it really wasn't all that spectacular ...but i'll paint the picture for you .. was coming around a corner going like 20 or 30 ... saw the gravel at the last second and..... you know how in the movies time stops for a slit second so you can think .. yeah that happened .. and here is how my brain broke it down ..."too close can't swerve outta the way .. i could : A. keep my positioning exactly were it is, don't make any sudden movements and ride it out ..or B. keep my positioning exactly were it is, don't make any sudden movements and watch the bike slide out, most likely on top of me"
some #$%*ty options for sure ... but what i actually did was a little different ..
the road has a slight curve to the left for about 60-100 feet . then a stop sign .. i was behind a big obnoxious SUV that i couldn't see thro or around ....or over (god damn big SUVs) ..anyway, i was 2 or 3 car lengths back at maybe a 15 degree lean (guessing) , spotted the huge gravel spot .. i was already leaning into the corner, it was either hit it , or lean harder into oncoming traffic.
i'm leaning slightly left , the rear wheel , slides right , causing me to lean farther left .BAM!!!! Hip meets concrete . this is were the operator error comes in ... the shock of it all happening (it's 5:30 in the morning mind you) .... i think i was trying to correct the bike .. or save it .. i don't know what the #$%* i was doing ..but.. i didn't #$%*ING LET GO!!!! .. falling caused me to pull the bars down turning the wheel right ..instant high side .. threw me over the bike to the right .... landed on my hands and shoulders .... IN THE GRASS.... YES!!! just rolled out of it (thank you 10 years of skateboarding!!!!
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anyway , at first my hip and thigh hurt like nobody's business .. but i could walk with relativity no pain ... then i got back on the bike and started riding to work ... ya know , before i was late
then i thought just for safe measures i should go to the hospital .. turns out ... i'm fine ... muscles are a lil sore but not really
and the bike isn't that bad off .. the dent in the tank is about 3"x2" ..from the turn signal switch smackin it ... witch broke the switch too .. one of my exhausts tips was ground off .... and the thing that really has me seeing red ... my licence plate bracket is gone ... now i don't mean is broken and destroyed .. i mean it's gone didn't see any taillight broken glass... nothin' ... i never found it
