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Crashing: Lodiboi Style
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Yesterday (10-22-03) was probably the worst day of my life. I
haven't even had my 01 R6 CLE for 2 months, and now the thing is in
pieces. Here's the story:
I was at home, watching the Simpson's, when my brother and his buddy
came over to show me his buddy's new Katana 750. The bike was OK, but I
wasn't really interested in it. They asked me to riding with them, so I
suited up and brought out the 6. We messed around on the street for a
little while, then we started to leave, going down towards the end of
the street- going pretty fast. Well, the guy on the Katana didn't know
we were leaving, and I was coming up right behind him. I was probably
going about 40 MPH. Guy didn't look behind him before pulling a U-Turn
about 20-30 feet in front of me. I grabbed at the front brake and the
bike was at a 45 degree angle when I ran into his left mid-rear part of
his bike. My bike then did a summer-salt over the top of his- throwing
me about 20 feet forward- out of the way. My bike landed hard on the
rear and the sub frame is mangled. The front is trashed and the right
side is rashed. My new 3 day old Blue Flame Carbon Fiber pipe is now
punctured. The pictures below will tell the rest. It's just so sad. I
have full insurance, so I will be calling it in today. I am not sure
what I would have done different if he pulled in front of me again.
There wasn't a whole lot I could do. His bike just has a few rips on the
seat and a cracked tail fairing. He was OK. I went to the ER cause I
thought I broke my wrist. I am glad I was wearing my Alpine Stars Stunt
leather jacket. If it wasn't for that, I would have had some serious
problems on my right arm. My wrist had no breaks, but I guess it got
spranged really badly. I am surprised I didn't get more hurt. Anyways..
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