PNW Riders

Burnrubber1 · 05-28-2008, 11:26 AM

I crashed the 10 on Memorial day and want to use my experience to reiterate the importance "riding within your limits"!
I consider myself to be a good rider. Many years of experience. All the experience in the world can't prepare you enough for the unexpected. Such as a blind corner, just past the crest of a hill, after a somewhat long straight of small hills, on a road you've never ridden on before.
Myself and a group of six others were on such a road and I was following the leader who had been on this road before. We just passed two vehicles and come up to the hill at a pretty high rate of speed. I don't know how fast because I didn't get a chance to look. Just before reaching the crest of the hill I could see that it was a right hand turn but was already going too fast to try and negotiate it. I knew at that instant that I was going to have to take it. Coming over the top of the hill my suspension is unloaded therefore not having as much traction as I would like to slow me down more.
I will never forget how fast my mind was processing the whole situation that lasted probably less than a second and a half. As I applied both brakes as much as could, I thought to myself that I don't want to go into a slide with a guardrail coming so I'm going to keep it up and jump when the time comes. As I'm coming up to tha guard rail I notice a barbed wire fence on the other side about fifteen feet beyond the guardrail and my thoughts were "shit I'm gonna get sliced up"! I hit and flew through the barbed wire fence landing in a tuck and roll, coming to a rest about another fifteen to twenty feet from the fence, down into a ravine. I come to rest on all fours and see a bunch of crap coming out of my nose into my helmet and thought it was blood, turns out that it wasn't. I then stood up, walked uphill a bit, crawled under the fence I had just broken, limped over to the guardrail, crawled over it and one of my friends is in my face telling me to look at him. He told me a few times until I finally looked at him because I was still in kind of a daze. After that I took my gloves off, then my helmet and went to see the bike that had landed about twelve feet from the guardrail from bouncing off it. I will post pics tomorrow, it's in my garage right now.
I came out lucky! A broken foot which hit the guardrail as I went over. Multiple fractures, I was told something like 14 in total. My right arm and shoulder are pretty bruised from the landing. Yes I had full leathers on.
I figured that I hit at about 70MPH. The sheriff said that sounds about right after looking at the scene and doing his calculations with the long skidmark, and size of dent in the guardrail and damage to the bike, which will probably be wrote off as totalled.
Like I said, I was lucky! I want everyone to remember that no matter how good you are, there will always be something you're not prepared for. If you're on a road you've never been on before, TAKE IT EASY, at least ONCE! Even if it's a straight, because there might be potholes or something. Always wear your gear, even if it's hot. It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it!
RIDE SAFE Y'ALL!

Rippn · 05-28-2008, 11:33 AM

Glad your alive!!!!!!!!! SALUD!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much for the write up... I can't help but believe, for those w/ ears... it may
pre-emptivly, save a life. GOOD JOB!!!!!!!!! It has affected me... thanks. heal well and
keep speading wisdom!!!!!!!!!
Free and clean, Ripp'n

Burnrubber1 · 05-28-2008, 12:49 PM

maidenjade · 05-28-2008, 12:57 PM

Sounds like you kept your cool and reacted accordingly. Good for you. Glad you are okay.

Burnrubber1 · 05-28-2008, 12:59 PM

Would like to ask those of you that were with me and took pics with your cellphones to post those pics of the crash site if you can. If not, send to me via picturemail on my phone so I can post them!
I can't stress enough how seeing the pics of my bike and knowing that I only broke my foot, is not enough to grasp the total seriousness that this crash is!

R6Limited · 05-28-2008, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by Burnrubber1

I can't stress enough how seeing the pics of my bike and knowing that I only broke my foot, is not enough to grasp the total seriousness that this crash is!

Yeah man, sounds like you got pretty lucky on this one. Heal up. Plenty of good advice passed on here.

Mae · 05-28-2008, 01:05 PM

Dude...glad you limped away...your bike can be replaced you cannot. And thank you for the good reminder to all of us!

LadyGladiator · 05-28-2008, 01:23 PM

Burnrubber1,

As I read your story it brought back memories for myself of my own accident on May 11th.

Like you said, no matter what your riding experience is there's always surprises lurking. In my case it was the condition of the roadway along the RR tracks. At a distance I couldn't tell anything was wrong until I was almost on top of it leaving me no time to navigate around it properly.

Ride Safe everyone!

wheezl · 05-28-2008, 03:14 PM

Here is the obligatory "Nah, that will buff right out!"

Glad you are OK!

Sparticus RR · 05-28-2008, 03:41 PM

Thank God you're OK.

UhOh · 05-28-2008, 05:35 PM

Thanks for the write up

Originally Posted by Ripp'n

Glad your alive!!!!!!!!! SALUD!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much for the write up... I can't help but believe, for those w/ ears... it may
pre-emptivly, save a life. GOOD JOB!!!!!!!!! It has affected me... thanks. heal well and
keep speading wisdom!!!!!!!!!
Free and clean, Ripp'n

Best to you; glad you'll heal with your head on straight.

