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Gurk · October 27th, 2011, 10:00 AM

Hey Ken,
Glad you're ok buddy. I was there although we didn't get to meet. Thought you would prefer to meet people in better circumstances? I dunno. I was gonna walk in with Kev but your roommate ended up going in with him.

I hope you recover soon

Oh btw, we all started going to the hospital and exact same thing happened to Kev like 2 blocks away from the area of incident. Guy swerves in his lane and slams breaks. Kev yells at him then we move along. We turn and 5 seconds later same thing happens to me. A Honda swerves in my lane hitting brakes. She's texting OFCOURSE.

Idiots man... idiots...

KJohnson21 · October 27th, 2011, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin2109

Can we bring you tacos now?

Kevin - I wish!!

Gurk - I'm looking forward to meeting you also. Too bad about the circumstances :-(
Posted via Mobile Device

KJohnson21 · October 27th, 2011, 08:44 PM

i have been taco authorized

Alex · October 27th, 2011, 09:02 PM

Enjoy!

Trailerboy531 · October 27th, 2011, 09:16 PM

Too funny, that room seriously has more tacos than medical equipment in it! The man knows what he wants

So glad to see you coming along and getting out soon Ken!

Lil_Green_Demon · October 28th, 2011, 07:52 PM

I'm so sorry this happened to you, Ken. I hope you feel better soon and get back on that saddle.
BTW, I hope this isn't an annoying questions but did you or anyone else take any pics of the bike? Just interested in seeing how trashed it got from the crash.
Again, I hope you feel better ASAP, pal. Hope I see you @ 100% next time we all have a Tech Day or I'm free to hang out.

Havok · October 28th, 2011, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trailerboy531

Too funny, that room seriously has more tacos than medical equipment in it! The man knows what he wants

So glad to see you coming along and getting out soon Ken!

Yea, when i got off work yesterday i went to el tarasco and got a bag-o-tacos lol. One way or another he was going to get those effing tacos.

Socal5646 · October 28th, 2011, 08:57 PM

Drivers in LA suck! People merge into my lane on a daily basis talking on their cellphones. Glad you're ok...somewhat!

Trailerboy531 · October 29th, 2011, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Havok

Yea, when i got off work yesterday i went to el tarasco and got a bag-o-tacos lol. One way or another he was going to get those effing tacos.

Seriously it looked like you took every last taco! They were good though

KJohnson21 · October 29th, 2011, 09:59 AM

Jeff has sent me the pics he's taken, I've put them in this album: http://www.ninjette.org/forums/album.php?albumid=838

Lil_Green_Demon · October 29th, 2011, 10:43 AM

Oh, damn, Ken! That looks brutal. I'm glad you're still alive to tell the tale, buddy.
Out of curiosity, have you contacted your insurance company yet? What have they said?

One more question: do you think they'll actually fix the bike or is there a higher chance they'll say it's totaled?

KJohnson21 · October 29th, 2011, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil_Green_Demon

Oh, damn, Ken! That looks brutal. I'm glad you're still alive to tell the tale, buddy.
Out of curiosity, have you contacted your insurance company yet? What have they said?

One more question: do you think they'll actually fix the bike or is there a higher chance they'll say it's totaled?

I've got to copy the rest of the pics. Jeff says it fires up just fine, doesn't look too bad, forks look straight, etc.

I haven't contacted either insurance company yet. I'm sure the bike will be totaled. That's just a technicality, because I'll buy it back (right there on the same piece of "paper"

) and put it back on the road.

KJohnson21 · October 29th, 2011, 01:35 PM

More pics in the album: http://www.ninjette.org/forums/album.php?albumid=838

Cazper · October 30th, 2011, 09:30 PM

She really doesn't look too bad... mostly cosmetic from what I can tell

I'm still glad you are okay... was just thinking if it's too bad you might be stuck riding your cruiser

but you should be just fine

kaiserz · November 2nd, 2011, 08:19 PM

This is why I love the 250 community

get well soon. I'm kinda scared now that this happened to a very skilled rider, proves that shiiit does really happen out there. I need to keep my guard really really high.

akima · November 3rd, 2011, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaiserz

This is why I love the 250 community

get well soon. I'm kinda scared now that this happened to a very skilled rider, proves that shiiit does really happen out there. I need to keep my guard really really high.

