We both went down

[Janx101]

"Lean and believe"

That's IOMTT-esque! ... very poetical Stevie!

[Suzuki Stevo]

"Lean and believe"

That's IOMTT-esque! ... very poetical Stevie!

I can't take any credit for it, it's a saying the local Road Racer's use 

[chrisafitz78]

Paul was in bad shape, broken ribs, collar bone, concussion, road rash, and a punctured lung. I have a teeny tiny little scratch on my pinky, less then 1mm long.
Guess who high sided and who didn't?
ATGATT

I'm glad you're OK and I hope Paul has a speedy recovery.

I know it was not a good experience for you, but I appreciate you posting the video. It is helpful to me (and probably others too) to look at real-world situations and try to calculate what my reaction would/should be. Looks like you did the best you possibly could. Low-side is sometimes your only option. Thanks for sharing!

[Slack]

Thanks for all the kind words guys and gals.
Paul is out of the hospital and doing ok. The only reason they kept him a few nights was to keep an eye on his lungs. Apparently at his age (68) lung damage can often lead to pneumonia! Luckily he is in very good shape and should recover well. He's already trying to decide if he should part his bike out or fix it, and can't wait for our next ride (in a few months).
Tow bill of 35-40 miles was $1075   

[ShowBizWolf]

  That tow bill is indeed ridiculous!!! 

So good of you to update on Paul... glad to know he is in good shape and wants to ride again!  My dad will be 63 this year and I convince him to take my GS out once in a while    I am not sure if ya added 5 more years onto him and if he took a tumble like that he'd be in as good shape    He works a million hours a week and stays active because of that but I worry about him a lot...

[RichDesmond]

Couple of contributing factors that I didn't see mentioned:

1) Terrible line into the corner. Stood the bike up too soon exiting the previous corner, which resulted in being too far inside at the start of the crash corner. A wider entrance would have given a better sight line and required less lean angle.
This is a very, very common mistake. Particularly on left-handers, either starting off too far inside, or starting the turn in too early.

2) Headed into the sun. That makes stuff in the road harder to see and reduces the time you have to react. Need to slow down.