Crashed on the I-5 today in SoCal (pics)

[shamoo]

Thanks all for the kind words!  I'm doing very well.  My hand and lower stomach was a bit sore last night, but this morning things are much better.  I can see a slight black/blue mark on my palm where I landed, but that's about it.  My top forearm has a bit of pain (that's where the corner of the truck hit my jacket).  The jacket actually has a tiny hole, so you can imagine what it would have done if I wasn't wearing one!

I'm a little stubborn with doctors (I haven't been to one in over 15 years  ), but I will keep a close eye on things and will definitely go if things don't get better soon.

Brought the bike to the dealer after work (Ducati of Newport Beach) for them to take a look and do a damage estimate.  The parts/service guy said it *looks* to be ~$500, which isn't so bad at all.  From what I could see:
*  Mirrors (technically just one)
*  Brake lever (might get aftermarket levers for both)
*  Rear brake
*  The "handlebar mount".  Not the top clamp part, but the piece that the clamp clamps to, which is also bolted to the top triple.  Turns out that one side totally snapped.  Noticed it 2 lights from the dealer.  Probably shouldn't have rode it.  That's what caused the wobble.

Let's hope it works out!  I  had to drive to work today.  Took an extra 45 minutes longer. 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

good to hear you pulled it off with out a real bad fall ,heal up watch out dude .

[Rob Hilding]

The SUV behind him, gives me room to pass, so I throw up my left hand to thank him. 

No good deed goes unpunished

Glad your relatively OK +1 on getting checked out

[Bladecutter]

Personally, I would have called the cops, and reported a hit and run.
Glad you're mostly okay, though.

BC.

[orangelion03]

Wow!  You were EFFING lucky!!!!!!! 
 Glad you are otherwise ok man!!!  Dayum! 
I sometimes take the bike on my infrequent commute to our headquarters:  Santa Paula to Santa Fe Springs, 100 miles.  Fortunately, there are only brief segments I split (I take the 210-605, not the 5), but I fear exactly what happened to you.  I used to wave thanks but now keep both hands on the bars and give a nod. 

[corey]

With an impact to the abdomen, I would really consider stopping into a doctor's office. You could have some internal damage that may go unnoticed until it's too late. Get it looked at man, better safe than sorry.

Glad you're okay otherwise! Bike didn't fair to poorly either!

[tom_sd]

Don't mess around, go see a Doctor.  You took your bike to a specialist, now its your turn.

Going down on the freeway scares the beejesus out of me.  Glad you're okay.

[ab]

Glad you made it out.

[ScBlacksunshine]

Glad you're ok. Based on your description, the end result doesn't look that bad on your bike. Hearing stuff like this make me not want to ride in L.A. anymore. Too many unpredictable drivers

[Timmy Tucker]

Glad to hear you're ok, but you definitely still need to go see a doc. Just to be safe.

It's funny how jumbled up the thought process becomes when you get an adrenaline rush like that. I wrecked the Duc 2 weeks ago. All I could think about as it was happening was how embarrassed I was that I was crashing right beside a hot chick on a ninja 900. 

[ScBlacksunshine]

Glad to hear you're ok, but you definitely still need to go see a doc. Just to be safe.

It's funny how jumbled up the thought process becomes when you get an adrenaline rush like that. I wrecked the Duc 2 weeks ago. All I could think about as it was happening was how embarrassed I was that I was crashing right beside a hot chick on a ninja 900. 

Adrenaline will make you do superhuman things. When I crashed my SV650 a while back, the bike threw off to the ditch, glad it wasn't the side of the canyon, and I tumbled and cut open my knee real bad, supposely you can see bones that's how bad was the laceration. I managed to walk out of the ditch and not feel a thing and only thing on my mind was, oh man my bike is done for.....Needless to say from now on, I wear either leather track pants or full knee armor whenever I ride...

[jaxduc]

crashing right beside a hot chick on a ninja 900. 

ouch

[The ModFather]

Glad to hear you and the bike came out relatively okay. Especially you as the bike is replaceable and parts for it are much cheaper. (Those Rizoma Elbows are spendy)

[seanster]

glad you okay...

+1 on wearing proper gears every single time.

i'm looking for some frame sliders now.

[R0CKETMAN]

Glad you were geared up. A minor spill by dirt bike or high speed road standards. Sounds like the lucky part was you not going under the truck or as noted getting run over.

Shake it off, repair the bike, ride on.

and yes those mirrors are fugly