All you can do is hope for the best, plan for the worst and continue to enjoy riding.

n4mwd · November 3rd, 2011, 07:09 AM

Hope you get well soon. Glad you were wearing your helmet. From the sound of things, you probably wouldn't be here if you weren't.

I hope your bike makes a full recovery too. Because of the cost of the bigger bikes, I doubt the insurance will total it unless something serious is found wrong with it.

As to the idiots hearing sirens, that is entirely possible. I have complained for years that it should be illegal for radio stations to play any kind of programming that contains honking or sirens (including advertising). At a minimum, playing such sounds causes traffic jams on every freeway for miles around. In your case, its possible that the idiots swerved into your lane (probably without signaling) , heard a siren on the radio, and then slammed on their brakes causing the accident. Its a theory anyway.

ManyCavies · November 3rd, 2011, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trailerboy531

Only you would post this while in the hospital Ken

Glad you're turning out okay! A little soreness is the best we can ask for given what happened! You'll be up and running in no time

By the way people he was ONE BLOCK away from where he was supposed to meet us, so close!

and also, Crissy, Gurk was there waiting with us too

Sorry didn't mean to miss Gurk! Thanks for being there! Hope to meet you soon.

KJohnson21 · January 29th, 2012, 10:35 AM

Just to let everyone know, I finally got back to work last week.

At first I stayed immobile, only moving as needed and only touching left foot to floor to maintain balance (no weight bearing). After about a month of that, the Orthopedic doctor OK'd limited exercise and scheduled me for Physical Therapy. Did PT a couple of times a week for another month. With a final CT scan, the Orthopedic guy OK'd my Return to Work for January 23rd.

Yipee!

choneofakind · January 29th, 2012, 10:45 AM

YAY!!!

good to see you back and doing well again

alex.s · January 29th, 2012, 10:46 AM

Nice! go ken! does this mean you are going to start riding track with us?

KJohnson21 · January 29th, 2012, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

Nice! go ken! does this mean you are going to start riding track with us?

Sure hope so! Gotta tear down and check out my ThunderCat first. You're one of the "investigators", so I'll let you know.

n4mwd · January 29th, 2012, 02:16 PM

Did you get your bike fixed yet? Which one was it again?

Trailerboy531 · January 29th, 2012, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KJohnson21

Sure hope so! Gotta tear down and check out my ThunderCat first. You're one of the "investigators", so I'll let you know.

volunteering to be muscle and for potential grunt work if I have free time.

Glad to see you back out there Ken!

KJohnson21 · January 29th, 2012, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n4mwd

Did you get your bike fixed yet? Which one was it again?

Nope. Here's the one I'm using:

Quote:

Originally Posted by KJohnson21

"Santa" was kind.

Here's the bike that went down:

Quote:

Originally Posted by KJohnson21

Next challenge: In front of bail bond office.

Quote:

Originally Posted by KJohnson21

I caught one of our guys doing his checks before going out.

For next I'd like a pic at a local (non-chain) burger joint.

KJohnson21 · January 29th, 2012, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trailerboy531

volunteering to be muscle and for potential grunt work if I have free time.

Glad to see you back out there Ken!

Thanks! I'll let y'all know when I get serious with it.

nickjpass · January 29th, 2012, 08:03 PM

Glad to see you're getting better

n4mwd · January 29th, 2012, 08:11 PM

I hope you plan on talking to a lawyer about the incident. You and your bike were too messed up not to. Did the SUV get away or did they stop?

October 27th, 2011, 08:44 PM	#43
KJohnson21 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ken Location: Indio, CA Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): '08 Kawasaki EX250 "Yoshi", '99 Kawasaki Concours "Grace", '06 Concours "Belle", '06 Yamaha YZF600R "Slick" Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 3	i have been taco authorized __________________________________________________ < ATGATT > Sweat you can wipe off, Road rash you can't. HEY!! Unregistered!! Does your bike have a name?

