Well it happened,
Was riding with some buddies a couple weeks ago, going a little faster than I/we should have been, when a tourist cut us off. With me being in the front, I had to go around the back to miss the car. I hit loose dirt, slowing down I ran up on a small asphalt patch which sent my bike sliding sideways. Still riding the slide, the shifter peg hit the driveway of the service station and flipped me over, and off the bike. The sporty going one direction and hitting a parked truck (in the field) and me hitting the trailer the truck was towing. Resulting in a broken shoulder, 4 broke ribs and lots of road rash. Bike was totaled. After the hospital stay, I examined the bike, motor is still good, wide swingarm is good and wide glide front is good. frame not so good.

I hate when that happens. "ouch"
Now in the market for a new frame, bars, front fender, and a tank..

 

Hope you had insurance,that sucks!!i drive for a living and avoid chit every day.there are a lot of bad drivers out there and you always have to look ahead and around you,can't put your gard down ever

 

Glad to see you are okay. Get a lot of very stupid cage people here in DC. Good luck with the rebuild.

 

Wow. I hate it when that happens! Glad you made it, hope you get well soon, and get that scooter fixed as well.

 

Damn, Sorry to hear about that. I always dread hearing stories like this one. Glad to hear it wasn't worse.

Art

 

Dude, sucks about your bike. Good thing you made it without getting totaled. Did the "tourist" stop?

 

thats rough bro ... Hate hearing about stuff like this but better the bike be totalled than you ! Hope you heal quick and everything works out for you

 

Man, that sucks...I'm glad you are okay...makes me think about wearing the proper gear (helmet, gloves, jacket, etc.). Hope you and your bike have a speedy recovery. No pun intended ;-)

 

Sorry about your crash man.

The swingarm & frame should twist & bend before the frame. Are you sure it's bad? Do you have pics of it?

 

The frame took the direct hit on the bottom right side right near the brake pedal. Swingarm is still good as well as the motor and front end. I can rebuild with a new/donor frame