phranK2k11
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On October 25th 2015 I was riding a familiar road at a normal pace (speed limit 35 I was going 45) when I spotted a patch of gravel on the outside of a gentle left hand bend. I was not going "to fast" for the curve by any means. A brief moment of target fixation and everything went wrong in a hurry.
Instead of making the curve I feared the worst from the gravel and made the wrong choice to ride into the grassy field to slow down. As soon as I tried slowing in the grass the FZ was instantly on its left side, and my left foot. The FZ with her smooth plastics slid like a kid on a wet slip-n-slide in summer. Me, I rolled. With my left foot pinned under the bike, it couldn't roll with me... At some point Tina let my foot go and we came to a stop in our own places. No sooner than I stopped my friend Dave that was riding with me pulled off the road and called my wife. As I lay still I began to asses my injures it was obvious I had an extra "knee". Maybe it was shock but it didn't feel like I thought a broken leg would feel. I call it very uncomfortable, not painful.
A few people that I will forever be thankful for stopped to help. We made a very effective splint from a piece of lumber, a small area rug and a ratchet strap. By now my wife has joined us at the scene. I was less than a mile from the local hospital so I loaded up in the back of our Rav-4 and got delivered to the ER door. This was the beginning of the endless "motorcycles are dangerous" speeches.
While being prepped for X-rays I was complimented on the splint and informed that my boot had likely saved my ankle joint. I ride ATGATT! Out of X-ray with a confirmed broken tibia and fibula. Into OR, wake up in a recovery room looking at before and after X-rays. I now have an 8" steel plate and 13 screws holding my leg together.
I only carried liability insurance on the bike and will have to pay for all the repairs myself. This comes along with bills that are rolling in from the 4 day hospital stay. My health insurance has helped ALOT with this but they are still quite high.
Going naked is the cheapest/best option for me. The parts needed (ebay listings for FZ6N conversion) to get her back on the road add up to about $267.00. At this time and the near future, spending money on anything that is not a necessity is out of the question.
In an effort to get the FZ back together, I'm asking for help.
I know the saying "beggars can't be choosers" but I am leaning towards the stock look of the FZ6N vs the other options out there.
Looks like I'll need...
FZ6N headlight stay
FZ6N headlight
FZ6N headlight trim
"Round" speedo/tach back cover
Mounts for mirrors
Mirrors
Thanks for reading this far, I appreciate any help I can get.
Garrett
Instead of making the curve I feared the worst from the gravel and made the wrong choice to ride into the grassy field to slow down. As soon as I tried slowing in the grass the FZ was instantly on its left side, and my left foot. The FZ with her smooth plastics slid like a kid on a wet slip-n-slide in summer. Me, I rolled. With my left foot pinned under the bike, it couldn't roll with me... At some point Tina let my foot go and we came to a stop in our own places. No sooner than I stopped my friend Dave that was riding with me pulled off the road and called my wife. As I lay still I began to asses my injures it was obvious I had an extra "knee". Maybe it was shock but it didn't feel like I thought a broken leg would feel. I call it very uncomfortable, not painful.
A few people that I will forever be thankful for stopped to help. We made a very effective splint from a piece of lumber, a small area rug and a ratchet strap. By now my wife has joined us at the scene. I was less than a mile from the local hospital so I loaded up in the back of our Rav-4 and got delivered to the ER door. This was the beginning of the endless "motorcycles are dangerous" speeches.
While being prepped for X-rays I was complimented on the splint and informed that my boot had likely saved my ankle joint. I ride ATGATT! Out of X-ray with a confirmed broken tibia and fibula. Into OR, wake up in a recovery room looking at before and after X-rays. I now have an 8" steel plate and 13 screws holding my leg together.
I only carried liability insurance on the bike and will have to pay for all the repairs myself. This comes along with bills that are rolling in from the 4 day hospital stay. My health insurance has helped ALOT with this but they are still quite high.
Going naked is the cheapest/best option for me. The parts needed (ebay listings for FZ6N conversion) to get her back on the road add up to about $267.00. At this time and the near future, spending money on anything that is not a necessity is out of the question.
In an effort to get the FZ back together, I'm asking for help.
I know the saying "beggars can't be choosers" but I am leaning towards the stock look of the FZ6N vs the other options out there.
Looks like I'll need...
FZ6N headlight stay
FZ6N headlight
FZ6N headlight trim
"Round" speedo/tach back cover
Mounts for mirrors
Mirrors
Thanks for reading this far, I appreciate any help I can get.
Garrett
I'm go naked every night! ha, know what you mean man, I've been looking at the fz8 as a second bike!
