Re: And another wounded ST.....

["Calvin Kandarian" <SeedyK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OUCH....glad your are okay and damn the pukes who give us all a bad name by
doing stuff like that.
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From: bwolfe@xxxxxxxxx <bwolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, October 04, 1999 8:23 AM
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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