Today is a day in motorcycling that I will never forget.
We meet as planned at 11' O'clock or so in Manchester, Ct. for group ride.
It was Dogbones 32nd birthday today 12-16.
12 bikes showed up.
I volunteered to lead since no one else wanted too.
So up interstate 84 to exit 69 , that puts us onto Ct Rt 74 east.
As I said I have been leading and I had ridden this road just this past tuesday and am very familiar with it.
So anyways about 1/2 mile into the route there is a long wide off camber or what I would call a double fall line left hander.
Dogbone on his ZX-10 street fighter passes me on the outside before the apex, he then needs to lean in hard to compensate and the bike washes out from under him.
Both he and his bike are rag - dolled into the gaurdrail and start spinning.
His legs are folded in and he is tangled up in the supports.
His bike continues spinning like a top for 380 ft.
I avoided the crash and just followed the bike down the road to prevent a bike pile-up behind me.
As soon as his bike stopped in the middle of the intersection, I dismount and call 911 for assistance.
I had seen how severe his wounds where in the 1 second it took me to pass by.
He was Lifestared ( Helicoptor) from the accident scene
and ultimately had broke both legs.( Compound fractures)
1 in 2 places and the other in 3.
He broke his pelvis in 2 places too,
kneecap damage, and countless other injuries.
I thought he was going to bleed out before help arrived.
Anyways a horrible real life in your face accident.
I will try to link in some pics and tell more later.Crash thread link
The photos are in post # 20.
We meet as planned at 11' O'clock or so in Manchester, Ct. for group ride.
It was Dogbones 32nd birthday today 12-16.
12 bikes showed up.
I volunteered to lead since no one else wanted too.
So up interstate 84 to exit 69 , that puts us onto Ct Rt 74 east.
As I said I have been leading and I had ridden this road just this past tuesday and am very familiar with it.
So anyways about 1/2 mile into the route there is a long wide off camber or what I would call a double fall line left hander.
Dogbone on his ZX-10 street fighter passes me on the outside before the apex, he then needs to lean in hard to compensate and the bike washes out from under him.
Both he and his bike are rag - dolled into the gaurdrail and start spinning.
His legs are folded in and he is tangled up in the supports.
His bike continues spinning like a top for 380 ft.
I avoided the crash and just followed the bike down the road to prevent a bike pile-up behind me.
As soon as his bike stopped in the middle of the intersection, I dismount and call 911 for assistance.
I had seen how severe his wounds where in the 1 second it took me to pass by.
He was Lifestared ( Helicoptor) from the accident scene
and ultimately had broke both legs.( Compound fractures)
1 in 2 places and the other in 3.
He broke his pelvis in 2 places too,
kneecap damage, and countless other injuries.
I thought he was going to bleed out before help arrived.
Anyways a horrible real life in your face accident.
I will try to link in some pics and tell more later.Crash thread link
The photos are in post # 20.
