Busa Dreamin
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I hadn't planed on posting about this but after reading numerous accident reports on this site I decided to tell the story.
Sunday night June 4, 2006 I decided to go for a nice little ride and get a bite to eat. I hadn’t got much riding in that week; I think it had been raining.
I left home about 9:45 PM I ended up on the expressway heading south, when I got down to Miami I decided to head east to Miami Beach. I knew that there would be places to eat after 10:00 PM.
I was having a nice ride the weather was pleasant and since it was a Sunday night there wasn’t many cars on the expressway, I don’t normally ride much during the day on the week days because of all the cagers.
We’ll I am going east and cross over a bridge, after I crest the top and start heading down I notice a car is stopped on the expressway, and I see a car between me and the stopped car that I realize would not be able to stop and also realize that I will not be able to stop in time.
In the next fraction of a second I know that my new 2 month old Bike is going to crash. I hit the brakes hard and decided that when I get close to the cars I will try to squeeze between the left side of the cars and the cement barrier wall. I had no time to down shift and before I knew it I was on the ground, it was just Bam it didn’t feel like I hit anything or that the bike slid out from under me. It happened so fast, I hit the ground and ended up in a seated position behind the first car in a lot of pain. I heard the guy from the second car screaming at the lady in the first car, why the hell did you stop on an expressway.
I suffered a fractured collarbone and seven fractured ribs in my back all on the left side.
After going over the accident in my mind and remembering the cop had mentioned a blind corner, and looking at the bike and the road where the accident happened I think I might have figured out what happened. At first I thought the back wheel might have locked up and slid out from under me. I had recently installed EBC HH brake pads on the rear. When I inspected the bike the left frame slider was bent towards the back of the bike not up, so my next guess was that both tires locked up and the bike slid out. There was some damage on the right side also which I believe was from the bike sliding under the car. The bridge did have a blind curve in it, after I crested the top it goes straight for a short bit and then curves to the right.
I have full coverage insurance with State Farm but found out that in the State of Florida the operator is not covered for bodily injury. Total time in the hospital was five days.
The repair estimate on my bike was $6828.94 all of the plastics needed to be replaced and a few other small parts. Hard to believe plastic can be so expensive.
That cop said the other officers wanted to give me a ticket but he talked them out of it, he said that he had also bought a Busa two months ago.
Amazing that it is legal to stop a car on the expressway, the lady said a cat ran across the road. If she had run a red light or stop sign I could sue, but nothing you can do about somebody stopping on the expressway after a blind corner. Nice huh.
I am self employed and had to cancel all my work for June. Just in the last week I got back to sleeping in my bed but I am not comfortable.
The insurance company settled and sent me a check for the repairs.
Another thing, a few days before that accident I had decided I wasn’t going to wear my heavy leather jacket any more. It was just to hot, I had been looking for a mesh jacket but had not found one yet; it was not fun to ride with a hot jacket on.
I don’t believe the jacket would have helped much; I hit the road so hard that I don’t think the jacket would have helped with the fractures. I had road rash on my left shoulder and a little bit on my hip and side, but with the fractures that didn’t bother me.
I think that I am a person that pays attention on the highway whether I am in a car or on my bike. But what can you do about something you can’t see?
As I mentioned above I had only had the bike two months I had just finished doing the initial mods that I wanted to do and had just posted my pictures that week.
The parts were ordered yesterday for the repairs and I am doing a few upgrades, I guess the bike will be ready in a couple of weeks I just hope I will be ready to ride.
Sunday night June 4, 2006 I decided to go for a nice little ride and get a bite to eat. I hadn’t got much riding in that week; I think it had been raining.
I left home about 9:45 PM I ended up on the expressway heading south, when I got down to Miami I decided to head east to Miami Beach. I knew that there would be places to eat after 10:00 PM.
I was having a nice ride the weather was pleasant and since it was a Sunday night there wasn’t many cars on the expressway, I don’t normally ride much during the day on the week days because of all the cagers.
We’ll I am going east and cross over a bridge, after I crest the top and start heading down I notice a car is stopped on the expressway, and I see a car between me and the stopped car that I realize would not be able to stop and also realize that I will not be able to stop in time.
In the next fraction of a second I know that my new 2 month old Bike is going to crash. I hit the brakes hard and decided that when I get close to the cars I will try to squeeze between the left side of the cars and the cement barrier wall. I had no time to down shift and before I knew it I was on the ground, it was just Bam it didn’t feel like I hit anything or that the bike slid out from under me. It happened so fast, I hit the ground and ended up in a seated position behind the first car in a lot of pain. I heard the guy from the second car screaming at the lady in the first car, why the hell did you stop on an expressway.
I suffered a fractured collarbone and seven fractured ribs in my back all on the left side.
After going over the accident in my mind and remembering the cop had mentioned a blind corner, and looking at the bike and the road where the accident happened I think I might have figured out what happened. At first I thought the back wheel might have locked up and slid out from under me. I had recently installed EBC HH brake pads on the rear. When I inspected the bike the left frame slider was bent towards the back of the bike not up, so my next guess was that both tires locked up and the bike slid out. There was some damage on the right side also which I believe was from the bike sliding under the car. The bridge did have a blind curve in it, after I crested the top it goes straight for a short bit and then curves to the right.
I have full coverage insurance with State Farm but found out that in the State of Florida the operator is not covered for bodily injury. Total time in the hospital was five days.
The repair estimate on my bike was $6828.94 all of the plastics needed to be replaced and a few other small parts. Hard to believe plastic can be so expensive.
That cop said the other officers wanted to give me a ticket but he talked them out of it, he said that he had also bought a Busa two months ago.
Amazing that it is legal to stop a car on the expressway, the lady said a cat ran across the road. If she had run a red light or stop sign I could sue, but nothing you can do about somebody stopping on the expressway after a blind corner. Nice huh.
I am self employed and had to cancel all my work for June. Just in the last week I got back to sleeping in my bed but I am not comfortable.
The insurance company settled and sent me a check for the repairs.
Another thing, a few days before that accident I had decided I wasn’t going to wear my heavy leather jacket any more. It was just to hot, I had been looking for a mesh jacket but had not found one yet; it was not fun to ride with a hot jacket on.
I don’t believe the jacket would have helped much; I hit the road so hard that I don’t think the jacket would have helped with the fractures. I had road rash on my left shoulder and a little bit on my hip and side, but with the fractures that didn’t bother me.
I think that I am a person that pays attention on the highway whether I am in a car or on my bike. But what can you do about something you can’t see?
As I mentioned above I had only had the bike two months I had just finished doing the initial mods that I wanted to do and had just posted my pictures that week.
The parts were ordered yesterday for the repairs and I am doing a few upgrades, I guess the bike will be ready in a couple of weeks I just hope I will be ready to ride.
