February 28th, 2013, 11:16 PM | #1 |
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RIP ninja, hello ER. (GRAPHIC PIC)
I was on my way to a funeral, going about 30mph, when a lady decides to make a left-turn in front of me. I tried breaking, but to no avail. I smashed the side-view mirror with my hip and flew INTO her windshield, making a huge crater that covered the entire thing. Then rolled onto her hood and for some reason grabbed on to it. She came out and said "OMG, I'm so sorry. I didn't see you! Are you OK!?"
I Looked around a bit and then said "b*tch, call an ambalamps" (I didn't really say the b*tch part) all while still splayed on her hood. I knew right away that my hip/back took a hard impact so I yelled "thank you!" when I felt that I was able to wiggle my toes. Some good-hearted samaritans helped me to the floor and one of them gave me her business card and said that she had witnessed the entire thing. I took a look at my bike and all I could see was fairings split open. Like someone had thrown a grenade in the gas tank. I am almost certain it's totaled. The medics came and transported me to USC. Today I made the mistake that I thought I never would. I violated the sacred code of atgATT and paid the price! I wore all of my gear except my jacket (BIG MISTAKE, DUMBASS). And thanks to that mistake I now have 19 stitches across my back and a horrible contusion to my hip/back/ass. I know for a fact that the jacket would have absorbed most, or all of the gash and (thanks to my upgraded back pad) most of the impact. But I'm an idiot, so it didn't. The good news is that my boots saved my kankles, my gloves saved my sausage fingers and my helmet saved my dome. All three show signs of damage. I'll post pics when I get the chance. So once again guys, wear ATGATT! Even if your going to a funeral that is 5 blocks from your house!!!! Ride safe fellowmen!!! I haven't had a chance to take pics of the bike yet because it hurts like hell to fart, let alone walk:/ Here's a pic of one of wounds. I'll update more later. Will someone show me how to make the pic smaller? It's so big it's like I'm IN the wound. Last futzed with by Madman44; March 3rd, 2013 at 03:55 PM. |
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February 28th, 2013, 11:44 PM | #2 |
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=( Heal fast Mike...
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March 1st, 2013, 12:15 AM | #3 |
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Dang that sucks! Heal up soon!
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March 1st, 2013, 12:25 AM | #4 |
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heal up quick mike!!!
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March 1st, 2013, 12:26 AM | #5 |
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Get better soon man!!
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March 1st, 2013, 01:38 AM | #6 |
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Wow! Glad you are "OK". Get well soon, keep us posted!
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March 1st, 2013, 01:57 AM | #7 |
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Damn that sucks man. Glad you're still with us and heal up fast.
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March 1st, 2013, 02:28 AM | #8 |
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March 1st, 2013, 03:07 AM | #9 |
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Oh, Mike, so sorry to read this !
Hope the best for your recovery and repair of the bike.
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March 1st, 2013, 05:35 AM | #10 |
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Aint that a kick in the nutz? Crashing on the way to a funeral, life sucks sometimes.
Hope you heal fast. Could have been worse.
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March 1st, 2013, 06:01 AM | #11 |
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Hope you recover quickly.
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March 1st, 2013, 06:12 AM | #12 | |
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March 1st, 2013, 06:15 AM | #13 |
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I wish you a speedy recovery...btw what does ATGATT mean?
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March 1st, 2013, 06:21 AM | #14 |
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March 1st, 2013, 06:27 AM | #15 |
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Get well soon and sorry about your loss. Bothe the funeral and the bike.
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March 1st, 2013, 07:25 AM | #16 |
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i feel sorry for you man, speedy recovery ..
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March 1st, 2013, 08:10 AM | #17 |
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Ouch! Feel better and heal up soon. Any word on insurance/fault (esp. for the medical bills)?
