hello NY, goodbye Panigale... ATGATT!
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good to read that you're alive!
get well soon!
Phil
get well soon!
Phil
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Good luck, and get well soon.
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Thanks guys! I am recovering well! Only problem is I stay up all night looking at bikes online, waiting for the moment I'm mobile enough to go out and pick one up, and take it for a sweet ride. I want to ride more than I want to walk, by far! And it will be soon, I'll pick up that MTS right away at the end of September and ride into the winter. Hallelujah!
Do me a favor, all of you lucky bastards, when you're out on your Pani's this weekend, or next week or whatever, just remind yourself how awesome it is to ride that beast, remember how much fun it is, ....... ENJOY yourself!!! That what it's all about. I cannot wait!
Do me a favor, all of you lucky bastards, when you're out on your Pani's this weekend, or next week or whatever, just remind yourself how awesome it is to ride that beast, remember how much fun it is, ....... ENJOY yourself!!! That what it's all about. I cannot wait!
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^^^This!!! Get well soon, bro! And I'll echo everyone else, Thank you for telling your story!
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Hey mrjonnylee! What an amazing story! I have one main question for you -- while I can understand them, I'm so sick of everyone telling me, "you'd better not ever ride a motorcycle again!" I get it, I got hit, it hurt and it's going to take a while to recover. And riding bikes is more dangerous than driving cars. But I knew that before, just as well, and I still chose to ride. I love riding bikes, I can't imagine life without!
How did you deal with that?
How did you deal with that?
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Riding motorbikes is a calculated risk and getting hit is a one in a million chance. You and I just happened to pull that number. The guy that drove over me was going to hit somebody one day and it just happened to be me. His story is "I go that way home all the time, I never expect anything like that to happen". The ride home is the same route as when I decide to walk. If I was walking that night I would be dead.
I've been on street bikes since I got my licence so riding is a big part of my life and who I am. If I deny myself the things that make me happy and define me then I become a victim of my circumstance and the other guy wins. I choose to ride again because it makes me happy. It is very easy to feel sorry for yourself and go "poor me" and there have been those moments when I got really low but I look at the accident as an event that I have dealt with and grown from. Not something that is me.
Do what makes you happy and if anyone gets in your way you don't need them. The ones that really care about you will want to see you happy.
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this is specious disingenuous reasoning -- best to calculate REAL RISK and not some pseudo-mystical mumbojumbo of "pulling a number" "one in a 'million'" and/or comparing mutually exclusive events: here's the real calculation to your calculated risks:
MORTALITY RATE PER MILE TRAVELLED and studies and real reports.
everything else is pure bs, rationalization and sophistry.
MORTALITY RATE PER MILE TRAVELLED and studies and real reports.
everything else is pure bs, rationalization and sophistry.
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Get well soon. Looks like someone was looking down on you that day.
Make sure you send thank you letters to the people who make your kit, a mate of mine done this and he got most of his kit replaced free of charge, all he had to do was send the damaged kit back to them as they wanted to use it for a display. Don't ask, don't get!!
All the best and I hope you have a speedy recovery ( and the knobber that took you out gets everything they deserve and more!!!)
Make sure you send thank you letters to the people who make your kit, a mate of mine done this and he got most of his kit replaced free of charge, all he had to do was send the damaged kit back to them as they wanted to use it for a display. Don't ask, don't get!!
All the best and I hope you have a speedy recovery ( and the knobber that took you out gets everything they deserve and more!!!)
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Glad you are OK.
Thanks for posting feedback about the part your gear had in reducing the severity of your injuries. It is sometimes difficult to put the gear on when it is hot out and every other yahoo is wearing their t-shirt and shorts. Stories like this help to reinforce "commonsense".
@Vast - Agree. The information is only a click away, no need for divination or sorcery.
"Bottom Line
This retrospective study looked at all motorcycle injuries treated at a single level 1 trauma center over a 10-year period.
-Motorcyclists who did not wear helmets had a significantly higher risk for head trauma, had more severe head trauma, and had higher mortality rates.
-The most prevalent musculo-skeletal injuries were fractures, primarily of the extremities and the spine.
-Based on highway safety data, per vehicle mile travelled in 2007, motorcyclists were about 37 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a motor vehicle traffic crash and
9 times more likely to be injured."
Per Miles Traveled, Motorcycles Are Deadlier than Cars
Thanks for posting feedback about the part your gear had in reducing the severity of your injuries. It is sometimes difficult to put the gear on when it is hot out and every other yahoo is wearing their t-shirt and shorts. Stories like this help to reinforce "commonsense".
@Vast - Agree. The information is only a click away, no need for divination or sorcery.
"Bottom Line
This retrospective study looked at all motorcycle injuries treated at a single level 1 trauma center over a 10-year period.
-Motorcyclists who did not wear helmets had a significantly higher risk for head trauma, had more severe head trauma, and had higher mortality rates.
-The most prevalent musculo-skeletal injuries were fractures, primarily of the extremities and the spine.
-Based on highway safety data, per vehicle mile travelled in 2007, motorcyclists were about 37 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a motor vehicle traffic crash and
9 times more likely to be injured."
Per Miles Traveled, Motorcycles Are Deadlier than Cars
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yes. santa claus jesus or some figment of a man in the sky wont protect your risk. if u believe in god then pray while you race at 150mph toward a wall and see if he saves your ass....or some such.....
take the risk, but dont be deluding yourself.
take the risk, but dont be deluding yourself.
Glad you are OK.
Thanks for posting feedback about the part your gear had in reducing the severity of your injuries. It is sometimes difficult to put the gear on when it is hot out and every other yahoo is wearing their t-shirt and shorts. Stories like this help to reinforce "commonsense".
@Vast - Agree. The information is only a click away, no need for divination or sorcery.
"Bottom Line
This retrospective study looked at all motorcycle injuries treated at a single level 1 trauma center over a 10-year period.
-Motorcyclists who did not wear helmets had a significantly higher risk for head trauma, had more severe head trauma, and had higher mortality rates.
-The most prevalent musculo-skeletal injuries were fractures, primarily of the extremities and the spine.
-Based on highway safety data, per vehicle mile travelled in 2007, motorcyclists were about 37 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a motor vehicle traffic crash and
9 times more likely to be injured."
Per Miles Traveled, Motorcycles Are Deadlier than Cars
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