Author Topic: Team South 2012 - AL,AR,KY,LA,MS,TN,OK (Read 46782 times)

Stev-o · « **Reply #175 on:** May 06, 2012, 10:31:52 AM »

Wow...sorry to hear. Keep us updated.

taxiscooter · « **Reply #176 on:** May 06, 2012, 11:28:06 AM »

Very sad to hear. Hope you mend up soon.

bluezboy · « **Reply #177 on:** May 06, 2012, 11:34:29 AM »

Quote from: Bluto on May 06, 2012, 08:02:14 AM

Bill here..............

A sad end to a perfect day. After the great ride me Vern and adam had up to Chattanooga, The end of the day went like this:

Adam and I split up at Hwy 20 and I-575. I got off on Hwy 20 and came up on some slow traffic, I slowed to around 10mph when.....outa nowhere.....I got rear ended by a pickup truck. The bumper on the truck Hit directly on my back tire and litteralt knocked my bike out from under me. I had just enough time to tuck and roll off to the left and then I had to lay there and watch my bike continue on riderless. My bike cruised another 60 yards and...as it started to slow and vear to the left it smacked a car that had stopped and pretty much slammed over on it's right side. At this point the #$%%%$## that hit me took off. No worries though, the fine men of the Canton Police force had him in cuffs within 10 minuets. Don't know if he was drunk...drugggin...no insurance. A this point I just have to wait on the police report. I am fine (sort of) I got a fractured Fibula and a nice sprained ankle. I was big time lucky and BIG TIME glad I had my jacket on. I convinced that I would be mess had it not been for elbow and shoulder armour. Now on to the sad part...........

My bike has all teh cosmetic damage you would expect......along with.....something broke inside teh motor The kick starter will go down...but it's crazy stiff. Allmost like the motor is seizing up. Thoughts?? Ideas??

She will no doubt end up at Larry's....but, I gotta deal with the whole insurance nightmare first. Good news....I'll live. Bad news.....I'm not sure about my original owner 1976 Vintage baby.

Major thank you to Adam and Laura and the girls. He was there with his traile about 2 mins after I called him. My wife Tammy came and picked me and the bke up in my truck and then we spent the rest of the night in the ER.

Zilla made it and teh show goes on.........

I'll keep y'all posted........WEAR YOUR DAMN RIDING GEAR...........ALLWAYS!!

Bill

I second and third the advice on the gear Bill. No matter how damn hot it is, I wear mine and I'm glad you kept yours on.

bender01 · « **Reply #178 on:** May 06, 2012, 11:50:11 AM »

Glad your ok bill.

coke · « **Reply #179 on:** May 06, 2012, 04:05:17 PM »

So glad u are ok. Heal quickly and hope the bike damage is repairable

Rocker · « **Reply #180 on:** May 06, 2012, 05:24:13 PM »

Pics from the Atlanta to Chattanooga leg yesterday:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.298267116927094.75567.286302931456846&type=3&l=82cd7ceba7

jtb · « **Reply #181 on:** May 06, 2012, 05:51:07 PM »

Damn, Bill. Thank God you're pretty much OK. Bring the bike to Birmingham, and we can get to work on it with beer and wrenches. Let me know if I can do anything for you. I can t' imagine a tibia taking longer to heal than ribs or clavicles. I can attest that you will heal. Meanwhile keep a good attitude. (Beer helps)

Tugboat · « **Reply #182 on:** May 06, 2012, 06:07:24 PM »

Just home and haven't even read any of this. DOWNPOUR last 70 miles or so. More in a bit....

madmtnmotors · « **Reply #183 on:** May 06, 2012, 06:14:47 PM »

Bill,
Sorry to hear about your crossing paths with such a dirtbag. So much more relieved that you weren't more seriously hurt. Things could have ended much worse. Valuable lesson here about watching your mirrors. I'm borderline ADHD about checking my mirrors as I come to a stop and pointing the bike at the gaps between the cars ahead. A quick lane split puts the texting or drunk or sleeping or reading or daydreaming driver behind me into the car that used to be in front of me, instead of on top of me. I'm also obsessive about red-light runners (almost had my ticket punched by a red-light running dirtbag that also left the scene) and practice both preventative measures even when I'm "in the cage" so that the process has become instinctive.

Let us know what you need to get your bike back in working order, if I've got a spare laying around of what you need it's yours. Mend well and keep us posted.

Tugboat · « **Reply #184 on:** May 06, 2012, 06:24:56 PM »

DUDE!!!! So I was gonna #$%* about the rain on the way home today....

SO glad you're relatively unscathed; though totally bummed about your bike. I just rebuilt a 500 last year and would be honored to restore yours. Let me know if there's anything the N'ville PseudoMoto boys can do for ya!

