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First sunny, warm, weekend day of the season, and already worked 3 wrecks involving motorcycles.
Harley rider took a corner too fast, ran off the outside into a barbed wire fence. Half-helmet, gloves, boots. Minor cosmetic damage to bike, chunks of rider's face hanging in fence.
GSX600R rider ran off the 70mph 4-lane and hit mud--bike flew/bounced/skid 397 feet (how fast do you think he was going?) and landed in a weldwire fence. Parts shed everywhere, bike definately totalled. The rider cleared the fence and landed in a pond. Fortunately, the pond was shallow enough passersby could hold his nose out of the water and administer recue breathing. Full face helmet, jacket. Suspected broken neck/back. Paralyzed from shoulders down, unable to breathe for himself.
KLR rider sitting at a light rearended by a mini-van that then ran over bike when driver tried to leave the scene. Bike destroyed. Rider in full gear landed 70 feet from where he stopped. Up and walking around, helmet smashed in back, jacket, pants, and gloves shredded. Some bruising, rode in wife's car to ER just in case.
Be careful out there. If your bike has been stored for winter, allow time to wear the rust off your skills. Watch your 6.
Harley rider took a corner too fast, ran off the outside into a barbed wire fence. Half-helmet, gloves, boots. Minor cosmetic damage to bike, chunks of rider's face hanging in fence.
GSX600R rider ran off the 70mph 4-lane and hit mud--bike flew/bounced/skid 397 feet (how fast do you think he was going?) and landed in a weldwire fence. Parts shed everywhere, bike definately totalled. The rider cleared the fence and landed in a pond. Fortunately, the pond was shallow enough passersby could hold his nose out of the water and administer recue breathing. Full face helmet, jacket. Suspected broken neck/back. Paralyzed from shoulders down, unable to breathe for himself.
KLR rider sitting at a light rearended by a mini-van that then ran over bike when driver tried to leave the scene. Bike destroyed. Rider in full gear landed 70 feet from where he stopped. Up and walking around, helmet smashed in back, jacket, pants, and gloves shredded. Some bruising, rode in wife's car to ER just in case.
Be careful out there. If your bike has been stored for winter, allow time to wear the rust off your skills. Watch your 6.