What I learned on NOV24, 2007

Gene Smith · 03-04-2008

I'll just start with a irrisponsable act of STUPIDITY. Most of you will probably feel some pain. Must warn you a head of time that this hurts and is causing even more surgery soon.

Short version is I was parked on a dirt lot, Had 1 shot and two beers. Left in a hurry to make up time and hit a rock in a turn. High sided and got hurt bad. Ok sum up.

1. dirty cold tires
2. alcohol = slow reaction
3. speed
4. rock
5. charged with DUI
6. loss of bike ( totaled )
7. Pain
8. More Pain
9. Lawer $4000
10. Court $815
11. DUI Class $585
12 new license $125
13. Surgery
14. Lessons learned is painful

Gene Smith · 03-04-2008

El Mexicano · 03-04-2008

Tha is messed up. Drinking and driving (or riding) is a BIG NO NO!

El Mexicano · 03-04-2008

Damn! i failed to see the 2nd set of pics. Dude! How fast were you going? OMG the bike looks horrible. I am glad you had your helmet and gear on. Shoot!

Gene Smith · 03-04-2008

Ok these are some of my injuries. There was zero skin left on the front of my legs but those pictures were corrupted. Here is what I have left of my injuries that included but as I am finding out are not limited to.

Road rash, Just a couple of patches of skin left on my legs. Two broken ankles, fractured hip, both fractured wrist, and structuraly intact but no meat/ skin/ tissue left on my left knee to the bone. These pictures of the knee was taken after two weeks of some kind of vacume thingy to grow and clean more tissue.

Gene Smith · 03-04-2008

I hope my stupidity helps others. The speed is reconizable by double clicking on the pics.

*likearock4x4* · 03-04-2008

Tough lesson, that's for sure. Hopefully someone will gain some wisdom from your post, Gene. Thanks for posting.

I sure wish you didn't have to learn the hard way. You wouldn't think that a shot and 2 beers would slow you down that much, huh? But it does. How long had you taken to drink them?

*likearock4x4* · 03-04-2008

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Originally Posted by Gene Smith

I hope my stupidity helps others. The speed is reconizable by double clicking on the pics.

Looks to me like you were still in first gear. 9500 RPM at 102 MPH.

*likearock4x4* · 03-04-2008

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Originally Posted by El Mexicano

Damn! i failed to see the 2nd set of pics. Dude! How fast were you going? OMG the bike looks horrible. I am glad you had your helmet and gear on. Shoot!

Yeah, me too. (You can see how the jacket rode up his back as he was sliding.)

Gene Smith · 03-04-2008

gearing down from 4 to 3.

TVoyagerXII · 03-04-2008

Glad you lived to tell it. I've been known to down a few. I'm rethinking my position. Thanks.

pat0021 · 03-04-2008

Man.... Thats a hard way to learn. Glad you're ok.

fretbuzz · 03-04-2008

Glad you survived and learned. The fact that you are man enough to post this so others may learn from your mistakes says a lot.

NCDave · 03-04-2008

that helmet really saved your noggin! The good part is that you're ok to ride another day. Some aren't that lucky. Glad you were Gene!

Gene Smith · 03-04-2008

Thanx to all, The helmate did save my life. Even though I wasn't knocked out I lost sight in my rifgt eye for about 3 min. I honestly thought that something was horribly wrong with it.

captaintoad1 · 03-04-2008

hope you heal well. what kind of surgery are you going to have to have?

Gene Smith · 03-04-2008

Reconstructive knee surgery on my left knee and an ACL replacement on my right.

For all those that think it is ok to ride in shorts, Take a good look, I was wearing ICON denim/kevlar riding pants. Not upset with the company though. At 100+mph anything outside of leather wouldn't hold up. Cudos to JOE ROCKET textile jackets, and a special thanks goes out to SCORPION helmets.

V2K_CCTX · 03-04-2008

At least you lived to share the lesson and tell about it. Many do not get that extra chance! Glad you are relatively OK!

cmptrmn.1 · 03-04-2008

Glad you're alive. Seen too much of that when I worked at a hospital in surgery. One learns real quick. I am very glad that you wore your safety gear. Too many people don't.

TriXie · 03-04-2008

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Originally Posted by fretbuzz

Glad you survived and learned. The fact that you are man enough to post this so others may learn from your mistakes says a lot.

OMG, Gene, it was so hard to look at those pics!!
So glad you made it through!! God speed on your recovery!!

