Today was my lucky day

[kantornado]

Today was my lucky day, I went for a ride temp in the high 70’s and a few clouds went about 80 miles round trip. I was about a mile from the house traveling at about 40 mph coming up to a stop light and a guy come flying around me in a Mitsubishi and hit his brakes so I had to hit my front brake (that’s normal). This is where I was lucky, the bike started to slide to the left I thought what the HELL, so I let off the front brake and hit the rear, she started to slide right then back left again I thought OH CRAP and why is this guy not moving the light was green (looked in his rear window and he’s on his friggen cell phone) bike is still up but sliding (why aren’t the tires grabbing) looked at the ground and it’s wet but with what?? I figure if I don’t power out I’m going down, I hit the throttle and the back end whips to the left and I really don’t want to hit this guy so I ease on the rear and front brake as I hold steady throttle, It worked. I managed to get her almost stopped before she went down on the right side, Right foot rolled under the bike and I thought crap here go’s my ankle but it just twisted and as I came off the bike my left shin hit the tank pretty hard and left foot twisted as I rolled on to the asphalt. Crash bars did their job and no real damage to the bike (nothing I can’t fix with some epoxy) scraped the saddle bag crash bar on the bottom and bent the engine crash bar (bent it back). Scraped the bottom of the cowling. So I will probably feel it tomorrow morning. Right now my legs and feet are sore and it’s a little hard to walk. The pavement was wet with antifreeze he sprayed a swath about 8 feet wide all over the road. It was slick as ice. Glad I practiced my riding skills on ice in Colorado and Minnesota. It kind of came in handy today. But I still had a great ride on a beautiful day and now the bike is fixed and ready to ride. Will take her for a little spin the weather is supposed to turn crappy the next few days. LIFE IS GOOD!!!

So be careful out there……..:cool10:

[XV1100SE]

Did the car that stopped in front of you stick around? If he caused this, hopefully you got his insurance info.

Glad to hear that you are okay and that there wasn't much damage to the bike. Hope you had a chance to give the guy in the car a really good talking to.

[Phoneman1981]

Glad it was not worse.

[kantornado]

Thanx all sadly I did not get his license plate number by the time I got up he was gone. But i figure he only went a few miles with a hole in a hose. Probably lost a engine ( one can hope) I am one sore puppy now, I am not 25 and 220 any more. I am part of the old fat man club as a young women told me...... You just gotta laugh:rotf:

[Hazenson]

wow glad your ok-- that could have been alot worse.

[Mikealiasmike]

Glad your OK and bike was an easy fix. But what impresses me the most is your abundant optimism. Impressive to say the least and appreciated for those who can see it. God Bless

[Squidley]

Any accident you can get up and walk away from is a good one. Sorry it had to happen to you Ron, but very relieved that your telling us the story. Always the optimist....Semper Fi Marine!

[kantornado]

Thank you Brad. I am happy it was not worse and grateful to GOD that it was not a whole lot worse. It was just bad luck I guess? But on a brighter note I added some more chrome today. I have been looking for something to fill in the unsightly spot under my trunk. I needed something 7 inches long and a minimum of an inch and a half wide. I have been looking for years and trying all types of metal, black plastics but it never looked good. Then I thought if I am going to add a piece there, it would be cool to put a turn signal in the spot but all of them looked crappie too. They were made for trucks or was too small. But I still kept looking and then I came across a set of chrome door handle inserts for a ford pickup for $4 on clearance and said to myself this may work. So here is what it looks like now. I used a 4 inch L.E.D. amber strip light as a turn signal.

[Squidley]

Nice out of the box thinking Ron