Burnrubber1 · 05-29-2008, 12:36 PM

Ryan's pics

Pics of my foot, two and a half days since!

maidenjade · 05-29-2008, 12:40 PM

Thanks for posting the pictures. Do you know why exactly your foot is still swollen?

wordsareforplay · 05-29-2008, 12:51 PM

So uhhh....

You got any parts or aftermarket goodies leftover for sale?

r6on1 · 05-29-2008, 12:59 PM

I know where that corner is, it does kinda sneak up on you. You must have been going pretty fast to completely miss it judging from the skid mark in the picture. gald you are ok though, i have been there and it totally sucks. What are you going to do with thte bike??

wsurc51 · 05-29-2008, 01:13 PM

where is that exactly?

recr8ton · 05-29-2008, 01:49 PM

Wow! Glad you're relitively ok...as a new rider in the last year an four months this really does strike a cord. The biggest part for me is that you're taking responsiblity for the crash and you're posting with the intention of showing all riders how quickly this can happen...a speedy recovery to you!

Burnrubber1 · 05-29-2008, 02:25 PM

X marks the spot!

Burnrubber1 · 05-29-2008, 02:27 PM

As for what I'm going to do with the bike, is not known until my insurance gets back to me, to let me know what my options are gonna be.

surlylampworker · 05-29-2008, 02:42 PM

First, so glad you are alive and healing. Thanks for sharing your story, the silver lining of your painful experience is we will all learn from your crash.

Second, my hubby and I were at the stoplight on 16th and Nob Hill when your group left town. I said "HEY ... those are the PNW riders!! If I'd have gone to bike night, I would have met them, and I'd be in that formation right now, instead of headed home to do yard work."

Be well. Heal fast. Ride soon.

PatR1ck07 · 05-29-2008, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Burnrubber1

I want everyone to remember that no matter how good you are, there will always be something you're not prepared for. If you're on a road you've never been on before, TAKE IT EASY, at least ONCE! Even if it's a straight, because there might be potholes or something. Always wear your gear, even if it's hot. It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it!
RIDE SAFE Y'ALL!

Well, said...

And im glad to hear that your alright. Hate to see the new bike broken up like that, but hey, you live and learn, and get back up and ride again. Good Luck on repairs.

Burnrubber1 · 05-29-2008, 07:25 PM

Probably won't be any repairs. Insurance adjuster told me today that he honestly doesn't think it's gonna get fixed. Got my Eye on a ZX14 though. Maybe baby! we'll see!

MichelinMan · 05-29-2008, 07:38 PM

So...

... what was coming out of your nose and helmet?

Paytheon · 05-29-2008, 07:43 PM

I'm glad to hear you are going to be alright. Great advise.

Burnrubber1 · 05-29-2008, 09:41 PM

I looked in my helmet and didn't find any blood so I'm saying it was a load of mucous. Which means that I really got the snot knocked outta me!

r6on1 · 05-29-2008, 11:16 PM

If you want to donate any of your plastics for my wreck wall, let me know. I usually have the rider sign and date the plastic and then it is a part of the wall in my shop.

wsurc51 · 05-30-2008, 09:09 AM

Ah, that road....ya that one can come up on ya fast. Usually some gravel in there too. Hope you heal quick.

Rsixr · 05-30-2008, 03:10 PM

Glad you are okay, especially glad your skid didn't lead straight at the concrete wall just a bit to the left. Good write up... any body have pic's of the guard rail - I imagine your bike left a mighty big dent, or more.

Rsixr · 05-30-2008, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by Burnrubber1

Probably won't be any repairs. Insurance adjuster told me today that he honestly doesn't think it's gonna get fixed. Got my Eye on a ZX14 though. Maybe baby! we'll see!

one other question... how much do you think insurance is going to cost you after all this is done? hopefully you can still get it for your next bike.

Burnrubber1 · 05-30-2008, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by Rsixr

one other question... how much do you think insurance is going to cost you after all this is done? hopefully you can still get it for your next bike.

For one good thing, Yakima County Sheriff didn't issue me any citations which I'm thinking will help out in the insurance dept. Lucky enough that I had full insurance and gap coverage. My banker says that I'm gonna be comin' out like a bandit when it's all said and done.


