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I know this is probably not really the right forum but I believe it can be of value to most of us. This is an excerpt of an email received from a friend in California who gave Kim, Dad and myself Gremlin Bells and helped us purchase Dad's 82 (now Steve's 82). Rod is a 70+ GWRRA member with plenty of riding experience and this is what happened to him last month while out riding Memorial Day weekend. He was riding his immaculate 85 Interstate and his wife was on their 1800 trike with some other friends as well.
Mon. the 26th. we left Auburn about 8:00 AM and started back south on hwy 49 which has many blind areas and varying radius curves. At mile post 1.00 on 49 south a car came flying around the blind curve going about 35 – 40 mph in a posted 20 mph zone at the same time I was starting my transition into the curve. It is something to see a car coming at you and halfway in your lane. I straightened up so I could brake and miss being clipped by him and then tried to enter my turn again, problem was, my front tire dropped off the edge of the road about an inch to a paved shoulder filled with gravel. The rear tire followed and then grabbed hold of traction and threw the bike back onto the road. I was not able to correct fast enough and went down on the left side doing a 180 and sliding in to the hillside next to the north bound lane. I still am having problems trying to piece together the actions. I was not hurt but I was down on my right side with the 1200 on top of my legs. 750 lbs had me pinned down and I could not move. Jane and Georgia were the first to get to me and they lifted the bike enough for me to slide my legs out and free myself. Needless to say, when I had gotten up and saw the 1200, it was totaled. The car that ran me off the road kept going; the only description was it was a compact white car. No one saw the actual incident other than me. I ended up with about five or six burses on my legs and my helmet had a broken chin guard. It could have been worse, but being able to walk away with burses and no other injuries showed that my angel is still on my shoulder.
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Mon. the 26th. we left Auburn about 8:00 AM and started back south on hwy 49 which has many blind areas and varying radius curves. At mile post 1.00 on 49 south a car came flying around the blind curve going about 35 – 40 mph in a posted 20 mph zone at the same time I was starting my transition into the curve. It is something to see a car coming at you and halfway in your lane. I straightened up so I could brake and miss being clipped by him and then tried to enter my turn again, problem was, my front tire dropped off the edge of the road about an inch to a paved shoulder filled with gravel. The rear tire followed and then grabbed hold of traction and threw the bike back onto the road. I was not able to correct fast enough and went down on the left side doing a 180 and sliding in to the hillside next to the north bound lane. I still am having problems trying to piece together the actions. I was not hurt but I was down on my right side with the 1200 on top of my legs. 750 lbs had me pinned down and I could not move. Jane and Georgia were the first to get to me and they lifted the bike enough for me to slide my legs out and free myself. Needless to say, when I had gotten up and saw the 1200, it was totaled. The car that ran me off the road kept going; the only description was it was a compact white car. No one saw the actual incident other than me. I ended up with about five or six burses on my legs and my helmet had a broken chin guard. It could have been worse, but being able to walk away with burses and no other injuries showed that my angel is still on my shoulder.
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