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so i'm that guy...i crashed pretty hard on rt 212 at the north carolina/tennessee border. i came out of a corner, got distracted by the steep and very close 20-25 drop off and proceeded to run off the road. my front tire immediately sink into the super soft dirt and launched me off the front of the bike. as best as i can tell i landed on the top of my left shoulder and my head, rolled onto the front of my head, then slid along the right side of my head. the bike flipped onto the nose and landed on the right side and slid about 10 feet down the embankment. we couldn't get it back up because it was too soft and steep so we called a tow truck while we assessed the damage.
my shoulder, ribs, back, and neck hurt (mostly just stiff, except for my shoulder which might actually be hurt), my jacket has a hole where i landed on the shoulder and i have various scuffs on the rest of my leathers. my helmet is toast, with rash on 3 sides. the bike is amazingly ok. the guage cluster and headlight housing shattered (but the glass and bulb are intact) and i bent the rear brake lever. various dents and scratches but it's definitely rideable.
the bike stopped on a rock or it would have been 25 feet down in a ravine. somehow i didn't go down the embankment either or it could have ended worse. i'm sorry to the guys for ruining the day yesterday