Pic from my bike wreck last night

[K'netic]

Just flew in from cleveland last night and hopped on my bike to go for a ride.

I was getting onto hwy 61 after adjusting my throttle and idle. I went to take off and i accelerated hard through first gear. When the front wheel started to pull up I let off the throttle to shift to second but it stuck wide open and the bike 12 o'clocked on me. After the tail section hit the ground I hit the rear brake to try and save it but it came down too violently and threw me up and over the front of the bike. I landed flat on my back at about 50mph then started to roll. Then the bike caught up with me and ran me over.

I immediately hopped up and took my helmet off (bad idea) and sat down while people around me stopped and called 911. After the adrenaline wore off my body went into shock and I almost passed out when I was sitting up. They took me to the hospital and I got out at about 4 this morning.

Sorry I didn't get any pics of the scene, I was a little preoccupied.

My buddy Gene happened to show up at just the right time to be able to take the bike for me. I'll get pics of it up after I get it back.

Here's a pic of the damage to me...



I've decided it's time to stick with four wheels for a little while. I might be back next riding season but I need to take the rest of this season off.

Thank god for full coverage insurance. I'll be taking the check from insurance and put it towards an NSX.




BTW

Amy, I can't thank you enough for being there for me, at the scene and the hospital. I can't tell you just how much that meant to me and how much it helped.

Thank you dear.

[HardCore97]

damn!!! that sucks bro

[RSX-S HOTTIE]

omg that sucks and looks like it hurts a lot! glad you didn't do worse to yourself.

[Story Worm]

ouch. were you wearing a jacket at all or just a t-shirt

[K'netic]

ouch. were you wearing a jacket at all or just a t-shirt

Unfortunately no, the jacket I'd ordered a month ago for $600 was backordered. I'm gonna cancel that now (thanks for reminding me),

Honestly I wish to god I'd had a jacket though. I'd probably just have a scraped up knee and a twisted ankle instead of this super sweet back scar in the making.

The real shitty thing is that I have to be back in Cleveland to work on tuesday.

[Waffles]

The real shitty thing is that I have to be back in Cleveland to work on tuesday.

that will not be a fun flight. Sorry to hear about the wreck, glad your ok.

[MyfodoSi]

You're welcome. iVTEC got dusted off and I found almost two bucks in change all over my driver's side floor board today. There's still change floating around that got lost under the pedals. I'm just ridiculously thankful it wasn't worse, and you walked away...well, kind of.

[02Type-S]

Holy shit dude, that looks painful! Im glad you are ok, it was bad enough losing 1 friend to a bike, I don't need another.

You could have at least let me ride the thing before wrecking it tho.....lol jk

[Dabeastwthn]

Glad to see you're better than expected after a 50MPH head over handle bar man! Glad to hear your ok and even happier to hear a possible NSX in your future! :biggrin: By the way...your hair still looks pink! :wink2: j/k

[K'netic]

Here's some pics of the bike.

The bike still runs and rides straight, the throttle side clip-on is broken off as you can see, there's a whole lot of other little things that add up so i'm fairly certain the insurance is gonna total it out.

If the insurance adjuster gives me the option to buy the bike back for under $2k I probably will, I've already got a buyer lined up.