Recent content by PurpleZJ

and aren't you hilarious haha

Thanks for the kind words everyone. Insurance picked up the bike yesterday and I already miss having a bike :/ They didn't give me as much as I wanted but it also wasn't a number I was going to turn down. Maybe one day I'll be back on two wheels and out of my cage. And before anyone says it...

Great way to put it. I feel very fortunate to have just superficial injuries(from what we are able to tell at this point) and to still be breathing. With the speed, location, and how I went down I honestly shouldn't be here able to post about it. And I'd love to move over to the vtwin side and...

Yeah, at this point I want it gone, I was trying to sell it anyways. I just hope the number insurance gives me is a number I find fair. I have a 93 silverado rcsb in the driveway waiting to get a turbo'd 5.3. Time for a different project

Yeah, I'm ok but both her and I know I shouldn't be. Worst part is she texted me before I went out and told me to be careful and I told her "Always, but just in case you know how I feel". Ten minutes later I was calling her to tell her I went down. She's pretty upset and I can tell I need to...

Yeah I've got a girl I'm trying to work things out with and she's pretty traumatized by the whole thing. I need to start taking how she feels into account when I'm making decisions. I've put her through a lot and I'm sure this was pretty close to the tip of the iceberg for her.

I don't remember, but with how I've been riding lately I know it definitely wasn't slow

I'd say multiple layers varying from very dense to not so much. I'll take a closer look at it tomorrow when I get up and around. And thanks I'll keep y'all posted. I honestly just want insurance to take the bike and cut me a check, my priorities are changing and I've got a street truck sitting...

The bike was a decent distance down the ramp from me. It's really all a big blur honestly. Its odd, I have more rash on my body parts that were covered by the jacket than I do the ones covered by my jeans.

Idk what I burnt it up on but the jacket sleeve disintegrated giving something access to it.

Yeah I expected it to hold up a little better than it did, might have to contact Icon about it and express my concerns.

And thanks for the well wishes y'all. Just gotta take each day bit by bit.

The jacket has built in elbow pads/shoulder reinforcement. Forearm section is a mix of textile/mesh. It helped a lot but was torn apart on impact. I knew the risk associated with wearing regular jeans in case of an off but I was actually surprised I wasn't more torn up waist down.

I'd love to know that as well, I couldn't believe it when I saw the jacket and saw how bad it really was. It was fully zipped and the buttons were snapped together on the wrists.

I went down pretty hard last night. I was on an overpass that takes a sweeping down to the right direction changing from one highway to the other. My memory is a little iffy but I believe I hit a slick spot and that took me right into the left side barrier and down I went. However all the...