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Dang! You're lucky to have survived that. Hope your neck & back aren't compromised for life.



In addition to a concussion, I also got a "whip-lash" type of strain to my neck and a very large bruise and swelling to my lower back, from, I assume, my rear fender being shoved into my back.
However, nothing was broke and I'm healing up.
Yeah, I was quite lucky, considering all the various things that could have happened.
I was off work for two weeks because of the wreck. In fact, I justed started back to work this week.

I can't really explain why, but it's doing me good to read about the mishaps that you fellows have had, and how you started back riding.

I'm actually a middle-aged guy who got a late start at motorcycle riding.
I was never on a motorcycle before in my life until May of this year. I took the MSF Rider's Course and bought my motorcycle (Suzuki C50) in May.
My wife was actually excited about the motorcycle also.
I told her I would ride solo for 6 months and then I'd be ready to ride two up with her.
We live in a fairly rural area in North Carolina with lots of really good rural roads with very low traffic and just enough "twisties" to make it interesting.
6 months would have been in November. I had planned for us to take our first ride together on Thanksgiving weekend.
My wife actually had her helmet and jacket picked out (a pink colored armored jacket).
And then this girl plows into my motorcyle 2 weeks ago and totals it.
Now the wife doesn't even want to look at motorcycles.

I'm starting to feel like I should not let this stop me from ever riding again, and I really, really like the Triumph America...but the wife doesn't seem to be "on board" any more.

Maybe I could start a thread specifically for the wife to read so some folks on the forum could send some positive words her way to help get her back "on board?"

Regards,
-Ward