Also, what the hell? If you'd have killed yourself that would make it 3 in 1 month for me and that is NOT OKAY! (She says selfishly.) Also, your little cutefaces need an intact pop.
Been riding for just over a year - got the bike in April, passed my RiderCourse at the end of June '06.
Shoulder hurts too much to ride today, but the bike is back in shape (mostly). I'll want new grips, and I'm watching eBay for a new brake pedal, but the handlebars are back where they belong.
Also, going to invest in some new rubber. I looked at the intersection on the way in today, and my best guess is that low air press in the front tire (it has a slow leak - usually I can keep up with it) combined with an older rear tire and new (<2 weeks old) paint on the crosswalk contributed. New rubber will, if nothing else, prevent that exact chain of events from happening again...
So that road rash on your hand, even though your glove is fine? That's from the leather jerking hard enough to peel skin off. It's LEATHER rash, not road rash!
Now, imagine if instead of a half inch of leather sliding across your hand, it had been 10 feet of pavement. HOORAY FOR GEAR! Picture your knee on your hand. Then picture typing.
Anyway, I'm glad you're okay. Did they scrub all the dirt out of your knee wound?
For the record, I've been in 7 motorcycle crashes on and off the track (not counting dirtbikes) and never had much worse than the leather burns thanks to the lovely gear. It really works.
Yeah, I was telling my wife that -everyone- lays their bike down sometime - I was just lucky enough that my first time was slow-speed.
Best I can figure, it was a combination of low front-tire press (damn thing has a slow leak that I uaully keep on top of), a worn rear tire, and slick new crosswalk paint. I started accelerating through the turn, the rear tire hit the paint, spun up to speed, and then kicked when it hit concrete again. The underpress front tire folded a bit, enough to stop the bike, and down I went.
New rubber is in my near future, so that doesn't happen again.
Gear is good. Gloves and helmet I -always- wear, even if I'm just going to the corner store. I'm worse with armor during the summer, though, and downright -horrible- when it comes to wearing my chaps. Needless to say (though I'm gonna anyway) that's going to change.
Woundscrubbing=TEH OW! And yes - no permanent particle implants, thankfully...
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Also, what the hell? If you'd have killed yourself that would make it 3 in 1 month for me and that is NOT OKAY! (She says selfishly.) Also, your little cutefaces need an intact pop.
Wear your armorz!!
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Shoulder hurts too much to ride today, but the bike is back in shape (mostly). I'll want new grips, and I'm watching eBay for a new brake pedal, but the handlebars are back where they belong.
Also, going to invest in some new rubber. I looked at the intersection on the way in today, and my best guess is that low air press in the front tire (it has a slow leak - usually I can keep up with it) combined with an older rear tire and new (<2 weeks old) paint on the crosswalk contributed. New rubber will, if nothing else, prevent that exact chain of events from happening again...
And yes. Armor -every- day from now on.
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When you get your new tires, be extra careful on them for awhile. They are slippery when you first get them.
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So that road rash on your hand, even though your glove is fine? That's from the leather jerking hard enough to peel skin off. It's LEATHER rash, not road rash!
Now, imagine if instead of a half inch of leather sliding across your hand, it had been 10 feet of pavement. HOORAY FOR GEAR! Picture your knee on your hand. Then picture typing.
Anyway, I'm glad you're okay. Did they scrub all the dirt out of your knee wound?
For the record, I've been in 7 motorcycle crashes on and off the track (not counting dirtbikes) and never had much worse than the leather burns thanks to the lovely gear. It really works.
:)
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Best I can figure, it was a combination of low front-tire press (damn thing has a slow leak that I uaully keep on top of), a worn rear tire, and slick new crosswalk paint. I started accelerating through the turn, the rear tire hit the paint, spun up to speed, and then kicked when it hit concrete again. The underpress front tire folded a bit, enough to stop the bike, and down I went.
New rubber is in my near future, so that doesn't happen again.
Gear is good. Gloves and helmet I -always- wear, even if I'm just going to the corner store. I'm worse with armor during the summer, though, and downright -horrible- when it comes to wearing my chaps. Needless to say (though I'm gonna anyway) that's going to change.
Woundscrubbing=TEH OW! And yes - no permanent particle implants, thankfully...
*shudders imagining knee wound on hand*
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