I went down
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I went down
Sat. afternoon with my 10 year old son on the back seat we went down. We was cruzing up to a intersection with my feet on the highway pegs runnin about 40 mph green light on when out of no where an ambulance with lights flashing came around the cars and started entering the intersection in front of me. I panic and pushed the brakes to hard locking up the rear tire and we went down. it all happen so fast. while laying in the middle of the intersection i turn to my son and ask if he was all right. he was. he had fell on me most of the way. My bike was lay on my leg and me and him together couldn't lift it enough to get my leg out. fuel was leaking out from the gas tank. a few minuites later the two ambulance guys and two other men came running and got the bike up off my leg. I was wearing boots, blue jeans and a T- shirt. I got road rash pretty bad on my left fore arm and elbow. but nothing seem broken though. I refuse medical treatment and made some road side repairs to my dyna and me and my son rode it home. a few hour later my knee started swelling real bad and got to hurting so I went to the hospital and had knee x-ray. it wasn't broken. I clean my road rash myself.
I don't blame the ambulance driver. I blame myself for the accident. I wasn't cautious approching the intersection. I over brake causing the rear wheel to lock up. two days later I feel like I just rode a bull for 8 sec. every part of my body ackes. I think God that my son didn't get hurt and that I or the bike didn't get beat up to bad either. lesson learn.
I don't blame the ambulance driver. I blame myself for the accident. I wasn't cautious approching the intersection. I over brake causing the rear wheel to lock up. two days later I feel like I just rode a bull for 8 sec. every part of my body ackes. I think God that my son didn't get hurt and that I or the bike didn't get beat up to bad either. lesson learn.
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Glad to hear you and your son are ok.
Seems you also have the right attitude about how this might have happened.
When on two wheels, it takes your undivided attention at all times to stay alive.
Ride Safe
Seems you also have the right attitude about how this might have happened.
When on two wheels, it takes your undivided attention at all times to stay alive.
Ride Safe
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wow, glad to hear everythings OK. Thats scary when you lock up the rear.. I did it the other day, scares the **** out of me. I'm ALWAYS on the cautious when approaching an intersection. To many things can happen in the snap of a finger, ya know?
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Glade to here your son is OK and you will heal up too.
Do you think it might have helped for reaction time not to have your feet on the highways pegs? I see so many riders using them in lower speed areas.
I feel highway pegs should be for--well the highways on long rides.
Thanks for sharing !
Do you think it might have helped for reaction time not to have your feet on the highways pegs? I see so many riders using them in lower speed areas.
I feel highway pegs should be for--well the highways on long rides.
Thanks for sharing !
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Definitely lesson learned. Glad to hear you and your son are ok except for road rash. I am sure you are still quite shaken. Need to get back up and ride to get the jitters off.
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Glad you are both ok.
An atta boy to you for being honest with yourself about the cause of the accident.
It takes a good man to be able to do that.
Hopefully you can pass the lesson on to Jr. so he won't make the same mistake.
An atta boy to you for being honest with yourself about the cause of the accident.
It takes a good man to be able to do that.
Hopefully you can pass the lesson on to Jr. so he won't make the same mistake.
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Glad you are OK. I bet that was pretty scary. One minute your fine, the next, your on the ground. Been there, done that. When I went down, it all happend in slow motion. I remember thinking "this is how people die" as I was rolling along the road at 55 MPH. I did not have a helmet on, but did have shorts and a t-shirt at least...... I should have been killed. The road rash was painful for many weeks.
Did you have a helmet on? Did your son?
Did you have a helmet on? Did your son?