Tweet
A month ago I was distracted while riding, screwed up low sided the Kat doing 60mph on a quiet side road... I blacked out and woke up laying flat on my back in the ditch (and in a puddle just for extra effect), not being able to breathe, with a sore shoulder. As the post title says, it *really* sucks to lay in the ditch.
Not being able to breath was shock, but after that was just generally worried about my back and such... rasied my arm and got the attention of a motorist that called the Ambo. So I found out it sucks more when you have to wait for an Ambo.
To screw up is really stupid, but to ride without gear is genuinely moronic, so here's to all the armour I was wearing.
Shoulder ended up being a broken collar bone, and my elbow still can't straighten fully. My big tonail is also about to fall off as it somehow got clobbered through my boot. Small amount of rash where the road got in between my coat and pants, my side still has a swollen lump. Looking at my helmet, there's a strike point on the left hand side... and the break in the collar bone is most likely from the helmet recoiling from this strike... so, the break is a pity, but sans-helmet would have most likely meant "lights out".
I made the local news, here's a scan from the paper...
...although there was no "throwing" involved... I remember laying it down before waking up in the ditch.
Think this is my first post here since KP hiccup'd last year. Some people may remember the "deer avenger", when I struck a deer with my Kat roughly a year ago now. My fairings were still being sexy-fied from this, so there's no rash to get off them, but I'm sure the motor casing isn't pretty (still haven't got the bike back, but that's a separate long and shitty story).
Keep your head where it should be, and your mind focused on riding.
It sucks to lay in the ditch.
--- it may be my role in life just to serve as a warning to others
---
Not being able to breath was shock, but after that was just generally worried about my back and such... rasied my arm and got the attention of a motorist that called the Ambo. So I found out it sucks more when you have to wait for an Ambo.
To screw up is really stupid, but to ride without gear is genuinely moronic, so here's to all the armour I was wearing.
Shoulder ended up being a broken collar bone, and my elbow still can't straighten fully. My big tonail is also about to fall off as it somehow got clobbered through my boot. Small amount of rash where the road got in between my coat and pants, my side still has a swollen lump. Looking at my helmet, there's a strike point on the left hand side... and the break in the collar bone is most likely from the helmet recoiling from this strike... so, the break is a pity, but sans-helmet would have most likely meant "lights out".
I made the local news, here's a scan from the paper...
...although there was no "throwing" involved... I remember laying it down before waking up in the ditch.
Think this is my first post here since KP hiccup'd last year. Some people may remember the "deer avenger", when I struck a deer with my Kat roughly a year ago now. My fairings were still being sexy-fied from this, so there's no rash to get off them, but I'm sure the motor casing isn't pretty (still haven't got the bike back, but that's a separate long and shitty story).
Keep your head where it should be, and your mind focused on riding.
It sucks to lay in the ditch.
--- it may be my role in life just to serve as a warning to others
---
but really though, we're glad ur ok, and able to post up about your unfortunate incident as lesson to all to always stay focused..becuz that scenery, and the daily grind can sometimes be distracting as we all know.
Comment