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Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:29 am
by Track T 2411
Oh no! Sorry to hear that! Heal up quick!
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:49 am
by GL1-242
Stephen,
Sorry to hear of your accident. I hope you heal up fast and will be riding again soon. You will be missed. Hitting a pothole going around a corner, I don't like hitting them straight on.
What bike where you riding?
Take care.
Paul
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:16 am
by sparkyrasmus
I was on my 1983 GL1100 Standard. From Bud's photos, I think the engine guards did their job, so the drive train came out pretty much unscathed. I wouldn't trust the frame again.
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:56 am
by 5speed
sparkyrasmus wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 11:50 pm
Sorry that I will be missing this one. Bud (Fargo Four) and I were riding out together and I was caught in a wind sheer on a sweeping curve. I tried all my riding lessons and realized that I couldn't get my bike to lean into the curve. I took to the ditch, hit a pothole, flipping the bike am me into the air. The bike is toast, I am now in Oakes ND enjoying the hospitality at the local heath care overnight. A couple fractured ribs, a dislocated thumb and a hyperextended knee. Wear your protective gear friends. And be safe. And mostly, I will be missing you all this gathering. Ride safe, smile and eat some bugs for me. Stephen.
Very glad you weren't hurt worse. We have some extortionary winds up here (they have blown 18 wheelers off the road) and I've been hit by a gust that made the tires feeling like they were sliding out from under me. Very unnerving.
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:59 am
by Whiskerfish
Sounds like it could have been much worse. Glad you are still here and able to talk about it.
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:08 am
by sparkyrasmus
I appreciate the get well wishes!!! But I really want to see pictures of the ride. I'll start a thread in the clubhouse and keep you appraised of my progress. My ever faithful wife is here and I hope to be able to get home soon.
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:22 am
by sunnbobb
Be well soon, you will be missed
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:58 am
by heraldhamster
always so glad that it wasn't worse.
happy to hear your wife is with ya!
heal fast! you will be missed around the meetin' table.
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:31 am
by skydog
Dang it!Crashin' sucks. Oaks N.D. I know it well ,I can vouch for the friendly hospital staff,they put me back together 20 years ago when I hit a deer. Middle of nowhere.Heal up Sparky ,we'll miss you,there will be other runs.
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:44 am
by Rat
Focus on mending, there will be another Deadwood run ...
Gord
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:11 pm
by Brant
Have a speedy recovery Sparky !
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:02 pm
by Dangeruss
Oh no! Sorry to hear we lost one. Glad it wasn’t worse! I rode through Montana, wind was not too bad and for a while at my back.
I should arrive this afternoon.
I’m in cabin #4
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:23 pm
by tlbranth
Sorry to hear that Sparky. We've run into some very nasty crosswinds down here in Wyoming so I ken what you went through. I hope you're well soon. Will you need help sorting the bike or arranging passage home?
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:43 pm
by GL1-242
I'm headed out about 6:30 on Tuesday so I should arrive around 2 or 2:30 it depending on traffic through Denver.
Paul
Re: 2021 Deadwood Get together Aug 24,25,26
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:19 am
by sunnbobb
Max and I ETA 2pm