keithaba
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Yesterday was beautiful, 78 degrees, sunny, and clear skies. Sara hasn't been feeling well, so we decided to get a little fresh air and go to a local park. About 5 minutes from our destination is a series of rather sharp curves, on a steep incline. I took my time going slow, being cautious with the blind curves, and the sometimes shady road conditions in this area.
I come around a blind corner and see some gravel spanning my entire lane. I don't have much time, so I steady the throttle, and take the turn wide, trying to minimize my lean angle.
The bike just shoots right out from underneath us, gone... In other crash situations, I sorta saw what led up to the crash, and can disect what happened, not this time. All I heard was Sara screaming.... I tucked in and started to slide, I could feel Sara sliding behind me, and seperating from me. Somehow I manage to turn my body towards hers and catch her arm as she reaching for me. We stop with her legs over an embankment with a relatively sharp drop.
As I pull her up, I ask her if she is o.k. A lady in the car behind us saw what happened, and had already called 911. As I am assessing her, she has no serious injuries. I hear the distinctive sound of a Harley approaching the bend. I popped up, and ran to the curve, I couldn't see the guy coming. I tried to warn him but couldn't see him before he entered the corner. He came into the corner slowly, and his bike just shoots right out. I watch him roll at least 5-6 times, back, face, back, face, back, face. I thought he was going to be seriously injurred, but he pops right up. No helmet, short sleave shirt, and jeans. His arms were rashed, his knees as well, I could not beleive he didn't hit his head. We righted his bike, and I went back over to Sara, whose second bout of screaming started as she witnessed this guy just crash like we did.
I am absolutely fine.... I have 1 scratch on my finger, and a nickel sized abrasion on my right leg. Sara, is o.k. but the road rash is a little rough on her knee. Her knee is pretty sore, but all the x-rays checked out fine, and nothing serious.
As for the bike, it ended up going over the embankment, down the ditch, and hit a tree... We had low sided, and the right side where it slid took almost no damage. Only the slider and the bag were screwed up. The left side, not so fortunate. The bike must have flipped when it went over the embankment. It crashed down on the left front.... again.... causing about equal damage to my first crash. I don't think I'm going to get to ride for a while...
I wish I had bought her some protective pants, I just never saw this hapening. A decent pair of pants with knee pads would have prevented her knee injuries.
Ride safe out there, gravel sucks...!!!
You can see the gravel in this picture. You can't make out how there are at least 3-4 other marks that are obvious low sides. You can see lines in the concrete from other peoples sliders, as well as mine.
My jacket.
her jacket
she got a little road rash on her hand, better gloves would have helped
I come around a blind corner and see some gravel spanning my entire lane. I don't have much time, so I steady the throttle, and take the turn wide, trying to minimize my lean angle.
The bike just shoots right out from underneath us, gone... In other crash situations, I sorta saw what led up to the crash, and can disect what happened, not this time. All I heard was Sara screaming.... I tucked in and started to slide, I could feel Sara sliding behind me, and seperating from me. Somehow I manage to turn my body towards hers and catch her arm as she reaching for me. We stop with her legs over an embankment with a relatively sharp drop.
As I pull her up, I ask her if she is o.k. A lady in the car behind us saw what happened, and had already called 911. As I am assessing her, she has no serious injuries. I hear the distinctive sound of a Harley approaching the bend. I popped up, and ran to the curve, I couldn't see the guy coming. I tried to warn him but couldn't see him before he entered the corner. He came into the corner slowly, and his bike just shoots right out. I watch him roll at least 5-6 times, back, face, back, face, back, face. I thought he was going to be seriously injurred, but he pops right up. No helmet, short sleave shirt, and jeans. His arms were rashed, his knees as well, I could not beleive he didn't hit his head. We righted his bike, and I went back over to Sara, whose second bout of screaming started as she witnessed this guy just crash like we did.
I am absolutely fine.... I have 1 scratch on my finger, and a nickel sized abrasion on my right leg. Sara, is o.k. but the road rash is a little rough on her knee. Her knee is pretty sore, but all the x-rays checked out fine, and nothing serious.
As for the bike, it ended up going over the embankment, down the ditch, and hit a tree... We had low sided, and the right side where it slid took almost no damage. Only the slider and the bag were screwed up. The left side, not so fortunate. The bike must have flipped when it went over the embankment. It crashed down on the left front.... again.... causing about equal damage to my first crash. I don't think I'm going to get to ride for a while...
I wish I had bought her some protective pants, I just never saw this hapening. A decent pair of pants with knee pads would have prevented her knee injuries.
Ride safe out there, gravel sucks...!!!
You can see the gravel in this picture. You can't make out how there are at least 3-4 other marks that are obvious low sides. You can see lines in the concrete from other peoples sliders, as well as mine.
My jacket.
her jacket
she got a little road rash on her hand, better gloves would have helped
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