05-28-2008, 11:26 AM	#1
Burnrubber1 Endorsed Joined: May 2007 From: Toppenish I Ride: 2007 Candy Plasma Blue ZX14	Memorial Day crash! I crashed the 10 on Memorial day and want to use my experience to reiterate the importance "riding within your limits"! I consider myself to be a good rider. Many years of experience. All the experience in the world can't prepare you enough for the unexpected. Such as a blind corner, just past the crest of a hill, after a somewhat long straight of small hills, on a road you've never ridden on before. Myself and a group of six others were on such a road and I was following the leader who had been on this road before. We just passed two vehicles and come up to the hill at a pretty high rate of speed. I don't know how fast because I didn't get a chance to look. Just before reaching the crest of the hill I could see that it was a right hand turn but was already going too fast to try and negotiate it. I knew at that instant that I was going to have to take it. Coming over the top of the hill my suspension is unloaded therefore not having as much traction as I would like to slow me down more. I will never forget how fast my mind was processing the whole situation that lasted probably less than a second and a half. As I applied both brakes as much as could, I thought to myself that I don't want to go into a slide with a guardrail coming so I'm going to keep it up and jump when the time comes. As I'm coming up to tha guard rail I notice a barbed wire fence on the other side about fifteen feet beyond the guardrail and my thoughts were "shit I'm gonna get sliced up"! I hit and flew through the barbed wire fence landing in a tuck and roll, coming to a rest about another fifteen to twenty feet from the fence, down into a ravine. I come to rest on all fours and see a bunch of crap coming out of my nose into my helmet and thought it was blood, turns out that it wasn't. I then stood up, walked uphill a bit, crawled under the fence I had just broken, limped over to the guardrail, crawled over it and one of my friends is in my face telling me to look at him. He told me a few times until I finally looked at him because I was still in kind of a daze. After that I took my gloves off, then my helmet and went to see the bike that had landed about twelve feet from the guardrail from bouncing off it. I will post pics tomorrow, it's in my garage right now. I came out lucky! A broken foot which hit the guardrail as I went over. Multiple fractures, I was told something like 14 in total. My right arm and shoulder are pretty bruised from the landing. Yes I had full leathers on. I figured that I hit at about 70MPH. The sheriff said that sounds about right after looking at the scene and doing his calculations with the long skidmark, and size of dent in the guardrail and damage to the bike, which will probably be wrote off as totalled. Like I said, I was lucky! I want everyone to remember that no matter how good you are, there will always be something you're not prepared for. If you're on a road you've never been on before, TAKE IT EASY, at least ONCE! Even if it's a straight, because there might be potholes or something. Always wear your gear, even if it's hot. It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it! RIDE SAFE Y'ALL! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-28-2008, 11:33 AM	#2
Rippn MotoGP Champion Joined: Apr 2007 From: soap lake wa. I Ride: 00kaw12r, 97 tls1000, 96gsxr1260 turbo freakshow, kz1300gt, 88gsxr1100, 86gsxr750, 82gsx1100ez, 79kz1300, 75 ducati750gts, 72 gt550 cafe	Glad your alive!!!!!!!!! SALUD!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for the write up... I can't help but believe, for those w/ ears... it may pre-emptivly, save a life. GOOD JOB!!!!!!!!! It has affected me... thanks. heal well and keep speading wisdom!!!!!!!!! Free and clean, Ripp'n __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-28-2008, 12:49 PM	#3
Burnrubber1 Endorsed Joined: May 2007 From: Toppenish I Ride: 2007 Candy Plasma Blue ZX14	__________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-28-2008, 12:57 PM	#4
maidenjade Karma Rules! Joined: Oct 2006 From: Nowhere	Sounds like you kept your cool and reacted accordingly. Good for you. Glad you are okay. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-28-2008, 12:59 PM	#5
Burnrubber1 Endorsed Joined: May 2007 From: Toppenish I Ride: 2007 Candy Plasma Blue ZX14	Would like to ask those of you that were with me and took pics with your cellphones to post those pics of the crash site if you can. If not, send to me via picturemail on my phone so I can post them! I can't stress enough how seeing the pics of my bike and knowing that I only broke my foot, is not enough to grasp the total seriousness that this crash is! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter

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05-28-2008, 01:05 PM	#7
Mae MotoGP Contender Joined: Apr 2007 From: Greenlake-ish.... I Ride: naked...	Dude...glad you limped away...your bike can be replaced you cannot. And thank you for the good reminder to all of us! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-28-2008, 01:23 PM	#8
LadyGladiator Pit Crew Joined: Nov 2007 From: Tacoma, WA Blog Entries: 17 I Ride: H-D VROD	Burnrubber1, As I read your story it brought back memories for myself of my own accident on May 11th. Like you said, no matter what your riding experience is there's always surprises lurking. In my case it was the condition of the roadway along the RR tracks. At a distance I couldn't tell anything was wrong until I was almost on top of it leaving me no time to navigate around it properly. Ride Safe everyone! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-28-2008, 03:14 PM	#9
wheezl Streetfighter Joined: Oct 2007 From: Seattle, WA -- Livorno, Italy I Ride: 2009 Triumph Street Triple R, 2001 Suzuki SV650S	Here is the obligatory "Nah, that will buff right out!" Glad you are OK! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-28-2008, 03:41 PM	#10
Sparticus RR Endorsed Joined: Jun 2005 From: Spokane	Thank God you're OK. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 12:36 PM	#12
Burnrubber1 Endorsed Joined: May 2007 From: Toppenish I Ride: 2007 Candy Plasma Blue ZX14	Ryan's pics Pics of my foot, two and a half days since! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 12:40 PM	#13
maidenjade Karma Rules! Joined: Oct 2006 From: Nowhere	Thanks for posting the pictures. Do you know why exactly your foot is still swollen? __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter Last edited by maidenjade; 05-29-2008 at 01:56 PM..