Also, just curious but did you do any 'lane weaving' to make sure she saw you? I always do little "S" curves in my lane when I'm nearing intersections and such to increase my profile. *hugs* |
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March 1st, 2013, 08:37 AM | #18 |
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Heal up man, my sisters fiance make the same mistake. He was going for a quick ride around the block since he just put his exhaust on, lack of maintenance or whatever led to his bike going WOT on him and he panicked (this was on a cbr600, not a 250). Luckily he said something in his mind told him at least put your helmet on, but he didnt put his gloves or jacket on and his shoulder and elbow got messed up pretty bad. All within sight of their house. He has since sold his bike and has no plans on getting another, i asked him why didnt he just pull the clutch in but i guess he didnt react fast enough. Get better and hope this event doesnt scare you off 2 wheels!!
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March 1st, 2013, 09:05 AM | #19 |
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Ouch man, heal up quick!!!
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March 1st, 2013, 09:10 AM | #20 |
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Ouch. Heal up I hope you don't get too much of a hassle from the insurance company and other parties.
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March 1st, 2013, 09:11 AM | #21 |
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Ugh! I'm so sorry, dude. Heal up fast!
... does it seem like there've been a disproportionally large number of crashes in the last week or two? Be safe out there, people!
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March 1st, 2013, 10:48 AM | #22 |
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Feel better man. At least now you can say you partially live up to your forum name! :P
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March 1st, 2013, 11:04 AM | #23 |
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Feel better, so glad there wasn't a second funeral to be had.
Happy you are still with us
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March 2nd, 2013, 08:39 AM | #24 |
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March 3rd, 2013, 06:35 AM | #25 |
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At least you didn't make the funeral - yours!
Get well. Hope the bike recovers too.
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March 3rd, 2013, 09:31 AM | #26 |
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Sounds like you broke yourself quite successfully!
Glad to hear you are going to be ok, though. That sounds really painful. I have to say, this site has tremendously affected my riding. I am ATGATT now, no exceptions, ever. I was STGSTT, at best, before coming to this trainwreck. |
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March 3rd, 2013, 10:32 AM | #27 |
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Hope you are feeling better by now.
Any updates?
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March 3rd, 2013, 11:45 AM | #28 |
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Wow, it sucks, I wish you speedy recovery!
We have to remember that this time of the year especially, we have to ride slower and be ready to not be seen, since they are virtually no bikes on the road, so cagers don't even think to look for them.
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Update with pics
Thanks for the nice gestures, guys! (updated with pic)
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And no, I didn't do any weaving but I def. should have been:/ Quote:
Lol..I think the lady gave me a little help with the breaking of myself. lol Thanks Moto. Unfortunately, I am still in a great deal of pain and I am considering going back to the Doc for a secondary X-ray of my back:/ lol. I can't remember for sure but I THINK it was a Corolla. Do you think I can get pics of their car sent to me if I requested? |
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March 3rd, 2013, 04:00 PM | #30 |
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AS for the bike, I'm guessing it's totaled. The front, sides, and rear left fairing are trashed, forks are mangled, radiator damaged, bars bent, sliders snapped off, and my tire has been practically pushed into the bike. Oh yeah, the tire cowl thingy is f*cked too. Does this seem like a total-loss to you guys?
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March 3rd, 2013, 04:02 PM | #31 |
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NICE! Man, the last time I had stitches, it was just boring old black. Looks like you'll have a bad*** scar when it heals!
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March 3rd, 2013, 05:20 PM | #34 |
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Hope you are well soon, glad it wasn't another funeral. That is like having your girlfriend break up with you on the way to a wedding. That sucks. Good luck from now on.
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March 3rd, 2013, 06:36 PM | #35 |
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Wow. I hope you heal soon man. Stupid people out there... in Toyotas.
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March 3rd, 2013, 08:27 PM | #36 |
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Dang hope you heal quickly, how did you get cut up so bad?
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March 3rd, 2013, 10:35 PM | #38 |
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Glad you're relatively OK. That's a painful looking set of stitches.
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