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
