Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2017 0:02:10 GMT -5
In the photo, the green line represents the correct track, the yellow indicates the track the wind gust sent me to, the red track is where it all seriously went south. The diagonal red lines indicate area of sand and gravel on the paved road from the recent snow storm and the adjoining dirt road L Avenue. I indicated the approximate speed when the the chain of events started.
I had negotiated the curve just minutes before at the same speed in the other lane without problem and was on the return, speed was 20, off throttle and still slowing, I had just started to lean for the line I wanted to miss the red hazard area when a gust of 30 plus from the northwest pushed me into the red zone.
I avoided the brakes and simply tried to persuade it back into a better position, it was that little anomally in the pavement that sent my rear tire off the road and into the ditch, I landed on the pavement with the nice gravel and the bike slide into the ditch, the fairing caught in the mud and broke in several places but no frame, fork or mechanical damage.
When I landed, I landed hip and shoulder about the same time, still with some forward momentum so it was a glancing impact, and the side of my helmet bounded off the pavement hard enough to gouge the shell. I was wearing my riding jacket under my windshell, the CE armor in the shoulder worked exactly as it should and prevented deep tissue injury, significant bruising etc. My head never felt a thing.
The hip...
At the time i was able to get up and ride home without incident. The only thing that really hurt was the shoulder, the hip was sore, I figured it would be a big bruise and that was it. I had three vessels total that leaked about 2 pints of blood into my thigh in about a 3 hour period, deep enough it didn't cause any skin discolored until it developed acute compartment syndrome and went seriously down hill fast. By the time I had lost enough blood to be a problem in itself, I was also in danger of losing my leg from a massive blood clot.
All of that would have been prevented by a simple hip pad similar to my shoulder padding.
Now I sit here in 60 degree days and still hearing Harleys out ripping around, at this point doctor says no riding for 30, no driving for 14, no chance of changing for 7...
For a stinking foam pad... time to change the dressing...
I had negotiated the curve just minutes before at the same speed in the other lane without problem and was on the return, speed was 20, off throttle and still slowing, I had just started to lean for the line I wanted to miss the red hazard area when a gust of 30 plus from the northwest pushed me into the red zone.
I avoided the brakes and simply tried to persuade it back into a better position, it was that little anomally in the pavement that sent my rear tire off the road and into the ditch, I landed on the pavement with the nice gravel and the bike slide into the ditch, the fairing caught in the mud and broke in several places but no frame, fork or mechanical damage.
When I landed, I landed hip and shoulder about the same time, still with some forward momentum so it was a glancing impact, and the side of my helmet bounded off the pavement hard enough to gouge the shell. I was wearing my riding jacket under my windshell, the CE armor in the shoulder worked exactly as it should and prevented deep tissue injury, significant bruising etc. My head never felt a thing.
The hip...
At the time i was able to get up and ride home without incident. The only thing that really hurt was the shoulder, the hip was sore, I figured it would be a big bruise and that was it. I had three vessels total that leaked about 2 pints of blood into my thigh in about a 3 hour period, deep enough it didn't cause any skin discolored until it developed acute compartment syndrome and went seriously down hill fast. By the time I had lost enough blood to be a problem in itself, I was also in danger of losing my leg from a massive blood clot.
All of that would have been prevented by a simple hip pad similar to my shoulder padding.
Now I sit here in 60 degree days and still hearing Harleys out ripping around, at this point doctor says no riding for 30, no driving for 14, no chance of changing for 7...
For a stinking foam pad... time to change the dressing...
