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Wear good boots. Secure your load.
- Thread starter laker9142
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Great video. I really identified with his story. On June 8th, a group of us were heading to lunch just a few more miles down the road at the "New Rubber Meets the Road" rally. My dash cam shows everything going well until...I went off the road.
The guy in the video cited complacency. I'd say I was definitely guilty of that. What I didn't realize till a couple nights ago when I was playing the video over again, was that I had upshifted and was accelerated. I had thought I was slowing down. Nope. The sound tells the story. Something did distract me from watching the road for a second, but that complacency made it possible. If you've ridden for any time at all, you know that accelerating will move you out along your line. It did, and I was complacent enough to take my eyes off the road for something. I'd be surprised if I wasn't doing 70 mph and accelerating.
Besides the complacency part, the lessons I learned follow along the same lines as the video author made.
The E.R. doc said he was very surprised. Normally, with a motorcycle accident like I had, he's piecing together the rider's liver and there's broken ribs. I had none f that. I told him, it is because God is not done with me yet. My guardian angels were certainly working overtime.
But I'll also give credit for that Hit-Air MLV-P airbag vest. The HaloCam records at 30 fps. There are only a few frames recorded after impact, which tells me this was an extremely violent get-off. Here's one of those frames.
That's me hitting the ground with my Hit-Air airbag vest fully inflated. Note the part that hit first...my right hip. And then note how few...if any...of the new sensor laden cool looking airbag vests even cover that area. If yours does...great. If yours doesn't...well...
My neck and collarbone are fully protected too. Same with the back and tailbone. I had a hard time trying to reconcile my condition with the bike's condition. I could've walked away from the accident (and eventually did after being medivac'd to another state). The bike is a different story. The left side was destroyed. I think the reason for the disparity was the airbag vest. I've seen videos on the track where the rider slides down the track. Goes back to his pit and replaces the Co2 cartridge and is back on his way. My airbag vest bladder tore. There was about a 4 inch tear, that I'm guessing came from the initial impact. The airbag vest did its job and absorbed the shock. I never felt anything on my chest, ribs or back.
Bottom line...as @laker9142 's post pointed out...wear good gear. None of us wake up in the morning saying, "I think today is a good day to have an accident." That's why it is called an accident.
Chris
The guy in the video cited complacency. I'd say I was definitely guilty of that. What I didn't realize till a couple nights ago when I was playing the video over again, was that I had upshifted and was accelerated. I had thought I was slowing down. Nope. The sound tells the story. Something did distract me from watching the road for a second, but that complacency made it possible. If you've ridden for any time at all, you know that accelerating will move you out along your line. It did, and I was complacent enough to take my eyes off the road for something. I'd be surprised if I wasn't doing 70 mph and accelerating.
Besides the complacency part, the lessons I learned follow along the same lines as the video author made.
- Buy good gear. My Olympia jacket and pants didn't need more than a washing when I got home. There's a couple scuff marks, but it held up incredibly well.
- Buy a good helmet. My AGV Sportmodular helmet did it's job. It's trashed.
- Buy good boots and gloves. Like the Olympia gear, it just needs a bit of cleaning.
- And buy an airbag vest...preferably the tethered kind.
The E.R. doc said he was very surprised. Normally, with a motorcycle accident like I had, he's piecing together the rider's liver and there's broken ribs. I had none f that. I told him, it is because God is not done with me yet. My guardian angels were certainly working overtime.
But I'll also give credit for that Hit-Air MLV-P airbag vest. The HaloCam records at 30 fps. There are only a few frames recorded after impact, which tells me this was an extremely violent get-off. Here's one of those frames.
That's me hitting the ground with my Hit-Air airbag vest fully inflated. Note the part that hit first...my right hip. And then note how few...if any...of the new sensor laden cool looking airbag vests even cover that area. If yours does...great. If yours doesn't...well...
My neck and collarbone are fully protected too. Same with the back and tailbone. I had a hard time trying to reconcile my condition with the bike's condition. I could've walked away from the accident (and eventually did after being medivac'd to another state). The bike is a different story. The left side was destroyed. I think the reason for the disparity was the airbag vest. I've seen videos on the track where the rider slides down the track. Goes back to his pit and replaces the Co2 cartridge and is back on his way. My airbag vest bladder tore. There was about a 4 inch tear, that I'm guessing came from the initial impact. The airbag vest did its job and absorbed the shock. I never felt anything on my chest, ribs or back.
Bottom line...as @laker9142 's post pointed out...wear good gear. None of us wake up in the morning saying, "I think today is a good day to have an accident." That's why it is called an accident.
Chris
So very glad the plan was for you to stay here and you can talk about it. And, this goes into my personal data base concerning the question I had a few weeks ago about air vests.@Daboo glad you are ok and here to tell the story.
Would totally agree the gear did its job.
Thankfully in your slide path there were no fixed objects!
Thanks for sharing your experience with the safety gear and clear reasoning for what happened.
Another C-14 in your near future?
Wayne, Carol & Blue
Would totally agree the gear did its job.
Thankfully in your slide path there were no fixed objects!
Thanks for sharing your experience with the safety gear and clear reasoning for what happened.
Another C-14 in your near future?
Wayne, Carol & Blue
Wow Chris.....
. Really glad the old guy isn't ready to take you yet! I've had a couple of get offs myself. I can attest to the fact that it goes way better with full gear. I don't know what the plan is for me and why I've been spared, but I have a bunch of times, and I'm grateful. Heal up buddy.
. Really glad the old guy isn't ready to take you yet! I've had a couple of get offs myself. I can attest to the fact that it goes way better with full gear. I don't know what the plan is for me and why I've been spared, but I have a bunch of times, and I'm grateful. Heal up buddy.
This video makes me realize that when I was in college I was spared and didn't really know it. I was going home on my rd400. I had lots of dirty clothes strapped all over that bike. Probably not in the most secure fashion. It was a cold and miserable ride, but I made it home safely. It never entered my mind about something getting caught up in the rear wheel causing me to go down. My guardian angel has to be tired.
Hès got another video that's kind of a build up the crash video. He goes through each piece of gear and how it worked and protected him. Everything was destroyed but kept him mostly protected except the boots. Boots exploded the laces immediately and came off, resulting in hamburger. He didn't have the modular helmet closed.
I just happen to buy a new pair of boots back in April. TCX Infinity 3's, I've made two little rides so far totaling 17 days & I like them. Despite being rather tall & solid on the front, they comfortable for walking. No way they're coming off in a crash.
Those cables they put down interstates & shown in the video worry me more anything. Sliding through those would be like going through a cheese grater. You're guaranteed to lose limbs!
Those cables they put down interstates & shown in the video worry me more anything. Sliding through those would be like going through a cheese grater. You're guaranteed to lose limbs!
No wonder you have the highest mileage Connie out there, just two ‘little’ rides = 17 days.
Yup those cables and anchoring posts - no good…
Wayne, Carol & Blue
I don't have the highest mileage C14, there is a 2017 out there with 340,000 + on it.