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Biketoberfest Anyone see me crash?

DENWADENWA Member Posts: 390 ✭✭✭
edited October 2001 in General Discussion
If you went to daytona this weekend and were in front of the Iron horse saloon at about 1030 pm and saw an accident that was DENWA.Was cutoff by a purple mustang at 55mph and could not stop fast enough!Well a trashed motorcycle, Split Skull, roade rash over 25% of my body and a broken pair of $180 prescription sun glasses later... Just glad to be alive and wish the car would have at least stopped to see if I was O.K.....Cops saw the whole thing and did not even bother to give any help thank GOD for caring people(Bikers). Yes I was wearing a helmet.How was your weekend?
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  • jujujuju Member Posts: 6,321 ✭
    edited November -1
    Missed the accident, I'm glad you are ok. Road rash will heal, bones will mend, glasses can be replaced and the bike can be fixed, you however, cannot be replaced. I hope you recover fast. ( I also hope you run across the driver of that car when you heal)
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    run across or run over?
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  • sig-mansig-man Member Posts: 591 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am thankful that you are OK, I had a good friend get killed at Daytona bike week a few years back, a car hit him head on while he was in the turn lane to go to the waffle house, his girlfriend was messed up bad too, but lived,you can be the safest one on the road and some careless moron not paying attention can kill you ...[This message has been edited by nunn (edited 10-22-2001).]
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    We just don't seem to be able to get the message to the "cagers" that their fender is a lot thicker than our jeans. They just don't realize that hitting a bike is akin to hitting a pedestrian. They get a dented fender, we get killed.Hope you got the cops names and badges or other witnesses. If the car left the scene, and there is no police report, you should be able to file a insurance claim under "uninsured motorist", but you need witnesses.Glad you're pretty OK. Mudge
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    What a drag, man. How much damage to the scooter?
    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Denwa I've btdt many years ago. Most drivers have no respect for bikers and have blinders when it comes to seeing them. Glad you got back alive.
    So many guns to buy. So little money.
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  • Evil ATFEvil ATF Member Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As a dedicated "cager", I will say in our defense that the majority of bikers in my area have no respect for the rules of the road and put themselves and others in jeopardy everytime they hit the road (no pun intended). There are bad apples in every barrel.I hope you recover without any complications, amigo. With any luck, maybe somebody got the plate number of the * that hit you.
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  • DENWADENWA Member Posts: 390 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well today I'm up and movin alot better.Head stopped hurtin as much.Elbow and knee still don't bend.Eyes are black but still working.Pride is as sore as the rash is.No I did not see plate # and did not have alot of time to talk with the cops. My brother is writing up the complaint.Insurance is taking care of the damage to me but not NORMA. Oh well I aplogized to her after the accident she'll sit in the garage until I get a chance to work on her again.I have been riding motor cycles since I was 12 yrs old: this is my first accident that I have actually done damage to me or bike, I guess I have been lucky.Its just perspective, It could be worse.I appreciate the concern, take care and keep your eyes open.
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Evil...As a dedicated biker, the fact that there are "bad apples" doesn't mean the "cagers" can declare open season on bikers or ANYONE ELSE who they must share the road with. Sure, there are a lot of a$$holes on bikes out there. I've seen way more "bad apples" in cars than I have on bikes. There's not a biker out there who hasn't been "attacked", (i.e. intimidated) on purpose by some * in a car. The fact that I ride a H-D notwithstanding, I've seen a lot more of the * types on "rice-burners" than on Harleys. People don't buy "crotch rockets" to "cruise". They buy them to go fast. They'll DO 100mph for no other reason than the fact that they can. (In Harley school (101) we learn not to mess with the "rice burners".) You've probably seen bikers wave to each other as they pass on the road. Just a kind of "Hey bro'". Well, I waved at a guy on a Jap bike a while back and instead of waving back, he pulled a wheelie!!! Simply because he could. That's the kind of crap that gives bikers a bad rep.I'm gonna' stop here. I'm beginning to get pi$$ed. It's about 75 degress so I'm gonna' go fire up the two wheeler and see if I can find a "cager" to irritate.Mudge
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    Denwa, You live down that way or was you just visiting?
    If you run, you'll just die tired! will270win@aol.com ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
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  • DENWADENWA Member Posts: 390 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I live in Gainesville which is about 2 hrs west of Daytona.Today I am up walking and had my second bath since the incedent friday. Trying to recover so I can at least sit in the boat this weekend for Muzzelloader season.Kind of depressing when I think about it.So someone tell me a good story to make mine feel less tragic.thanks.
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  • travelortravelor Member Posts: 442 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    O.K.: I was living off of the land in western N.Y. one summer, and was fishing in crow creek, near the resivour. I had gotten my hook caught in a tree, and since hooks were a precious commodity, I proceeded to climb the tree to retrieve it. As I crept out over the water to try to reach the blessed thing, I saw something swimming through the water upstreem, and it was comming streight toward me, leaving quite a wake on the surface. Then I realized what it was: LOOK, a beaver! I shouted to my brother, who was down on the bank. Just then the whole tree gave loose from the bank, with me still up there! Every thing changed to slow motion,and as I road the tree down, I saw the beaver slap his broad tail on the water, and dive down out of sight. Just then, I splashed down also! It didn't bother me though, It was the first beaver I had ever seen in the wild. I will never forget it either. by the way, yes I did swim down and retrieve the hook...You don't think I went through all of that for nothing, do you? An old indian friend of mine said that it was "beaver medisine". Hope it helps you cheer up!
    keep lots of extra uppers for your ar..you can change often enough to keep the thing from over heating...what ever caliber fits the moment..~Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    OK DENWA, here's a good story for ya'. On a HOG ride one Sunday. Raining a bit. On the way to the BBQ site we had to go up a little hill into the parking lot. The future Mrs, Mudge was in front of me. We hadn't even dated yet. We had to stop on the hill. Now...Mrs. Mudge is only 5'2'. She can only get one foot and one toe on the ground when she's stopped. Her hands aren't big enough to hold the front brake lever and reach the starter button at the same time. OK. She's stopped on the hill with her right foot on the ground and holding the front brake. The bike stalls. Now she has to 1) Get her right foot on the brake pedal, 2) Lean the bike to the left so her left foot is on the ground. Quite a dance for her and she didn't make it. Her left foot slides on the wet road. The bike gets too far over center for her to hold it up. She lays it down softly on the left crash bar and very gracefully bails out and rolls 10 feet down the hill in the grass. Six of us are off our bikes in a flash. Five guys go to pick her bike up. I go to pike her up. I guess she figured I was a "keeper". We were married 3 months later.Mudge
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    What a smooth dude. The chumps jump for the bike, you go for the woman.Now, if it had been your bike that fell over and the woman you were packing on the back rolled into the ditch, I'd like to think your first attention would've been paid to the scooter.I'm also guessing you didn't throw your bike down to rescue the fair damsel. You helped her up alright, as soon as you got yours shut off and securely resting on the side stand.
    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • dhdh Member Posts: 127 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good story Mudge.I have a girl cousin who when she was 18 rode a Gold Wing 1000 loaded out and I always told her she would never pick it up if she dropped it.One day I pulled up behind her in the turning lane and down she went.Yea,I helped her,all the while telling her I told you so.Her stepdad owned the Honda shop in town and she pretty much got to ride whatever she liked.
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lord Lowrider.....You're absolutely right. I may be smoooooth, but I ain't stupid. Kick stand down, engine off, in gear (I'm on the hill too). Not to get crass but at the time I had no idea how it would all turn out and, as you know, that chrome ain't cheap. Mudge
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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