Just riding along...aka Why full face motorcycle helmets are a good idea.

It finally happened.

Riding on Mountainaire road on the outskirts of Flagstaff, as I was preparing to turn left onto Old Munds Hwy, a larger variety diesal truck drove more than half its width into my lane and "hit me."

The left leg and foot made contact with the front wheel tires.

Can you point out the tire tracks in this picture boys and girls?









The front grill/left light toar my left side pannier clean off.





Here it is dangling by bunjee cord .

My left side view mirror was hit and shattered and the hand guard destroyed in the event of protecting my left hand.



The helmet was smashed by the very large side view mirror of the very large truck, with the face shield torn off.





After contact I yelled and shouted I don't know what, pulled of to the side of the road, cut the motor, layed the bike on its side on the soft dirt. I cut off the electric, turned off the fuel, and then sat down to remove my left boot.


Thanks Jayson for the TNF boot. The BOA lacing system blowed up yo. Appearantly it is not up to the impact of a head on collision with a real life tonka-truck.






I left the helmet for the medics.



By this time the lady who was driving the truck came out to approach me, now leaning on the top of my bag which was strapped to the top of the seat.


She was more traumatized than I was. She admitted to not seeing me and being in my lane and was nothing short of freaking out.

I encouraged her to be calm, to call an ambulance and maybe even have a seat. She was so scared, I am at the verge of tears just thinking about it.

Paramedics and the Deputy Sheriff arrived really quick and the rest was smooth from there.

No bones broken.



There is a huge lump on the top of my left foot and it is very hard to walk. The toe nail of the big toe was jammed up, so it will likely fall off in the near future..








Flagstaff Medical Center is pretty nice and the staff was great. Got an IV too; which was kinda nice with the lack of sleep and nutrition from the day before.

The left foot is swollen and I have to up-shift with the heel.

I am still riding home as long as I can shift with the left foot. See what the situation is tomorrow.

Otherwise, the Great Oz is probably going to cruz up with the truck to haul us both home.

...hmmm what thing.