marcusorelius
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Duke & I arrive in shoshone (my brother lived here, but now resides in a ca prison for the last year due to an alcoholic rampage he went on here)
We head on to badwater with the group
Up to the longstreet hotel fer the night & the next day we head out to Scotty's castle
A funny tralier a guy had at the castle
After we had a nice snack with the gang we head on out, a car in front of us was weaving & zipping down the raod from the castle & foolishly I was payin too much attention to it. Came around a corner a little to fast & was close to the jagged edge of pavement.
I see I'm come'n up on a rut of gravel & sand jutting out & think'n don't go there! Well I quess it was a case of target fixation as there I went & WAM we go down faster then a blink of an eye!
OH NO! We went down on duke's side & I'm think he's seriously hurt or dead! Jump off the bike check duke and he's just staring at me like why did you do that?
i try to get the bike up but can't Lucky some cars stopped and help me right the bike. Duke's Ok and the sheild has snapped off . some scaches on the faring and sprained my ankle & wrist. (but not too bad thankfully)
One of the good folk who helped took my shield in his truck & followed me to furnace creek
A Bmw rider there wanted to take a pic of duke . i told him we just crashed & he went into the store & bought some bungge cords fer us, i asked how much I owed him he said there on him that's what bikers do fer each other!
We bungee the shield on the bike & head up the hill back to the hotel, 60mph headwind the last 14 miles without shield had me layin on the tank.
The wind swept back of the hotel
I think there may be a curse at Scotty's castle as I hear Sacramento Mike (who I was talkimg with right before I left) had a flat tire after he left, & a HD rider the next morning said he went down on the same road too!
We rode home the next day (without shield) and I count my lucky stars as Duke was not hurt, my injuries aren't bad & not much damage to the bike.
A few days of rest is in order now!
We head on to badwater with the group
Up to the longstreet hotel fer the night & the next day we head out to Scotty's castle
A funny tralier a guy had at the castle
After we had a nice snack with the gang we head on out, a car in front of us was weaving & zipping down the raod from the castle & foolishly I was payin too much attention to it. Came around a corner a little to fast & was close to the jagged edge of pavement.
I see I'm come'n up on a rut of gravel & sand jutting out & think'n don't go there! Well I quess it was a case of target fixation as there I went & WAM we go down faster then a blink of an eye!
OH NO! We went down on duke's side & I'm think he's seriously hurt or dead! Jump off the bike check duke and he's just staring at me like why did you do that?
i try to get the bike up but can't Lucky some cars stopped and help me right the bike. Duke's Ok and the sheild has snapped off . some scaches on the faring and sprained my ankle & wrist. (but not too bad thankfully)
One of the good folk who helped took my shield in his truck & followed me to furnace creek
A Bmw rider there wanted to take a pic of duke . i told him we just crashed & he went into the store & bought some bungge cords fer us, i asked how much I owed him he said there on him that's what bikers do fer each other!
We bungee the shield on the bike & head up the hill back to the hotel, 60mph headwind the last 14 miles without shield had me layin on the tank.
The wind swept back of the hotel
I think there may be a curse at Scotty's castle as I hear Sacramento Mike (who I was talkimg with right before I left) had a flat tire after he left, & a HD rider the next morning said he went down on the same road too!
We rode home the next day (without shield) and I count my lucky stars as Duke was not hurt, my injuries aren't bad & not much damage to the bike.
A few days of rest is in order now!