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Gene Smith Asphalt density engineer BTK Expert Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Twentynine Palms Ca Posts: 390	What I learned on NOV24, 2007 I'll just start with a irrisponsable act of STUPIDITY. Most of you will probably feel some pain. Must warn you a head of time that this hurts and is causing even more surgery soon. Short version is I was parked on a dirt lot, Had 1 shot and two beers. Left in a hurry to make up time and hit a rock in a turn. High sided and got hurt bad. Ok sum up. 1. dirty cold tires 2. alcohol = slow reaction 3. speed 4. rock 5. charged with DUI 6. loss of bike ( totaled ) 7. Pain 8. More Pain 9. Lawer $4000 10. Court $815 11. DUI Class $585 12 new license $125 13. Surgery 14. Lessons learned is painful Attached Thumbnails

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Gene Smith Asphalt density engineer BTK Expert Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Twentynine Palms Ca Posts: 390	more Attached Thumbnails

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Gene Smith Asphalt density engineer BTK Expert Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Twentynine Palms Ca Posts: 390	Ok these are some of my injuries. There was zero skin left on the front of my legs but those pictures were corrupted. Here is what I have left of my injuries that included but as I am finding out are not limited to. Road rash, Just a couple of patches of skin left on my legs. Two broken ankles, fractured hip, both fractured wrist, and structuraly intact but no meat/ skin/ tissue left on my left knee to the bone. These pictures of the knee was taken after two weeks of some kind of vacume thingy to grow and clean more tissue. Attached Thumbnails

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likearock4x4 Thanks to all Veterans!!! Extreme Forum Supporter Join Date: May 2006 Location: PGR Member #7955 O'Fallon, Illinois (Near St. Louis) Posts: 16,026	Tough lesson, that's for sure. Hopefully someone will gain some wisdom from your post, Gene. Thanks for posting. I sure wish you didn't have to learn the hard way. You wouldn't think that a shot and 2 beers would slow you down that much, huh? But it does. How long had you taken to drink them? __________________ RIP Deron Harden. :-( You are truely missed.

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TVoyagerXII Wild and wooly Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Luverne, AL Posts: 559	Glad you lived to tell it. I've been known to down a few. I'm rethinking my position. Thanks. __________________ CrenshawCountyRiders Page

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El Mexicano Your future ex-boyfriend Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 674	Tha is messed up. Drinking and driving (or riding) is a BIG NO NO!

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El Mexicano Your future ex-boyfriend Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 674	Damn! i failed to see the 2nd set of pics. Dude! How fast were you going? OMG the bike looks horrible. I am glad you had your helmet and gear on. Shoot!

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Gene Smith Asphalt density engineer BTK Expert Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Twentynine Palms Ca Posts: 390	I hope my stupidity helps others. The speed is reconizable by double clicking on the pics.

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Gene Smith Asphalt density engineer BTK Expert Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Twentynine Palms Ca Posts: 390	gearing down from 4 to 3.

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pat0021 IBA#34418 Forum Supporter Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ashland, Oh Posts: 2,106	Man.... Thats a hard way to learn. Glad you're ok. __________________ If you like your freedom thank a Vet! U.S. Navy Vet 2006 VN900LT

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fretbuzz Non Omnis Moriar BTK Expert Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Heart o' Texas Posts: 7,785	Glad you survived and learned. The fact that you are man enough to post this so others may learn from your mistakes says a lot. __________________ I'd rather you offend me with the truth than appease me with a lie.

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NCDave 12 yrs old at heart! BTK Expert Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 9,484	that helmet really saved your noggin! The good part is that you're ok to ride another day. Some aren't that lucky. Glad you were Gene! __________________ NCDave Don't Blame Me, I Voted For The Hot Chick http://www.bikepics.com/members/ncdave

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Gene Smith Asphalt density engineer BTK Expert Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Twentynine Palms Ca Posts: 390	Thanx to all, The helmate did save my life. Even though I wasn't knocked out I lost sight in my rifgt eye for about 3 min. I honestly thought that something was horribly wrong with it.

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captaintoad1 2002 free meanie Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: texarkana,Tx. Posts: 1,360	hope you heal well. what kind of surgery are you going to have to have? __________________ Laugh if you want... it was free!!! www.myspace.com/captaintoad1

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Gene Smith Asphalt density engineer BTK Expert Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Twentynine Palms Ca Posts: 390	Reconstructive knee surgery on my left knee and an ACL replacement on my right. For all those that think it is ok to ride in shorts, Take a good look, I was wearing ICON denim/kevlar riding pants. Not upset with the company though. At 100+mph anything outside of leather wouldn't hold up. Cudos to JOE ROCKET textile jackets, and a special thanks goes out to SCORPION helmets.

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V2K_CCTX RIDING LIKE I STOLE IT BTK Expert Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 3,816	At least you lived to share the lesson and tell about it. Many do not get that extra chance! Glad you are relatively OK! __________________ 07 ZX-14 BLACK 07 VN2000LT White/Ti 07 GV-650 BLUE http://www.myspace.com/peacethrufirepower

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cmptrmn.1 MaNaMaNa DoDoDoDoDo Forum Supporter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Longview, Wa Posts: 3,056	Glad you're alive. Seen too much of that when I worked at a hospital in surgery. One learns real quick. I am very glad that you wore your safety gear. Too many people don't. __________________ John 2007 Vulcan 900 1983 Xj650 66 Fairlane GTA Conv.

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