The end of the ER5 *Pics on page 2*
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:46 am
My bike is apparently not too bad, fairly big dent in the tank, bars are ruined, indicators broken, instruments smashed up, and rear cowl scratched up pretty bad. not sure how close it is to a write off.
I fared about the same, with a lot of road rash on my stomach (despite wearing my jacket) torn up knees, very sore neck, and a very sore toe.
I was riding along, keeping an eye on a car in a driveway to the right that i thought might pull out on me, when the most horrible sight caught my eye, the pajero(i think) to my left which had stopped for another car, had apparently not seen me, despite my best efforts, and pulled out in front of me out of another street. then he saw me, and stopped dead, right in the middle of my lane leaving me nowhere to go. I got on the brakes hard, but with very little warning and space, i didnt have much of a chance. I laid the bike down on its left, and proceeded to be somehow flung over it, and it goes fuzzy after that. going off the damage to my gear, and what onlookers told me, i landed on my stomach, and slid, with my head somehow making contact with part of his car, my helmet has taken a very solid hit above my right eye, enough that my visor came off, and my glasses flew out, and then sliding to a stop 10m later, somewhere in this, my left foot contacted the ground hard enough to cave in the toe of my boot, and impact the joint in my left big toe. I became aware of things what i thought was a few seconds later, badly winded and unable to breathe, and feeling sore all over. but it must have been longer because my bike had been moved off the road, and i had accumulated a small audience.
the firies arrived not long after that followed by the ambulance and police. after the obligatory breath test, an entirely unpleasant experience when your unable to take a deep breath, the ambulance took me to canberra hospital, where i was checked out to find out exactly how lucky I was. My knees were grazed, and i had a bit of gravel rash. and some sore muscles but no serious injuries. a stiff neck and extremely sore shoulders and back muscles, and a badly bruised toe, no head injuries at all, neck is fine(if not a little sore).
so after getting cleaned up (the antisceptic and scrubbing is worse than the accident) i have been sent on my merry way a lot sore, and a little saddened by the potential loss of my bike. but in the grand scheme, i walked(hobbled) away from a potentially disasterous accident.
Ill post photos up when i can get around to taking some
I fared about the same, with a lot of road rash on my stomach (despite wearing my jacket) torn up knees, very sore neck, and a very sore toe.
I was riding along, keeping an eye on a car in a driveway to the right that i thought might pull out on me, when the most horrible sight caught my eye, the pajero(i think) to my left which had stopped for another car, had apparently not seen me, despite my best efforts, and pulled out in front of me out of another street. then he saw me, and stopped dead, right in the middle of my lane leaving me nowhere to go. I got on the brakes hard, but with very little warning and space, i didnt have much of a chance. I laid the bike down on its left, and proceeded to be somehow flung over it, and it goes fuzzy after that. going off the damage to my gear, and what onlookers told me, i landed on my stomach, and slid, with my head somehow making contact with part of his car, my helmet has taken a very solid hit above my right eye, enough that my visor came off, and my glasses flew out, and then sliding to a stop 10m later, somewhere in this, my left foot contacted the ground hard enough to cave in the toe of my boot, and impact the joint in my left big toe. I became aware of things what i thought was a few seconds later, badly winded and unable to breathe, and feeling sore all over. but it must have been longer because my bike had been moved off the road, and i had accumulated a small audience.
the firies arrived not long after that followed by the ambulance and police. after the obligatory breath test, an entirely unpleasant experience when your unable to take a deep breath, the ambulance took me to canberra hospital, where i was checked out to find out exactly how lucky I was. My knees were grazed, and i had a bit of gravel rash. and some sore muscles but no serious injuries. a stiff neck and extremely sore shoulders and back muscles, and a badly bruised toe, no head injuries at all, neck is fine(if not a little sore).
so after getting cleaned up (the antisceptic and scrubbing is worse than the accident) i have been sent on my merry way a lot sore, and a little saddened by the potential loss of my bike. but in the grand scheme, i walked(hobbled) away from a potentially disasterous accident.
Ill post photos up when i can get around to taking some
Hope you are feeling better real soon 
