Dropped it hard

[Jay S.]

I'm just glad you are okay brother. Not too many walk away from a motorcycle accident. There is plenty of time to take care of the bike.

Take care!

Jay

 

[CDN6R]

John,, So sorry to read what happened to you,but thanks God that you are realitively "OK" and that you wear ATGATT! With out the gear you would probably be in worse shape. Take care of yourself,, the 6R can be replaced.

 

[Rabbitman109]

John, sorry to see that you went down man. I hope you recover soon, and don't worry about the bike, it can be replaced. Sounds like you really used your skills well. Take care of yourself, we are with you.

 

[Marthy]

AAA will go get the bike tomorrow and tow it to a Dealer and do an evaluation. I'm gonna just heal up and not stress.
It's only a bike and it can be replaced. John Kerr is right.

Thanks for the offer tho, much appreciated.

When it happened I went through my options and as they failed I went on to the next and after I ran out I took the final option with zero regard for the bike. I have my truck so I have transportation. All is good.

This is where experience comes into play... You didn't panic and stay on top of your game and were able to make proper decision that save your life or limit the damage. It amassing how much stuff go thru your mind in those few second.

This is the most important decision that you have to do when you crash with a bike... Let the bike go at the right moment.

Take care young man! :thumbup:

 

[99vengeur]

Sorry to hear about the off! I hope you heal up quickly and get the bike back in running order. I know that you've put some time in to the bike, so it would be a shame for it to be a loss.

God speed!

 

[DragonBlu]

Sorry to hear of your mishap John. Mend well and take care.

 

[CrazyCawi]

hey

Hey man, So sorry to hear what happened! The renthal bars just got put on, deffinately not a good day for you to have it go down. I am glad for the most part your okay, and I wish you a speedy recovery! You will have to fill us in on the damage to the bike and whatnot! Again bud, we dont like seeing any one of our riders go down, but so glad your safe! Keep your hear up man you did everything possible to minimize the damages and saving yourself.

 

[jay]

Sorry to hear this bro.. hope you get better soon.. i guess you did better than prolly other riders in that kind of situation.. take good care and heal fast.

 

[wtnotch]

Sorry to hear this bro.. hope you get better soon.. i guess you did better than prolly other riders in that kind of situation.. take good care and heal fast.

+1 It sounds like all of your reactions were spot on and probably really limited the damage - to both you and the bike. Take care.

Russ

 

[Spunky99]

I researched today on how to get the video off that cam chip.....so tonight I'll try again. Bike is at the Dealer for evaluation and they will call with the results later tonight or tomorrow. Since I'm taking it easy, I can concentrate on the crash vid. It should be epic and show if I did it right or not. Either way, it will be a good learning experience to see how I operate on auto-pilot in an emergency situation, right or wrong.
If it's that bad, maybe I'll put it on youtube anonymously...LOL......

 

[CrazyCawi]

I researched today on how to get the video off that cam chip.....so tonight I'll try again. Bike is at the Dealer for evaluation and they will call with the results later tonight or tomorrow. Since I'm taking it easy, I can concentrate on the crash vid. It should be epic and show if I did it right or not. Either way, it will be a good learning experience to see how I operate on auto-pilot in an emergency situation, right or wrong.
If it's that bad, maybe I'll put it on youtube anonymously...LOL......

Although this is a tragic thing to have happen I am excited to see the footage as it seems you performed excellent in the accident! Im just glad you are doing well after such an incident!

 

[Spunky99]

Although this is a tragic thing to have happen I am excited to see the footage as it seems you performed excellent in the accident! Im just glad you are doing well after such an incident!

I got called Chuck Norris today at work. No pain pills and a DR excuse and I'm back at it. LOL....
And I'm a confirmed geek having been on the ARPANET before it was the internet and had a IBM PC the same week as released, 04/04/1981.....
Doing scans on the chips as we speak to see if I can recover anything.

