Did 150 miles today. Coming down 9 I roll up on an accident that just happened. Pull over, take off my helmet, help get the bike out of the road, get the injured rider stabilized and call 911. Almost 30 minutes later, I got back on the road.
Guy on a Honda coming up 9 from Saratoga, about 3 miles from Skyline lost control and low sided. Both he and his bike went sliding over the double yellow and took out a guy on the BMW. BMW was riding solo, Honda rider had at least 1 guy with him.
Both bikes are totaled. The Honda isn't even close to being salvaged. The Honda rider was in jeans, boots, leather jacket and cloves and a full face. BMW rider wearing 2 piece leather suit, gloves, full face helmet and boots. Honda rider was walking and talking, BMW rider was talking, never lost consciousness, but had bad pain in his right hip, leg and back. He had to go to hospital.
The Honda rider, when I asked him, said he wasnt going that fast, freaked out when he saw the other rider riding near the double yellow and dropped his bike. I think he was going faster than what he says - he slid for maybe 25 feet before the collision, and was square in the middle of the other lane where the accident occurred. Also, his bike ended up another 40 feet
UP the hill, over the lane and into the bushes.
I can not believe this guy was walking around after this accident. There were parts of his bike all over the road and bushes. His pipe was almost 10 feet from where the bike ended up. The subframe was snapped. The BMW has bent forks - really bent forks, bent rim and destroyed plastics all over the place. The Beemer was so bad we couldn't push the bike. It took 4 of us to drag it by the back and drag it off the road and just drop it.
Ride safe everyone. This could have been a much different result today - much like the LDD accident.
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