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·Last Saturday, while on my usual weekend canyon ride with
one of my buddies, I had the unfortunate experience of
hitting both a rock and gravel that I couldn't see in a 90
degree left-hand turn. My bike (luckily not the Benelli but
my '98 Duc 748 ) got sideways, tried to high-side me and
for some unknown reason, I tried my damnedest to hold
on and get control of the bike. The bike slammed down on
its right side, but with my leg between it and the
pavement, shattering my tibia and fibula into many small
pieces, knocking me unconsious. The bike then bounced up
and slid off the left side of the road, while I bounced up,
flipped over, and landed on the chin guard of my helmet.
Didn't even slide.
I got airlifted to a hospital 2 hours from my house where
they did surgery that night to plate and screw together
what they could. I was released on Monday, and a friend
who had made the 2 hour drive out to visit me, ended up
driving me home. It's going to be quite a while before I can
even walk, much less ride. Estimates are 8-10 weeks in the
cast at a minimum. I've gotten first-hand experience now of
just how wonderful the motorcycling community is. One
couple riding 2-up on a Harley were the first folks to arrive
after the crash, and they have called me twice to see how
I'm doing. All my friends have been amazing, it's good to
know I have friends who will make sure I have everything I
need. (Having an injury like this sucks when you live
alone.)
Anyway, I probably won't be posting very often for a while,
as it's not good for me to sit at my computer much until I
figure out a way to do it with my leg elevated.
Be careful out there, folks!
mark
p.s. Toby, guess dinner Friday is off, since I had to cancel
my trip to Pomona. :-(
one of my buddies, I had the unfortunate experience of
hitting both a rock and gravel that I couldn't see in a 90
degree left-hand turn. My bike (luckily not the Benelli but
my '98 Duc 748 ) got sideways, tried to high-side me and
for some unknown reason, I tried my damnedest to hold
on and get control of the bike. The bike slammed down on
its right side, but with my leg between it and the
pavement, shattering my tibia and fibula into many small
pieces, knocking me unconsious. The bike then bounced up
and slid off the left side of the road, while I bounced up,
flipped over, and landed on the chin guard of my helmet.
Didn't even slide.
I got airlifted to a hospital 2 hours from my house where
they did surgery that night to plate and screw together
what they could. I was released on Monday, and a friend
who had made the 2 hour drive out to visit me, ended up
driving me home. It's going to be quite a while before I can
even walk, much less ride. Estimates are 8-10 weeks in the
cast at a minimum. I've gotten first-hand experience now of
just how wonderful the motorcycling community is. One
couple riding 2-up on a Harley were the first folks to arrive
after the crash, and they have called me twice to see how
I'm doing. All my friends have been amazing, it's good to
know I have friends who will make sure I have everything I
need. (Having an injury like this sucks when you live
alone.)
Anyway, I probably won't be posting very often for a while,
as it's not good for me to sit at my computer much until I
figure out a way to do it with my leg elevated.
Be careful out there, folks!
mark
p.s. Toby, guess dinner Friday is off, since I had to cancel
my trip to Pomona. :-(
First of all I'm glad you're okay and I hope that you heal real soon, and secondly, you're not alone when you have us nice folks to talk to here so feel free to post your progress on how you're getting along buddy
