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Message started by jarrod on 05/17/10 at 05:03:56

Title: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by jarrod on 05/17/10 at 05:03:56

Well, unlike most days here in southwest Germany, we finally had some nice weather, so what would any normal rider do? Go ride. I only rode for about 15 minutes down a normal twisty stretch that is a normal ride for me, when I came out of a turn and there was about 10 bikes coming from the other direction. Then for some reason one of the bikes came over the line into my lane and clipped my left peg.

Now I am put up in the hospital with 7 fractures and one completely destroyed knuckle on my fourth toe. They did an x-ray and a CT scan and said I will need surgery and will be in the hospital for about 2-3 weeks then another 3 or so months before I can walk normal again.

One thing I have to admit is German bikers look out for each other. There was 4 different groups that stopped to make sure I was alright or to lend a hand to the paramedics. Now I just need to heal so I can get a little riding done this year. :)

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by WebsterMark on 05/17/10 at 05:33:10

Bummer....sorry to hear that. Heal soon.

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by ALfromN.H. on 05/17/10 at 06:08:00

Man that sucks when you'r minding your own business and something like that happens. Heal quick and get back out there.

AL

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by skatnbnc on 05/17/10 at 07:02:47

Get well soon J man!!

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by Midnightrider on 05/17/10 at 07:27:28

Best wishes, Heal up quickly!!!!!

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by Stimpy on 05/17/10 at 07:34:46

Yup, LOTS of bikers this weekend.

Glad ur fine, you'll heal soon enough,
How's your bike?

"South-west" germany? Where/what area?
I'm close to trier, get well buddy and get in touch,
There is still a lot of road ahead of savagers like us!

RP ;)

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by jarrod on 05/17/10 at 07:47:47

The bike is fine for the most part. Bent the shifter and tore off the peg, they also said there is a few scratches, but I have not seen it yet.

I live outside of Bitburg. The accident was on the notorious B-50.

Thanks for the encouragement everyone!

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by Serowbot on 05/17/10 at 08:43:52

Speedy healing to you,... sounds like you were one inch from much worse...
;)...

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by kimchris1 on 05/17/10 at 08:51:12

Jarrod, kisses to you and your owies. I hope your back on your bike soon. Rest and let your body heal. Take care and keep us posted.. :)

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by BurnPgh on 05/17/10 at 09:12:16

I was under the impression that Germany has rather strict traffic laws. Did you manage to talk with the other guy or at least get his plate #? The incident is obviously the fault of the other rider for not maintaining control of his vehicle and crossing lanes. Id try my hardest to get his insurance to cover any and all medical costs and damamge.

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by Phelonius on 05/17/10 at 09:15:23

I hate it when that happens!

Phelonius

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by Charon on 05/17/10 at 10:32:01

Did the other rider go down, too? If so, what was the extent of his (or her) injuries? A collision between two motorcycles usually takes both of them down. You may not know, but were there circumstances such as another rider in the group moving in such a way as to force the rider who hit you to move into your lane?

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by drharveys on 05/17/10 at 10:38:32

Bummer! (What is the German word for bummer?) >:(

And der Eifel is a great area for motorcycles.

Even the farm to market roads are super:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e204/drharveys/Germany%202008/DSC00430.jpg

In any case, stop by this place while you're healing up:

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e204/drharveys/Germany%202008/DSC00498.jpg

and hoist a dunkelbier for us!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e204/drharveys/Germany%202008/DSC00499.jpg

Heal up quickly!

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by jarrod on 05/17/10 at 11:36:49

Luckily I am in the military so I don't have to worry about medical bills. As for the other guy, he is from Belgium and has one fractured toe. They patched him up and sent him on his way. As for German laws, they are extremely strict. When I first moved here they held a day long class just to go over all the laws. There was Polizie, which are german police, as well as Air Force security forces personnel that showed up, so all pertinent info was taken.

