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Re: [ST] High Side
- Subject: Re: [ST] High Side
- From: Craig Tate <craigtt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 14:03:16 -0400
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Rich,
I'm really sorry to hear about your spill. But, I'm relieved to hear
you're in reasonably good condition. Thanks for sharing the experience
with us.
Craig
At 12:45 PM 5/13/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>A while ago there was a post from someone on the list who woke up
>wondering what happened and everyone assertained a high side.
>
>I can now speak from experience that a high side is not necessarily
>avoidable. On Saturday May 1 I high sided going somewhere between 65-73
>MPH. I was gently passing someone on the outside in Turn 8 at Jennings
>when WHAM! The bike suddenly wiggled and snap! over I went. I guess,
>luckily, I landed on my rear-end sliding. Then rolled onto my left side
>whilst finishing my slide. I ended up with a 10% compression fracture on
>my T8 vertebra and a possible fractured tail bone. Worst of all there's
>also a hematoma at the base of the spine (I guess the tail bone) that
>bears watching to be sure it gets reabsorbed without incident.
> -snip-
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