Darn it! Wrecked the Electra Glide!

[wildwolf]

Heal up. Sorry to hear about it.

[Clint]

Wow! Looking forward to an update on both you and the criminal, Bob. Heal up, now.

[DeRiggi]

WOW!! Today is not going to be a comfortable day for you!!

I'm glad you walked away alive!!

[Louis]

Wow, that's one heck of a weekend! Glad you made it alive Bob, sorry about the bruises and the bike.

Let us know if you learn they caught the trucker!

[ChicsterMG]

Jeez o' Pete!!

Glad you walked away DB. Hope they get the truck driver.
You really should get thoroughly checked out by a physician, though. I guess you are, you said you are going to your personal doctor. Good luck. Hopefully it doesn't get any worse.

[DrBob]

OK, saw the doctor this morning...as I suspected, nothing broken, just a lot of bruising and road rash. X-rays of the hip and knee shoed no damage, just muscular injury and swelling. But I am more sore today than before...sux being at work! Beer and Monday Night Football will improve my mood...

[Xerses]

Glad the checkup confirmed what you thought. I can't believe (insert explitive here) truck drivers like that are allowed to drive. I hope he gets caught and is severly punished.

Nice to hear you are doing OK all things considered and hopefully you will get the HD back up and running in no time. Keep us posted on whether they catch that (insert explitive here) truck driver.

[womper]

glad all is mostly well...

scars on the body and the bike add character while the crash is a great story to tell the kids

you might want to invest in some chaps or overpants

[hammersfan]

Very sorry to hear this Dr Bob. Just glad you were not hurt more seriously although I can well imagine how sore you must be now. Make a speedy recovery .

[robertc729]

Glad you are ok all things considered.

[TechJD]

Close call Dr Bob
glad you made it ok
remember to give yourself time to heal

[ORBrit]

Glad you made it Dr.Bob.
There are many other riders that would not have survived a situation like that, let alone walk away and post about it on an internet forum!

Well done keeping a level head and mimimizing the damage to yourself.

[PhotoJoe]

Originally Posted by ORBrit

There are many other riders that would not have survived a situation like that, let alone walk away and post about it on an internet forum!

....on the same day it happened, no less!

[NIKNIK23]

I how they got that S.O.B truck driver...

Originally Posted by DrBob

I was rolling up I-85 Friday afternoon, passing through South Carolina on my way from Atlanta to Charlotte, NC, to see my sweetie. I was flowing with traffic about 75-80 in the slow lane, with a pickup ahead of me and a line of cars behind me. It had rained there shortly before, so while the travel lanes were dry from traffic the shoulders and exit ramps were wet. Just as we got to an exit a 18 wheeler blew us like we were chained to a tree, and cut over a lane way too soon, like he was going to try and take the exit from the fast lane at the last second. He clipped the pickup, sending it into the guardrail, which it hit hard before spinning 180+ degrees and back into my path. I jumped to the right, slipping between the sliding pickup and the guardrail as I tried to bleed off some speed. My highway peg grazed the guardrail as I heard/ felt the car right behind be nail the pickup hard. The 18-wheeler had though better of taking the exit at 100 MPH and was skidding in the slow lane. Without enough space to yank it back into the travel lane, and a guardrail starting at the bottom of the ramp, I had a split second to realize I had to take my chances with the exit. I leaned it as far as she would go while continuing to bleed off speed, cringing as the floorboard hit, then bent up from trying to take a 20 MPH exit at about 55. The highway bar was just starting to hit when the front end got impossibly light from the front tire exceeded the limits of traction on the wet road. The front end slid out from under me, the fairing slammed into the pavement, and I did a low-slide slide into the guardrail. As the bike hit the edge of the pavement it started to jump up like it would flip in a highside, but after tossing me off it slid to a stop still on the right side. I skidded on my right leg and butt cheek, rolling one time as my jeans ripped free and my skin grabbed the pavement. I hit the guardrail next to the Harley, which was laying on its side like a dead dog, engine still running and the back tire still spinning in gear. I jumped up and looked back down the exit, seeing traffic at a stop, a total of three cars involved in the wreck, and that stupid 18-wheeler rolling out of sight as it headed for the state line.

A guy in a pickup picked his way though the wreckage and pulled up to see how I was. I hurt like hell but nothing seemed broken, so I shut off my bike and limped down to see how everyone else was and test out my first aid skills. The final score was one totaled pickup, two totaled cars, one wrecked Electra Glide, and one MIA truck driver. Emergency crews responded quickly, and while the pickup driver was pretty messed up and had to be transported, both car drivers were OK thanks to their airbags. The police were certain they would nab the offending truck (a very distinctive orange Kenworth) at the next weigh station or truck stop.

Personally, both knees hurt, and the right one is pretty swollen. My right shoulder is killing me, as is my right arm from the elbow to the shoulder (can’t really lift it very high) along with my right hip. My right knee and right hip are very bruised and swollen, and right hand is swollen but nothing is broken. Road rash graces both of my knees, my right upper arm, the right side of my chest, my right shoulder, and a small spot on my left hand. I was treated at the scene but declined transport to the ER after an exam showed no damage to my head, neck, or ribs. I'll see my personal doctor tomorrow.

As for the bike, the front fender, fender cap, fender spears, light bar, right spotlight, right turn signal, front highway bar, right highway peg & mount, batwing fairing, inner fairing, fairing mounts, floorboard, heal guard, rear crash bar, saddlebag guards, rear master cylinder, and brake pedal are junk. The right side fuel tank is damaged but repairable, as are the right side hard bag and lid. The front forks are out of alignment, the handlebars are a bid crooked, and when returned to upright an oil line was leaking. But she fired right up, and the frame does not seem bent.

Home safe in Atlanta now, munching Vicodin and watching football, with the bike up on the lift in my shop awaiting further diagnosis. Looks like I'll ride the Intruder to work tomorrow.

Oh well. Other than THAT, it was a pretty good weekend.

[Jerryzuki]

Glad you came out as well as you did Dr, heal up the scraps soon.

[parabians]

Glad you made it through the ordeal, DB. Here's to a fast heal, and enjoy that cold one and MNF.

John

[Charles Bilconish]

Heal fast guy. Thanks for all your info in the past. Got 3000 miles on the Boulevard.

[blackie1491]

Glad to hear you are OK.

[SoCalCruisin]

DrBob, sorry to hear about your wreck, but very glad to hear you made it out not only alive, but relatively okay. Excellent job doing the things you did to survive. Heal fully and quickly.

[Atlas68]

Sorry to hear about your crash Bob. Sounds like you did what you had to do to minimize the damage. It makes my blood boil to hear about situations where the wreckless actions of one, creates havok amoung innocent bystanders.
Our area has seen an unusual share of MC RIP's lately.
Good to hear your wounds are on the mend. Hang in there, and pace yourself bud.