Like Mbailey said I raced motorcross growing up and have more stories about wrecking than I can remember. But I never got into anything in the dirt worse than a concussion and a trip to the hospital with suspected internal injuries..black and blue stomach was ok afterall.
But, on the road I wasn't so lucky.
Accident #1
In 2006 I was riding my motorcycle to work and slowing down for a left hand turn...Dodge dakota came screeching up behind me doing about 70mph..he slammed on the breaks and hit me doing about 45 prolly...
But It felt like a train hit me and i went under the front of his truck sliding for about 60FT...before I got my leg from under the bike and rolled out (rubber on my facesheild from his front left tire) he almost ran over my head.
(broken right foot and ankle...Herniated disc in lower back) the guy had 190ft of skid marks total I got lucky to survive this one...
Accident #2
Then about a year later I am riding my brand new bike on some country roads and I see an amish buggy. The buggy was about 20-30 feet past the 4-way intersection I was coming up on, there was no stop sign.
So I keep my speed the same, about 40mph and go to pass the buggy on the left...just at the point of no return the buggy does a U-turn and decides they wanted to go left in the intersection they just passed.
I hit the horse with my right shoulder and started tumbling rag-doll like down the rode and slammed into an embankment....my bike went straight into a telephone pole guidewire.
First thing I noticed was I couldn't breathe...collapsed lung and was bleeding internally..
I spent 4 days in the hospital and enjoyed a 12 inch needle through my ribs to re-inflate my lung in the ambulance.
Long story short I still ride and put about 6,000 miles on my new Triumph this year
Stay safe if you ride, don't speed and never expect anyone to do anything but try to kill you on the road
