Got wiped out on Mulhulland - Ducati.ms

trrgod · Sep 8th, 2009, 10:21 pm

Watch out for squids! I was going down the hill towards the Rock Store to get a bottle of water before heading home. Riding my HMT at an easy relaxed pace. ( I just turned 68 in August and do not ride real hard at all) I'm on a down hill left hand curve when a pack of 3 youngsters is heading up the same part of the road. All of a sudden, in the blink of an eye, one of the bikes low sides and slides across the road and takes me out. I now have a busted ankle and a knee problem as well. Lots of pain and may need surgery. To top it off the guy is now saying that he doesn't think he hit me, intimating that I just crashed on my own. Let me publicly thank the Fire Dept guys. They were there fast and took care of me like I was one of their brothers. Best care in the whole world. We are all lucky to have them. I also heard that he CHP guys that did the report were more than thorough. They spent literally hours doing the report. I think they saw evidence that my account of what happened did happen and the kids were trying to trump up a story to escape responsibility. I hope that the guy has insurance.

Brainfry · Sep 8th, 2009, 10:22 pm

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Originally Posted by trrgod

Watch out for squids! I was going down the hill towards the Rock Store to get a bottle of water before heading home. Riding my HMT at an easy relaxed pace. ( I just turned 68 in August and do not ride real hard at all) I'm on a down hill left hand curve when a pack of 3 youngsters is heading up the same part of the road. All of a sudden, in the blink of an eye, one of the bikes low sides and slides across the road and takes me out. I now have a busted ankle and a knee problem as well. Lots of pain and may need surgery. To top it off the guy is now saying that he doesn't think he hit me, intimating that I just crashed on my own. Let me publicly thank the Fire Dept guys. They were there fast and took care of me like I was one of their brothers. Best care in the whole world. We are all lucky to have them. I also heard that he CHP guys did the report were more than thorough. They spent literally hours doing the report. I think they saw evidence that my account of what happened did happen and the kids were trying to trump up a story to escape responsibility. I hope that the guy has insurance.

Glad you're okay... hopefully you'll be back in the saddle in no time.

b

sick50ford · Sep 8th, 2009, 10:40 pm

Very sorry to hear about your accident. Get well soon!

Even though I'm only 34, I don't ride hard as well, and I'm sure some douche canoe with a bike, car or other will be the one at fault if and when I go down again.

hyperdookie · Sep 8th, 2009, 10:42 pm

HORRIBLE

Hope it all works out for you. Best wishes
Neil

oalvarez · Sep 8th, 2009, 10:47 pm

sorry to hear about your mishap and glad to know you're on the mend. did you find out why the oncoming motorcyclist went down first?

lelenb · Sep 8th, 2009, 10:50 pm

That really sucks. Let's hope they have insurance, do you have uninsured coverage?

08hyper · Sep 8th, 2009, 10:54 pm

Sorry to hear about your accident Tom,

I hope you heal fast!

is your bike damaged much? Aloha Alex

hyprduc · Sep 8th, 2009, 11:38 pm

Tom,

Glad to hear you're OK and sorry to hear a squid took you out. We witnessed that on ACH last week and the results were much worse!! Let me know if I can be of any help getting you or your bike on the road again!

Cheers,

Todd

MTScott2 · Sep 9th, 2009, 5:47 am

Bad enough that they screwed up ,worse they won't fess up and do whats right...Hope for a speedy recovery..

Hypremotard · Sep 9th, 2009, 7:32 am

Worry about the healing, let the insurance company worry about who pays for it. You should have uninsured coverage as someone else mentioned. I thought it was standard in a policy. I believe it is here in NY anyway. Best of luck and speedy recovery. It could have definitely been worse.