gnyce
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that I write this post. It has been weighing on my mind mind, exactly how to put this - and to be honest, I'm still in the middle of it - so here goes.
July 4, I had a motorcycle accident. Not with the FZ6, but rather with my '87 FZR1000. I remember nothing of it, note one bit. A little of the ambulance ride, and some of their hospital, but lots of empty slots there. Based on the police report, it seems that, on a slightly curving road to the right, I applied heavy brakes (27 ft skid mark) to avoid a car directly in front of me (same lane) turning right at an intersection (no stop sign). No cameras on me. I missed the car, but apparently lost control of the bike - probably high-sided? - and hit the ground. I was wearing full gear (jacket/pants/helmet/gloves/pants/boots), but as it was hard summer, the jacket was pretty lightweight (Icon MeshAF). I basically had no road rash at all, but broke my right clavicle and 8 ribs on the right side (ribs 1-7 and 9). So I'm guessing I hit the ground pretty hard? Strangely the bike was NOT in awful shape, much better than I expected. Anyways - am still in recovery mode, but am out of my sling. Still not weight-bearing on the right hand side. But I can swing a golf club, and my range of motion is decent, but will need some work.
Two really hard things out of this.
1) Not remembering what happened. Was this all my fault? Some if it? It was a well-known road, no way I was hot-dogging as it was just past a policeman's house (parks his cruiser outside). Did the car not signal? No brake lights? I mean, I guess it doesn't matter, clearly I was too close to be able to react, or at least react well. I'm glad I avoided hitting the car, but in the end, I didn't control the bike. Still, it is hard never knowing the actual scenario.
2) My spouse... well, I can choose to keep riding, or I can choose to have a happy marriage. Can't do both. So I'm going to have to divest, I guess. Which is really rough. Will probably be worse once I'm fully healed. Honestly not sure how to fill that hole. If I was single, I'd be back on a bike no question. But I'm not willing to be single _just_ to ride. But man this is gonna really be hard.
So I guess I'm going to be selling some bikes. The FZ6 is high mileage (57k) but setup for touring and in decent shape. I'll try to find a suitable buyer. The recent scooter acquisition (Honda SH150i) is gonna hurt, that is my errand bike. The FZR1000, I'll have to get some work on that, make sure it runs again before I can sell. And then I have all this gear... jackets, gloves, etc... this will be a painful exercise.
Anyways - gear up my fellas, one never knows. Peace.
July 4, I had a motorcycle accident. Not with the FZ6, but rather with my '87 FZR1000. I remember nothing of it, note one bit. A little of the ambulance ride, and some of their hospital, but lots of empty slots there. Based on the police report, it seems that, on a slightly curving road to the right, I applied heavy brakes (27 ft skid mark) to avoid a car directly in front of me (same lane) turning right at an intersection (no stop sign). No cameras on me. I missed the car, but apparently lost control of the bike - probably high-sided? - and hit the ground. I was wearing full gear (jacket/pants/helmet/gloves/pants/boots), but as it was hard summer, the jacket was pretty lightweight (Icon MeshAF). I basically had no road rash at all, but broke my right clavicle and 8 ribs on the right side (ribs 1-7 and 9). So I'm guessing I hit the ground pretty hard? Strangely the bike was NOT in awful shape, much better than I expected. Anyways - am still in recovery mode, but am out of my sling. Still not weight-bearing on the right hand side. But I can swing a golf club, and my range of motion is decent, but will need some work.
Two really hard things out of this.
1) Not remembering what happened. Was this all my fault? Some if it? It was a well-known road, no way I was hot-dogging as it was just past a policeman's house (parks his cruiser outside). Did the car not signal? No brake lights? I mean, I guess it doesn't matter, clearly I was too close to be able to react, or at least react well. I'm glad I avoided hitting the car, but in the end, I didn't control the bike. Still, it is hard never knowing the actual scenario.
2) My spouse... well, I can choose to keep riding, or I can choose to have a happy marriage. Can't do both. So I'm going to have to divest, I guess. Which is really rough. Will probably be worse once I'm fully healed. Honestly not sure how to fill that hole. If I was single, I'd be back on a bike no question. But I'm not willing to be single _just_ to ride. But man this is gonna really be hard.
So I guess I'm going to be selling some bikes. The FZ6 is high mileage (57k) but setup for touring and in decent shape. I'll try to find a suitable buyer. The recent scooter acquisition (Honda SH150i) is gonna hurt, that is my errand bike. The FZR1000, I'll have to get some work on that, make sure it runs again before I can sell. And then I have all this gear... jackets, gloves, etc... this will be a painful exercise.
Anyways - gear up my fellas, one never knows. Peace.
