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I been down...but not like this, before... (Read 751 times)
PerrydaSavage
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Reply #15 -
08/13/08 at 05:07:22
Wicked Windrider! Quite the wreck ... glad you lived to tell the tale! Heal up completely and quickly!
All the Best.
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08/13/08 at 06:22:58
Fighter pilots call it "target fixation". They aim their guns or their bombs by aiming their airplane at the target. The closer they get to the target the better the chance of a hit. The drawback is the closer they get the more violent the pullout has to be, and it can be left until too late.
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08/13/08 at 08:03:37
Windrider: Wish you a good recovery, thankfully your well enough to let us know what happened. Take care!
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Reply #18 -
08/13/08 at 11:05:37
Yup, the bike goes where you look -- so be very careful about where you look!
Heal quickly and learn well!
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08/13/08 at 11:26:19
36 years of riding and I wouldn't of believed that But 3 days ago I was riding down the road,a semi stopped on the right hand side hanging on the road about a foot and car coming the toward be me ,I looked at the semi and started going toward it I had to hit the brakes to straighten out.
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Reply #20 -
08/13/08 at 11:51:04
Thanks so much for the play-by-play. Especially in your condition! I think it's real important for all of us to hear stories like yours.
I went to
www.bikepics.com
the other night and watched a bunch of accident videos. Most of them were crotch rocketers trying to do wheelies and other things that they shouldn't have been doing.
Seems to me that the lesson is obvious. We can't ever take anything for granted. The weather can be perfect and our bikes shining from top to bottom, but stuff happens when you least expect it and particularly when you let your guard down.
If there is any good to come of this, perhaps your misfortune will inspire us to be mindful of these truths.
Thank goodness you're OK. Get some rest and get well soon!
aysrav
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Reply #21 -
08/13/08 at 13:36:22
aysrav wrote
on 08/13/08 at 11:51:04:
Thanks so much for the play-by-play. Especially in your condition! I think it's real important for all of us to hear stories like yours.
I went to
www.bikepics.com
the other night and watched a bunch of accident videos. Most of them were crotch rocketers trying to do wheelies and other things that they shouldn't have been doing.
Seems to me that the lesson is obvious. We can't ever take anything for granted. The weather can be perfect and our bikes shining from top to bottom, but stuff happens when you least expect it and particularly when you let your guard down.
If there is any good to come of this, perhaps your misfortune will inspire us to be mindful of these truths.
Thank goodness you're OK. Get some rest and get well soon!
aysrav
I agree. Sharing the story is one of the most important things that can happen for the rest of us. I handle firearms daily and due to complete lack of brain power, I shot a hole in my floor one day. I shared the experience on a gun forum that I visit because I wanted others to NOT have to go through what I did after that. I for one appreciate this write up and will keep it in mind anytime I am in the saddle. thanks.
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08/13/08 at 13:47:34
Sorry to hear about the accident. Get well quick so you can get back on that iron horse!
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Reply #23 -
08/14/08 at 12:42:13
Shadowman, which direction? More or less houses, LOL.
I pulled to cover off the bike yesterday and and had a long sit on it. It was the first time since the wreck. I caught myself leaning back and forth on it, reacting to the imaginary curves in my head. You know, it is really in great shape all things considered. I'm thinking that the front forks aren't quite as bouncy as I remembered them being, but there doesn't seem to be fork oil leaking out anywhere. This weekend I think I'll start taking broken things off and making a shopping list. I'll take some pics and post them.
Bleemus, next time I'm down, we'll have to grab a beer!
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Reply #24 -
08/14/08 at 13:21:49
Thanks for posting the write up. It is always a challenge to NOT look at that thing OVER THERE....off the road or on it.
Happened to me this week on a ramp, and I barely pulled out of it - was looking at a black patch (tar, oil?) on the tarmac and ended up at the wrong angle on the ramp. Corrected in time, but gave myself a little scare too.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
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Reply #25 -
08/14/08 at 13:30:00
Whoopin it ( as whoopin as I know how) thru a turn. Right in the "line" is a pretty chunky bolt. Eyes locked on, ran right over it.. DUMMY!!!
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Reply #26 -
08/14/08 at 16:52:13
Windrider
More houses -- I'm in Reston. See my PM
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Reply #27 -
08/14/08 at 23:04:39
http://www.msgroup.org/default.aspx
has an article on target fixation.pretty much sums up what everyone else has been saying. I have a bad habbit of watching approaching traffic thru curves in case they veer across center. Glad you're o.k.
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Reply #28 -
08/15/08 at 12:55:08
You zoned out. Doesn't take much to do that. I'm glad you're ok.
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08/15/08 at 14:49:26
Thank God your still here, and can write about it. Local paper had an article today about the increase in motorcycles death in th US, we had 3 here last month. Glad your doing well and will ride again, I don't know if I could.
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