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Lash said:
Today I t-boned a car that pulled a u-turn in front of me. Fortunately I was only going about 30 km but I ended up with the bike on top of me. Full agatt resulted in only cracked ribs and some really interesting bruises. Can only imagine what it would have been like with shorts and tshirt. Hot pipes,gravel etc. no thanks!
Cops gave him full blame and the bike needs a front end.
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best wishes on a speedy recovery
 
gws
 
Sorry to hear about your get off.
 
Sorry to hear, GWS.
The bike resto looks faultless, it is a shame that the effort is wasted.
Hope that you get fair compensation for both your injury and the bike.
What was the perp's story on the cause of the accident?
 
Lash said:
What else, “didn’t see you” . But he only slowed down enough to turn around and for sure didn’t look in his mirror. Good thing I wasn’t driving a Kenworth!
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I have had someone do that to me when I was driving a full size van. He was heading towards me on a two lane road and all the sudden he was 90 to the road across both lanes about 5 feet in front of me. Not much to do but brace yourself.

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Lash said:
Happened around noon. Paramedics checked me out in the ambulance with all their gadgets and all my electrics and blood pressure was good but now I’m home and the ribs are really feeling sore so I would hope a couple of days will do it.
Front end is toast, no idea how to check if the frame is bent with the forks bent.
I just finished restoring this a couple of weeks ago, got it safetied and put 400 km on it. Now I have to start over…
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Wow. Hope you heal up quickly.

Beautiful bike too, amazing it looks like it survived with relatively little damage.

Hopefully you can get the bike and ribs in order for a little more fun this summer.
 
The only real damage was the front end because it fell on me and that saved the tank, engine and pipes.
It started out in much worse shape so I will try and save it again. Adjuster won’t be contacting me until next week.
 

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Lash said:
Thanks for all the good wishes! Hurts like hell last night but there’s really no fix to ribs I dont think. It will get better. Wear your gear!
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Hey.. Get well soon.. I remember my second night after the fall. The pain was everywhere- woke up every 15 minutes as some part suddenly throbbed.

We fall, we get up, we learn, we ride.
 
So sorry this happened. Hope your recovery is quick.
 
Short update:

Went to the fracture clinic today and the doc said I have an avulsion fracture on my 5th metatarsal (the first joint of the pinky finger from the ankle). The ligament just dislodged from the joint and chipped a bone fragment.

At least one more week of no walking.

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Wow that little toe must have taken all the weight. Can’t imagine the pain. I hit mine every now and then on a chair leg and it hurts a lot for a few days. Hopefully the week passes fast.
 
Oy, I was focusing on the baby toes and totally missed the arrows.
I guess on the plus side, you have strong ligaments!
 
Damn that sucks. Hoping for a quick recovery.

I technically have “moto” boots (they’re more like shoes tbh. Pair of TCX x-wave) but I doubt they could handle a 400-500lb drop on them.

May have to rethink my footwear options.


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iblastoff said:
Damn that sucks. Hoping for a quick recovery.

I technically have “moto” boots (they’re more like shoes tbh. Pair of TCX x-wave) but I doubt they could handle a 400-500lb drop on them.

May have to rethink my footwear options.


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That's always my test for footwear on a bike. Would I be happy laying on the ground and having the bike tip over onto my ankle. If the answer isn't yes, those aren't the right boots for me.
 
GreyGhost said:
That's always my test for footwear on a bike. Would I be happy laying on the ground and having the bike tip over onto my ankle. If the answer isn't yes, those aren't the right boots for me.
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Never.
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