an uncertain stop, three times so far, usually on an incline. Get some rest and have a speedy recovery.

[sedelen]

Damn to bad luck! What is this the 3rd wreck by a GS member in a week?
Hope you heal up fast and your bike is not too badly damaged.
Those increasing tighter turns catch alot of guys off guard, like me.
I was riding with two friends in Alaska, I had the big street bike, Yamaha 650, one friend had a Yamaha 250 enduro, and the other a Yamaha 500 enduro. The friend with the 500 knew these roads, and they're back roads of big gravel rocks, not a road you'd want to be hauling butt on a big street bike, well he lead us (I think he did this intentionally) into this increasing tighter turn at a pretty high speed, luckily I slowed down enough before I entered the turn to make it, but my other friend on the 250 enduro went sailing off the road into the trees, bike was all busted up and he took out alot of small trees, but he came out without a scratch,
I still think about that.

[1_v8_merc]

Me and my brother are out riding the hills in PA.
I've ridden these roads before, he hasn't, so I'm leading in front. There is an extremely tight turn coming up, and I'm in the 650, which is So nimble, it's practically twitchy.

So I maintain speed and JUST as I'm swinging hard for the turn, I realize.."oh ****, I completely forgot, he doesn't know about this turn!"...and he's on the 750, which has the lean radius of a bus. There's no way he's cruising threw this turn at our current speed.

Luckily, I peer in the mirror, and I see him slam the brakes. And I just follow threw my turn. 10 seconds later, I finally see him come out of the turn, thank God!

[loud et]

[QUOTE=1_v8_merc;1724909]Me and my brother are out riding the hills in PA.
I've ridden these roads before, he hasn't, so I'm leading in front. There is an extremely tight turn coming up, and I'm in the 650, which is So nimble, it's practically twitchy.

So I maintain speed and JUST as I'm swinging hard for the turn, I realize.."oh ****, I completely forgot, he doesn't know about this turn!"...and he's on the 750, which has the lean radius of a bus. There's no way he's cruising threw this turn at our current speed.

Luckily, I peer in the mirror, and I see him slam the brakes. And I just follow threw my turn. 10 seconds later, I finally see him come out of the turn, thank God![/QUOTE
yeah merc, this turn was probably similar, it requires you to take it slower, but moreso you need to put your body into it..... there I was in "just cruisin" mode all relaxed. It just got me. Pilot error
I really relate and appreciate you all responding/sharing. I would respond to all of you individually, but I am one handing it here
I know many of you have taken it way worse than I did....I know I always read crash stories on here and try to learn from them.
I will update things as time goes on.....I will post some pics of the damage when i get the bike back, not really sure how it is. I have a nasty bruise on my arse, pics will NOT be posted!

[7981GS]

I have a nasty bruise on my arse, pics will NOT be posted!

Perhaps in the Ladies Only section?
Although... I have seen that a few "guys" post in that section also.

Eric

[allojohn]

I have a nasty bruise on my arse, pics will NOT be posted!

Much appreciated.

[loud et]

I go see the doc tomorrow to get checked overagain and get my hard cast for my arm. About the same time, the insurance adjuster will be loking over my bike and then having it towed to my house. I have not seen it yet.
In the meantime, I am bored, will be missing some work for sure but I know how to roll with the punches. Things always work out
Bored, so here are a few GS's I saw when I went to AMA Vintage days at Mid Ohio. I also saw an 80 Cooley rep that had been raced at some time a long time ago. It was road rashed all over and dented up. Was for sale, but looked like it had sat for many years....cant find that pic.