so it's not just unwary drivers who are trying to kill me these days. On the way home from work last night i had an idiot walk out in front of me after i had signaled, repeatedly blipped the throttle on the downshifts and leaned in /committed to a hard left turn in traffic. fortunately i was only doing maybe 25mph at the moment i had to lock up the brakes and lay it down. Low speed low side and i rode her down, never took my feet off the pegs or my butt off the seat. I slid about 30-40 feet amid a shower of sparks, stopping within inches of taking the morons' legs off. I immediately knew i was ok and hurriedly righted the bike, gave the jerk a piece of my mind... something about crossing the street in the dark while wearing dark clothes, i had the right of way, yadda yadda yadda, then fired the bike up and roared home... about a block away. Damage assessment was: new handlebars @ 1/2inch shorter on the left end, lightened kickstand tang, damaged left slip-on muffler, left rear axle cover not so pretty any more, a fair sized hole in the left butt cheek of my pants, sore left shoulder, bruised left knee, and i used up about a quart of adrenaline that i had been saving for a different occasion. All in all i'm happy it wasn't more serious, but boy was i ****** off!!!
