Another Squid goes down - Sportbike Addicts

Gear Dog · 05-16-2006, 09:00 AM

I got this from Kawi forums.
The only thing missing were flip flops.

Crash!!! Leaving work today and getting on the skyway bridge going like 85-90 in a turn a car desided to cut right in front of me forcing me to slam on my brakes in a pretty tight turn. I wasnt able to take the turn and drove right off the road into the grass and loss control, there was no time to stop and if there was it was in grass, so the bike came out from under me and slid away and did a flip i think or rolled over maybe once and I slid some other way.

Injuries to me were: Broken knee cap, rashed shoulder and arm, really bruised hip and left side. Over all not bad for wearing a sleeveless shirt and board shorts and running shoes. Helmet was untouched or even scratched.

As for the bike..... No insurance....

Both mirrors snapped off
Shifter snapped off and hanging
left stator cover is really rashed
The complete fairing around the headlights is broken in like 4 places. Split between the headlights and on the side.
Inside black piece of plastic next to the ram air is broken out.
Rear whatever under the ZX-6rr is really rashed bad but no breaks or dents.

Lower right fairing had a hole on it about 1/2 inch big like something tryed to break thru it.

Gas tank has some scratches.
Bike still starts right up and runs in first gear fine just cant shift it cause the snapped foot lever.

Cant really see any other damage untill tomorrow when its light out.

my main concern is the main front fairing since it is the most damaged out of everything. Is this super expensive? Also any places to get these parts cheap??

Pix to come tomorrow.

Xracer264 · 05-16-2006, 09:08 AM

I am still amazed how Fackin DUMB people are!!!!!

tommymac · 05-16-2006, 09:21 AM

And of course he survived

Tom

Liltenatattoo · 05-16-2006, 09:27 AM

wtf. he's worried about a ferring. Not that he didn't have insurance and could have hurt or killed himself or someone else. Or the fact he was barley wearing any protection. "ooh my helmet was untouched" maybe he should have not been wearing one! dumbass!

PitsVtec · 05-16-2006, 09:28 AM

Glad whomever is okay!.....Same thing happened to me a year ago, but I had more gear on than he/she.... Why didn't he/she have insurance?

Hassmaschine · 05-16-2006, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by tommymac

And of course he survived

Tom

Eh I don't wish death on squids, hopefully it's a perfect lesson in what not to do for the kid, I just wish more squids were as fortunate.

Taz · 05-16-2006, 09:36 AM

I'm glad he OK. Maybe that will teach him to wear more gear.

tommymac · 05-16-2006, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Hassmaschine

Eh I don't wish death on squids, hopefully it's a perfect lesson in what not to do for the kid, I just wish more squids were as fortunate.

Work a few years in an inner city ER and you get a bit jaded the skells and idiots seem to live forever and the good ones die of some real screwed up stuff.

I did get to scrub some road rash on a kids ankle sunday night though.

Tom

**Rev** · 05-16-2006, 10:11 AM

Yeah tommy i hear you on that one..i don't wish death on anyone at all but people who do follow rules and wear full gear have tend to have really bad injuries...i know rash hurts..but broken stuff or permanent injuires are worse

tommymac · 05-16-2006, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Rev

Yeah tommy i hear you on that one..i don't wish death on anyone at all but people who do follow rules and wear full gear have tend to have really bad injuries...i know rash hurts..but broken stuff or permanent injuires are worse

I dont have much sympathy for the idiots anymore. I had one girl come in who fell off the back of a bike and was wearing capri pants and sandals, how she didnt get rashed up worse I will never know. Anyway she ground off some of her big toe but was more concerned that she broke her cute pair of shoes, her attitude changed when she met my cute nylon scrub brush. She doesnt know how lucky she was that it didnt reach the bone, becasue then it becomes very messy and painful to repair.

Tom

jcblitz · 05-16-2006, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by tommymac

I dont have much sympathy for the idiots anymore. I had one girl come in who fell off the back of a bike and was wearing capri pants and sandals, how she didnt get rashed up worse I will never know. Anyway she ground off some of her big toe but was more concerned that she broke her cute pair of shoes, her attitude changed when she met my cute nylon scrub brush. She doesnt know how lucky she was that it didnt reach the bone, becasue then it becomes very messy and painful to repair.

Tom

Did you give her that numbing gel? That shit is no joke.

tommymac · 05-16-2006, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by jcblitz

Did you give her that numbing gel? That shit is no joke.

it took a while for the nurse to find it. If we had to remove bone we would have had to numb the entire toe with a nerve block, and it still hurts.

Tom

***Cakes206*** · 05-16-2006, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by tommymac

Work a few years in an inner city ER and you get a bit jaded the skells and idiots seem to live forever and the good ones die of some real screwed up stuff.

I did get to scrub some road rash on a kids ankle sunday night though.

Tom

Comes with the territory Tom...can't judge, just do the job

motohero · 05-16-2006, 11:07 AM

i think this is a joke!

simmons5 · 05-16-2006, 11:11 AM

I just read that on the Kawi Forum too....06 and no insurance.......Board shorts ? What are people thinking