Pandy went down today....she's alive, bruised badly...

[TheGoodGuy]

http://bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4046082&postcount=34

Pictures later on.. if she sends me some.

Sozzy....I failed ya' this time, Matt.. I was so busy rearranging my schedule to go on the ride that I didn't get my reminder e-mail out... I won't let it happen again.

Unfortunately, *I* didn't make the ride, either. But my bike's in surprisingly good shape, and cagers suck. Cager did one of those no-signal, no-looking lane changes in the spot that I was going to be occupying in the next 2 seconds while I was lane sharing. I went over the bars. My bike's fully covered, so I'll get him fixed (I don't know if it'll be in time for my first track day, but I'm gonna try).

Amazingly enough, there was a BARFer sharing lanes right behind me who witnessed the event. I'll be posting up in crash analysis when the shock wears off.

He also picked me up, helped pick my bike up and get us both out of the lanes (both my bike and I ended up in the #2 lane), and stayed with me the whole time. A big, HUGE shout out to fellow Barfer, fogtown. I'd never met him before, but he took care of me like a brother, and he didn't leave my side until the CHP was done taking statements. I can't say enough about his good heart and kindness.

I just sincerely can't thank him enough. Words just aren't adequate. Thank you, thank you, thank you, fogtown!!! fogtown deserves some real BARF love.

I hope the ride was a bit less exciting than my attempted commute to it.

P.S. The Waaaahmbulance was offered time and again, but pandyz don't need no steeekin' waaahmbulances, and they weren't offering me a nice helicopter ride, so forget it!!

[TheGoodGuy]

fogtown requires beer!!!!

[yamahonkawazuki]

HooRAHHH  tell my sexy lady im prayin for her   and many thanks for teh barfer as well

[frankieG]

what is a barfer?  glad u are ok

[GeeP]

Glad to hear you're OK Pandy!   

BUT!  You should have taken the flashy box ride while screaming and moaning in agony.  It looks good in court.   

Do take care, the bike can be fixed.   

Frankie, BARF = Bay Area Rider's Forum   

[The Buddha]

Yeow ... I should prolly move to CA ... so I can keep an eye on all y'all ... always getting in trouble that pandy.
Get better pandy ... and maybe learn to ride or somehting ... 
Cool.
Buddha.

[bucks1605]

fogtown requires beer!!!!

That was a class act by fogtown. 

Glad to hear you're OK Pandy.

[ohgood]

wishes n stuff, good uns for you, bad bad bad uns for the crazy cager that tried to take you out.



charges filed ? ticketed ?

glad to hear you're still breathing that fine california air !

[beRto]

Get well soon, Pandy!

[pandy]

Thanks, all. I'm sore but alive. Police report taken, but won't have those results for 8 days or so. Responding/investigating officer is a new rider, so hopefully he understands that it's not always the biker's fault. I'll prolly go to the doc's today if I can catch a ride (bike's my only transportation at the moment). I would have gone in the waaaambulance, but there was no way they were towing my bike while I was still breathing. 

Besides, I'm tuff...I rode him home. 

Now all I can think about is getting him track worthy, cuz I'd never live it down if I had to go just as a Pit B*.  I'd also still like to try to go  on Bob's Monterey ride. *#$%&^#ing cagers.

Pics to follow later, but the Vicodin calls again.... 

Anyone know who does crash estimates in the San Mateo area?  My insurance company is already on it, and they called the driver's behaviour an "unsafe lane change." Of course, her insurance compandy will say something different, but I'm hoping having a witness will help (as well as an officer who understands riding/riders). It'll be interesting to see what the popo report says...

Edit: Oh  yeah....gear report. Was fully geared. My helmet is toast; my head hit hard, and there's a chunk missing now (Scorpion EX-700 Crackhead). No body rash at all, just badly bruised down my left side, which is where I landed after going over the bars. One of the bars got me as I went over, and let's just say I'm glad I'm not a guy, cuz I'd never have children or sex again if i were. Boots worked; moto  pants worked, armoured jacket worked; helmet worked; gloves worked. ATGATT. I haven't checked them over yet. Insurance should cover the gear, especially if it's hers paying. Bruising where I landed, headache, neck ache, a little dizzy, but lucky lucky lucky.

[scottpA_GS]

You are one tuff chick 

Glad you are OK 

[asobi]

Edit: Oh  yeah....gear report. Was fully geared. My helmet is toast; my head hit hard, and there's a chunk missing now (Scorpion EX-700 Crackhead). No body rash at all, just badly bruised down my left side, which is where I landed after going over the bars. One of the bars got me as I went over, and let's just say I'm glad I'm not a guy, cuz I'd never have children or sex again if i were. Boots worked; moto  pants worked, armoured jacket worked; helmet worked; gloves worked. ATGATT. I haven't checked them over yet. Insurance should cover the gear, especially if it's hers paying. Bruising where I landed, headache, neck ache, a little dizzy, but lucky lucky lucky.

*shudder*  This whole incident gives me deja vu - I had a very similar accident last summer on 680, where a pickup changed lanes in front of me and threw on the brakes - luckily, I only lowsided in getting out of the way rather than going over the bars, but I skidded for quite some distance.  Leather Alpinestars jacket really came through for me though.  I'm paranoid now though...should a cup be recommended protective gear?

[simon79]

Get well soon, Pandy!!!

[bucks1605]

I'm paranoid now though...should a cup be recommended protective gear?

Whatever makes you less nervous about being out there. I'd like to have a little machine gun mounted under my headlight. 

[pandy]

I'm paranoid now though...should a cup be recommended protective gear?

YES! 

Thanks for the well wishes. Vicodin is my friend today.

I did grit my teeth and rode him to get the crash estimate started...and I didn't cry once.... LOL  Sure wanted to, though.

My baby's likely to be total'd, but the shop is going to work with me to try to keep that from happening  and get him fixed up. I'll get him back into tech spec for my track day (oh HELL yeah I'm going  ), and then we'll fix him up after that (new Yosh pipe perhaps?).

I kind of like that machine gun idea.... Maybe THAT would wake cagers up and get 'em to actually freakin' LOOK and SIGNAL *BEFORE* changing lanes...

[yamahonkawazuki]

im assuming cager is at fault. that being said, id let it get totalled, and with teh pain and suffering settlement, buy it back as a track bike. and a new sv or something as your rider. if you werent so far out, id letcha have this older car ive got sitting. and finally, yes vicoding is your friend. dont let it become your lover. ive still gota dozen or so left over from my days in icu. im tempted to use em, for aches and pain an stuff. BUT i dont. heh withdrawal was a Buddha Loves You

[spc]

Glad you're alright Pandy, we need someone around here to blame shaZam! on.

Poor bike, starts life with you dropping it and ends life because of a retard cage


Yama, you wanna remove the temptation of having those happy pills around I'd be glad to take em off your hands

[yamahonkawazuki]

my moms got both cancer and an appetite for tehm so im going to stash them for her

[scratch]

She emailed me the evening that it happened.  I'm glad she's mostly allright.  And, I'm really glad she survived!  I will be buying fogtown beer and a hug, as soon as possible, or appropriately (he may be driving).

[pandy]

Glad you're alright Pandy, we need someone around here to blame shaZam! on. Poor bike, starts life with you dropping it and ends life because of a retard cage

She emailed me the evening that it happened.  I'm glad she's mostly allright.  And, I'm really glad she survived!  I will be buying fogtown beer and a hug, as soon as possible, or appropriately (he may be driving).

But...you're gonna BUY fogtown a hug?? I thought that was illegal in California?