SampsonNation
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Okay, I hate to say it. This is my 3rd lay down of my bike. I don't have any photos up yet, I'll post them tomorrow.
I was traveling through New Brunswick on Easton Ave. in NJ. This happened at about 12am. Yes, the roads were a little wet from a little rain, but it wasn't too serious. I was wearing my SHIFT jacket and Kevlar pants. I was doing 25mph looking for a place I was meeting a friend for the Halloween night. The sidewalks were crowded with college students in costumes, etc. Without warning, a girl decided to run across the middle of the street to get to the other side. I reacted by tapping the front break (apparently too hard). I think she was like 1 car length in front of me and I'm still going 25mph. I immediately slide out and low side off the bike. The bike separated from me and slid on the front and rear frame sliders. It then came to a halt about 10 or so feet in front of me, and inches away from a parked car.
I initially hit my left hip really hard and then my head flung backwards and hit the middle of it. I laid there for about 10 seconds while a huge crowd gathered around and people were screaming "call 911". I checked in my head to see if I was feeling any serious pain that would prevent me from standing. After I knew I wasn't seriously hurt, I got up and picked the bike up with a few by-standers.
I never found the girl who ran across the street, and even though I was wearing my highly reflective Olympus motorcycle vest, the girl either did not see me or tried to "beat the train" before I passed her.
I dusted myself off and was so pissed fearing that I yet again damaged my bike really badly. I looked at the bike and the body panels were fine. My left mirror was still attached, but the glass broke out of it (have a few spares at home). The shifter was bent in..$50 dollar replacement. I bent the rear frame slider that is on my rear wheel upwards. The little piece of plastic that comes down from my gas tank that goes behind the chain was broken off from the bolt, but it's not a big deal. That's it for damage.
The good part comes next. There were attractive 3 girls that offered for me to come into their college house that was right next to where my bike fell. They wanted to make sure I was okay, and to see if I had any serious injuries. I only saw a few stars for about 1/2 hour and then I started to feel better. I had no pain anywhere else in my body, but a slight headache and obviously my hip hurt. Long story short, I spent the next few hours with them and eventually got the really cute girl's phone number. I drove home in a light shower of rain, but at least I got a number out of it
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I'm just about to purchase the Alpinestars Bionic Freeride Shorts. I normally would wear my armored pants, but I wanted to dress down a little while still retaining some protection. So, I chose to wear the Kevlar jeans. Come to think of it, I wanted to buy these shorts years ago as a way to not feel so bulky with casual riding around town.
If you want to know where I fell, go to this link and type in "Easton Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ." I was one block east of the St. Peters University Hospital.
https://maps.google.com/
I'll take this as another learning experience. Thankfully, I was not traveling at a higher speed.
On a side note, as I was outside with the girls several hours later, an on-road / dirt bike looking thing flew by the same street doing at least 40mph in a 25... Luckily he didn't have the same fate as I did.
That's it for now.
I was traveling through New Brunswick on Easton Ave. in NJ. This happened at about 12am. Yes, the roads were a little wet from a little rain, but it wasn't too serious. I was wearing my SHIFT jacket and Kevlar pants. I was doing 25mph looking for a place I was meeting a friend for the Halloween night. The sidewalks were crowded with college students in costumes, etc. Without warning, a girl decided to run across the middle of the street to get to the other side. I reacted by tapping the front break (apparently too hard). I think she was like 1 car length in front of me and I'm still going 25mph. I immediately slide out and low side off the bike. The bike separated from me and slid on the front and rear frame sliders. It then came to a halt about 10 or so feet in front of me, and inches away from a parked car.
I initially hit my left hip really hard and then my head flung backwards and hit the middle of it. I laid there for about 10 seconds while a huge crowd gathered around and people were screaming "call 911". I checked in my head to see if I was feeling any serious pain that would prevent me from standing. After I knew I wasn't seriously hurt, I got up and picked the bike up with a few by-standers.
I never found the girl who ran across the street, and even though I was wearing my highly reflective Olympus motorcycle vest, the girl either did not see me or tried to "beat the train" before I passed her.
I dusted myself off and was so pissed fearing that I yet again damaged my bike really badly. I looked at the bike and the body panels were fine. My left mirror was still attached, but the glass broke out of it (have a few spares at home). The shifter was bent in..$50 dollar replacement. I bent the rear frame slider that is on my rear wheel upwards. The little piece of plastic that comes down from my gas tank that goes behind the chain was broken off from the bolt, but it's not a big deal. That's it for damage.
The good part comes next. There were attractive 3 girls that offered for me to come into their college house that was right next to where my bike fell. They wanted to make sure I was okay, and to see if I had any serious injuries. I only saw a few stars for about 1/2 hour and then I started to feel better. I had no pain anywhere else in my body, but a slight headache and obviously my hip hurt. Long story short, I spent the next few hours with them and eventually got the really cute girl's phone number. I drove home in a light shower of rain, but at least I got a number out of it
.I'm just about to purchase the Alpinestars Bionic Freeride Shorts. I normally would wear my armored pants, but I wanted to dress down a little while still retaining some protection. So, I chose to wear the Kevlar jeans. Come to think of it, I wanted to buy these shorts years ago as a way to not feel so bulky with casual riding around town.
If you want to know where I fell, go to this link and type in "Easton Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ." I was one block east of the St. Peters University Hospital.
https://maps.google.com/
I'll take this as another learning experience. Thankfully, I was not traveling at a higher speed.
On a side note, as I was outside with the girls several hours later, an on-road / dirt bike looking thing flew by the same street doing at least 40mph in a 25... Luckily he didn't have the same fate as I did.
That's it for now
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