Well, the soreness has fully kicked in today – both shoulders, neck, the right of my hip, arms, elbows, ribs, wrist and knee, but none of it feels too bad, I’m not taking pain killers; I’m odd like that plus it’s a nice reminder to myself that I ****** up!
My head feels fine, I managed a difficult night’s sleep but I’m just so thankful that I’m still here – I don’t recall much from the crash in 08 due to blacking out and the one in 09 was just a belly slide on smooth road; the one yesterday was very violent and that’s going to stick with me – a good thing I bet as it will make me think more, like I said though, I honestly didn’t think I was riding above my limits it was a total brain fart and I was convinced I was on this difficult corner instead!
Insurers notified, they are arranging a salvage pick up soon, I have protected no claims and I went to the local dealership this morning – virtual bike shopping mainly, but also got confirmation that I do indeed have AA Gap cover, so other than losing my pride an joy, I should hopefully come through it ok financially; obviously I lost the mods, but I knew the risks when fitting them.
Thanks so much for all the comments guys, I really appreciate it, but posts like this may serve to at least get others thinking about the risks, but mainly about the value of protection – the amount of people I saw riding hard yesterday with minimal kit on was shocking…. one guy was doing at least a ton on a dual carriageway with no gloves on!
Oh well, I can’t wait to get back in the saddle, my family aren’t too happy, but they also understand how much riding means to me, so there wont be issues.
Off to look at the bike now, then it’s resting up with an ice pack
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