Ok,my turn, I crashed last Sat while on a camp out with the local Triumph group. Nothin special just over a hill into a really tight left hander, Best as I can remeber it started a low side slide and don't know if I tried to oversteer and bring it up or if it snagged and high sided me 16'into a corn feild. Nobody saw it, the last rider came up and said I looked dead, he checked vitals and procalimed me alive. Next thing I remember was sitting in the corn feild talking to the ambilance driver, local deputy. Took me to hospital and had numerous X-rays and MRI's after 4 hrs of this and that they kicked me and one of the Triumph guys from that town loaded me and the bike and drove me three hrs to drop me off home. A king of a guy, I owe him sooo much more than fuel money.
Well after almost a week popin pills and sleepin here's what I think, My saftey gear saved my life, let me say it correctly
MY SAFTEY GEAR SAVED MY FARKIN LIFE!!!!!!!
We all have our choices, however,
"YOU WILL NOT SURVIVE WITHOUT IT"
I had my Nolan full face helmet,Joe Rocket armoured spring jacket, and some adeqate gloves.
The top of my head has bruises from hitting the inside of the helmet,without it I would have deep contusions full of farm dirt. My elbow has deep cuts from hitting the armour so hard, but no dirt. My hands..not a scratch. My jeans and ankle high boots show no worse for wear and tear. Must have come straight down. I have a bloodie red bruise the size of an LP on my right hip and sprained my right ankle.
I have missed a full week at work, hope to go back Mon. I will miss my first BBQ judge gig Sat. just not up to it.
I'm about to go balistic on my insurance kid as he totaled the bike and with buy back he wants to give me $3825. I noticed his hands shake when he tries to tell me somethin I don't want to hear. I 'll have him for dinner later on today..
So as the old saying goes
"It's not if your going to crash, but when your going to crash".
So please listen to this crap one more time, Wear Your Gear EVERYTIME. I can tell you with all my heart, If I had not had it on I would be the dead rider known as...
ModelMaker
