Once again, I appreciate everyone's well wishes. Compared to others discussed recently (Steve, IonBeam's loved one Jen, etc), I do feel dam lucky.
I can tell you that the old bikers are 100% correct.
he broken bones, sprains, deep cuts that require stitches.... in that realm, I only received a sprained knee from this accident, but of course I've had all of these in my life time. These things are a relative picnic. The ROAD RASH is what hurts the most by far. Perhaps a close second is broken ribs but I digress. I looked more closely at my jacket. I'm convinced that the lack of a zipper and/or snap at the sleeve cuff cost me some skin. The Velcro there is simply not strong enough. Ironically, the Velcro Olympia uses to secure the textile flaps when the zippers are open to open up the area for some ventilation - that Velcro is AMAZINGLY strong. I mean I can't separate the Velcro with one hand. Wish they would have chosen that material for the cuff closer. The Velcro used at the elbo is also very good. I originally thought this Velcro came undone and caused my sleeve to ride up past my elbow. But upon further examination, I had plenty of rash on my upper sleeve of the jacket, and road rash on my arm only up to the elbow.
So lesson learned - riding jacket cuff should have a zipper and a snap. My mesh jacket has this and I put on the right sleeve, zipped it, and tried with all my might to pull it up my arm - won't go. Then I put my right sleeve in my Olympia jacket, attached the Velcro securely and then proceeded to roll my sleeve up basically effortlessly.
The First Gear Mesh Pants I was wearing proved to be extremely effective. I landed on both knees. I do have a dime-sized abrasion on each knee, but it only penetrated the first layer of skin and this was caused by the inside of the pants rubbing against my skin. If I was wearing them as overpants, I doubt I would have had anything there. On the outside, the entire seat section and left hip section was shredded, but not a pebble touched my skin.
My cortech HT-Air gloves also faired well. One spot on my palm wore through and again, I've got a quarter sized abrasion only through the first layer of skin. But the hard plastic knuckle protectors rode the belt sander for a while and I didn't even have soreness on my hands.
My Alpine Stars Waterproof high boots also faired very well. No soreness on my feet, toes, ankles, or lower legs.
I still maintain that my helmet was not touched. I cleaned it up well and can't find a scratch.
Met with Geico adjuster today to examine the bike. He has no idea what he is looking at and his laptop has nothing "FJR". The plan is for him to tow it to Friendly Yamaha in Baton Rouge and have them provide the estimate. This suits me well because at least I know that it will be looked at correctly. Before this process can get started, they need to see the Police Report to verify the date of the loss - that's gonna take about another week, so for now, I'm in a holding pattern.
I've got about 260 pictures cropped and edited for the ride report. To be honest, I'm having trouble getting motivated to write. One day at a time, I guess.....
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