Hi everyone,
So it's been a couple days but on Saturday, I got into an accident. Single motorcycle.
My plan was to go get lunch and then meet up with cjsFZ6R for a nice ride. I took an on-ramp a little too hot, dragged a knee but the angle of the ramp changed and I ended up drifting towards the side of the ramp, where gravel was waiting for me. The bike slid and threw me about 50 feet (says the police). The bike went into the guard rail.
I felt like a ragdoll. I was going about 45mph and had no control over my body. I knew that my body was flying through the air, hit my head twice on different sides so I must have flipped multiple times, and slid on my chest for about 10 feet.
I was not ATGATT, no jacket. Got some wicked road rash on my forearms and left knee. And a bunch of cuts on my back and chest. Also had a laceration on my left arm that needed stitching. I tried getting the paramedics to get pictures of my wounds but no dice.
I was in the hospital for 9 hours and having the doctors clean my wounds was almost more painful than the actual accident. Luckily, no breaks or anything and my back/spine are okay. I am very lucky to have survived that with just road rash. I am on crutches and a knee immobilizer because of bruising.
I went to the impound to pick up the bike thinking, okay, its going to look bad, but I can fix it. Wrong (see attachments). The fork is completely wrecked and the left side is basically gone. Frame sliders didn't protect it at all, they are actually still in tact on both sides.
My insurance will not cover it because I did not get that coverage. So... a $5000 loss. Plan now is to take off any parts that are still good (I'll be selling any aftermarket parts so check the forum) and saving up money for maybe another bike. I will probably want another FZ6R because I am in love with this bike.
From now on, ATGATT for me whenever I ride again.
So it's been a couple days but on Saturday, I got into an accident. Single motorcycle.
My plan was to go get lunch and then meet up with cjsFZ6R for a nice ride. I took an on-ramp a little too hot, dragged a knee but the angle of the ramp changed and I ended up drifting towards the side of the ramp, where gravel was waiting for me. The bike slid and threw me about 50 feet (says the police). The bike went into the guard rail.
I felt like a ragdoll. I was going about 45mph and had no control over my body. I knew that my body was flying through the air, hit my head twice on different sides so I must have flipped multiple times, and slid on my chest for about 10 feet.
I was not ATGATT, no jacket. Got some wicked road rash on my forearms and left knee. And a bunch of cuts on my back and chest. Also had a laceration on my left arm that needed stitching. I tried getting the paramedics to get pictures of my wounds but no dice.
I was in the hospital for 9 hours and having the doctors clean my wounds was almost more painful than the actual accident. Luckily, no breaks or anything and my back/spine are okay. I am very lucky to have survived that with just road rash. I am on crutches and a knee immobilizer because of bruising.
I went to the impound to pick up the bike thinking, okay, its going to look bad, but I can fix it. Wrong (see attachments). The fork is completely wrecked and the left side is basically gone. Frame sliders didn't protect it at all, they are actually still in tact on both sides.
My insurance will not cover it because I did not get that coverage. So... a $5000 loss. Plan now is to take off any parts that are still good (I'll be selling any aftermarket parts so check the forum) and saving up money for maybe another bike. I will probably want another FZ6R because I am in love with this bike.
From now on, ATGATT for me whenever I ride again.
