February 12th, 2015, 09:37 AM | #1 |
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Blake's Road to Recovery
Before you guys read the link, I'll go ahead and say it:
Yes, his first bike appeared to be a 600cc supersport. Yes, he was squidding. Yes, he probably lost control of his bike, and only has himself to blame. You can decide that for yourself, but PLEASE keep it to yourself.. This guy is the husband to be of my neighbor, and he's always been extremely helpful and generous to everyone in our cove. If you'd like to read his story and possibly donate to his GoFundMe, please click the link. *I'm not associated with the finances or website, so if you have personal questions or statements, it'd be best to send them directly to the family via the link* http://www.gofundme.com/PrayforBlake This one cuts close to the heart, with a fellow Memphian and neighbor cut down..
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February 12th, 2015, 11:20 AM | #3 |
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Yeah, I'm not sure which one it is.. I guessed 600cc, but I definitely wasn't positive.
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February 12th, 2015, 11:38 AM | #4 |
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"His first night at the hospital, he was in surgery for 7 hours for his injuries. He had a compound fracture to the right femur that tore the artery, punctured lung, bruised kidney, compound fracture to his right elbow where the muscle and nerves were torn from the bone, dislocated hip, broken pelvic, fractured two vertebras, dislocated both knees, broke his right ankle. Not to mention all the road rash from the accident as well."
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February 12th, 2015, 12:50 PM | #5 |
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Ouch!
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February 12th, 2015, 03:18 PM | #7 |
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Ouch... Sorry bout your soon to be neighbor. Hope he heals an fast
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February 12th, 2015, 05:13 PM | #8 |
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Best wishes to him!
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February 12th, 2015, 05:20 PM | #9 |
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well he was hit by a van, sedans are very preferable since you just get launched over them (ideally) where with a van you sort of hit it like a brick wall
good luck with recovery, life hits hard sometimes
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February 12th, 2015, 05:22 PM | #10 |
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Holy ****, that sounds horribly painful. Poor dude.
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February 12th, 2015, 08:49 PM | #11 |
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holy ****ing ****. what an ordeal. $10,000 isn't even remotely going to be able to put a dent in medical bills like that. I hope he has really good insurance. happy to hear he will recover, though!
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February 12th, 2015, 09:21 PM | #12 | |
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Hope only the best for him, friends and family. Nobody should go through so much pain and extensive trauma.
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February 13th, 2015, 09:59 AM | #13 |
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Yeah but I'm sure any $$ to help would mean a smoother recovery for him.
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February 13th, 2015, 10:40 AM | #14 |
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Yeah, at least in my area, the only people that ride sport bikes are total squids. Well, really the only people fully geared are the touring guys and the occasional nut (like me or @Jono)
It's debilitating as a fellow motorcyclist to see this stuff happening all the time, but it just gets pushed aside in the brain like everything else. It's when something like THIS happens so close to home that people really start to wonder what they're doing and how they're doing it. I really hope prospective riders in his family will learn this lesson..
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February 13th, 2015, 12:58 PM | #15 |
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Squids everywhere in these parts.
Sucks for that guy. His injures are gruesome but could have been minimized with gear. It's hard for me to feel very sorry for people like this. To have a pretty new supersport yet chose to wear only a helmet. That's just silly. I don't understand some peoples thinking. |
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February 13th, 2015, 01:23 PM | #16 |
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I wonder if the state or even national government will ever enact more safety regulations..
Like where SNELL or ECE is the new standard over DOT, where full faced helmets are required, where certain levels of gear are required.. Likely won't happen anytime soon, but it's nice to wonder.
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February 13th, 2015, 01:32 PM | #17 | |
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Sucks to see this happen to any rider but taking that risk without insurance to cover yourself and taking donations...... |
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February 13th, 2015, 03:27 PM | #18 | |
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And to play the devil's advocate, a lot of riders simply aren't exposed to proper gear usage and riding techniques. Lots of my friends and family have ridden motorcycles before, and none of them have bought motorcycle specific jackets, pants, boots, or gloves. Most wore 3/4 helmets, leather working gloves, jeans, and work boots. To say they were stupid for their "decisions" would be incorrect. They were but ignorant, as there is NO advertisement for proper gear or training here in Memphis. I've been lucky to never have lost anyone. My dad rode a '79 KZ1000 for 15 years, logging nearly 100,000 miles all around the Mid South region. Not once did he lay his bike down.. Similarly, not once did he wear more than a full faced helmet, jeans, and some leather working gloves. When I showed him my REV'IT jacket, he nearly laughed at himself for not knowing about various safety gear. There are riders like you and me that wear our gear, as we are well educated and immersed in the riding culture. Others aren't and maybe never will be. My dad is a clear example of that. I don't blame Blake for not wearing proper gear; I blame the system and society that doesn't advertise it enough.
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February 13th, 2015, 03:44 PM | #19 |
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In this day and age, there is no excuse for not knowing about gear.
