Wear your gear, peeps.

[Raux]

wow, amazing. so glad you are ok with such a nasty helmet hit. the military is now doing a lot of study on THI (traumatic head injury) and you qualify!
When i had a ended up on my head one time, i went through mood swings, agoraphobia and other small issues. If you had such a serious hit that you don't remember so much, make sure you continue with followup care with a psychiatrist or neurologist. Took me a long time to get over it.

[ArguZ]

OMG...good to hear you guys are still kicking and not screaming too much.
I am riding with a Schuberth J1 open face helmet...
I did four or five track days with it too this year.
Normally I am all about protection and even wear my leather on a 2 mile trip to work.
Those pictures of your helmets give me the creeps...
I am going to get a full face for next spring...100%
Third hand lesson learned.

[Greg]

Yet another reminder that full face helmets are the way to go.
Glad to hear that you are OK

[Speedbag]

OMG...good to hear you guys are still kicking and not screaming too much.
I am riding with a Schuberth J1 open face helmet...
I did four or five track days with it too this year.
Normally I am all about protection and even wear my leather on a 2 mile trip to work.
Those pictures of your helmets give me the creeps...
I am going to get a full face for next spring...100%
Third hand lesson learned.

 

[Grampa]

 

holy crapola


glad to hear things aint worse.


need anything?

[Speedbag]

Just for the headache to go away (it's getting better).... 

Going to go get the bike in a while to take it to the dealer so the insurance goons can get the lowdown Monday. Should be interesting to see it.

[EvilSteve]

Glad it wasn't worse mate. 

[somegirl]

Sorry to hear, but I'm really glad your gear protected you.

Hope your head feels better soon.

[Speedbag]

Thanks everybody.

The noggin is still aching pretty good today, but nowhere near what it was the past two. Probably mild hangover level.

Saw the bike yesterday when my buddy (the one who came on me afterward) and I hauled it to the dealer. Damage is cosmetic only, the tech fired it up and rode it inside once we got it into gear (shift peg and linkage dangling by one bolt). I always carry a high deductible on bikes for the obvious reasons, but I'm betting the damages don't exceed it by much.

Watch out for the tall rodents out there, 'tis the season....

[kopfjäger]

Glad your doing better. Bow season opens here soon. I will do my part in keeping them off the road and on the dinner table.

[Nakedsuperbiker]

As shown the deer doesn't fair as well if you drive thru it like a cleaver.
It's a hard wired instinct to avoid anything in your way now you know.
New helmet time.

[DoubleEagle]

Sorry to hear about your bad luck with the Deer.

I quit riding after about an hour before Dusk.

Even so , I still see them sometimes at high noon.

I had 6 Wild Turkeys come out of the tall grass in front of me the last time out .

They were about 30 yards in front of me .

Good thing I was on a side road that I had never been on before so I was going pretty slow for me.

3 of them ran across the road and the other 3 took to flight.

There are many days that I don't ride because I'm just to hot with all my gear on ...but I refuse to ride without the best protection from head to toe .

Dolph      

[bluemoco]

Aw, man.  First Ross and now you, too!  Very glad to hear that you're recovering, amigo.   

Mebbe you need to get a doe permit and 'thin out' the local population a little bit.   

[Monster Dave]

Glad you're alright. I know exactly what you're feeling...well more or less as my helmet and gear saved my life too.

For the millionth time, this is why people, why we insist on full face helmets.

Rest well and recoup as best you can. 

[Speedbag]

Mebbe you need to get a doe permit and 'thin out' the local population a little bit.   

+1

Getting back into deer hunting has been a thought.

That and a stock tank filled with antifreeze in the general area....