[Frank Storms]

Call me crazy, but I just wanted to TELL everyone to be careful and WATCH OUT for uncaring cage drivers. I am on my way to the hospital just after they unload my BABY from the wrecker. :1: I refused to be taken by ambulance to the hospital until I was sure my bike did not get more damage from being towed. I was T Boned at 40 mph. I will fill you in when I get back from the hospital.

 

[Frank Storms]

Many Thanks to my V-Rod family for your concerns. :thumb Anyone want to buy some slightly used V-Rod parts CHEAP.:ithappens I was just released from the hospital, a couple of fractures and road rashes. I am really upset with the shape of my V-Rod. It was not a pretty sight watching it roll over and over down the road. That is something that will be burned into my brain for a long time. :1: I can say that even the highway looks good in CHROME. Unfortunately the chrome was from my V-Rod. NOW the fun begins! Building a new V-Rod (bigger and badder) than it was before. Again, thank you and really be careful around the CAGES.

Most Respectfully
Frank

 

[Frank Storms]

Fractured my left leg, left arm, and right wrist. Now it's time to fracture the wallet of the person who hit me and my baby. :bash

 

[Frank Storms]

Kaz,

I will post some pics soon.

Angus,

I was wearing a helmet (scid lid) not a scratch on it.

 

[Frank Storms]

Details:

I was riding on a five lane road, two in each direction and a center turn lane. I was traveling about 40 to 45 mph in the far right lane. It had just turned dark. A lady in a 96 Chevy pulled out of a blind drive way behind a store. She hit me at an approx. 45 degree angle on the exhaust side of the bike. I swerved to miss her and probably would have if she would have stayed in the outside lane, but she was trying to get across both lanes to get into the turn lane. Her cage slammed into the bike and from that point on I had no control. The bike came down hard on the exhaust and the handle bars and then continued to roll side over side until it came to a stop on the exhaust side. I went down over the bike on my left forearm, left hip, left knee and my right hand. I did not roll over, I skidded approx. 75 feet in that position. As SOON as I came to a stop I was up and running after the cage screaming you WRECKED by bike.

Damage:

My Baby: exhaust destroyed, handle bars destroyed, clutch lever bent, front break lever bent and broke off, both mirrors destroyed, wind shield scratched, shift lever and lower frame bent, left air shock scratched, swing arm bent, frame bent and some other scratches. Overall the V-Rod came out OK for flipping over five times. This is one tough ass bike.

Me: Fractured left arm, fractured left leg, fractured right wrist, road rash on left forearm, left hip and left knee, very sore back and neck.

Lesson learned: Alway anticipate that the other person can not see you and drive accordingly.

Changes: I will not ride with a short sleeve shirt. I am looking into getting chaps to protect my legs. I always wear a helmet (Skid Lid) goggles, full gloves and leather boots.

Hope this helps.

I have know idea why I posted to the forum before going to the hospital. I guess I needed to vent and go to a place that gave me the warm fuzzy feeling that I needed at the time they were unloading my baby from the wrecker.

THANKS to all of my V-Rod family for your genuine concerns.:cheers:

Now it is time to put my baby back together bigger and badder than before.

Frank

 

[Frank Storms]

ErVikingo,

It happened two miles from my home in Miami.