In an attempt to pay tribute to my forum name I exercised my Dartos Muscle today.
So there I was headed back to my office after leaving the airport on I-15 just crossing over 35th south . 3pm and traffic was moving along at 65-70 when I felt the motorcycle move unexpectedly to the left. At first I thought it was something on the road from the constuction but in short order I realized I had a tire going down.
I let off the throttle and checked the mirrors to get an idea what was behind me and saw a red car about 200-300 feet behind me in the far left lane. I i slowed down the directional changes became more abrupt and harder to control. I started weaving back and forth and drifting left while trying to slowdown.
It is at this point that I assume the front tire went completely flat and it took a couple of violent turns and DOWN I went. The bike went sliding and I hit the pavement and immediately stated rolling down the road like a wobbly football. as I was rolling all I could think about was that red car behind me, I caught a glimpse of it a couple of times.
AS I came to a stop I jumped up to see if I had to dodge a car. Luckily He stopped in plenty of time and helped me lift the bike up an move it to the side of the road. I didn't catch his name but he had a Delta Airlines Maintenance badge on still. THANK YOU!!!
The paramedics checked me out and looked at the road rash which amazingly didn't grind down into the meat anywhere, even my knees made it through pretty good. Still hard to believe, I guess being a rolly polly fat guy just made me roll instead of slide.
As a pure guess I think I went down between 40-50 mph.
So first my snowmobiles and trailer get stolen and now this. I'm beginning to not like 2009.
So there I was headed back to my office after leaving the airport on I-15 just crossing over 35th south . 3pm and traffic was moving along at 65-70 when I felt the motorcycle move unexpectedly to the left. At first I thought it was something on the road from the constuction but in short order I realized I had a tire going down.
I let off the throttle and checked the mirrors to get an idea what was behind me and saw a red car about 200-300 feet behind me in the far left lane. I i slowed down the directional changes became more abrupt and harder to control. I started weaving back and forth and drifting left while trying to slowdown.
It is at this point that I assume the front tire went completely flat and it took a couple of violent turns and DOWN I went. The bike went sliding and I hit the pavement and immediately stated rolling down the road like a wobbly football. as I was rolling all I could think about was that red car behind me, I caught a glimpse of it a couple of times.
AS I came to a stop I jumped up to see if I had to dodge a car. Luckily He stopped in plenty of time and helped me lift the bike up an move it to the side of the road. I didn't catch his name but he had a Delta Airlines Maintenance badge on still. THANK YOU!!!
The paramedics checked me out and looked at the road rash which amazingly didn't grind down into the meat anywhere, even my knees made it through pretty good. Still hard to believe, I guess being a rolly polly fat guy just made me roll instead of slide.
As a pure guess I think I went down between 40-50 mph.
So first my snowmobiles and trailer get stolen and now this. I'm beginning to not like 2009.
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