Oil Sucks Ass!

[Davy4575]

Trashed my beloved R1. Was breaking pretty hard for a light, Not too hard but enough. Last thing I remember, the clip-ons went all the way to the left, the ass end of the bike swung to the right. Appearantly it slid and caught again on the dry pavement. Highsided on the right side. This happened quickly enought that I never even put the hands out, no damage to hands and elbows. A friend and I went back to the scene the next day and noticed a copious amount of oil in the spot that I lost it at.

I had a decent MotoGP jacket on, a recent (less than 2year old) dot and snell approved helmet (scorpion) on, Good full lenght boots (just work boots), jeans and a belt on. The Jacket of course lifted up a bit, so some good rash on the hip. Ground the belt into the skin, and a smatering of rash on the knee and legs. Fractured my right shoulder blade, brusied my right lung, suffered a hell of a concusion inspite of the decent helmet (was out for about 15 minutes).

The bikes controls are fucked, the frame-sliders on the right side are shot, the plastic on the right side is shot. This stuff is all replaceable. I restored the bike to begin with when I got it.
I however am not as easy to replace. The important thing is, wear decent gear, trust your instincts and make the decision. I hesistated in this situation, I had some friends following me and didnt want to loose them at the light. My gut told me to just go throught the light and stop at the other side. For a change I ignored that.

oh and to add insult to injury the cops gave me a careless driving ticket. Nice of them to take statements from me when I didnt even know what my own name was, much less who my friends were, what day it was, where I was, etc.

Heres to hoping Ill be healed up enought to do PPIR. love that track.

[usmcab35]

sucks to hear! hope you heal up quick and hope it doesnt happen again!

[Bueller]

Sorry to hear dude, hope you heal well (and quick) then get the bike back together.

[bornwildnfree]

I honestly would fight the ticket if there was oil on the ground. Did you take pics?

[Sean]

That sucks man. At least you're okay (more or less). That's really lame about the ticket.

[asp_125]

Damn, Davy. 15min is a long time to be out. Careful of any secondary concussions in the meantime.

[Slo]

That does suck, and I know what you mean about hesitating, I have done that on a bike and in cars at one point or another.

As much as everyone would like you to be at PPIR, make sure you are healed up well....

[Sully]

That sucks, Davy.. sorry man... Heal up quick!

[brennahm]

Sucks to hear, hope the wounds heal quickly.

FWIW, I have heard that if there's a crash, then a ticket will be issued (almost a policy). Not saying don't fight it, just don't take it personally.

[spideyrdr]

I didn't know you got knocked out like that! That is some scary shit, my friend. Glad you weren't hurt worse.

I wonder if there was also some water on the ground. If it was near a stop, maybe someone's A/C dripped on the oily area which really would be slick. In any case, get yourself healed up!

[Davy4575]

I got pics of the oil or hydralic fluid or tranny fluid.What ever it is, its all over my front tire and on the rear too. Rechecked with the doc today. She put the kabosh on riding much less racing for the next month, she dosnt want to risk another concussion. No lingering effects from the mellon being banged up aside from nasty headaches. Probably all that being dropped on my head as a baby helping there. Surely temping to turn the R1 into a trackbike.

[sprtbkbabe]

She put the kabosh on riding much less racing for the next month, she dosnt want to risk another concussion. No lingering effects from the mellon being banged up aside from nasty headaches.

Totally understandable though. Hope you heal quick Teamie

Surely temping to turn the R1 into a trackbike.

It's gonna be a long winter. If you need help, let me know!

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

Sorry to hear it, heal up fully and soon, and good luck fighting that bogus ticket.

[Devaclis]

Shit man, that's bad news. Heal up fast and give PPIR the what not for!!

[kawasakirob]

Yeah man bad news. Hopefully you"ll be healed up quickly in no time. With the ticket issue... Big brother knows best! Duh...j/k.

[mopoet178]

Ouch dude tough luck! Heal up quick so I can keep giggling every time bike #420 flies past my corner.

[Ol'Skool]

Take pictures, go to court, fight ticket. If you have a good driving record and no other vehicles were involved you will probably do better than just "accepting" a careless driving charge.

[deadline]

I actually talked my way out of the ticket in a similar situation last year. I run a red light coz I was coming in a bit hot, started to brake and it was not happening fast enough so instead of stopping or falling in the middle of intersection I just run through it. Got pulled over, calmly and politely explained to the cop my odds and my choices in that particular situation and she(girl cop) just let me go.

If I were you, I would collect as much information as you can(take pictures, calculate your braking distances and all that) and bring all that in court. If you present it well, they will dismiss the ticket.

[Davy4575]

Old dead thread, but...They threw the case out of court. they subpenoed the wrong officers Ordering the fairings for the bike this week. Missed the rest of the season. Heads finally healed.

[Wrider]

Good to hear on all counts!

[madvlad]

Nice dude, wish I would've been that lucky on my court date lol almost got held in contempt that day fighting that ticket. I was livid!... but glad to know things are on the right track and in time for the season

[sprtbkbabe]

That

Is

AWESOME!

+1,000 for #420

[Ghosty]

Glad you came out relatively ok, wish you a speedy recovery! Hope you took pictures of the street and oil stains there too, not just on your tires. Good luck fighting the ticket, shouldn't be too hard with the right pics. Let us know how it goes...

[spideyrdr]

Right on!