Came off the Roadster about an hour ago...

[Douglas]

...Thats the bad news. The good news is that I was traveling very slowly so my only real injury (despite my pride) was a "bent back thumb" and some general soreness. I have not had a chance to fully evaluate bike damage as I am at work...but I learned something valuable about cast aluminum...Dont try to bend it back!!! My clutch lever was bent so I thought I would bend it back...off she comes in my hand.

The shifter looks a little pushed in. What happened? Stupid really. I witnessed a long line of traffic backed up and stopped with construction cones everywhere and thought "Seek alternative routes" As I came up slowly to the last car in line I checked my mirrors, insured that the oncoming lanes were empty, and started my u-turn. As I am turning, the car behind me does the same movement, a u-turn just as I am doing. Well, all I saw as I was in motion, out of the corner of my eye, was a car coming at me and unfortunatley instead of just stopping I think I freaked and hit the break while making my turn.

The bike went down pretty quickly. A guy in a pickup (a rider who's bike was totalled by a drunk driver) helped me right the beast then showed how to use the screwdriver from under the seat to jerry-rig a clutch lever that worked well enough to limp back to the barn.

Someone told be once that every rider comes off at least once in their lifetime-I will be lucky if this is my one and only. -Doug

 

[Wrecka]

Bikes are always fixable as long as your ok mate it's happy days , don't feel bad I did same amount of damage by the sounds of it and that was when it fell off the side stand !

 

[1olbull]

If I understand, while turning left, you saw the backing cage coming at you and braked, which caused you to pitch onto the pavement.
No contact from cage?

Very sorry for you . . . fu*king inattentive cage drivers!
I just now received a call from my cousin in Edid, OK.
He was taken out by a raisin cage driver that pulled out in front of him.
Concussion and stitches in back of head. Getting out of hospital later today and will be OK.

 

[Mike188]

Bike can be repaired, you are OK is the main thing

 

[HansO]

Bikes are always fixable as long as your ok mate it's happy days , don't feel bad I did same amount of damage by the sounds of it and that was when it fell off the side stand !

Bike can be repaired, you are OK is the main thing

+1 on these both, Glad you are Alright pride will heal any scars will serve to remind what you did wrong and if you never have another whoopsy you will be a very lucky man

 

[idk]

Glad you are relatively okay.

 

[Adam79]

Good to hear your ok, it's the small ones that hurt the pride the most, glad that's all that was hurt though..

 

[ski]

If I understand, while turning left, you saw the backing cage coming at you and braked, which caused you to pitch onto the pavement.
No contact from cage?

Very sorry for you . . . fu*king inattentive cage drivers!
I just now received a call from my cousin in Edid, OK.
He was taken out by a raisin cage driver that pulled out in front of him.
Concussion and stitches in back of head. Getting out of hospital later today and will be OK.

Sure am glad Rudy will be OK. Unavoidable crashes instigated by inattentive cagers make you just want to pop em. Just went on a third anniversary Memorial run for my cousin who was taken out by a 16 year old punk who joked at school about the "accident." Also good that Douglas will be OK.

 

[Malcy]

Glad to hear you are alright. As said before the bike can be fixed up.


@1olbull what is a "raisin" cage driver, (excuse my ignorance).

 

[1olbull]

Glad to hear you are alright. As said before the bike can be fixed up.
@1olbull what is a "raisin" cage driver, (excuse my ignorance).

M8, likely be a difference in our respective colloquialisms!
Raisin = wrinkled = old!