I went Down Friday Evening.... I am blessed!!!
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Glad you are OK.
Please check your own tire pressure for now on. At this point you don't know if that guy really checked the tire pressure right. Good job avoiding the second impact from the cars. I hope if this happens to me I can do the same as you.
What brand helmet were you wearing? Sounds like it did its job.
Please check your own tire pressure for now on. At this point you don't know if that guy really checked the tire pressure right. Good job avoiding the second impact from the cars. I hope if this happens to me I can do the same as you.
What brand helmet were you wearing? Sounds like it did its job.
I'm not surprised that no one has mentioned dating, since it's mostly known in Europe and a kept secret here in the YooEssuvAyy.
Find the circle with the 3 or 4 numbers in it, kind of like an indented stamp on the tire. On cars it will be hidden on the inside.
If it has 4 numbers, the first 2 will be the week of the year (up to 52) and the second 2 are the year. My front: 5004 - Dec 2004. My rear I just put on from Pirelli 0809 - Feb 2009. If you have 3 digits, get that sucker off the bike: it's over 10 years old! 6 years is the recommended max age for selling a tire, but it's not a law here like overseas.
We have a thread on it in here somewhere.
Godspeed and good healing bro. Hope Geico makes good; I have their insurance too.
Find the circle with the 3 or 4 numbers in it, kind of like an indented stamp on the tire. On cars it will be hidden on the inside.
If it has 4 numbers, the first 2 will be the week of the year (up to 52) and the second 2 are the year. My front: 5004 - Dec 2004. My rear I just put on from Pirelli 0809 - Feb 2009. If you have 3 digits, get that sucker off the bike: it's over 10 years old! 6 years is the recommended max age for selling a tire, but it's not a law here like overseas.
We have a thread on it in here somewhere.
Godspeed and good healing bro. Hope Geico makes good; I have their insurance too.
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That is an amazing story. It shows us divine intervention. My son was just in an automobile accident that put him in intensive care for 6 weeks. Thank GOD he is alright. Im sure it was a very humbling experience.
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Glad your OK!...I hit an oil patch ( hydraulic fluid from a big dump) in 02 and went down hard. I ended up sitting in the oncoming lane w/ an 18 wheeler coming straight at me. He missed me by 2 feet. I can still feel the road bounce as he went by. It was a two lane curvy road. Really glad your OK.....
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Join the club. I hit a deer going 50 on my Sportster October 2008. The deer died, the Sportster was totaled. I didn't break anything or have any cuts. Heavy internal brusing on the right side where I went down and rolled over. Better in about a week. God was watching over us.
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Ok, so the adjuster and I go out to look over the bike I am amazed at what we found out.
From what I was told by the shop and the adjuster looking at the bike, he found that the tire valve was not properly intstalled when I purchased the new tire. Being that they put the black top screw on the tire which stopped the air from coming out of the tire, which I never knew. However, when I stopped and checked the tire pressure I did not put the little top back on the tire, therefore, after I took off down the freeway the damn Valve stem thing thats inside the stem came out and cause me to go down. So it was not a true blow out, yet a rapid and sudden loss of air in the tire.
I am still thankful that God save me from serious injury and such. The bike has 5,000 worth of damage but hey its just money....
So on top of wearing the proper gear, I guess we should always not only check the pressure but put that black top back on and have the stems checked from time to time.
Be Safe::: Modee Stl.
From what I was told by the shop and the adjuster looking at the bike, he found that the tire valve was not properly intstalled when I purchased the new tire. Being that they put the black top screw on the tire which stopped the air from coming out of the tire, which I never knew. However, when I stopped and checked the tire pressure I did not put the little top back on the tire, therefore, after I took off down the freeway the damn Valve stem thing thats inside the stem came out and cause me to go down. So it was not a true blow out, yet a rapid and sudden loss of air in the tire.
I am still thankful that God save me from serious injury and such. The bike has 5,000 worth of damage but hey its just money....
So on top of wearing the proper gear, I guess we should always not only check the pressure but put that black top back on and have the stems checked from time to time.
Be Safe::: Modee Stl.