October 27th, 2011, 09:02 PM	#44
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October 28th, 2011, 07:52 PM	#46
Lil_Green_Demon Winging It In Life Name: Umar Location: SoCal Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250R; 2011 250R (sold) Posts: A lot.	I'm so sorry this happened to you, Ken. I hope you feel better soon and get back on that saddle. BTW, I hope this isn't an annoying questions but did you or anyone else take any pics of the bike? Just interested in seeing how trashed it got from the crash. Again, I hope you feel better ASAP, pal. Hope I see you @ 100% next time we all have a Tech Day or I'm free to hang out. __________________________________________________ 2011 Kawasaki Ninja 250R (Bought - Apr 22, 2011; Sold - Feb 17, 2015) 2010 Kawasaki Ninja 250R (Bought - May 01, 2017; Current)

October 29th, 2011, 09:59 AM	#50
KJohnson21 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ken Location: Indio, CA Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): '08 Kawasaki EX250 "Yoshi", '99 Kawasaki Concours "Grace", '06 Concours "Belle", '06 Yamaha YZF600R "Slick" Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 3	Jeff has sent me the pics he's taken, I've put them in this album: http://www.ninjette.org/forums/album.php?albumid=838 __________________________________________________ < ATGATT > Sweat you can wipe off, Road rash you can't. HEY!! Unregistered!! Does your bike have a name?

October 29th, 2011, 10:43 AM	#51
Lil_Green_Demon Winging It In Life Name: Umar Location: SoCal Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250R; 2011 250R (sold) Posts: A lot.	Oh, damn, Ken! That looks brutal. I'm glad you're still alive to tell the tale, buddy. Out of curiosity, have you contacted your insurance company yet? What have they said? One more question: do you think they'll actually fix the bike or is there a higher chance they'll say it's totaled? __________________________________________________ 2011 Kawasaki Ninja 250R (Bought - Apr 22, 2011; Sold - Feb 17, 2015) 2010 Kawasaki Ninja 250R (Bought - May 01, 2017; Current)

October 27th, 2011, 10:00 AM	#41
Gurk Done here. Name: - Location: Track Join Date: Jul 2011 Motorcycle(s): - Posts: A lot.	Hey Ken, Glad you're ok buddy. I was there although we didn't get to meet. Thought you would prefer to meet people in better circumstances? I dunno. I was gonna walk in with Kev but your roommate ended up going in with him. I hope you recover soon Oh btw, we all started going to the hospital and exact same thing happened to Kev like 2 blocks away from the area of incident. Guy swerves in his lane and slams breaks. Kev yells at him then we move along. We turn and 5 seconds later same thing happens to me. A Honda swerves in my lane hitting brakes. She's texting OFCOURSE. Idiots man... idiots...

October 27th, 2011, 09:16 PM	#45
Trailerboy531 Gear crash test dummy Name: Max Location: South Bay (So. Cal) Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250 race bike, 2014 ZX-636r Posts: A lot.	Too funny, that room seriously has more tacos than medical equipment in it! The man knows what he wants So glad to see you coming along and getting out soon Ken!

October 28th, 2011, 08:57 PM	#48
Socal5646 ninjette.org member Name: John Location: Los Angeles Join Date: Sep 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 150cc chinaman scooter Posts: 226	Drivers in LA suck! People merge into my lane on a daily basis talking on their cellphones. Glad you're ok...somewhat!

October 29th, 2011, 01:35 PM	#53
KJohnson21 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ken Location: Indio, CA Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): '08 Kawasaki EX250 "Yoshi", '99 Kawasaki Concours "Grace", '06 Concours "Belle", '06 Yamaha YZF600R "Slick" Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 3	More pics in the album: http://www.ninjette.org/forums/album.php?albumid=838 __________________________________________________ < ATGATT > Sweat you can wipe off, Road rash you can't. HEY!! Unregistered!! Does your bike have a name?

