On I-75, just north of Chattanooga, TN, on Halloween day. Bike started to wobble, uncontrollably. Next thing I knew a lady was holding my head - telling me not to move. Fortunately, I have been an ATGATT kind of guy. More fortunately, I didn't hit anything, and nobody hit me. I broke collar bone, 5 ribs, and some bones in my foot. Very slight road rash on one elbow. I was wearing: Scorpion EXO-900 full face helmet, Field Sheer armored textile jacket, Olympia armored textile pants, Vega riding boots, and Warm-N-Safe leather gloves. My actual speed was probably greater than 75 mph, but that's the last reading i remember before the get-off.
Combination of ATGATT, and not being run over, with some good fortune tossed in, mean that I will make a full recovery in another 4 weeks or so. My son's research said only 6% even survive my kind of crash. Don't know how accurate that is, but here's the message i'd like to leave everyone: WEAR ALL YOUR GEAR, ALL THE TIME!
I was riding my Rocket III, which was totalled. I may or may not be selling my other bikes - the wife and i are going to decide later, after recovery is complete.
Anyhow, ATGATT!!!
CW
Combination of ATGATT, and not being run over, with some good fortune tossed in, mean that I will make a full recovery in another 4 weeks or so. My son's research said only 6% even survive my kind of crash. Don't know how accurate that is, but here's the message i'd like to leave everyone: WEAR ALL YOUR GEAR, ALL THE TIME!
I was riding my Rocket III, which was totalled. I may or may not be selling my other bikes - the wife and i are going to decide later, after recovery is complete.
Anyhow, ATGATT!!!
CW
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