Gmann
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Saved this for a Friday post.
After nearly 70,000 carefree kilometers on my 06 it all came to an end last weekend.....
I finished installing Winpro's induction plates, Justins LR4's and and a fuse block it was time for a late evening ride to test the lights. The lights worked fantastic. After an hours ride it was time to head home. Passing through the small village of Cowichan Bay with only the low beams on I headed up a small hill travelling the posted speed limit of 60kph (40mph) this black mass erupts from the shadows on the side of the road. I had enough time to think "Bear" and I was instantly flying through my brand new Cee Bailey, Airborne, waiting for the inevitable impact with the tarmac.
I had perfectly T-boned the running black bear with out enough time to even close the throttle. Landing on my head and shoulder I tumbled for a ways before coming to a stop in the middle of the road. Luckily it was a small secondary road with little traffic at 11:00 pm. Jumping up to try and get my bike off the road before some cager drove into it in the darkness. I found the FJR parked 2 feet from the from pavement edge on the right side of the road, perfectly aligned in the direction I was going, upside down balancing on the handle bars and rear rack. I pushed it over to get it to the side of the road and off the pavement.
Neighbors arrived to see what had happened as the bike must of made hell of a racket tumbling down the quiet street spewing plastic in all directions. I told them what had happened and they were shinning flash lights into the forest were they could see a pair of eyes staring back at them, Fearful of an injured bear no one wanted to get to close including the cops who arrived soon after. After being carted away in the ambulance I heard the cops waited with shotguns drawn for the conservation officer to arrive.
Anyhow, As a rider who has always been an ATGATT believer since motorcycle mishaps as a crazy teenager I hobbled away with only a badly sprained ankle with a bone chip as well as a detached ligament in my thumb with a couple more bone chips thrown in for fun. Both appendges wiil probably need surgery.
To finish the story the cops came back the next morning to see if they could find the bear in the forest. They walked in a very short distance and found only a marijuana plantation but no bear! I think the bike is a write-off.....
Gerald (Gmann)
After nearly 70,000 carefree kilometers on my 06 it all came to an end last weekend.....
I finished installing Winpro's induction plates, Justins LR4's and and a fuse block it was time for a late evening ride to test the lights. The lights worked fantastic. After an hours ride it was time to head home. Passing through the small village of Cowichan Bay with only the low beams on I headed up a small hill travelling the posted speed limit of 60kph (40mph) this black mass erupts from the shadows on the side of the road. I had enough time to think "Bear" and I was instantly flying through my brand new Cee Bailey, Airborne, waiting for the inevitable impact with the tarmac.
I had perfectly T-boned the running black bear with out enough time to even close the throttle. Landing on my head and shoulder I tumbled for a ways before coming to a stop in the middle of the road. Luckily it was a small secondary road with little traffic at 11:00 pm. Jumping up to try and get my bike off the road before some cager drove into it in the darkness. I found the FJR parked 2 feet from the from pavement edge on the right side of the road, perfectly aligned in the direction I was going, upside down balancing on the handle bars and rear rack. I pushed it over to get it to the side of the road and off the pavement.
Neighbors arrived to see what had happened as the bike must of made hell of a racket tumbling down the quiet street spewing plastic in all directions. I told them what had happened and they were shinning flash lights into the forest were they could see a pair of eyes staring back at them, Fearful of an injured bear no one wanted to get to close including the cops who arrived soon after. After being carted away in the ambulance I heard the cops waited with shotguns drawn for the conservation officer to arrive.
Anyhow, As a rider who has always been an ATGATT believer since motorcycle mishaps as a crazy teenager I hobbled away with only a badly sprained ankle with a bone chip as well as a detached ligament in my thumb with a couple more bone chips thrown in for fun. Both appendges wiil probably need surgery.
To finish the story the cops came back the next morning to see if they could find the bear in the forest. They walked in a very short distance and found only a marijuana plantation but no bear! I think the bike is a write-off.....
Gerald (Gmann)
