Bad motorcycle accident
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Re: Bad motorcycle accident
Two decades ago, a guy on a mid-size Yamaha was tootling down 280 in late November through the snow flurries. After 9:00 PM. Coming up to a stoplight, he hit an ice patch and laid the bike down. He was wearing denim and a leather jacket, but no helmet, and I suspect having left Happy Hour from oh, I'd say the Turf Club. I stopped the car thirty feet behind him as he was picking the bike up. He was unhurt. I went back down the road and picked his glove off the pavement and handed it to him. He said 'thanks' and there was no point in saying anything else.......
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Could you already walk and speak two decades ago???...Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:Two decades ago, a guy on a mid-size Yamaha was tootling down 280 in late November through the snow flurries. After 9:00 PM. Coming up to a stoplight, he hit an ice patch and laid the bike down. He was wearing denim and a leather jacket, but no helmet, and I suspect having left Happy Hour from oh, I'd say the Turf Club. I stopped the car thirty feet behind him as he was picking the bike up. He was unhurt. I went back down the road and picked his glove off the pavement and handed it to him. He said 'thanks' and there was no point in saying anything else.......
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Bob wrote this one after his motorcycle crash in 1966. His stuff won't link, so here are the Byrds.
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Re: Bad motorcycle accident
Endovelico wrote:Could you already walk and speak two decades ago???...Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:Two decades ago, a guy on a mid-size Yamaha was tootling down 280 in late November through the snow flurries. After 9:00 PM. Coming up to a stoplight, he hit an ice patch and laid the bike down. He was wearing denim and a leather jacket, but no helmet, and I suspect having left Happy Hour from oh, I'd say the Turf Club. I stopped the car thirty feet behind him as he was picking the bike up. He was unhurt. I went back down the road and picked his glove off the pavement and handed it to him. He said 'thanks' and there was no point in saying anything else.......
Nice try...... but I'm not that young.......'>>.......
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Re: Bad motorcycle accident
Oh heck, I have only just seen this thread.
Sympathies but frankly Alex, you sound to have been rather lucky. Sorry to be blunt, but motorcycle riding at any age is dangerous and above a certain age on a big bike lethally so, your reaction times are not what they were. I can understand the thrill of riding a bike (although it has never appealed to me) but why not buy a car, even a silly over fast one like they feature on Top Gear (second hand, they don't cost so much, the insurance is another matter...) and decide to live.
Still, this advice is coming from someone who continues to find it hard to give up nicotine, more deadly than even motorcycle riding. "Hypocrisy is vice's salute to virtue".
Sympathies but frankly Alex, you sound to have been rather lucky. Sorry to be blunt, but motorcycle riding at any age is dangerous and above a certain age on a big bike lethally so, your reaction times are not what they were. I can understand the thrill of riding a bike (although it has never appealed to me) but why not buy a car, even a silly over fast one like they feature on Top Gear (second hand, they don't cost so much, the insurance is another matter...) and decide to live.
Still, this advice is coming from someone who continues to find it hard to give up nicotine, more deadly than even motorcycle riding. "Hypocrisy is vice's salute to virtue".
Re: Bad motorcycle accident
Sorry to hear about the accident. I hope you get better soon. Take it easy.
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Re: Bad motorcycle accident
Torchwood,Torchwood wrote: Still, this advice is coming from someone who continues to find it hard to give up nicotine, more deadly than even motorcycle riding. "Hypocrisy is vice's salute to virtue".
Amen! Bonus points for honesty!!!!!! You must be one of those humans I often read about.... The ones who exhale CO2....
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Re: Bad motorcycle accident
folks,
i'm still here with one fingered typing.
plastercast comes off on tuesday (thank the lord). now i know exactly why i discouraged our daughter from getting a moped or scooter in her teens.
thanks for the posts here; helped a lot.
alex
i'm still here with one fingered typing.
plastercast comes off on tuesday (thank the lord). now i know exactly why i discouraged our daughter from getting a moped or scooter in her teens.
thanks for the posts here; helped a lot.
alex
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Good luck Bro!manolo wrote:folks,
i'm still here with one fingered typing.
plastercast comes off on tuesday (thank the lord). now i know exactly why i discouraged our daughter from getting a moped or scooter in her teens.
thanks for the posts here; helped a lot.
alex
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Thank You Very Much For your post, Torchwood.Torchwood wrote:Oh heck, I have only just seen this thread.
Sympathies but frankly Alex, you sound to have been rather lucky. Sorry to be blunt, but motorcycle riding at any age is dangerous and above a certain age on a big bike lethally so, your reaction times are not what they were. I can understand the thrill of riding a bike (although it has never appealed to me) but why not buy a car, even a silly over fast one like they feature on Top Gear (second hand, they don't cost so much, the insurance is another matter...) and decide to live.
Still, this advice is coming from someone who continues to find it hard to give up nicotine, more deadly than even motorcycle riding. "Hypocrisy is vice's salute to virtue".
I have friends who ride/rode motorcycles but as they get older they seem to be switching more to dune buggies/rail cars........
Still get the wind in their hair but a bit safer.......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_buggy
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Re: Bad motorcycle accident
Those Can-Am Spyders look like fun.
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Yep, that speedometer reads 299 (kmph).
Yep, that speedometer reads 299 (kmph).
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