lark
New Member
Had a Buell as my first bike, managed not to drop it by my own fault. Riding on a street with 2 lanes going the same direction. I was in the left lane in moderate traffic, doing 45mph, giving the giant tow truck in front of me some space. The pickup behind me was giving me space. In the right lane a car decided to merge into me, thinking the lane was empty. I saw the car coming in my peripheral vision and dodged to the left as a reflex. Next thing I know I'm sliding on my face down the road. Thank you baby Jesus for full face helmets, armored jackets and steel toed boots. Unfortunately, I was wearing just thick tights underneath regular jeans. Chewed up my knee that took the impact. I guess I hit the curb on my left (it was a low one) or slid out on some gravel on the edge of the road. Not even sure what exactly happened. I remember getting up, running into the median on the road, then seeing my smashed up bike and being upset about having JUST installed new mirrors, turn signals etc. etc. Then I tried to pick the bike up and realized my leg hurt. hah. Now I'm picking up my FZ6R next week as a replacement bike.