Originally Posted by shoveldog

I haven't been around much lately, I've been riding.

I crashed the RK into a Neon last thursday. I went for a putt after work and was stopped at a stop sign in a little burg south of here. I looked left, then right, but didn't look left again. As I started to move, all of a sudden there was this little car. My reflexes must have taken over as I managed to get the bike going the same direction as the car, then bailed off to the right, hitting my right shoulder pretty hard and scarfing the helmet a bit. I rolled onto my feet, got my bearings and went over to the car to make sure the folks were ok; they were. The statie and the EMTs got there real quick expecting the worst, and there I was getting the bike off the road with some help.

I ended up with a type 11 AC shoulder separation, but avoided being transported. By now the pain and stiffness was going full bore and I couldn't reach anybody I knew to come out and ride it home (she's almost unscathed to the casual observer) so I had to call for a tow. Lucky I stayed cause the tow truck was going to drag the bike onto the rollback. Finally, some dude on a dirtbike showed up, and he rode it on to the rollback for me. We laid it on a blanket my wife had, and managed to get her home safely.

I have to watch it better in the future. To you guys who don't like helmets, this would have been a lot worse if I hadn't had it on. As it is I'll probably be back on the road in a month or so.

Be careful out there.