A psa if you are going for a bike ride today

[mcjhr]

Heal up!

[Gman]

Ouch. Hope you heal up quick!

[XC700116]

Damn, sucks to hear that, glad you'll eventually be OK. I sold my street bike last year when I came to the realization that I had become to comfortable on it and I wasn't at high alert while riding in traffic anymore. That and that fawker was going to cost me my drivers license sooner or later hahaha. Either way, I was becoming too complacent on it so I decided to let it go and go back to dirt bikes, well, 2 months later broke my collar bone on the dirt bike

Anyway, heal well.

[RblDiver]

Wow, that sucks. A couple years ago I was riding a bit too fast, saw a car coming out of a parking lot and was worried they wouldn't see me (has a tendency to be a bit of a blind exit). Slam my brakes and flip over the handlebars, end up pretty cut up on my face. I think I scared the woman in the elevator as I was going back to my apartment to clean up. On the plus side, my hands were fine, that being the second time in 10 years my deerskin gloves took the blow instead of my hands.

[Irving]

Ouch, glad you are relatively okay. I hate getting motorcycle claims as sometimes I don't get a chance to talk to the rider. On another note, the best story I have from a motorcycle claim was from a lady riding a Harley that got t-boned by a Comcast truck pulling into the street. She kept the bike upright as she went through a bunch of front yards. The guy driving the Comcast truck got out and started talking shit to her!

[wctriumph]

Get well soon and LISTEN to the therapy people. Rehabilitative therapy is a good thing.

I like helmets, helmets are a good thing.

[blacklabel]

Ouch! Heal up fast.

[TFOGGER]

Glad to hear you survived your encounter, and I hope you heal well and quickly. Last Saturday was one year from my near-death experience, and I'm 95% recovered. Still fighting with the insurance companies, the med bills totaled $118K at last count, mostly covered by my insurance. Yes, I still ride.

[theGinsue]

Heal up quickly man.

I've been in a eerily similar situation (0720, Thursday, August 28, 2000) and still have my destroyed helmet to prove it which I happily show to those who don't find them necessary.

My wreck was @ only 35 mph. I recall a lucid moment in the Trauma Center when the officer who responded to the accident handed my wife my helmet and told her "If he hadn't been wearing this, he'd be dead". While I miss riding, I haven't riden since that fateful day. This was a decision based off of how badly others drive & put riders @ risk and making my wife happy. She gave me a choice - her, or a motorcycle. After what I put her through, I can't blame her a bit.

Even with the helmet, I received a severe concussion which to this day causes me major memory issues, just 2 broken ribs, a hole in my foot where the foot peg went through my shoes, and both hands broken so severely broken & road rashed (ate right through my gloves) they looked like Frankenstein covered his hands in ground beef.

PLEASE, all, if you ride, wear a helmet and safety gear. It may not look cool but it certainly looks better than wearing a pine box for eternity.

[KestrelBike]

Damn, sucks to hear that, glad you'll eventually be OK. I sold my street bike last year when I came to the realization that I had become to comfortable on it and I wasn't at high alert while riding in traffic anymore. That and that fawker was going to cost me my drivers license sooner or later hahaha. Either way, I was becoming too complacent on it so I decided to let it go and go back to dirt bikes, well, 2 months later broke my collar bone on the dirt bike

Anyway, heal well.

Any rider will still roll the dice on a crash in the dirt than on the street with static obstacles! Hope you're healing well, too!