Well my wife got her first real accident out of the way. Before you even ask it, yes she is fine.
Every day we have gone a little further, a little faster and today we pushed as far as we ever have. On her Ninja 250 and me on my Hayabusa we took off for the "country." Long story short, about 20 miles into the trip we were a little lost (she was leading) so she turned into a parking lot of a church. There was a cop sitting in the church parking lot, looked like a speed trap. About halfway into the turn she accidentally hit the gas and the turn went WAY Wide. She slammed the bike into the curb and high-sided it. She flipped over the right side, the bike skidded only about 10 feet along the curb. The concrete base of a lightpost stopped her head and she landed on her back in some bushes.
I pretty much slid the busa sideways into a stop and the cop ran over. I lifted her visor and checked her eyes. She was a little dazed. The cop asked her how many fingers he had up, she laughed and said "1". We helped her up after checking her out to make sure she was ok. She was fine, just dazed.
She of course was more concerned about about her bike.
It was lying on it's left size with a growing pool of liquid under it. I touched it... oil. Crap. The cop helped me lift it. It turns out when the bike went down it hit the oil cap where you add oil to the engine and popped it out. The right side is of course completely scrapped. It will need new fairings. The cop stayed with her while I ran up the road and bought more oil. I filled it up when I got back and it fired right up. I offered to get the car and bring it back so she could drive it home. She looked straight at me and said "I will not let this defeat me."
And then it started to rain. *sigh* *I* haven't ever ridden in rain that hard before and I have been riding for years.
She said "dammit I am riding this thing home."
She did. She is one hell of a woman. She crashed, dusted herself off, got back on and drove home in inclement weather. Now she is eager to get it cleaned up and back on the road tomorrow. I wish I was as tough as her. I took her out to dinner and now she is finishing her first bottle of wine to kill the pain in her ribs. We are lucky they weren't broken.
GEAR saved the day. The visor on the helmet is scrapped, the helmet needs replaced. No obvious damage except major scratches but I am not taking chances. Her jacket, mesh Alpinestar, is roughed up but still looking good.
Anyway, just thought you guys might like the story. I will try and get some pictures.
Keep the rubber side down folks.
Every day we have gone a little further, a little faster and today we pushed as far as we ever have. On her Ninja 250 and me on my Hayabusa we took off for the "country." Long story short, about 20 miles into the trip we were a little lost (she was leading) so she turned into a parking lot of a church. There was a cop sitting in the church parking lot, looked like a speed trap. About halfway into the turn she accidentally hit the gas and the turn went WAY Wide. She slammed the bike into the curb and high-sided it. She flipped over the right side, the bike skidded only about 10 feet along the curb. The concrete base of a lightpost stopped her head and she landed on her back in some bushes.
I pretty much slid the busa sideways into a stop and the cop ran over. I lifted her visor and checked her eyes. She was a little dazed. The cop asked her how many fingers he had up, she laughed and said "1". We helped her up after checking her out to make sure she was ok. She was fine, just dazed.
She of course was more concerned about about her bike.
It was lying on it's left size with a growing pool of liquid under it. I touched it... oil. Crap. The cop helped me lift it. It turns out when the bike went down it hit the oil cap where you add oil to the engine and popped it out. The right side is of course completely scrapped. It will need new fairings. The cop stayed with her while I ran up the road and bought more oil. I filled it up when I got back and it fired right up. I offered to get the car and bring it back so she could drive it home. She looked straight at me and said "I will not let this defeat me."
And then it started to rain. *sigh* *I* haven't ever ridden in rain that hard before and I have been riding for years.
She said "dammit I am riding this thing home."
She did. She is one hell of a woman. She crashed, dusted herself off, got back on and drove home in inclement weather. Now she is eager to get it cleaned up and back on the road tomorrow. I wish I was as tough as her. I took her out to dinner and now she is finishing her first bottle of wine to kill the pain in her ribs. We are lucky they weren't broken.
GEAR saved the day. The visor on the helmet is scrapped, the helmet needs replaced. No obvious damage except major scratches but I am not taking chances. Her jacket, mesh Alpinestar, is roughed up but still looking good.
Anyway, just thought you guys might like the story. I will try and get some pictures.
Keep the rubber side down folks.
She says thank you! (Kinda irritated I told everyone it happened too, lol)
