Re: And another wounded ST.....

["Kyle Rocke" <Kyle.Rocke@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brian It's the "DeerHunter"!

Glad to hear that your leathers did their job and that your bags did their
thing like mine did. They're like the old Timex commercials. "They take a
licking but keep on ticking". In my case they were still fully functional
and could be locked back on the bike. We'll, hope you and your ST
recooperate quickly.

"DeerHunter"
Kyle Rocke
Stockholm Sweden
99 Sprint ST (2nd Black Beast!)

- -----Original Message-----
From: bwolfe@xxxxxxxxx <bwolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, October 04, 1999 5:19 PM
Subject: And another wounded ST.....


>
>
>Had a pretty bad accident on Saturday that could have been a lot worse.....
>
>Was coming up Hwy 9 on Saturday morning with fellow STer Bruce McCurdy and
some
>of his riding buddies. This  is one of the famed motorcycling roads of the
San
>Francisco bay area and, as such, attracts a huge number of riders of every
skill
>level, squids included.
>
>Well, I was having the best ride of my life that morning and had even
scraped a
>peg for the first time about two miles down the mountain. Was feeling
smooth, in
>control, and generally was having a blast. All that came to an abrupt end
on a
>third gear left-hander. Was cranked over about midway through the turn when
a
>group of three to five riders came the opposite direction. I was
concentrating
>on my line (I was in the middle of my lane) and the other riders were just
blurs
>coming towards me. What happened next occured very fast.
>
>The rider who was in the back of this oncoming pack appeared to be riding
over
>his head as he was drifting over the double yellows. He came very close to
>hiting the rider ahead of me and then actually came in contact with my bike
at
>the worst possible place, (except for maybe between my headlights), my
bars. The
>contact was just enough to create a sharp steering input which forced my
bars to
>the left and instantly started my front wheel sliding, then got traction
again,
>highsiding me and the bike to the right side. I was thrown violently to the
>ground and the bike behind and to the right of me.
>
>I was extremely fortunate that I'm not writing this from a hospital bed. I
>wearing a full set of armored leathers, boots, gloves and an Arai helmet.
My
>elbow and shoulder were the heaviest contact points and the armor worked
>perfectly. I had a nice big graveled shoulder to slide into and the bike
and I
>were completely off the road so as not to get run over by trailing cages.
>
>The squid who hit me didn't go down and never stopped. My group tried to
chase
>him down, but no luck.
>
>The damage to me: almost nothing. A bit of a scrape on the elbow and a
little
>bruised and stiff shoulder. AMAZING! The leathers are in good shape, too.
Shop
>who makes them here locally, Johnson's Leathers, does incredible work and
they
>are extremely into armor technology. If you're ever in town, check 'em out!
><advert mode off>
>
>The bike, again, pretty amazingly, had no structural damage as far as we
could
>tell. The right side of the bike is heavily scraped but like the
Deerhunter, the
>hard luggage saved the delicate pieces from serious damage. I was able to
ride
>the bike home without a rear brake lever and only a nubbin of the right peg
>left.
>
>Now I guess I get to see how good my insurance company is. <sigh>
>
>Brian W.
>
>
>
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