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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 2:59:55 PM

Kewl Breeze

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wow, sorry to hear that woody.
don't get down on yourself too much, there are a lot of things you could've probably done better but anything can happen at anytime even when we are at our safest.
friends i ride with don't wear jackets many times either no matter what i say .. that's awful that was the time you weren't wearing one though.
wish you well and a quick recovery.

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 3:12:20 PM

woo545

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so, tell me...would you say that it hurt?

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 4:00:12 PM

Twiztid CBR

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That's suck but it could have been a lot worse.

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 4:04:54 PM

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ORIGINAL: WoodyRR

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There is not much that I can add that has not already been said just a reminder that all the gear all the time is the best policy. Really would like to ask one question, did the doctor give you SILVADENE 1% OR 2% cream. It really helps with the healing process and pain relief

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 4:07:21 PM

meanstrk

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Dress for the crash, not the ride, cause no one ever intends to go down.........

Glad you are still with us, but there are two key things for everyone else to learn.....

1. Steering damper, steering damper, steering damper, steering damper.........

2. Let the cow hide take the rash, not you!

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 4:10:28 PM

TheX

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No lectures, just glad you're alive and able to share the story with us.

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 5:14:53 PM

rangerscott

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Dude! You got dried up red Kool-Aid on your back. Go wash that off.

J/K.

Get better and get another bike.

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 5:35:25 PM

Wildcat

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quote:

ORIGINAL: TheX

No lectures, just glad you're alive and able to share the story with us.

Well said.

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 5:41:40 PM

Wildcat

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Woody, I cringed when I read and visualized that tank-slapper and crossing over the centerline --- you talk about scary! Don't beat yourself up, we all make mistakes -- just thank God you made it out of this alive.......and don't forget to constantly thank your girlfriend for taking care of your back!

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 7:18:59 PM

kodiak1122

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Glad you are still with us.
Heal up soon, and very tough lesson learned.
Thanks for sharing and reminding usl to gear up, always.

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 7:27:57 PM

fuze

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Wow. Im so sorry to hear that... that picture is horrible i can only imagine the pain your going through...

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 8:08:02 PM

baileyjn

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This was a tank slapper? Was this an '07 600RR? Doesn't the HESD prevent that?

I mean it was kind of silly to pass in a no passing zone as you were ascending on a hill, but this was not really an issue of passing, was it? If you'd have been splattered all over the windshield of an oncoming car it would have been the fault of passing. But you basically just goosed the gas and because you were on the hill the front wheel came up and you did not have the front straight and the tank slapper started, it seems. Is this right? Even though passing was not too smart, this could have happened to anyone just accelerating on a hill. Just a reason to get a steering damper.

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 9:44:43 PM

Hatebreed

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the worst thing about that man is your knees, try not to put any weight on those things... a few years from now they will still be hurting if you try to move on them too much. glad your okay. did you have a steering stabilizer on there.... some people say youll nvr need them for the st. but wut happend to you... might not have if you had a stabilizer on there. get well soon.

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 10:19:05 PM

Raven

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Oh Man! Ouchie-Ouch-Ouchest! Looks like you got flogged with a Cat-O-Nine-Tails! It so coulda been me, last Saturday, because I did a similar stunt. My little group of Sportbikers blew past gaggles of Harley Drivers (Aspen Rally in the Ville), at twice the speed limit, over the double yellow, lane splitting with on-coming traffic. We were fully geared up, but all that was missing was a School-Zone we coulda pimped! I feel stoopid-lucky after seeing your back! Try Aloe-Vera. Cotton T-Shirt sucks as a bandage! Go to a drugstore and get some Trauma Dressings, they are torso-sized, and have a wider mesh so you'll pull off less dried puss and skin (Can I just say Ouch again?) in the mornings. I never want to go through what you are! Sorry 'bout the bike, too. Good job of taking responsibilty for your actions, if that makes you feel any better. Pace, Gris.

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RE: Totalled the bike. Lucky to be alive - 9/21/2007 10:34:13 PM

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