Went down Tues morning **Hardware Update
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From: Chelsea, Alabama
RE: Went down Tues morning
Glad to see your ok BoarGuard. The wrist will be fine soon. From the looks of that helmet,there could have been allot more damage.I have been thinking about using my full face more often.
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From: Northern Arizona
RE: Went down Tues morning
ORIGINAL: BOARGAURD
Construction workers had been tracking mud onto the 2 lane blacktop country road and it was a light rain. Absolutly no time to react kind of like black ice. I was going 15-20 mph and the rear wheel broke loose, bars locked to the right and slammed me down hard must have slide 30 feet or more into oncoming traffic lane. Thank God no one was coming. Fractured, broken left wrist is my only injury, there is a reason we wear all this gear. Bike truly does not look that bad but the dealership is upwards to $7,000 I should find out more today.
Two cars behind me just kept going as I came to a stop and stood up.
Construction workers had been tracking mud onto the 2 lane blacktop country road and it was a light rain. Absolutly no time to react kind of like black ice. I was going 15-20 mph and the rear wheel broke loose, bars locked to the right and slammed me down hard must have slide 30 feet or more into oncoming traffic lane. Thank God no one was coming. Fractured, broken left wrist is my only injury, there is a reason we wear all this gear. Bike truly does not look that bad but the dealership is upwards to $7,000 I should find out more today.
Two cars behind me just kept going as I came to a stop and stood up.
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From: MA
RE: Went down Tues morning
Wow, glad you were able to walk away. Everytime I see a helmet after a crash like yours I feel stupid wearing my 1/2 helmet. I know I should be wearing my FF all the time, but it's just not comfortable in warm weather. But those pics are scary and a wake up call.
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From: South Florida
RE: Went down Tues morning
The bike is the least of your worries, I am happy that you only got a small injury in comparison to what it could had been.
Look at it on the brite side, now you can order anything else you might had wanted and the insurance would oay for it...
Look at it on the brite side, now you can order anything else you might had wanted and the insurance would oay for it...
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From: Fort Worth, Texas
RE: Went down Tues morning
Yes I will heal in time and have always been one for freedom. Difinatly not going to preach helmets because I just started wearing one a short time ago, never wanted to in the past. This is just a reminder to all it can happen without warning and it could have been worse. I have been riding many years and consider myself to be a pretty safe rider and always on the lookout. There was no warning at all on this crash. The helmet will be replaced when I get back on the road and I will continue to wear one.
Oh yeah, typing one handed sucks!
Oh yeah, typing one handed sucks!
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Joined: Sep 2007
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From: NE FL.
RE: Went down Tues morning
glad your ok.I went down in feb.71 yr old man making a left didn't see me. broke my left arm took 4 mos. before i could squeeze a clutch again. it still aint right yet. hope you do better.
