Saying farewell after crashing .
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We both were wearing our leather jackets..both very heavy... Saved our hides,,literally. Road rash was limited. My left forearm got a small amount due to the slide drove my jacket up my left arm but by then speed was slowed and rash was shallow.
Both had our lids on however not dot they did protect from head damage as my brother behind told me the first thing that hit was my head..said he was sure it broke my neck. Mine did pop off but after I was alomost to a stop. My girls stayed on. Neither of us had head damage.
I was wearing fingerless heavy brown gloves..did there duty but for exposed fingers were 30 percent bloodied and torn.
Both had on heavy western boots. I had a brand new pair of Ariats and they were torn up really bad but my feet had zero damage...saved my ankles and no road rash.. My girl had a brand new pair high cut fancy Ariats and hers were not even damaged (we both had left side injuries but to different areas of our body).
I will always wear a helmet even if the state will allow otherwise. It's not dot but it worked to keep from me cracking my egg.
I will always ride with leather even when warm...but some degree of leather as it saved my hide and my girls.
I will always wear good gloves but no more fingerless. My bloody digits sticking out of the protected glove taol me this loud and clear.
I know I will find moments of forgetfulness and lax but the scares shall be a firm reminder when I straddle my ride.
I am thankful we were wearing our gear and it did it's job extremely well.
Both had our lids on however not dot they did protect from head damage as my brother behind told me the first thing that hit was my head..said he was sure it broke my neck. Mine did pop off but after I was alomost to a stop. My girls stayed on. Neither of us had head damage.
I was wearing fingerless heavy brown gloves..did there duty but for exposed fingers were 30 percent bloodied and torn.
Both had on heavy western boots. I had a brand new pair of Ariats and they were torn up really bad but my feet had zero damage...saved my ankles and no road rash.. My girl had a brand new pair high cut fancy Ariats and hers were not even damaged (we both had left side injuries but to different areas of our body).
I will always wear a helmet even if the state will allow otherwise. It's not dot but it worked to keep from me cracking my egg.
I will always ride with leather even when warm...but some degree of leather as it saved my hide and my girls.
I will always wear good gloves but no more fingerless. My bloody digits sticking out of the protected glove taol me this loud and clear.
I know I will find moments of forgetfulness and lax but the scares shall be a firm reminder when I straddle my ride.
I am thankful we were wearing our gear and it did it's job extremely well.
Glad you had on some good gear that protected other parts of the body.
My lapse was I wore jungle boots, not my regular engineers. The steel toe came in very handy and probably saved me from loosing a toe or two. But the canvass upper allowed a few broken bones in my foot.
Good luck to you and your lady and here's wishing for a speedy recovery.
An accident really will make you think about the adequacy of your gear. I wear full fingered leather gloves, but I think I'm going to go with some knuckle protection my next pair. Nothing motocross like, just something a little better than leather.
My foot injury, and being on crutches, has me thinking about injuries to other appendages. The hands gotta be among the worse. You'd have to invent new and exciting ways to wipe your ****.
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Add 1 more. Yep blind sided in 08 by a deer. Heal quickly. Hope to see you back on the road and in the wind.
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Glad you and your girl are healing. Please keep us updated on your situation with the insurance company - might be something for all of us to learn from your situation. Be well, spring will be here soon enough!
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A lot of lessons there for us all. Thanks. I'm out for about a month longer with my foot injury. But yours sounds much worse, and I will not complain.
Glad you had on some good gear that protected other parts of the body.
My lapse was I wore jungle boots, not my regular engineers. The steel toe came in very handy and probably saved me from loosing a toe or two. But the canvass upper allowed a few broken bones in my foot.
Good luck to you and your lady and here's wishing for a speedy recovery.
An accident really will make you think about the adequacy of your gear. I wear full fingered leather gloves, but I think I'm going to go with some knuckle protection my next pair. Nothing motocross like, just something a little better than leather.
My foot injury, and being on crutches, has me thinking about injuries to other appendages. The hands gotta be among the worse. You'd have to invent new and exciting ways to wipe your ****.
Glad you had on some good gear that protected other parts of the body.
My lapse was I wore jungle boots, not my regular engineers. The steel toe came in very handy and probably saved me from loosing a toe or two. But the canvass upper allowed a few broken bones in my foot.
Good luck to you and your lady and here's wishing for a speedy recovery.
An accident really will make you think about the adequacy of your gear. I wear full fingered leather gloves, but I think I'm going to go with some knuckle protection my next pair. Nothing motocross like, just something a little better than leather.
My foot injury, and being on crutches, has me thinking about injuries to other appendages. The hands gotta be among the worse. You'd have to invent new and exciting ways to wipe your ****.
First just for those interested in the insurance end...I have a section on general Harley Davidson in the insurance threads named " My experience with state farm . I am updating it as I move thru the process.
As for this particular post I agree in regards to the gear. My state has a bill coming up this year in which will allow certain riders to choose to wear a helmet or not wear one. After this crash this man will always wear one. Even the cheap novelty ones will save your head to some degree as that was what I had on...and my tail gunner told me the first thing he saw make contact with the pavement was my forehead. He feared I broke my neck. I had my bell rung pretty good but don't think it screwed me up anymore than my normal....which might not be a good comparison. But for sure I will always ride with my lid. Now it did pop off just before I stopped tumbling and I never got a head scuff.
As far as those real cool fingerless gloves...they are being used by my dog for a chew toy. Never again will I wear nothing but pure full riding gloves.. Most of my digits sticking out of those cool fingerless gloves looked like a dog had been chewing on them. Tore my fingers up good. And again heavy leather jacket and even heavy chaps even in the summer. All it takes to learn this is to take off sliding and tumbling down a rough tar n gravel country road for about 75 feet. Makes it an easy choice from now on.
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Just another thank all y'all for all the encouragement and thoughtful words. Will keep this up to date as I continue through process. And again mt thread on general harley forum and then motorcycle insurance.....my thread there is " My experience with State Farm insurance .