just crashed at 80

[MeanDean]

Just crashed at 80 and im ok.The front end went away , due to the fact that Im still running rain tire in front.I should have taken it slower and I didnt ,shreaded gear cracked lid,but no broken limbs.I think my thumb and point finger are broken,at 50 years old its going to take a few weeks to heal.Motorcycles are my pass

[Pilota]

Ouch. Shoulda woulda coulda. I bet you were having a blast right up to...


Heal up Dean. Glad the only thing is a possible broken finger and thumb and a busted set of gear. Ride on.

[David_r]

Not fun when us old buggers crash is it.
Thought I did OK at the time but I still have a swollen hip nearly 17 months later. (Could be much worse of course)

[weasel221]

i hear ya... last Sept i had a pretty good highside at Barber resulting on 10 damaged ribs[8 broken, 2 dis-lodged], broken collarbone[Ti plated and screwd], broken shoulder blade, in to places[ two more Ti plates and screws], the good news, i was riding the 'Tard at 5 weeks[hadn't fixed the SV yet]...Aleve is your friend!!







oh yeah, just turned 62 last month...

[OZD]

Crashing sucks fo sho. It sounds like it could have been much worse. Get well soon.

[Rv6John]

Adding to the "I'm not dead yet" theme going. My ankle is about 90% after spraining it last November when I low sided at Carolina Motorsports Park. Front end went away for some unexplained reason. (three more crashed in the same area in the next two sessions). I was back on a bike riding roads a couple of weeks after but it took awhile to get the strength back to hang off a little. Just turned 58 last Friday

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[Korgoth1]

Heal up soon Dean! How'd the bike fair?

[boki]

Damn...get well soon man! And can you explain in more details how it happened?

[swerver]

Glad it's nothing too serious Dean, GWS mate!

[MeanDean]

Now that im out of the ciouds and the fog is clearing,I figured wtf happened.Ihit a crow or other black bird and crashed.I wobbled then lowsidedin a left hand sweeper posted 35mph.I rode the bike like a serfboard ,but somehow my left arm got caught in the back tire slammed me like Bruce Lee to the pavement.The bike only hit on the handguard and front slider .About a 30$ fix and some touch up paint on the handguard.

[OZD]

Now that im out of the ciouds and the fog is clearing,I figured wtf happened.Ihit a crow or other black bird and crashed.I wobbled then lowsidedin a left hand sweeper posted 35mph.I rode the bike like a serfboard ,but somehow my left arm got caught in the back tire slammed me like Bruce Lee to the pavement.The bike only hit on the handguard and front slider .About a 30$ fix and some touch up paint on the handguard.

Cool!
I had a crash like that on laureles grade going into Carmel Valley (without the blackbird though). All that I did was put a hole in the clutch cover and most importanly I didn't drift off of the cliff edge. Sounds like you'll be back on the road in no time.

[SorinMarfa]

shit man. ((((((((

[Korgoth1]

That's good! Now just heal up!!

[Alofoque]

Shit! get better dean.

[Rv6John]

They are out ot get us! (a couple of friends of mine in WNC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oHOVajAbDA