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Offline bjatwood

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750 Rider down
« on: June 14, 2013, 01:04:40 PM »
Just read this topic on a Goldwing site I frequent.
Is this guy a member here out of Strongsville, Ohio area?

"I was driving home from work today, on the highway, three lanes in each direction. I was in the middle lane, and came up on some slow traffic all of a sudden. The right lane was stopped, and I caught a glimpse of the reason why: a bike, laying on its side in the middle of the right lane. I looked and saw that the rider was laying on the ground right next to it, and a good samaritan standing next to him, having pulled over to try to help. I quickly pulled over onto the shoulder and got out of my car.

The guy was on an older Honda 750 Four, and it was laying on its side, gas leaking out of the tank, with about 20 feet of scrape marks on the road leading up to it. I hit the kill switch and turned the ignition off. The guy had pulled his helmet off, and propped it under his left leg. He was moaning, and with good reason - his left leg was broken halfway between his knee and his ankle, both tibula and fibula, it looked like he had a second knee halfway down his shin. The other bystander said that an ambulance was on its way, and I saw police lights coming up in the distance. I got the rider to stop moving around and checked him out. The only piece of protective gear he had been wearing was a helmet, and good thing - the helmet was severely damaged. He was not wearing gloves, and both his palms and several fingers were lacerated. He was wearing jeans, and they were just shredded, they had offered no protection at all, so his legs were pretty ground up as well. He had been wearing a light jacket, it was torn to shreds. He had one running shoe on, the other one was underneath the bike. The foot without the shoe (on the broken leg) was bleeding."


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Re: 750 Rider down
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2013, 01:13:08 PM »
glad he survived. :-\
wear your gear. ALWAYS! >:(
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Re: 750 Rider down
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2013, 01:24:19 PM »
Not going to stop severe injuries like that, but all the minor cuts, and scrapes, probably would have been prevented. I don't even like getting on the bike without boots, gloves, leather top/bottom. Feel naked. ATGATT. Reminders are always welcome.

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Re: 750 Rider down
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2013, 01:59:06 PM »
Not going to stop severe injuries like that, but all the minor cuts, and scrapes, probably would have been prevented. I don't even like getting on the bike without boots, gloves, leather top/bottom. Feel naked. ATGATT. Reminders are always welcome.

Yeah me too. I see kids (20 somethings) wearing t-shirts and tennis shoes riding around on cafes and squid bikes cause it looks cool . I just shake my head.
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Re: 750 Rider down
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2013, 02:00:17 PM »
Shorts really get me...

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Re: 750 Rider down
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2013, 02:31:38 PM »
I always wear a helmet and armored jacket. 95% of the time I am in boots or heavy shoes.

I will admit though that I rarely put on the overpants unless I am going to be on the road for a trip. Both pairs I have aren't long enough and don't even make the top of my boots when riding (perils of being 6-4) and they just seem like a bit much for a trip to the grovery or the 10 mile ride to work.

I keep thinking that I need to get a pair of sliders or similar riding jeans in a 36" inseam so they would cover the boots when my legs are in riding position. I have also considered the Duluth Trading firehose pants, which are made of a very sturdy cotton that is supposed to be highy resistant to abrasions.
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Re: 750 Rider down
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2013, 02:32:36 PM »
Hope it was no one here.

Also hoping for a speedy recovery. I hate to see anyone down
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Re: 750 Rider down
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2013, 02:54:33 PM »
I crashed mine about two weeks ago. Rash on shoulder trashed helmet and two fractured ribs. Was wearing kevlar pants, riding jacket and helmet.. Glad to have been wearing it. Walked away batterd but not broken.

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Re: 750 Rider down
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2013, 03:19:42 PM »
When you wear rubber shoes on a motorcycle and you have to put your foot down, the foot just stops and does not slide like it should.

You souls wear boots when riding. Not tennis shoes.

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Re: 750 Rider down
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2013, 03:24:51 PM »
Hopefully he will have a quick recovery.

When I went down I was only wearing a helmet, steel toes and mechanics clothes and my hands and knees were very tore up. The steel toes in my boots were wore down but my feet didn't get touched. The one thing I wished I was wearing the whole time in recovery was gloves. Road rash on the hands is killer.