Demoni
Well-known member
I'm happy I got away with out a scratch and that I drive a tank of a bike.
I was traveling down 14th street to make a turn onto mission to hop onto 101. I was in the left hand lane and there were a few cars stopped where woodward (alley way) connects to 14th. As I approached the first stopped vehicle all of a sudden a guy jumps back first into my lane, directly in my path. He was about 5 ft in front of me and since I was traveling at 25mph there was no time to react. He hit the beak of my GS then is lifted up into my lights and my windscreen, I feel him as his body brushes my helmet. At this point I grabbed and stomped onto the brakes trying in vain to slow my forward progress. They all say in an accident you see things in slow motion, I wish it was not the case here. Hit body was thrown forward and up due to the slope of my windscreen, I see him twist in the air. He lands about 10 ft from where he was struck he careens off a parked car and comes to a stop in the middle of my lane. I swerved into the right lane since I had cleared the last of the stopped cars. Quickly pull into the alley way fearing that the man is dead and jump off the bike.
A guy comes up to me already on his cell phone. He tells me to be careful because both the person I just hit and the other person who is still in the middle of the street were involved in a knife fight. A man and his girlfriend walk very close to me he makes a quick lunge in my direction then runs off down the alleyway. Turns out he was the other person involved in the altercation.
A few moments later the police arrive, after talking to someone the accident quickly turns into a manhunt. They find a knife in the gutter a few feet from where the man is lying. A few seconds later you could hear the sirens of an ambulance in the distance. There were already a few pedestrians directing traffic and tending to the man by the time they finally arrived. The man was quickly placed onto a stretcher and whisked away to general.
As that point the adrenaline started to take hold and I decided to take a seat on the curb as I discussed the situation to Officer Baca. He took my statement and after I explained what happened he explained to me that numerous other people said the same thing and that I was defiantly not at fault. He told me to sit tight and that an accident investigator would be there to talk to me shortly. A few moments later another officer came and talked to me, he was a moto cop. We went over to check out my bike and after he looked at the front end for a moment he shook his head and said something like, If this was one of my bikes I don't think i would have been so lucky I can't believe you were able to ride that out. I took a closer look at the damage to my bike and was amazed. The windscreen and the control console was toast so were both my headlights but other than that it looked a lot better than I expected.
As the crowds of onlookers thinned the cops asked me a few more questions, then said I was free to go. I walked over to the moto cop and asked if he could stick around a few minuets to make sure my bike would even move. A quick turn of the key and a thumb to the starter and she purred to life. I put my helmet on and gingerly took it around the block, I pulled into a well lit gas station to take a better look at the damage. As far as I can tell it's purely cosmetic, I'll be bringing her in to get the forks and frame looked at by a professional. I took surface streets home just to be safe, went up stairs grabbed my camera and went out to take some photos.
I can't be thankful enough that I survived the experience. Regardless of the situation my thoughts tonight will defiantly be on the man who was hit. I somehow doubt it but I also hope they are able to find the other person involved in the altercation.
A few photos of the damage. As a testate to my GS's ruggedness... The headlights, indicators, tech, speedo, gear indicator and a good number of the idiot lights still function.
Heck even my key took a beating.
I was traveling down 14th street to make a turn onto mission to hop onto 101. I was in the left hand lane and there were a few cars stopped where woodward (alley way) connects to 14th. As I approached the first stopped vehicle all of a sudden a guy jumps back first into my lane, directly in my path. He was about 5 ft in front of me and since I was traveling at 25mph there was no time to react. He hit the beak of my GS then is lifted up into my lights and my windscreen, I feel him as his body brushes my helmet. At this point I grabbed and stomped onto the brakes trying in vain to slow my forward progress. They all say in an accident you see things in slow motion, I wish it was not the case here. Hit body was thrown forward and up due to the slope of my windscreen, I see him twist in the air. He lands about 10 ft from where he was struck he careens off a parked car and comes to a stop in the middle of my lane. I swerved into the right lane since I had cleared the last of the stopped cars. Quickly pull into the alley way fearing that the man is dead and jump off the bike.
A guy comes up to me already on his cell phone. He tells me to be careful because both the person I just hit and the other person who is still in the middle of the street were involved in a knife fight. A man and his girlfriend walk very close to me he makes a quick lunge in my direction then runs off down the alleyway. Turns out he was the other person involved in the altercation.
A few moments later the police arrive, after talking to someone the accident quickly turns into a manhunt. They find a knife in the gutter a few feet from where the man is lying. A few seconds later you could hear the sirens of an ambulance in the distance. There were already a few pedestrians directing traffic and tending to the man by the time they finally arrived. The man was quickly placed onto a stretcher and whisked away to general.
As that point the adrenaline started to take hold and I decided to take a seat on the curb as I discussed the situation to Officer Baca. He took my statement and after I explained what happened he explained to me that numerous other people said the same thing and that I was defiantly not at fault. He told me to sit tight and that an accident investigator would be there to talk to me shortly. A few moments later another officer came and talked to me, he was a moto cop. We went over to check out my bike and after he looked at the front end for a moment he shook his head and said something like, If this was one of my bikes I don't think i would have been so lucky I can't believe you were able to ride that out. I took a closer look at the damage to my bike and was amazed. The windscreen and the control console was toast so were both my headlights but other than that it looked a lot better than I expected.
As the crowds of onlookers thinned the cops asked me a few more questions, then said I was free to go. I walked over to the moto cop and asked if he could stick around a few minuets to make sure my bike would even move. A quick turn of the key and a thumb to the starter and she purred to life. I put my helmet on and gingerly took it around the block, I pulled into a well lit gas station to take a better look at the damage. As far as I can tell it's purely cosmetic, I'll be bringing her in to get the forks and frame looked at by a professional. I took surface streets home just to be safe, went up stairs grabbed my camera and went out to take some photos.
I can't be thankful enough that I survived the experience. Regardless of the situation my thoughts tonight will defiantly be on the man who was hit. I somehow doubt it but I also hope they are able to find the other person involved in the altercation.
A few photos of the damage. As a testate to my GS's ruggedness... The headlights, indicators, tech, speedo, gear indicator and a good number of the idiot lights still function.
Heck even my key took a beating.
