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Postby mikeyMarine » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:33 11

I was riding to my dentist this morning :twisted: and on the way, I was in the thru lane, nice distance in front of me good dry road conditions traffic kind of heavy, moving 50 in a 45 of course with everyone sooooo anxious to get to work (those that have jobs anyway) when less than 20 ft , 1 car length or so , the cages on both outside lanes decided to get in the thru lane at the same time, not seeing each other they were going to meet in the middle and I was going to be a witness if I survived , I couldn't go left, crash in progress, couldn't go right , crash in progress, couldn't go straight , definite crash in progress down or up seemed to be my choices , I can't fly worth spit, and asphalt is hard :shock:
so I decided to drive as far into the crash as I could and see what I would see, grabbing a double handful of both binders and hoping the burgie could hold the road I saw brake lights on both vehicles so close I think my front tire was between the two at one point , the pucker factor was so high you couldn't have driven a needle up my butt with a sledgehammer and time seemed to get wierd on me like slow motion or something, the two cars I would swear touched mirrors and then rebounded into their outside lanes horns blowing like judgment day on the fourth of july in a mariachi band school and we were down to about 20 mph and it was over
What a bike !

still had to go to the dang dentist :evil: but I was alive to do it and skin in original condition.
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Re: where to go

Postby Buffalo » Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:15 12

Quite a story, glad you came out of it in one piece. Sometimes you can be doing everything right and still get clobbered.
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Re: where to go

Postby Chet_Benson » Fri Oct 07, 2011 10:57 10

Not nice to have no where to go. You could have hit the brakes hard only to find the person in your rear on a cell phone. Glad you came out OK. :thumbup:

That is where I am going now is to the dentist. :lol: :thumbup:
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Re: where to go

Postby cliffyk » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:17 12

Great to hear you made it through, sounds like you did what needed to be done.

In the old days we referred to these sorts of riding experiences as "It's a good thing shít sticks to leather." I guess that needs to be updated to "vinyl"...
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