My neighbor (50years old) is no stanger to bikes. He has owned Nortons and sutff like that in the past. Anyway, he bought an old Harley this Spring, and spent the entire Summer and a bunch of money trying to get it running. He finally cut his losses and bought a brand new Honda VTX 1800. A big beautiful Harley look alike.
I was in Dallas when he e-mailed me that he had it. I returned last Sunday night and didn't see him on Monday. On Tuesday I was looking for him again when neighbors told me that he had had an accident that afternoon, and it was really bad. I still don't have the details but know it didn't involve another vehicle. The bottom line is that he went into a ditch and eventually hit a pole, fence, or both. He was fortunate to have had the accident right next to a doctors house, and she put a turniquette (spelling) on his leg. It saved his life, but he lost a lot of blood. They amputated his leg at the knee. He also broke both his arms and several bones in one of his hands. I guess he flat-lined a couple of times. Unfortunately, he was wearing one of those worthless beenie helmets, but he does not have any serious head injuries. He did break his jaw and lost all his lower teeth. He will also loose the top teeth I am told. He is still in the hospital and will be there for a while.
This is very depressing for me. Although I never encouraged him to get another bike, we often talked about riding together. For some reason I feel guilty.
Anyway, just needed to vent. Be careful out there.
Greg
I was in Dallas when he e-mailed me that he had it. I returned last Sunday night and didn't see him on Monday. On Tuesday I was looking for him again when neighbors told me that he had had an accident that afternoon, and it was really bad. I still don't have the details but know it didn't involve another vehicle. The bottom line is that he went into a ditch and eventually hit a pole, fence, or both. He was fortunate to have had the accident right next to a doctors house, and she put a turniquette (spelling) on his leg. It saved his life, but he lost a lot of blood. They amputated his leg at the knee. He also broke both his arms and several bones in one of his hands. I guess he flat-lined a couple of times. Unfortunately, he was wearing one of those worthless beenie helmets, but he does not have any serious head injuries. He did break his jaw and lost all his lower teeth. He will also loose the top teeth I am told. He is still in the hospital and will be there for a while.
This is very depressing for me. Although I never encouraged him to get another bike, we often talked about riding together. For some reason I feel guilty.
Anyway, just needed to vent. Be careful out there.
Greg
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