Really Bumming!!!!!!

[hOBzZ1]

I am bumming so bad right now!  My new monster 696 was scheduled for its 600 mile tune up and then night before I was going to take it in I got clipped.  The F'n driver slammed on his breaks and then swerved right into my lane taking out my front wheel and tossing me over the handle bars face 1st into the pavement!  Thank god I had my helmet and body armor on!!!  I still managed to break 3 ribs and my foot is pretty messed up right now.  Amen for pain killers because this is about the worst pain I think I've ever been in!  This crash further testified to me that the proper gear can be the difference between life or death.  The bike surprisingly didn't get too damaged, all that happened was the clutch lever broke, handle bars are bent, minor scratches to my Termignoni pipes and thats about it.  The worst part about it is, ROT is coming up and I doubt me or the bike will be out that soon    I cant wait for everything to get repaired!

[Gone Ape]

Man, bummer.....this is why Texas still executes it's idiots !!     $50 says "cell phone" was involved....bastid.........

Sorry to here this news....truly crap on a ritz.....

Good news is you're ok.....ROT? there's one next year, we'll save a seat for ya.....

[El Matador]

Man, bummer.....this is why Texas still executes it's idiots !!     $50 says "cell phone" was involved....bastid.........

Sorry to here this news....truly crap on a ritz.....

Good news is you're ok.....ROT? there's one next year, we'll save a seat for ya.....

Lets get the boys together and 'round up the posse.

I'll bet he wont be so smug after he's dragged face first behind a couple of bikes for a few miles...

Did the guy stop?

[bulldogs2k]

Here's to a fast recovery!   

Get well bradha! 

[hOBzZ1]

Ya luckily he stopped!  The idiot kept changing his story after the police arrived but lucky for me he told them the truth the 1st time the police took his statement.  The kid had the nerve to come up to me and say "I'll go halfers with you the cost of repairs" I almost punched him in the.  Lucky for him I couldnt raise my arm and it was hard to breath.  He even had the nerve to start talking $h!t to me right in front of the cop!  O'well I'm sure karma will come around and give this @$$hole a taste of his own medicine!

Thanks for the well wishes, I can't wait get back on my bike!

[ROBsS4R]

Sorry to hear about this.

So what was his story. Any reason why he slammed on his brakes and went into your lane 

[hOBzZ1]

There was a car in front of him that was making a right into a shopping plaza and he didn't want to slow down.  He said he didn't see me but I think he was just in too big of a hurry and didn't take a good luck before coming over.

[DoubleEagle]

Man you have my deepest sympathies . I know what you are going through. I had a crash on 4/5 and broke 4 right side ribs , punctured my right lung and sprained both ankles and had alot of soft tissue damage. It was the worst pain I ever had, even worse than kidney stone attacks , I screamed for an hour and a half in the emergency room while they moved me around taking CT Scans and X-Rays while I was strapped to a rock hard fiberglass board and no pain medication from the time I crashed  probably 2 and 1/2 hours from the time the squad found me out in the hills . They were originally going to life flight me but no I was put on the board and my neck was immobilized and then the straps where cinched up so tight I couldn't move a muscle and I was that way for at least 3 hours until a radiologist could be found (4/5 was a Saturday and this happened in the late afternoon ) to read my Scans and X-Rays. They finally gave me some Morphine but I didn't even notice a difference in the pain level so they gave me some other stuff and finally once they knew that I did't have any head or neck injuries they undid me and once I was on a soft bed that helped .For the first couple hours I could hardly breathe with that jagged rib in my lung. I've since had 2 surgeries 'cause they missed the lung puncture initallyand I had a chest full of blood and fliud which I had to have squeezed out of me in what was termed minor surgery and then a Thoracic Surgeon did a Thoracotamy to repair my lung and stop the continuous flow of fluid and blood into my chest cavity. That was on 5/9 and I'm just starting to think I might be able to ride again in a couple of weeks even though the Surgeon said I was done for the year. I haven't slept in my bed since my crash. I can only sleep in a recliner. It hurts to much to lie flat. I've got a Dainese Wave V Safety Jacket on order  and hopefully it will give my Ribs some protection. When I crashed I had on all my safety gear and believe it or not didn't have a mark anywhere on my body..all on the inside. I hope you don't go through half of what I've been through . Good luck and be careful on the pain pills..don't get carried away.

[CougarSlayer]

Sucs dude be thankful your injuries were not more serious.  The bike can be repaired you will be back out there soon enough.

-panthro

[Capt baz]

well wishes from the nutmeg state............. recovery through pain management. ..... can someone get a smiley that is popping some sort of pill? ....or cross out popcorn on that last one & write percs.

[Howie]

Oh man, sorry to hear.  His fault and halfers?  To a quick and complete recovery

[Count Desmo]

Damn, glad you're "relatively" OK.  Heal fast and keep us posted!

[S4ROB]

That is a bummer.  Good you are not beat up any worse. Take a pill and Heal up

[krolik]

Get healed up soon, and by the time you're fit to ride, your bike should be ready to ride.

At least the asshat who hit you will have to pay!  Quite often they don't even stop.

[Spike]

Sorry for your troubles. Speedy recovery and good luck with the dumbass's insurance company. Get everything fixed up right on his dime.