GySchmit
Active Member
Don't post much as if I'm not working I'm mostly doing family stuff or riding. Got my Thruxton 3 years ago for my Birthday. He is a 05 and it had 4800 miles on it.
Since then I did the normal mods and started to individualize him to me. Was well on the way to getting the outward appearance how I wanted it (was going to leave the performance engine mods till engine rebuild.
Just hit 45000 miles on him last month. On my way to work last Tuesday a ****** ******** ******* decided they didn't want to slow down to go around a turning box truck and swerved into my lane. I left the road at about 40MPH, hit curb and went airborne. I got launched about 15 or 20 yards, landing on my shoulders (tuck and rolled) and came to rest in a sitting position. Bike cartwheeled a few times, bouncing off the ground three times, before coming to rest about 10 feet behind me.
The only saving grace for myself and the bike was that the impacts occured in the medium btwn the north and south bound lanes (I was heading south). Being a beautiful Florida Morning the grass was wet and the ground was sand.
I ended up with minor scrapes on my hands, a bruised kidney and a fracture of the Transverse Process on my L2 vertebrae. Bike faired about as well. Most of the damage was to the front and back ends where the bike impacted as it flipped. Believe it or not there was no damage to the tank or side covers.
The stupid Adjuster, who doesn't know crap about bikes, wanted to total it. I had to go over his head but it looks as though they are going to cover repair.
It looks as though I'm going to be laid up for a few months while my back heals. This will give me time to get the bike repaired and do a few more things to it before both of us can get back in the wind. So, in the long run, my bike will be further along being individualized.
Since then I did the normal mods and started to individualize him to me. Was well on the way to getting the outward appearance how I wanted it (was going to leave the performance engine mods till engine rebuild.
Just hit 45000 miles on him last month. On my way to work last Tuesday a ****** ******** ******* decided they didn't want to slow down to go around a turning box truck and swerved into my lane. I left the road at about 40MPH, hit curb and went airborne. I got launched about 15 or 20 yards, landing on my shoulders (tuck and rolled) and came to rest in a sitting position. Bike cartwheeled a few times, bouncing off the ground three times, before coming to rest about 10 feet behind me.
The only saving grace for myself and the bike was that the impacts occured in the medium btwn the north and south bound lanes (I was heading south). Being a beautiful Florida Morning the grass was wet and the ground was sand.
I ended up with minor scrapes on my hands, a bruised kidney and a fracture of the Transverse Process on my L2 vertebrae. Bike faired about as well. Most of the damage was to the front and back ends where the bike impacted as it flipped. Believe it or not there was no damage to the tank or side covers.
The stupid Adjuster, who doesn't know crap about bikes, wanted to total it. I had to go over his head but it looks as though they are going to cover repair.
It looks as though I'm going to be laid up for a few months while my back heals. This will give me time to get the bike repaired and do a few more things to it before both of us can get back in the wind. So, in the long run, my bike will be further along being individualized.