Tugboat · « **Reply #185 on:** May 06, 2012, 07:16:33 PM »

Other pix:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150842658049181.438160.575244180&type=3&l=f6b19c68cb

CycleRanger · « **Reply #186 on:** May 06, 2012, 07:25:01 PM »

Quote from: madmtnmotors on May 06, 2012, 06:14:47 PM

Bill,
Sorry to hear about your crossing paths with such a dirtbag. So much more relieved that you weren't more seriously hurt. Things could have ended much worse. Valuable lesson here about watching your mirrors. I'm borderline ADHD about checking my mirrors as I come to a stop and pointing the bike at the gaps between the cars ahead. A quick lane split puts the texting or drunk or sleeping or reading or daydreaming driver behind me into the car that used to be in front of me, instead of on top of me. I'm also obsessive about red-light runners (almost had my ticket punched by a red-light running dirtbag that also left the scene) and practice both preventative measures even when I'm "in the cage" so that the process has become instinctive.

Yeah, good advice. I was rear-ended about 20 years ago and I'm same way with the mirrors now.

Bill, get well and I hope the bike isn't too bad. I had to sue the guy who hit me. He had no insurance either. It took about five years to collect.

Gruffles · « **Reply #187 on:** May 07, 2012, 05:24:08 AM »

Sorry to hear about this Bill, heal up quickly! Tug will have the full report of our part of the relay, but all last night, i was turning and weaving along the Dragon and Cherohala Skyway in my dreams. It was too much fun!

Here's my facebook photo set from the trip... http://goo.gl/VNvcB

curemode2002 · « **Reply #188 on:** May 07, 2012, 10:48:06 AM »

Wow Bill that totally sucks. We are all pulling for you hope the damage to you heals up quickly same for you ride.

Totally reminds me the other day I saw the same thing happen to a guy on a BMW I was at the light on my CB making a right turn and he was stopped 90 degrees just in front of me some lady in an SUV hit him from behind knocked him of the bike and ran it under her SUV. I stopped and filled out a witness form, the guy was okay but the bike and truck were toast.

Tugboat · « **Reply #189 on:** May 08, 2012, 05:51:00 AM »

Full ride report here:
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=104211.msg1191284#msg1191284

coke · « **Reply #190 on:** May 08, 2012, 03:43:55 PM »

I have made it back to the house. I have one more leg of the relay to complete. I will be taking the little guy up to Taxi Scooter in Tulsa. I plan to create a blog of my journey and pictures

route map http://g.co/maps/s6ys7

Spanner 1 · « **Reply #191 on:** May 08, 2012, 04:13:35 PM »

Yeah.. ! Glad you made it home safe Coke.... did you get stuck in any storms ?... Really nice to meet you and your 350/4.... pretty epic ride your doing.... well done so far... All the best, Spanner.

coke · « **Reply #192 on:** May 08, 2012, 04:18:02 PM »

Just one bout of rain but not a real storm like we had Sunday.

I did make a bone head mistake.. I thought this morning after adjusting chain I would check plugs.. so I pulled #4 and cleaned it then went to put it back in and cross threaded it. so i had to just keep tightening and kept fingers crossed.. it fired up and ran pretty well, so off I went.. needless to say I didn't remove/clean any of the other plugs.. 1 messed up plug is enough..

Good to meet you guys too.. and the Mrs even if you have her riding a Night Hawk

taxiscooter · « **Reply #193 on:** May 08, 2012, 05:53:08 PM »

Jesus Coke! That surely must qualify for the double iron butt award! Thats a lot of distance in a couple of days. Glad your ride went well. Am looking forward to seeing you again this year.

madmtnmotors · « **Reply #194 on:** May 08, 2012, 06:57:16 PM »

Heck of a ride there coke! I knew you were going to be reaching out there, but you've gone above and beyond! And you're not done! And you already touched five states! Way to set the bar to the stratosphere!

I'm hoping to reach out to North Carolina at the conclusion of this year's U.S. portion of the relay and bring GZ 2.0 to Florida via another jaunt across the Tail of the Dragon and possibly Six Gaps in Georgia. Maybe even shoot for Key West. Without the Keys visit I'm figuring at least 1200 miles (did about 650 last year).

Well done!

Old Scrambler · « **Reply #195 on:** May 08, 2012, 07:00:45 PM »

Bill...Sorry to hear about the double damages..........VERY glad to hear you will mend! Yes, I always wear my riding jacket, and usually wear the matching pants. Its a good warning to the rest of us to RIDE SAFE!

coke · « **Reply #196 on:** May 09, 2012, 08:34:09 AM »

Coke's world tour picture album is here.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3645919238955.2145969.1603640700&type=3&l=2325ecf844

of for shorter link

http://on.fb.me/IUbJJY

I will take some more pictures on the way to Tulsa and note that later

Tugboat · « **Reply #197 on:** May 09, 2012, 08:51:50 AM »

Great pics!! Way to "take one for the team" by taking The Lizzard to a strip joint!!

coke · « **Reply #198 on:** May 09, 2012, 09:48:34 AM »

Yeah.. I figured he needed some adventure. since these rides are pretty boring on these rock solid Hondas.

zeek · « **Reply #199 on:** May 14, 2012, 08:41:30 PM »

pretty much ready for the ride this weekend, can't wait to meet you Coke and Taxiscooter.

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Author Topic: Team South 2012 - AL,AR,KY,LA,MS,TN,OK (Read 46782 times)