So, some of you saw my sport bike thread... Well I have some seriously bad news.
I went to my dads office yesterday, and we were hangin out and talking - no big deal
Then he takes me back into the warehouse - again, nothing different... until I see a rounded tail and what looks like a Carbon Fibre exhaust
Sure enough, I get closer and it's the fucking Hayabusa that "some asshole" bought the day after I sent it to my dad... he bought it for me and himself as a bike that isnt an everyday bike - we have street bikes for that
He told me I could ride it and that I have the title/registration but no plates so I should be O.K.
I go to my moms house, girlfriends house, and my friend's house on the way...
It's monsoon season so it looked like it would rain but the wind wasn't too bad.
So I took it up the road [Frank Lloyd Wright Rd.] back towards my house - I entered a sharp right turn when the wind kicked up like a mother fucker - I looked up the weather yesterday and it turns out at 6:58 the wind was blowing at like 20mph with the gusts being 32mph or something - at 7:00 the wind turned into 42mph or so with 55+mph gusts of wind - EXACTLY the time of my accident
I sat on the bike fighting for it to turn but it seemed too late, I watched my front tire inch closer and closer to the curb until it made contact
The next thing I remember was seeing gravel sliding on my face and my body twisted around my front shield flipped up and broke off on the left side... As soon as I stopped sliding/rolling I stood right up and turned around to my worst nightmare. My new Suzuki Hayabusa pinned against the curb with smoke coming from the engine and oil leaking all over the road.
I checked myself out and didn't feel any broken bones and my neck felt fine - I had a book bag designed for motorcycle riding with a jacket and another small helmet in there... I assume that that probably helped my back from being broken
I went to the Trauma center at the hospital and they had to scrub out all my road rash (left arm almost completely, left knee cap, left shin & calf, right shin & calf and right knee cap my lip is also cut pretty deep right under my gums; they couldnt stitch it back together because there was no tissue to sew - not bad for sliding through a median right between two trees and into oncoming traffic going 50mph
/\ You can see how I was riding close to the curb until i went over it - the motorcycle then twisted sideways and rolled (I assume) into the bush actually ripping branches off
I tried to show the motion but it kind of sucks
The helmet that saved my life (I hit the gravel head first, you can see what my face would look like if I wasnt wearing one)
I really wish somebody would buy me an eighth
They gave me Vicodin but I'm not taking that shit - painkillers are fucked up
I honestly believe that the crash wasn't my fault, it honestly was an act of nature.
The lesson that I take from this is: Things can go very bad very quickly - one second your loving your life and counting your blessings, next thing your laying on the road with your brand new dream motorcycle laying on the road completely totaled because no fault of your own.
To be fair, I did not think about the amount of surface area on the motorcycle. I thought I might just blow back and forth a few inches at the worst but I never thought about that turn and the effect the wind would have on me while in the turn. I also should have been in the other lane but I had just passed a car about 20 seconds back and didn't think about it.
That is the proper procedure for turning on a motorcycle, I started near the curb but as soon as I got hit by the wind I simply couldn't bring it out of the turn
Next time I own a Hayabusa I'm only riding with mesh pants, and a jacket in conditions that I have already looked up to make sure it wont get wet or windy
Everyone that rides a bike: Wear a helmet, it helps with wind, sound, and protecting your face from roadrash and a curb at 50mph.
Remember not to underestimate mother earth, shes a total bitch and will fuck your shit up in an instant (as evidenced by my demise)
-GodFather
I went to my dads office yesterday, and we were hangin out and talking - no big deal
Then he takes me back into the warehouse - again, nothing different... until I see a rounded tail and what looks like a Carbon Fibre exhaust
Sure enough, I get closer and it's the fucking Hayabusa that "some asshole" bought the day after I sent it to my dad... he bought it for me and himself as a bike that isnt an everyday bike - we have street bikes for that
He told me I could ride it and that I have the title/registration but no plates so I should be O.K.
I go to my moms house, girlfriends house, and my friend's house on the way...
It's monsoon season so it looked like it would rain but the wind wasn't too bad.
So I took it up the road [Frank Lloyd Wright Rd.] back towards my house - I entered a sharp right turn when the wind kicked up like a mother fucker - I looked up the weather yesterday and it turns out at 6:58 the wind was blowing at like 20mph with the gusts being 32mph or something - at 7:00 the wind turned into 42mph or so with 55+mph gusts of wind - EXACTLY the time of my accident
I sat on the bike fighting for it to turn but it seemed too late, I watched my front tire inch closer and closer to the curb until it made contact
The next thing I remember was seeing gravel sliding on my face and my body twisted around my front shield flipped up and broke off on the left side... As soon as I stopped sliding/rolling I stood right up and turned around to my worst nightmare. My new Suzuki Hayabusa pinned against the curb with smoke coming from the engine and oil leaking all over the road.
I checked myself out and didn't feel any broken bones and my neck felt fine - I had a book bag designed for motorcycle riding with a jacket and another small helmet in there... I assume that that probably helped my back from being broken
I went to the Trauma center at the hospital and they had to scrub out all my road rash (left arm almost completely, left knee cap, left shin & calf, right shin & calf and right knee cap my lip is also cut pretty deep right under my gums; they couldnt stitch it back together because there was no tissue to sew - not bad for sliding through a median right between two trees and into oncoming traffic going 50mph
/\ You can see how I was riding close to the curb until i went over it - the motorcycle then twisted sideways and rolled (I assume) into the bush actually ripping branches off
I tried to show the motion but it kind of sucks
The helmet that saved my life (I hit the gravel head first, you can see what my face would look like if I wasnt wearing one)
I really wish somebody would buy me an eighth
They gave me Vicodin but I'm not taking that shit - painkillers are fucked up
I honestly believe that the crash wasn't my fault, it honestly was an act of nature.
The lesson that I take from this is: Things can go very bad very quickly - one second your loving your life and counting your blessings, next thing your laying on the road with your brand new dream motorcycle laying on the road completely totaled because no fault of your own.
To be fair, I did not think about the amount of surface area on the motorcycle. I thought I might just blow back and forth a few inches at the worst but I never thought about that turn and the effect the wind would have on me while in the turn. I also should have been in the other lane but I had just passed a car about 20 seconds back and didn't think about it.
That is the proper procedure for turning on a motorcycle, I started near the curb but as soon as I got hit by the wind I simply couldn't bring it out of the turn
Next time I own a Hayabusa I'm only riding with mesh pants, and a jacket in conditions that I have already looked up to make sure it wont get wet or windy
Everyone that rides a bike: Wear a helmet, it helps with wind, sound, and protecting your face from roadrash and a curb at 50mph.
Remember not to underestimate mother earth, shes a total bitch and will fuck your shit up in an instant (as evidenced by my demise)
-GodFather
