Texas94fs
Hooligan
Well it's bound to happen, and it came back around to being my turn to greet Mr. Pavement.
I was following some friends back to their house on a straight stretch of road, about 50 yards behind them. It was dark, but in a somewhat residential area in Kirkland, WA right next to the lake. Minding my own business, actually obeying all traffic laws and cruising between 30 and 35 MPH. Next thing I know I'm facing the other way down the street, I tumble over once or twice, and end up sliding on my stomach for a short spell. I see the bike spin once and stop about 10 yards away. Thankfully I wasn't just cruising on my own. Friends stopped when my headlight was suddenly not behind them.
All I really remember is a jolt of the front end, applying the brakes hurriedly (not emergency braking but not casual coming to a stop either) nothing happening, and then a screech and tumble time. I found broken brown bottle glass embedded in the tire, and right where it happened. So part of me thinks I managed to hit a larger bottle just so perfectly that it send the bike up and to the side. That combined with my braking sent me down. However, we also saw lots of wildlife (raccoons, possums, etc etc) crossing the road so it could have also been wildlife. Not fun to say the least.
Bike only received damage to the left hand side; including the headlight trim bezel, the key snapped off in the ignition, clutch cover toast and ground down, gear selector snapped, gear selector linkage toast, shift shaft now dripping a tiny bit of oil so I assume that is bent, left handgrip and bar including electronic switches knackered. Seems the passenger peg bracket and the handlebar saved most of the bike, seat not torn, tank not dented or scratched.
I faired somewhat okay. My right knee is pretty well beat up. No sprain or knee cap damage, but bruised to shit. Minimal rash on my knee, touch of rash on my hip when my jacket slid up. Bruises but otherwise nothing broken, I got lucky and the gear did its job.
This was what i decided i earned after my discussion with the asphalt. nice fresh hop double IPA from a killer local brewery.
I was following some friends back to their house on a straight stretch of road, about 50 yards behind them. It was dark, but in a somewhat residential area in Kirkland, WA right next to the lake. Minding my own business, actually obeying all traffic laws and cruising between 30 and 35 MPH. Next thing I know I'm facing the other way down the street, I tumble over once or twice, and end up sliding on my stomach for a short spell. I see the bike spin once and stop about 10 yards away. Thankfully I wasn't just cruising on my own. Friends stopped when my headlight was suddenly not behind them.
All I really remember is a jolt of the front end, applying the brakes hurriedly (not emergency braking but not casual coming to a stop either) nothing happening, and then a screech and tumble time. I found broken brown bottle glass embedded in the tire, and right where it happened. So part of me thinks I managed to hit a larger bottle just so perfectly that it send the bike up and to the side. That combined with my braking sent me down. However, we also saw lots of wildlife (raccoons, possums, etc etc) crossing the road so it could have also been wildlife. Not fun to say the least.
Bike only received damage to the left hand side; including the headlight trim bezel, the key snapped off in the ignition, clutch cover toast and ground down, gear selector snapped, gear selector linkage toast, shift shaft now dripping a tiny bit of oil so I assume that is bent, left handgrip and bar including electronic switches knackered. Seems the passenger peg bracket and the handlebar saved most of the bike, seat not torn, tank not dented or scratched.
I faired somewhat okay. My right knee is pretty well beat up. No sprain or knee cap damage, but bruised to shit. Minimal rash on my knee, touch of rash on my hip when my jacket slid up. Bruises but otherwise nothing broken, I got lucky and the gear did its job.
This was what i decided i earned after my discussion with the asphalt. nice fresh hop double IPA from a killer local brewery.
