Sully1300
Well-known member
Hello all,
First of all I wanted to thank those of you involved with putting together such a wonderful event. The people, routes, sponsors, food, on and on were great. I am already looking forward to next year's EOM. You all are great.
I wanted to bring you all up to speed on the accident I had Sunday morning. First of all I am ok (walked away with minor injuries). I cannot say the same about my bike, though since I had to U-haul it back to Indiana Sunday. I was leading a group; Heidi (Luv to ride), Brent & Angela (Quicksilver), Kevin (Fencer) and Gary (Too Fast) through the Puckered Sphincter South when I came up on this very intimidating curve:
https://sully1300.sharpcast.com/get/image.j...BDabnYa8OyAM2zC
That's right, what intimidating curve. I had been hitting tight twisties for three days and lost it on this 40mph Sunday strool curve - unbelievable! Well, I hit a little gravel early in my entry but saved it and just as I was returning back to the cornering at hand I hit a couple small rocks that washed out my front end again, only this time I didn't have enough rode to recover. I have been riding for many years and I let my guard down here and ran out of road. All I could do was to try and pick my line for the least impactful crash course. If you look at the pic, I was able to (by the grace of God) slide between the guardrail and the steel corner alert post, slide across the first driveway, take out the two mailbox posts and come to rest in a driveway of a fellow motorcyclist. I slid behind my FJR on my chest and watched it cleanly take out the mailbox posts for me so I could slide over them. Why does time seem stand still when something like this happens?
Kevin, Brent, Angela, Heidi and Gary, I want to thank you all for the help, support, and the clear thinking I needed. If I had hit either the guardrail or the post this might have been a different story. I was able to walk away because of the excellent gear I was wearing and God's path he had for me. There is no doubt I would have broke my left lower leg if it hadn't been for the Alpine boots I had on. I think I might have fractured my wrist but I am still waiting on the x-ray results to come back, so in the meantime I get to wear this cool beige bowling wrist splint.
I wish I had a better picture of my bike so you could see the imbedded wood in the front fairing from the mailbox posts. There is also not a peice of plastic that didn't incur a scratch:
https://sully1300.sharpcast.com/get/image.j...K2e723ZHnHjWSEM
I am not yet sure if it is totaled or not, but if it not this gives me the opportunity to go with some after market gems (which are cheaper - rediculous) that I have had my eye on (Remis exhaust, upgraded GPS, black fairings - if I can get them yet, etc.). I am not quite sure how jittery I am going to be once I get back into saddle - only time will tell. Thankfully I have had tons of motocross crashes in the past that I had to deal with, but the road is different.
Official member.
First of all I wanted to thank those of you involved with putting together such a wonderful event. The people, routes, sponsors, food, on and on were great. I am already looking forward to next year's EOM. You all are great.
I wanted to bring you all up to speed on the accident I had Sunday morning. First of all I am ok (walked away with minor injuries). I cannot say the same about my bike, though since I had to U-haul it back to Indiana Sunday. I was leading a group; Heidi (Luv to ride), Brent & Angela (Quicksilver), Kevin (Fencer) and Gary (Too Fast) through the Puckered Sphincter South when I came up on this very intimidating curve:
https://sully1300.sharpcast.com/get/image.j...BDabnYa8OyAM2zC
That's right, what intimidating curve. I had been hitting tight twisties for three days and lost it on this 40mph Sunday strool curve - unbelievable! Well, I hit a little gravel early in my entry but saved it and just as I was returning back to the cornering at hand I hit a couple small rocks that washed out my front end again, only this time I didn't have enough rode to recover. I have been riding for many years and I let my guard down here and ran out of road. All I could do was to try and pick my line for the least impactful crash course. If you look at the pic, I was able to (by the grace of God) slide between the guardrail and the steel corner alert post, slide across the first driveway, take out the two mailbox posts and come to rest in a driveway of a fellow motorcyclist. I slid behind my FJR on my chest and watched it cleanly take out the mailbox posts for me so I could slide over them. Why does time seem stand still when something like this happens?
Kevin, Brent, Angela, Heidi and Gary, I want to thank you all for the help, support, and the clear thinking I needed. If I had hit either the guardrail or the post this might have been a different story. I was able to walk away because of the excellent gear I was wearing and God's path he had for me. There is no doubt I would have broke my left lower leg if it hadn't been for the Alpine boots I had on. I think I might have fractured my wrist but I am still waiting on the x-ray results to come back, so in the meantime I get to wear this cool beige bowling wrist splint.
I wish I had a better picture of my bike so you could see the imbedded wood in the front fairing from the mailbox posts. There is also not a peice of plastic that didn't incur a scratch:
https://sully1300.sharpcast.com/get/image.j...K2e723ZHnHjWSEM
I am not yet sure if it is totaled or not, but if it not this gives me the opportunity to go with some after market gems (which are cheaper - rediculous) that I have had my eye on (Remis exhaust, upgraded GPS, black fairings - if I can get them yet, etc.). I am not quite sure how jittery I am going to be once I get back into saddle - only time will tell. Thankfully I have had tons of motocross crashes in the past that I had to deal with, but the road is different.
