i spoke to my dealer today and told him that whatever they find on tuesday when they estimate the damage i've already decided i'm not comfortable with the bike anymore. i told him i dont want to learn that there is still a problem while i'm carving canyons in montana. he understood me.
i hate this. i love my ride. i've made it my own. i don't know if i can ever love on 06, faggy color and all. no offence to you blue bike guys, i'm sure your boyfreinds think you look really hot on it.
saw my chiropractor today. he knows what to work on, just follow the bruises. now my ankles are sore and bruised, my neck is really stiff and my back is worse. i'm still anticipating a full recovery.
buddy since grade 2 called tonight. we got our first road bikes the summer of 73. he's had about a dozen bikes over the years and often reminds me that he's never layed one down. so that was fun. i'm to be best man at his wedding june 3. my plan is to ride the 8 hrs over the rockys for the event but i'm telling him that after this one i'm not even going to show up for the next couple.
also got a call from the guy who hit me. i appreciate that. how can i not? i was resenting that he hadn't. we were civil and cordial but i made clear my emotions. i told him that the cones were a clear indication to watch where he has going, as i was. i told him that i was shocked when i picked up trhe police report to see that he was only charged with following too close. he was resposible for a three vehicle accident that resulted in injuries to an inoccent party. he said "ya, the police were being nice to me" i'm going to have to wait till i settle down, but i think i want at least undo care and attention. not that it helps me one damned bit.
he kept saying how bad he felt. i told him that if he's putting himself through some torture, good! you deserve that. i explained to him that i'm not a hd rider like him who rides a thousand km a year. i ride thirty thousand. perhaps i should have asked for the use of his harley.
i suppose i could have taken a harder line but it woudn't have changed the outcome and i have a bussiness in a small town. know what i mean?
keep the farkled side up folks,
derek
