The only reason you made it out of that is because of your loud pipes. Clearly this is proof that they save lives!

 

Be glad you didn't hit that at night! I'm glad you came through it ok for the most part.

Similar happened to me one night on my 3 week old Ultra. State had stripped the top 3-4 inches of asphalt off 2/3 of my lane and did not put a construction sign one up. That stretch had always been patched so the color change did not alarm me. My wife was following on her bike so I was in the left third of the lane and hit right on the drop off. I didn't realized at the time what was happening, just that I was steering left and right, back and forth trying to go straight down the road. All this time I am listening to my wife screaming behind me. After maybe 200 yards at 55 mph my bike settled down and we stopped. Wife said my rear end was fishtailing from side to side, just missing her front tire by inches. She couldn't hit her brakes hard because she was on the squiggly grooves left by the asphalt stripper.

 

I just re-read your post and saw the line where your back hurts. I would go see a doctor and contcat the transportation department and start a claim for bike repairs and medical bills. If they don't respond, or deny your claim,then a lawyer is certainly in order. Take lots of pictures.

 

Where is this located?

 

Best response in the thread yet, other than "Glad you're okay".

If you tell us where this road is, maybe you'll help out another rider or two.

 

I would rate that at 99% pucker factor. I bet that scared you, you would think they would at least have a "bump ahead" sign up. I would send the Governor an E-mail with that Pic. Bet it gets fixed then.

 

Glad to hear your ok. I would definitely pursue the matter, starting with the state DOT, and as one of the previous posters said, local news station, they sometimes love these kind of stories especially if the local DOT has any kind of controversy going.

 

Wow, where is that?

Thank goodness you weren't killed!

No sign nothing? Holy crap, I would do as suggested and see a Dr. and file a claim.

 

It Probably would not affect a cage to any great degree and obviously nobody thought "I wonder what would happen if a motorcylist hit this?"

 

Over Easter I had the family in the cage and we headed to SD to see my wife's Mother. Cruising along at 65 and there is a sign that says Bump, 5MPH and a red flag. I hit the brakes hard and we barely get slowed down to about 25-30 as we launch off a similar bit of road, except that they had not repaved anything, so the road just ended and there was about a 30 foot section of rutted gravel, following the 12-18 inch initial drop.
Be careful out there. If I would have been on the bike, I might not be here now.