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February 13th, 2015, 05:41 PM | #20 | |
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Not only that, when I started riding by the half of the last century, some street riders and all racers could only wear helmets like this: Heavy fiberglass top, soft leather over the neck and ears, some internal cushion. Leather suits, boots and gloves were used only by professional racers, and still I saw plenty of amateur races in which minimum protection was used. As years went by, machines became more powerful, fast and deadly and roads became faster and traffic more complex, still yet, there always were ignorant and wise riders. Your father could do what he did without getting hurt or killed because he was one of the wise riders: he never put himself in a position in which he had to test any protecting gear. In other words, he rode in a way that he never needed the protective potential of his full faced helmet and working gloves. Motorcycling safety is much more complicate than wearing protecting gear. I consider that gear is the last line of defense, which will do its best when we have jumped several layers of prevention or when that extraordinary dangerous situation arrives. I believe that it is important to talk about the limitations of gear regarding protection in falls and collisions, in order to eliminate any false sense of protection that inexperienced riders may get. The accident of your friend is far from typical because the level of tissue and bones damage without important damage to his brain. Most motorcycle accidents happen at much lower speed (around 30 mph), being the brain the more vulnerable vital organ. The damage that the body of your friend suffered was caused by sudden deceleration from high rate of speed. That deceleration is translated into huge instantaneous forces able to break bones and liquify brains. There is only so much deceleration (or g-forces) that the normal human body can tolerate (around 25 times gravity): Please read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-force The only sure way to reduce damage is reducing the speed. As our bikes gain speed, tremendous energy is being accumulated at a square rate. In this way, a bike with a speed of 80 mph has accumulated exactly twice the potentially destructive energy that it would have traveling at 57 mph. While riding the streets, we cannot count on the good judgement, attention and capability to see of the drivers among which we are moving relatively fast. We cannot afford a collision, even at moderate speed. All we have are our vision, judgement and skills. Those three important tools are very closely related to accelerations, speeds and decelerations; hence, to the main potential killer: accumulated energy. Your father was able to wisely handle those three tools for thousands of miles.
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February 27th, 2015, 08:29 AM | #21 |
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Extremely well said. I agree that "More Laws" are not the answer but More Education very well may be the answer. There is little use for a $500 A* jacket and a $600 Shoei helmet if you do not crash! The sport of riding Motorcycles is all about decisions, what bike, what gear........ There is just as much bad information out there as good information so if you are totally green to riding your opinion of what is best, right and even safe is dependant on who you look to for advice/information. when I started riding The people who mentored me told me not to buy smaller than 600cc because I would get bored with it quickly. They had raced dirt bikes (including 500cc 2strokes) and ridden on the street for years. They also told me just to get a helmet and gloves and dont worry about a jacket till fall (this was spring). I have learned this is crazy now and wont even get on the bike without all my gear. Some people dont consider it dangerous enough to wear a jacket or even a helmet when they are riding locally. We all have to decide what level of risk we are willing to take every time you thumb the starter on your bike. There is a lot more to bike safety than simply wearing gear. You must be like a deer in the woods always ready to jump at the slightest sound and see what is about to happen not what is happening. The best safety gear is your ability to see the danger before its too late! Everything else is just to simply limit the amount of damage not keep you safe. Sorry this ran so long I wanted to get my point across but there is too much info. Hope this makes sense |
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I regard the former conclusion as illogical, but none-the-less, deciding that "motorcycles are dangerous" may well save a lot of people from a disastrous outcome. I think if someone achieves the wisdom to arrive at the latter conclusion, they will get to experience the very unique, enjoyable and engaging experience of riding with a vastly decreased risk of suffering a terrible crash.
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March 7th, 2015, 08:06 AM | #24 |
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Motorcycles are no more dangerous than crossing the street in heavy traffic or driving a cage. The danger comes from incompetence, inattention, ignorance, and stupidity, several of which apply in this case.
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March 7th, 2015, 08:50 AM | #25 | |
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I just recently started driving again and I've been pretty blown away by all the safety features my pretty basic car has that are just non existent on my bike. Air bags, specially designed protective frame, windshield that holds together when smashed (rather than getting shards of glass in my face), seatbelt, ABS (still not on every bike) and a loud horn (not the pathetic thing they normally put on motorcycles). This doesn't even take in account the wide, highly visible profile of the car and the fact that I can take corners hard and brake hard in my car without the high level of skill and practise required to brake and corner hard on my bike. Like I said though. I see your point: the bike isn't the problem, it's the mindset of the rider.
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Sorry I know this is not what this thread is about, I will stop now. Prayers that he keeps recovering and doesn't let the mental and emotional parts of his healing keep him from recovering or leading a full normal as normal can be life. |
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March 7th, 2015, 09:13 AM | #27 | |
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Car accidents tend to be more survivable due to their built-in safety features. Motorcycles don't have comparable features that protect the rider, so they have more serious injuries and fatalities when they wreck.
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March 8th, 2015, 12:15 PM | #28 | |
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March 8th, 2015, 01:04 PM | #29 |
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I have had a lot of people tell me this when I was first first looking at the 250, as well as after I had bought it. Really the main reason for the 250 when I first bought it was that the insurance wasn't going to be $160 a month like the 600 would have been. I admit now that I am glad I started with the 250, having been a new rider. About a year ago I was picking up my bike at a Kawai dealer after the had installed a new tire for me and one of the dealers walked by and said, "she's a little cutie". At first I was kind of thinking, F*%k you man! But I told him that I really didn't see the need to have a bike that can do 150 mph. He stopped and said, "You know you are probably the first guy I have ever heard in here say something smart for once. We are always getting first time riders in here that will not go for anything smaller than a 600 because they think they will be seen as a girl". Told him that I know the size of my manhood and don't need an engine to back it up. Having been said, there are sometimes now after riding for the last 2 years, and becoming a decent rider, that I would like to see what a 600 is like. I really don't have any interest in ever going bigger than that. Maybe one day when wife is out of school and making decent money as well, I will be able to afford a 600, but even then I will never get rid of my little 250 "Niro".
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March 31st, 2015, 08:26 PM | #30 |
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