05-29-2008, 12:51 PM	#14
wordsareforplay At Banned Camp Joined: Aug 2006 From: Kirkland	So uhhh.... You got any parts or aftermarket goodies leftover for sale? __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 12:59 PM	#15
r6on1 Pit Crew Joined: Jul 2007 From: Yakivegas, Washington I Ride: 2004 R6	I know where that corner is, it does kinda sneak up on you. You must have been going pretty fast to completely miss it judging from the skid mark in the picture. gald you are ok though, i have been there and it totally sucks. What are you going to do with thte bike?? __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 01:13 PM	#16
wsurc51 Training Wheels Joined: Nov 2004 From: Ellensburg, WA I Ride: 2005 Yamaha R1	where is that exactly? __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 01:49 PM	#17
recr8ton MotoGP Contender Joined: Mar 2007 From: Portland/Beaverton I Ride: 2007 Yamaha R6s	Wow! Glad you're relitively ok...as a new rider in the last year an four months this really does strike a cord. The biggest part for me is that you're taking responsiblity for the crash and you're posting with the intention of showing all riders how quickly this can happen...a speedy recovery to you! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 02:25 PM	#18
Burnrubber1 Endorsed Joined: May 2007 From: Toppenish I Ride: 2007 Candy Plasma Blue ZX14	X marks the spot! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 02:27 PM	#19
Burnrubber1 Endorsed Joined: May 2007 From: Toppenish I Ride: 2007 Candy Plasma Blue ZX14	As for what I'm going to do with the bike, is not known until my insurance gets back to me, to let me know what my options are gonna be. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 02:42 PM	#20
surlylampworker Newbie Joined: Apr 2008 From: Yakima I Ride: Honda 750	First, so glad you are alive and healing. Thanks for sharing your story, the silver lining of your painful experience is we will all learn from your crash. Second, my hubby and I were at the stoplight on 16th and Nob Hill when your group left town. I said "HEY ... those are the PNW riders!! If I'd have gone to bike night, I would have met them, and I'd be in that formation right now, instead of headed home to do yard work." Be well. Heal fast. Ride soon. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 07:25 PM	#22
Burnrubber1 Endorsed Joined: May 2007 From: Toppenish I Ride: 2007 Candy Plasma Blue ZX14	Probably won't be any repairs. Insurance adjuster told me today that he honestly doesn't think it's gonna get fixed. Got my Eye on a ZX14 though. Maybe baby! we'll see! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 07:38 PM	#23
MichelinMan Moderator Joined: May 2007 From: the Westside I Ride: only on the center of my tire.	So... ... what was coming out of your nose and helmet? __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 07:43 PM	#24
Paytheon Pit Crew Joined: Oct 2007 From: Hillsboro, OR I Ride: 07 YZF-R6 Candy Red	I'm glad to hear you are going to be alright. Great advise. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 09:41 PM	#25
Burnrubber1 Endorsed Joined: May 2007 From: Toppenish I Ride: 2007 Candy Plasma Blue ZX14	I looked in my helmet and didn't find any blood so I'm saying it was a load of mucous. Which means that I really got the snot knocked outta me! __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-29-2008, 11:16 PM	#26
r6on1 Pit Crew Joined: Jul 2007 From: Yakivegas, Washington I Ride: 2004 R6	If you want to donate any of your plastics for my wreck wall, let me know. I usually have the rider sign and date the plastic and then it is a part of the wall in my shop. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-30-2008, 09:09 AM	#27
wsurc51 Training Wheels Joined: Nov 2004 From: Ellensburg, WA I Ride: 2005 Yamaha R1	Ah, that road....ya that one can come up on ya fast. Usually some gravel in there too. Hope you heal quick. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter


05-30-2008, 03:10 PM	#28
Rsixr Pit Crew Joined: May 2008 From: East Wenatchee, WA I Ride: Whenever i'm on top.	Glad you are okay, especially glad your skid didn't lead straight at the concrete wall just a bit to the left. Good write up... any body have pic's of the guard rail - I imagine your bike left a mighty big dent, or more. __________________ Follow PNW Riders on Facebook and Twitter

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