I am not sure who they are saying is at fault or if there were any other extenuating circumstances for the other rider, I will just have to wait and see. I attached a pic of me and the kid in the hospital.

http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab94/jarrodmcmillian/IMG_3797.jpg

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by babyhog on 05/17/10 at 11:43:53

A cute little feller. Get well soon. Best wishes to you and your family!

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by Southpaw on 05/17/10 at 12:27:06

best wishes for a speedy recovery! Glad there wasn't a chain reaction of accidents if he oversteered back into the lane! Seen that once, wasn't pretty!

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by Stimpy on 05/18/10 at 03:40:09

...yeah, we're like 30km away from each other
so if you want I can help u fix-up ur bike, I know
a savage in and out by heart. Keep in touch.

I also have a little weekend story for you:

This weekend there were literally thousands of bikers
on the road cause of the nice weather + holidays,
mostly Dutch and eifel/mosel/rhine locals, anyway,
on Saturday while coming back from work I was
about to take this "fun-as-a-rollercoaster" curve
that I take everyday at about 50mph (75ish km/h)
BUT this time there was a group of bikers coming
down the other way I was afraid that they would invade
my lane and kill me since the curve is a bit tricky cause
it's the kind of curve that just when you think it's over
it's not and it's usually wet at the bottom because of the
trees so I adjusted and re-traced my curve about 1/2
yard to the right to give these guys some space, BAD idea.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2551/20100517214100.jpg

As we all know at a certain speed "adjusting" a curve
trace by just a few inches will make a HUGE difference
in the outcome at the very end of that curve, so basically
I miscalculated and went off the road at the very end
by exactly that 1/2 a yard; I knew exactly that I was
about to fall, gulp.

With my usual dumb luck and cat-like reflexes I somehow
managed not to kiss the road and rather just went airborn
and bit enduro and got smacked by a branch till i slowed
down and got control of the bike again and pulled back into
the road as cool as a cucumber as if I had planed this all
along, even celebrating to myself with my left arm and fist.

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/815/20100517214401.jpg

Until today I still cannot believe (or understand how) I pulled
that one off :D ...either way I LOVE my new front Dunlop 404
and the light weight of the bike and am eternally grateful at
life's little 2nd chances and learning experiences, the end.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7164/20100517214408.jpg

Wear ALL your gear, ALL the time!

;)

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by John_D FSO on 05/18/10 at 04:30:34

Best wishes, get well soon! :)

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by jarrod on 05/18/10 at 08:25:50

Wow, thats a pretty intense ride you went on. Everybody keeps asking if I am going to sell my bike and stop riding, and to every one of them I say no. When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. I had one bad experience, I will learn from it and continue on my marry way. Anyway, we will definitely have to get together and ride once I am back up on my feet. I am just curious to see my bike now, kinda nervous at the extent of damage.

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by Max_Morley on 05/18/10 at 09:19:03

Jarrod, get well soon. Know that area as I taught off duty USAF and USA troops Automotive Technology using base hobby shops at first and then the old Bitburg HS Auto Shop out in the country. We lived on the economy near Lake Bitburg and then in another small burg closer to town. Used to drive the windy road from Bit to Spang almost every day. Did they close down Bitburg AB?

Stimpy we liked to go to the French O club in Trier for escargot and French Onion soup and an India restaurant outside the pedestrian shopping area for spring rolls. Luxembourg on the weekends. Great days there in the mid 70's

Max

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by jarrod on 05/18/10 at 11:29:01

Bitburg as a base is closed. Now it is primarily housing, the old BX, commissary, high school and gas station. They are slowly working on moving all of that to Spang so they can close Bitburg for good. They have too many accidents on the B-50 as it is so they are using that for their reasoning.

Title: Re: Awesome Sunday weather turns into bad ride
Post by skatnbnc on 05/20/10 at 13:42:56

42495A5A474C454B45414444414946280 wrote:

OMG - I went to that Bitburg high school!!! And I remember riding the blue air force school bus on the B-50 too. We used to count the Audis and Porche cars flying by. Whoot! memory lane... ::)