Accident Sunday.  dead Duc.  fully armored.  Knee cartilege torn.  Body rainbowed. 

Feel really bad about the duc.  Went off the road on a turn and hidden in the weeds was a drainage ditch.  dropped about 18" and hit the concrete abutment at about 40 - 45 mph.  Stupid. Stupid mistake.  RIpped 3 of the 4 trellis connections (yeah, the frame separated).  If I can figure out how to post pics, I'll add them.

Looks like I'm in for PT for a while. 

Insurance made good on everything.  bike, bling, gear, helmet.  Took the bike already.

I miss her.   


fun photos from New Jersey Motorsports Park 10/6, then accident photos:


  linky no worky.  try this :  http://i383.photobucket.com/albums/oo271/laura_tracy/deadDuc102008006.jpg?t=1224096836  and loo through the photo album.

Oh sweetie. I'm glad you're relatively ok and that insurance is making good on everything so far.

If you need anything at all, let us know.

Glad you're ok, hate you killed the Duc though, that's no fun.  Heal up good though ~

JM

Thanks!  I was crying when the selvage guy took her away.  Guess I should have stayed in the house.

Sorry you went down but glad to hear you should heal up ok.
Good luck on getting a new bike.

That sucks! Be thankful you are ok, bikes come and go, that's the nature of the sport. 

crapola.

glad to hear it's only the bike being carted away.


bikes are a plenty..... good people are not.

Crappy news but you're still alive!

Look forward to getting a new one when you're all done with PT!
 

thanks!  So there I am - Duc EXPLODED, me tumbling on the roadway, and my husband has to choose which body part to run over.  The tank and seat both came off.  He did a great job - the floorboard hit the helmet - but I was protected.  Just got a killer headache - but that scould have been from the macadam surfing.  bike went face first (and so did I)

Used to make fun of the gauntlet gloves with the hard plastic knuckles.  Called them my Catwoman gloves.  They were over the top in my opinion, but were on sale so I bought them and wore them.  Thank God!!  The index knuckle was ground almost through.  ALL the plastic on the gloves were scraped up.  Only thing that happened to my hands was jammed thumbs (and a rainbow of colors at the thumb joint).  Fingers fine.

Please wear the armor & gear.  I know, it's been said over and over.  It's true.  Learn from our mistakes.  THe doctor is amazed I don't have a shattered knee cap.  It bled so bad that I've got discoloration from halfway down my thigh to half way down my shin.  Nasty, bloody deposits.  I should be a lot worse off. 

Armor saved my joints, armored gloves saved my fingers, Full Face helmet save my chin, teeth and IQ.  Who knew I'd go face surfing? I'd have lost my teeth if I had a 3/4 helmet. 

Okay, I'm off my soapbox.  Thanks for your support.

Sorry to hear - but glad you're relatively OK

Heal fast

Glad you were geared up!

Geez. Glad you're okay (relatively speaking).  Sorry about your Duc. 
Heal up and  for gear saving you.

Glad you are ok time for a upgrade hypo in the mix?  Definitely on my plate the go round everyone I talked to said it was a great bike.

Better a Dead Duc than a Dead Ducatisti. 

Hope you get to feeling better soon.  Silver lining to losing your' bike is that when your' feeling better you get to UPGRADE!!! 

Ouch!

Yes....Ouch.  Wonder how much force it takes to separate the frame.  God am I lucky!