I've been off the forum for a while, but when ever I have a question for the collective brain I come here.
To re-introduce myself, I've been riding for a number of years, a friend had an old bike he wanted out of his garage and I became a GS850 rider.
I had the opportunity to buy a '87 GL1200A in 2011 and the GS went to my son, the garage wasn't big enough for those two girls.
This year I became employed by the Commonwealth of Pa in Harrisburg and started commuting 70 miles a day to work on the GL. This is what happened next:
Wed morning Sept, 4 2013 I was commuting to work on my ’87 GL1200A. As I crested an overpass I saw that traffic slowed ahead of me. We were doing about 45 mph in a 55 zone. I was the left hand lane on a dual lane limited access hwy. I apply my brakes, felt the bike nose dive a little as it is want to do, down shifted, heard the sound of tires squealing from locked brakes and thought “I’m going down.” Next thing I’m real sure of is I’m sitting in the middle of the Hwy and the bike is on the right hand shoulder. I have some road rash on the left side of my face and both knees, several fractured; ribs, clavicle and scapula on my right side.
The bike has very little damage. I believe it remained upright and rolled off the road and lay over in the grass. I remember a witness saying they would go shut it off, old girl was still willing to go!
The police report indicates the cause of the accident was me hitting the brakes too hard and that I threw my self off the bike.
I think someone rear ended me.
Has anyone else ever had something similar happen to them, or know of anyone that has?
Thanks in advance for any helpful comments, I'd especially be interested in anything to do with being rear-ended and or bike driving themselves to freedom!
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