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So I guess it was my turn...
After hours of hard twisties on the way home, someone pulls out from an perpendicular street (stop sign ignored), sees me once in the middle of the road, stops in front of me.
I think I was going 50-55 (speed limit was 40mph). I had convinced myself that I could go around him from behind. A little brake, downshift, a little rear brake. I was doing fine heading the right way. Then the unthinkable happened.
He gets rear ended! I panic, grab a lot more brake and try to lean the other way.
Why is it always 2sec later that you realize you are wrong? I saw the tach hit the pav. the speedo was reading 35.
My elbow hit softly (hein gericke winter jacket), then my knee very very hard ( double jeans w/reinforcement on bottom pair; home made).
After that it goes a lot faster, you try to stop, and look at the bike colide with the cars.
End result:
Bike got hurt, tank is dented (both side Huh, leaking on left), mounting tabs are bent, front fork and rim are scraped, not obviously bent tho. Tach, speedo, bars, shifter are gone. Rad. is pushed to the right a bit, but no leak/no bend.
my custom dual setup shattered on impact.
no start...it turns over at least.
My ankle is the size of a football (nfl), and hurts too much for any weight.
My knee is the size of a tennis ball, no more skin on cap.
My elbow is bruized.
all in all, I am fine!
I can't wait to get back out there, and it happened just 2 hours ago...
Q