| Author | Message | ||
     Ft_bstrd |
Thanks guys for a great ride. Fantastic to meet everyone! We had: Two Ulys Two 12S One 12R Two SV650's One RC51 A$$hat cruiser claimed one rider. Wicked right hander claimed the other. All rode away with only minor issues. | ||
| Ghost12 |
yep. im sure randomchaos can give you better details but it wasnt his fault there was a cruiser in the wrong lane. it could have ended alot worse your lucky Geoff. other that than i had a great time yall and i hope there are more rides to come. | ||
| Wardamneagle |
Yeah mine was my fault. Lol. That turn sucked. I'm thinking of it as an opportunity to upgrade some parts that broke on my bike | ||
| Wardamneagle |
Oh yeah? Is the guy that was taking pictures gonna post em up here? | ||
| Barker |
great ride, nice to meet some new faces. Next time i'll bring some video cams. | ||
| Ghost12 |
wait! garrett did u wreck too? | ||
| Barker |
I'm think'n i might run to the dragon next weekend. hit me up if ya want to go. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
         http://flickr.com/photos/29437931@N04/sets/7215760 8601881252/ | ||
| Randomchaos |
Garret went down too? DAMN! any injuries? With my incident, I was heading into a lefthander. Was riding behind a guy on a BMW Tourer, taking it pretty easy. I noticed him tap his brakes, so started to slow down and cover my front brake. All of the sudden he slams on his brakes. I start to get on mine, thinking ok, he is to the left hand side of the lane, I dont think I can get it stopped in time without hitting him cause he is slowing down FAST. See a door to the right, and just as I go for it, I see a cruiser with his rear tire locked up sliding into my lane. I see he is on a direct course with my route, so I start to brake harder. Feel the backend come off the ground as I barely miss him. Let off the front brake and sit the reartire down. Its not lined up with the front anymore and all hell kinda broke loose as the bike went into a slow tank slapper, then slammed me down on my right shoulder. Slid about 20 feet or so until I came to a stop. Bikes roughed up a little, but the other guys insurance should cover all repairs. Right now, my knee is hurting a bit and so is my hip. My G/F wrapped my knee up though with one of those things that takes the weight off it, feels a whooole lot better now. Im really glad I always wear most of my gear, and glad I wore a back protector today. Not sure if it saved any injury, but looking at how the plastic ankle guard on my boot looks like a kneeslider, I think it did its job in saving my ankle  Btw, I had an absolute BLAST out there today. I like the way you guys do group rides, and I look forward to riding with yall again, without the crazy cruiser riders. | ||
| Barker |
BOO-YA!  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
That skidmark was 3/4 the way across your lane. I'm amazed you guys didn't make contact. On the way back, there is a really hairy tight right hander that is completely blocked by a house that is about 4' from the road. It's notorious. Garrett missed it. Fortunately, there is a road/parking lot on the other side of the road. Unfortunately, it's gravel. A few scratches on the bike, a few scratches on him, a snapped left footpeg leaving about 1" left. Sucky. | ||
| Randomchaos |
You make it look easy :P | ||
| 4_pete_sake |
Rndomchaos- Did you go get x-rays of said hip and knee??? If insurance is covering things you better do it sooner rather than later... and safer than sorry... my 2 cents- Pete | ||
| Randomchaos |
Yup, got that done today. Havent heard back yet from the doctor on how they look though. Hip is hurting pretty bad atm. Has a gnarly lookin bruise. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Jeans suck. | ||
| 4_pete_sake |
Random- Where did you get the x-rays taken??? 1950.... today they usually can view those pretty quick and unless you are posting from a hand held in the lobby, that is kind of weird.... well maybe not, but I work in hospital and x-rays can be read as fast as 5 minutes but usually take a hour or two i suppose... the bruise is common in motorcycle crashes... hips no matter how wide you are don't have great padding... hence the importance of hip pads in pants... i'll leave it at that... Did they x-ray only or CT scan also... ??? | ||
| Hughlysses |
Thanks for posting the pics. Glad U guys had a good ride. Sorry to hear about the crashes- glad everyone's more-or-less OK. | ||
| Randomchaos |
The place that takes the x-rays is seperate from the doctors office i go to. They wont get the results back over there until tomorrow I think... not really sure. The x-ray tech didnt mention anything to me about it. I will give the doctors office a call tommorrow though. Thanks for the info Nathan Jeans do indeed suck. I knew I should have worn my 1-peice! | ||
| Htekwo |
Damn! I didn't know you guys rode like that! I'm sorry I missed it. I'm from Huntsville and it's about an hour or so to get up there. We usually ride up into TN to Lynnchburg. There are some really fantastic roads on the way. We should get your group and mine together one weekend. I predict fun! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Plan on it. It'll probably get a little sparse for a few months, but come spring we'll be hittin' it. You ought to plan on running up to Suches for March Badness VI. | ||
| Wardamneagle |
Damn random. My hips looking and feeling pretty damn bad too. I just hate doctor's offices so i haven't gotten it checked out yet. Hope everything is ok with you. Htekwo - That sounds awesome. We should definitely do that sometime. | ||
| Barker |
I got 2 words for ya: TATER PEELER! | ||
| Ghost12 |
u gota watch out for old ladies on that road. | ||
| Barker |
got be ready for ol ladyopotamus and the fearless Chihuahuas | ||
| Randomchaos |
I two words for you, BABY DOLLS ROFL!!!  Im still amused by the trophy that was laying in the ditch . | ||
| Wardamneagle |
Very nice Geoff | ||
| Randomchaos |
Woohoo! Doctor just called, x-rays look fine, no breaks! Now im even more anxious to get my bike back :P | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I don't think the other guy liked his trophy that much. | ||
| Randomchaos |
Ha ha, nope, he left it on the side of the road. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I guess he didn't like the "hey douche bag cruiser rider why don't you take an MSF course and learn to use the front brake and not target fixate on my ass and skid 3/4 of the way across my lane" award. |
