#1 2008-02-20 21:52:03
My brother's life was saved last evening by his Shoei helmet. He's in the ICU (expected to make a full recovery), his Ducati is totalled, but he's alive. It was the car's fault, not his, but that doesn't count if you're dead and the moronic Volvo driver who fucking stops on a major urban freeway to let a squirrel cross isn't.
Sorry for the PSA, but I figured there were some riders here we wouldn't necessarily want to lose. At least in that way.
Back to feces, furries and Fnord....
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#2 2008-02-20 22:02:59
A Duc? Nice bikes those.
Good to hear your brother's gonna make it Toe.
And all ovloV drivers should be drowned in cats piss.
MtD
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#3 2008-02-20 23:26:42
Good to hear his butt got saved. Shame about the Duc, though... I used to have a Desmo 500 back in the day - loved that bike.
I've always used Bell Star helmets for motor racing... excellent and priced low enough that you don't feel stupid replacing them every couple of years (as one should).
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#4 2008-02-21 00:04:04
As a side note, and thanks for not screaming "wtf, a psa on hso? " -what is up with the correlation between inadequate bucket helmets or no helmets, plus tank tops, and harley riders? Is it some kind of Darwin/self selection thing? Steve was also wearing leather jacket and pants which must have absorbed some g force from the swan dive onto the asphalt at 65 mph, because he ended up with broken ribs, broken leg, broken arm and a concussion but nothing worse. I joked he missed his Regarding Henry moment, that we were all disappointed we wouldn't at least now be able to wheel him around Nordstrom without complaint and sleep easier knowing he had happily taken up scrapbooking instead of motorcycles.
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#5 2008-02-21 00:20:29
icangetyouatoe wrote:
....Steve was also wearing leather jacket and pants....
Back when I was an EMT we used to call that outfit a "body bag", and motorcycles were "donorcycles".
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#6 2008-02-21 01:33:54
No kidding. I read somewhere the average life expectancy post purchase of a Ninja is like 2 years.
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#8 2008-02-21 02:20:25
Damned shame about the bike. The Italians can make such superbly fast machines, yet they can't get their trains to run on time. Go figure.
...and, yeah, you wouldn't get me on a motorcycle without full kevlar coverage and one more hell of an expensive helmet, possibly involving neck bracing.
If not wanting to live out the remainder of my life in a wheelchair with a colostomy bag in my lap under an afghan makes me a pussy, then a pussy I be.
Last edited by jesusluvspegging (2008-02-21 02:22:17)
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#9 2008-02-21 10:47:02
whosasailorthen wrote:
Good to hear his butt got saved.
Sounds like he wasn't wearing the helmet correctly...
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#10 2008-02-21 11:03:33
"Wearing a helmet is for pussies." (wipes drool from chin)
--Gary Busey--
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#11 2008-02-21 13:01:15
ATGATT - All The Gear, All The Time
100,000 miles and counting.
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