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Assuming by you typing out this thread, you are OK, which is all that matters. Wish you the best on working things out with the insurance company.
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glad you are ok man, i went down on the freeway a month ago at 70 totaled my bike just got me a bruise on my leg , and a burn on my arm from the nylon in my jacket sliding on the pavement took 2 days off it could have been alot worse for me.
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Yeah, I'm ok. Just a bunch of road rash on my arms and hands. I was wearing my Full Face, which has some deep gouges. Still waiting to talk to the insurance. They said they'd call me back. I'm just pissed the bike made out as bad as it did.
As for the accident, I was coming home from work, on a busy 2 lane road. There was a van about 1/2 ahead of me, and there was a tractor plowing the field to the right, throwing up a bunch of dust. I slowed down a little, and hunkered down to go through this dust, and as soon as I got into the cloud, I saw that van that was ahead of me had slowed to a crawl inside. I tried to swerve but also brake, and I ended up locking up the rear and going down.
It looks like the bike flipped from one side to the other after I slid away from it. Pieces on both sides were anhilated. The bike is at a buddy's house who lives about a mile from the wreck. I live about 30. All the pictures I have his wife took. I'll make it out to pick up the bike tomorrow.
Thanks for all the wishes of recover, guys.
As for the accident, I was coming home from work, on a busy 2 lane road. There was a van about 1/2 ahead of me, and there was a tractor plowing the field to the right, throwing up a bunch of dust. I slowed down a little, and hunkered down to go through this dust, and as soon as I got into the cloud, I saw that van that was ahead of me had slowed to a crawl inside. I tried to swerve but also brake, and I ended up locking up the rear and going down.
It looks like the bike flipped from one side to the other after I slid away from it. Pieces on both sides were anhilated. The bike is at a buddy's house who lives about a mile from the wreck. I live about 30. All the pictures I have his wife took. I'll make it out to pick up the bike tomorrow.
Thanks for all the wishes of recover, guys.