So there are 2 kind of riders... one who has been in a wreck and one who will

[Polpetta]

I am sorry and wish you well in your recovery 

[Goat_Herder]

In times of extreme stress or danger our bodies will push aside all senses but sight. The brain hyper focuses and causes a perceptual slow down of time.

It allows us "more time" to react and thus increases the chance we'll survive the event.

I know...  Thinking thru the whole event as a observer, it would probably last 2 seconds (from impact to me coming to a stop).  But recalling what I was experiencing, it felt more like 10 seconds.  Part of that was me floating around in darkness with just thoughts in my head.  That experience was so unusually that I kept on thinking back to it in the days following the accident.  It made me think about the movie "Jacob's Ladder" and what the charactor went thru in a dream like state.  Maybe I was high on pain killer, at times, I was a little freaked out that the "reality" I was experiencing may not be real...  I was afraid that I would "wake up" again some day and still be laying on the side of the street...

[Greg]

Glad to hear you are OK. Maybe I missed it in the story, but did the person that hit you have insurance, and did they stick around?

[Goat_Herder]

Yah, she stuck around and is insured.  Thank goodness.  Impact was big enough that it set off the air bag.  Her insurance company cut me a check last month for the bike + tax, etc.  All I can say was they gave me a very fair market value for my S2R, which was in very good shape.  (I miss my bike)  I would have bought it back if not for the frame is all twisted up.

[Greg]

Glad to hear that, too often they either run, do not have insurance, or both

[bishop]

Glad your back to good heath. I crashed on halloween, bike is destroyed and i ended up with a broken wrist. The wifey is ok about me riding again, she's a rider to, but the family and the extended family is are really pissed and don't want me even near a bike. They haven't told my wifey to get rid of her bike but have hinted to me, they also even want me to sell the bike I am restoring. There is no doubt I will ride again, just need to find the right time to do it.

[Slide Panda]

Glad to hear you're doing well.

If you have not already, don't let her insurance off the hook yet. Not until you're sure you're all ship-shape. I got hit (while on foot) by a car who's driver wasn't playing attention. Though it seemed pretty minor at the time it was 6 months and a surgery until I was better'ish and I still have some minor issues with the ankle where they had to operate 6 years later.

It sucks, and you just want to get past these things, but a lot of the time they are mroe complex and long lived than we realize.

But, not matter what - good to know you're on the mend

[Chucko9-696]

Dude sorry to hear that, just glad your still here!

[Cloner]

Glad your back to good heath. I crashed on halloween, bike is destroyed and i ended up with a broken wrist. The wifey is ok about me riding again, she's a rider to, but the family and the extended family is are really pissed and don't want me even near a bike. They haven't told my wifey to get rid of her bike but have hinted to me, they also even want me to sell the bike I am restoring. There is no doubt I will ride again, just need to find the right time to do it.

Tell these morons (ALL family members are morons, after all  ) that if they'll give up whatever it is that they love you'll do likewise.  That should shut them up.  If not, a blatant "fuque you" should suffice.  It's your life, not theirs.   [moto] makes life bearable!   

[Veloce-Fino]

Tell these morons (ALL family members are morons, after all  ) that if they'll give up whatever it is that they love you'll do likewise.  That should shut them up.  If not, a blatant "fuque you" should suffice.  It's your life, not theirs.   [moto] makes life bearable!   

+1 Screw them.

[Doctor Woodrow]

The other day I told someone about my collision a few years ago, they asked me "so what's it gonna take?" I said, what is what going to take? They asked if it would take brain damage to stop me riding. I kindly told them my grandfather rode until he was 75 and decided himself that his responses were too slow (also after he wrecked his truck, twice), and then he had to stop riding. My father is still riding at 60 years old, and bought a brand-new bike last year (first ever brandnew bike for him) and he plans to ride as long as he can. I then told them that I always wear full gear and do my best to keep myself safe, never relying on other drivers to do anything intelligent b/c they won't.
When asked if I have kids or a wife, I say something like 'yeah, my 2-year old loves sitting on my bike anytime he is near the garage he begs to go in and sit on it.'

They didn't have much of a response after that, maybe they realized they weren't going to 'save me from myself' that day.

The Doc

[koko64]

Get well and glad you survived!

Been there and understand.

[DoubleEagle]

Glad you weren't hurt worse Goat.

As an rider who has experienced to very violent crashes , ( either one could have killed me ,) many, many broken Bones, torn Tendons, Sprained Joints, Whip Lash, Crushed body parts, and lots of soft Tissue damage, I never did not want or fear getting back on a bike.

1st crash -3 months of recovery , 2nd crash-over a year ago and I still have Ribs that will not mend and a bum Shoulder.

I rode harder than ever this past Oct.- Nov.and riding scared is no way to ride.

I push the envelope right up to the edge but it's an edge I feel comfortable with. 

Most wouldnt.

At anytime a Deer could walk out of the woods that I mostly ride through and at the speeds I ride it will be hit or miss.

Probably serious injury if not death if i hit the Deer.

Everyday we are faced with danger.

I would no more commute in LA traffic than walk blindfolded across an interstate , both directions.

I attack roads !

I'd like to think that puts me more in control of what happens for the most part.

I used to ride scared....scared of the next tight corner.

Now I respect the corners and welcome them ......but you can't just go blindly rushing into a corner and then clamp on the brakes .

I learned that the hard way..

Took me 2 years of practice doing corners at faster and faster speeds until I got to where I no longer ride in fear.

Good luck w, your recovery.

Ribs take 12 weeks to be fully healed if they are aligned.

Dolph     



 

[DoubleEagle]

You might even get hurt too Dolph

I wasn't referring to the Deer getting seriously injured or dead !

Dolph

[DoubleEagle]

Yeah I get that.  Be careful.  I lost a cousin to a deer.

I'm blazing hot careful .

I know....sounds like an oxymoron but it can be done.....to a point.

Dolph