October 30th, 2011, 09:30 PM	#54
Cazper ninjaholic Name: Dustin Location: Oceanside, CA Join Date: Jun 2010 Motorcycle(s): 09' SE 250R (sold), 03' ZX-6R, 99' XL1200C SP Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 3	She really doesn't look too bad... mostly cosmetic from what I can tell I'm still glad you are okay... was just thinking if it's too bad you might be stuck riding your cruiser but you should be just fine __________________________________________________ 09' SE Ninja 250R $2,547.83 worth of mods installed... come on Unregistered, you know you want to know what? Check my Blog "Modification List"

November 2nd, 2011, 08:19 PM	#55
kaiserz There's a limit to s2pdty Name: A.D. Location: NoVa the burg Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): 250r ninja (sold) Posts: A lot.	This is why I love the 250 community get well soon. I'm kinda scared now that this happened to a very skilled rider, proves that shiiit does really happen out there. I need to keep my guard really really high.

November 3rd, 2011, 07:09 AM	#57
n4mwd ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: D Location: Palm Beach, FL Join Date: Oct 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2006 Ninja 250R, 2007 EFI Ninja 250R Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 1	Hope you get well soon. Glad you were wearing your helmet. From the sound of things, you probably wouldn't be here if you weren't. I hope your bike makes a full recovery too. Because of the cost of the bigger bikes, I doubt the insurance will total it unless something serious is found wrong with it. As to the idiots hearing sirens, that is entirely possible. I have complained for years that it should be illegal for radio stations to play any kind of programming that contains honking or sirens (including advertising). At a minimum, playing such sounds causes traffic jams on every freeway for miles around. In your case, its possible that the idiots swerved into your lane (probably without signaling) , heard a siren on the radio, and then slammed on their brakes causing the accident. Its a theory anyway. __________________________________________________ My Ninja Blog Proud member of ABATE.My NYC Road Rage documentary - CENSORED!

January 29th, 2012, 10:35 AM	#59
KJohnson21 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Ken Location: Indio, CA Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): '08 Kawasaki EX250 "Yoshi", '99 Kawasaki Concours "Grace", '06 Concours "Belle", '06 Yamaha YZF600R "Slick" Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 3	Just to let everyone know, I finally got back to work last week. At first I stayed immobile, only moving as needed and only touching left foot to floor to maintain balance (no weight bearing). After about a month of that, the Orthopedic doctor OK'd limited exercise and scheduled me for Physical Therapy. Did PT a couple of times a week for another month. With a final CT scan, the Orthopedic guy OK'd my Return to Work for January 23rd. Yipee! __________________________________________________ < ATGATT > Sweat you can wipe off, Road rash you can't. HEY!! Unregistered!! Does your bike have a name?

January 29th, 2012, 10:45 AM	#60
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	YAY!!! good to see you back and doing well again

January 29th, 2012, 10:46 AM	#61
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	Nice! go ken! does this mean you are going to start riding track with us? __________________________________________________

January 29th, 2012, 02:16 PM	#63
n4mwd ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: D Location: Palm Beach, FL Join Date: Oct 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2006 Ninja 250R, 2007 EFI Ninja 250R Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 1	Did you get your bike fixed yet? Which one was it again? __________________________________________________ My Ninja Blog Proud member of ABATE.My NYC Road Rage documentary - CENSORED!

January 29th, 2012, 08:03 PM	#67
nickjpass #squid Name: nickypoo Location: Five Guys Join Date: Jul 2011 Motorcycle(s): Track dedicated 2008 ZX6R Posts: A lot. MOTM - Jul '16	Glad to see you're getting better __________________________________________________

January 29th, 2012, 08:11 PM	#68
n4mwd ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: D Location: Palm Beach, FL Join Date: Oct 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2006 Ninja 250R, 2007 EFI Ninja 250R Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 1	I hope you plan on talking to a lawyer about the incident. You and your bike were too messed up not to. Did the SUV get away or did they stop? __________________________________________________ My Ninja Blog Proud member of ABATE.My NYC Road Rage documentary - CENSORED!

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