Dude called from the dealership and said the bike didn't look too bad. He asked me what happened and said I did the right thing and did a good job of saving the bike as well as myself.

I really want to see the nasty details of the video.....macabre sense of humor I have. He He He He

 

[FitZ6R]

Thanks guys for the support.
I didn't get to look at the bike as every time I tried to sit up everything was going black and I was pale as a ghost and the Nurse that stopped told me to lay down. The Paramedics took off all my clothes in the ambulance cept my underpants so the ER wouldn't cut it all up.....

Props to the first responders. Saving lives is their job... saving your gear is above and beyond the call.

Get good quick!

 

[wtnotch]

I researched today on how to get the video off that cam chip.....so tonight I'll try again. Bike is at the Dealer for evaluation and they will call with the results later tonight or tomorrow. Since I'm taking it easy, I can concentrate on the crash vid. It should be epic and show if I did it right or not. Either way, it will be a good learning experience to see how I operate on auto-pilot in an emergency situation, right or wrong.
If it's that bad, maybe I'll put it on youtube anonymously...LOL......

From my experience with motocross, downhill mountain biking, etc. there are 2 kinds of falls. The first happen in a kind of slow motion and you have time to think about your moves. The second is when you're all the sudden on the ground and go WTF!!! Yours is definitely one of the first, and my money says you'll find that you did everything right

 

[JonKerr]

From my experience with motocross, downhill mountain biking, etc. there are 2 kinds of falls. The first happen in a kind of slow motion and you have time to think about your moves. The second is when you're all the sudden on the ground and go WTF!!! Yours is definitely one of the first, and my money says you'll find that you did everything right

That's a fact. I've had two of the WTF ones bad. One I was going down a narrow single track and it was a little wet. leaning to the right, the next thing I know I'm on the ground and my right shoulder is popped out. The most recent one I was racing BMX and went over small table top in a tight pack. Next thing I knew, I was being cleaned up in the timing tower by the nurse (who races too) Some facial cuts and scrapes (my full face helmet broke) a concussion, and a bulging disk in my neck were the result. Some other crashes I've had riding were more like you said, slow motion. Those are the ones I didn't end up hurt.

 

[BrueThru]

I just read the post Spunky.
Sorry it happend and glad your breathing.
Being back at work this soon seems like a good sign.
Hope insurance takes care of the bike.
I can't wait to see the video.

 

[rjsantana20]

Spunky, Glad to read you are OK. I cringe every time I read about a drop cause I think that it could be me. Experience played a big role. I was imagining the accident as you described. Should be an interesting video. How long for you ribs to fully heal?

 

[Spunky99]

Spunky, Glad to read you are OK. I cringe every time I read about a drop cause I think that it could be me. Experience played a big role. I was imagining the accident as you described. Should be an interesting video. How long for you ribs to fully heal?

It's a 6 to 8 week process for the ribs to heal on their own. I'll have to go to the Doctor and get more pain killers as they only gave me a 20 pill vial and it's hard to breathe. If I continue the shallow breathing I'll probably get pneumonia so I'm on it. My collar bone feels broken too so I need to get that looked at. Will call the Dr today.
So far the video has escaped me. I'm running a different scanning software tonight but it looks like there was no recording done in 04/16/11. Not giving up yet!
The crash cam still doesn't respond at all and I haven't been able to identify any problem so maybe it's a loss. I do have the other working cam.

 

[NoDoze]

Holy crap! John, I am glad that you are ok. Good job on doing the best you can in that situation. Hope you heal quickly and get back on the saddle once more.

 

[Spunky99]

I cannot find any video files or any files for that matter with a 04/16/2011 date on the chips. The 1080P is still broken but the second cam is fine. I have tried a bunch of ways to recover the other files but they seem non-usable although .mov. I used super C to try and change the container to see if that would work but no luck yet.
I finally am starting to see the color from the bruising on my shoulder.