It's not if it's when

[DaveHawk]

sooner or later it was bound to happen About  2 weeks  ago I went to a friends 60th BD party. It was in an area I never been to. @ 9 pm it was time for me to head home and get some sleep for turkey hunting in the morning. Walked out of the club located on A back country rd. Drove down the driveway and I thought I was turning onto the main street leading out. I wasn't. I was doing about 20 mph on new blacktop when I came up on a unmarked "T" section in the road. So basically all I can remember is oh crap turn ! I turned and hit the front break. Now if I had not laid the bike down on the other side of the road was about a a 30' drop off. So a panel truck came by the driver started yelling at me to lay still and don't move. Ambulance showed up, half the people from the party showed up. No neck problems, helmet had no cracks so a medivac ride to Baltimore was not necessary. By 945 I was in the ER, exrayed all the other good stuff done. I was in extreme pain with 2 broken ribs in the back. By 230 am wife and I were heading home. Now its been a little over a week, pain has fallen off by 50% so I decided to Visit East Side chop shop and meet Bobby the owner and I really like the guy. He will be repairing/restoring my bike plus putting a new paint job on the bike. Cadillac new Black Diamond. If you have not seen the color , next time you see the new black caddy take a look , it's cool ! Got about 3 till it's ready. This is a good thing... I meed to heal._

[beowulf]

glad to hear you were`nt hurt worse !

[ErikPrice1@msn.com]

Glad to hear everything came out okay. Someone was watching over you. Hope the bike turns out good.

[mongrel]

Muzzleloader shooters will dryball and motorcyclists will go down. As said, it's not a matter of if, but when.

Been down nine times, myself, only once fairly seriously. I know the pain of broken ribs. I also know the pain of a bike needing some major TLC after being laid down. I sympathize but at the same time I'm glad it wasn't worse. I've attended the funerals of several friends who were killed in accidents that started off no worse than yours.

[Dogshirt]

While I don't ride, many of my friends do. And I have been to several funerals through the years. I guess it's like they say about plane crashes..."Any one you can walk away from"!
Glad to hear you're safe if not sound!

[cward]

 :applause:glad you're ok.

[Red Badger]

Glad to hear you are not hurt seriously!  When I started to ask about riding my dad told me one of several pearls of wisdom he passed on to me:

Always remember when you climb on a bike weather it is a dirt or super stock racer, you will go down sometime and how bad it is will depend on your preperation. 

I never rode without full leathers and still have a set hanging in the closet just in case the opertunity arises.  I took every course I could in defensive riding  and IMHO as a result of that in a 40+ year career of riding motorcycles have had to lay the bike down less than a dozen times and have toi visit the hospital only once due to a motorcycle incident.

Count on our prayers for fast healing and continued riding! 

[old salt]

Prayers for you

[Hawken50]

  Gald yur ok Davehawk.Painful motocross memories came back.

[crazell]

Glad you weren't hurt any worse than you were!! Hope you heal quick and get to enjoy that bike!!

[DaveHawk]

Thanks everyone. It could have been much worse. PTL it wasn't.

[Otter]

Sounds like you  work on this planet is not yet finished. Prayers for you pain to ease up. Had some road rash and worse
a few times too.

[DaveHawk]

Thanks Otter. Its been 4 weeks now and I'm slowly getting back to work in the shop.
Thanks you all your prayers.
I hope to get some of the things I was supposed to get done moving again.  Sorry I dropped the ball.