<span style='font-size:10pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>// Kinda Long.... Cliff-Notes at the bottom //</span>
Well it obviously wasn't too bad if I am here hacking away at the laptop less than 24 hours later.
So what happened:
Spent the day working on the Busa and decided to take her out for a ride... the new SSQ Blow-Off vavle sounds awesome!
While riding Saturday Night I came up behind my buddy Chase at a speed greater than he was traveling.
I did not know he was in front of me and did not see him until I was danger close.
I went left to avoid a collision.
However, so did he.
As I went past him, I swiped him on his right side, my left side... my fault.
Neither of us went down.
Immediately a felt my pants leg flapping in the breeze.
And immediately I felt pain on my left leg and elbow... pretty bad.
I reached down with my left hand to access the situation.
As I lifted my hand, blood was dripping from it.
I looked back, saw Chase was still up on two, however, I knew I was FUBARed and made a bee-line for the hospital.
The several other riders stopped with him.
Another rider on a 1K who likely did not know we collided got off the interstate with me.
I screamed "I'm Hurt. I'm going to the Hospital".... then pointed at my leg. He looked confused.... and that was the last I saw of him.
I rode to the hospital favoring my left arm (elbow) and unable to move my left leg.
Apon arival at the ER... I pulled into the Ambulance drop-off area and signalled for help.
I pulled into a parking spot.
A very nice nurse put the kisk-stand down for me.
Her and a couple of other medics got me off the bike and into the ER.
Right around here the nurse says "Looks like his bone".... not what I wanted to hear.
Blah, Blah, Blah...
The usual scrubbing of the wound commenced (that was fun ).
Then after a couple of hours of scrubbing, that called in a surgeon.
I went into surgury early this morning, everything went well.
They fixed it all up, did a nice gragh, then sent me home a few hours later.
I am on crutches right now with an estimated 4 - 6 weeks of recovery.
Chase was released earlier.
He and his mom stopped by to check on me... I felt like a total jerk... I am so sorry Chase.
I talked to him earlier today... he goes for an MRI later this week.
My buddy Chase is a stunter and has a crash cage on his bike.
It was recently damaged (the cage broke on the right side).
As I went past him, my left leg made contact with what appears to be the cage.
His knee was injured, as was my left elbow.... we may have hit each other on these two points (his knee and my elbow).
Neither of us life threatening injuries and both the bikes need some TLC.
<span style='color:red'>// Cliff-Notes //
I swiped a fellow rider on the interstate.
We did not go down.
We both ended up in the hospital.
I had surgery to repair left leg.
My fault.</span></span>
