Wrecked last night, Patty and I got pretty banged up

[Bonzo]

Lady made a left turn dead in front of us to get on a highway. We t-boned her and went head over heels, and hit the ground hard. We are pretty banged up, but ambulatory. The front end of the bike is trashed, it looks like i smashed the tank with my belly and the bags are gone. Keep us in good thoughts. We were in the ER till 4am Waiting on a Orthopedist appointment for us, Hand surgeon today, my finger is sliced up good, almost cut the tendons through.  We are very grateful we both walked away from this.

[Ice]

Real sorry to hear that, hope you and the wife heal fast, glad you are still walking and talking.

[Wolf1910]

Prayers from West Virginia

[Crazyhorse]

Sorry to hear about the wreck will be praying for your recovery.

[Chrisj CMA]

That is hard to hear.........it happenes too often, they keep turning in front of us.  Glad you are here to tell the story!  I feel less bad about scaring the one that turned in front of me the other night now, I was lucky I had just enough room to avoid...but thats not usually the case.  Prayers for healing from Florida

[G-Man]

Real sorry to hear that, hope you and the wife heal fast, glad you are still walking and talking.

Sorry to hear, Steve.  If you need anything, you'll have your your own doc and nurse up in Chester to help out with whatever. 

BTW, I have gas tank in great shape for the bike.

[RTaz]

Sorry to hear, we will keep you in our prayers. We are thankful that you both were able to walk away even with surgery count your blessings it could have been worst.

[Oss]

Holy cow Steve

Glad you were able to cushion Patty somewhat and that you are still with us

I'm  just under an hour away so let me know if you need me to come up after work to help with anything.

work # 718 994 1640

[Black Dog]

Man, that sucks...  Hope ya heal up quickly.

Black Dog

[Cliff]

Damn,,, that is bad news but at least you are ambulatory, hope you both recover quickly and well.

[old2soon]

Prayers up from the Ozarks for both of ya'll. Considering the alternative-thank God both of you are still with us. Peace. RIDE SAFE.

[mhallock]

Steve,

Hate to hear that.....Glad you and Patty were not hurt too badly (I know we always say,"Could've been worse." and that is often true). I will keep you both in my prayers......Let me know if there is anything I can do to help out....

Mark

[Michael K (Az.)]

Sorry that once again inattentive drivers are causing us all grief. Hope you both heal up quickly.

[Jack]

Infamous left hand turn.  Sorry to hear it but glad ya'll are still with us.

[WamegoRob]

You sound like a tuff sunnuvagun; here's hoping you both heal quickly.

And I swear we need some of these:

[MacDragon]

Wow, sorry to hear.  Glad you're both somewhat ok.  The bike can be revived.  Glad it wasn't worse.  Prayers from New England.

[musclehead]

thoughts and prayers from florida! heal fast.

[Slick]

OMG- not again. It's getting really tiresome hearing these stories of morons in cages.

So glad it was not any worse, and good thoughts & prayers are headed your way-

[Gryphon Rider]

I'm glad you two made it without life-threatening or life-altering injury.  Did your hand get cut through a glove, if so, what kind of glove?

[~ Timbrwolf]

...Thoughts and Prayers from the woods. ..hope you both heal well..both physically as well as mentally...  

. . ...remember what they say. .. . ......Left hand turns will kill you ..

[HayHauler]

Steve, sorry to hear this.  Glad you two are "ok".  Prayers up from your Texas brethren. 

Hay
Jimmyt

[hubcapsc]

Sorry about your fall, hope y'all heel quick... I know about a freshly rebuilt
set of forks with progressive springs in them, sitting on someone's shelf...

A lot of us have stuff like levers and break pedals sitting around...

-Mike

[SpidyJ]

Healing prayers.

[R J]

Thoughts and prayers from Iowa, both of ya heal fast and properly.

[MarkT]

Sorry to hear this Bonzo, that sux.  Glad you are doing as well as you are.

Just a reminder, riders who haven't done this already - Make your bike more visible from the front with plenty of light, spread out to make a bigger profile.  I was hit this same way back in '70 - the bimbo said "He came outta nowhere" and "I thought I hit a dog."  Right.  Hit a 69 Buick ghetto sled with my Ducati at 70 and totalled both vehicles - her car jumped sideways 10 ft. The bitch was brain dead and should not have been driving.  After that I said, if I ever ride again, it will be on the biggest bike I can find, and I'll light it up like a locomotive.  27 years later, got the Valk, and put 5 lights in front - a pair of 50watt halogens on all the time, a pair of A/C landing lights, and a 130/90 headlight wired to modulator.  Anyone about to cross my path - I flip on the A/C lights, and the high beam with modulator - all wired to the hi/lo sw via relays.  No question, they cannot fail to see me and for it to register - my lights hurt their eyes.  I've never had an incident with these lights.

[X Ring]

Glad you're both alive.  The injuries will heal.  I agree with Mark T on lighting.  A modulator has caught the attention many idiots that were fixing to pull out in front of me.

Marty 

[Jabba]

Glad you are walking.

Sorry you are banged up.

Disappointed that the Fat Girl is banged up too.

Good luck.

Jabba

[hubcapsc]

We're  not supposed to flash our lights, but that's not what MarkT and X-ring are talking about.

I have five lights on the front of my bike, the regular headlight, motolights, and halogens on a light bar.

I run with just the headlight and the motolights, and when I see someone who might pull into my path,
I flip on the halogens on the lightbar.

I've seen it catch numerous people's attention, their car was starting to roll and then ERRRT dead stop.

It is a habit now...

-Mike

[RainMaker]

Very sorry to hear of your accident and prayers coming for your healing, both physically and mentally.  Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to get over the mental aspects of being in a wreck.

[Westernbiker]

Man I hate hearing this!!!! So sorry you two are banged up, I hope for fast healing!

[fon1961]

Thoughts and prayers from East TN for a speedy recovery. 

[Phil57]

I just read the encouragement  you posted to me and now your in need. It happens so fast. Glad you are both still with us and will heal. Prayers and well wishes from Dianna and me

[Sergeant D]

Very sorry to hear of your accident and prayers coming for your healing, both physically and mentally.  Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to get over the mental aspects of being in a wreck.

+1, was taken out by a semi March, 2011.  Glad to still be here and now the fun factor has been diminshed somewhat. 

Prayers for quick healing both mental and physical.

[Paxton]

Bonzo;
That going head over heels is one of the worst feelings... as it happens you are at the mercy of your worst fears!      
No need to tell you how do I know!

Am truly sorry to hear it. I hope your better half does well on her recovery too.

Something is in the air... it almost happened to me yesterday. Good thing we saw each other on time to come to a full stop,
 just inches from her front bumper. ???

I must say that her attention to passing traffic was key to prevent the worse. I made the point to thank her for it.

Again, riding these days with so many vehicles around it multiplies the chances for a close encounter of the worst kind!

Multiple lights are OK but IMHO, you can be riding a ball of fire and still most inattentive drivers won't "see" the obvious! 

I wish for  a fast recovery for both, your lady and you... and much health for years to come.

[Willow]

Bonzo, I'm so sorry to hear of this, especially that it happened with your wife on board.

I'm glad to hear you both walked away (sort of) and hope you find few injuries and they heal quickly and well.

[Karen]

Bonzo, I am so sorry to hear this, seems like you were just getting healed up from the last thing. please let us know if there's anything we can do, parts or whatever. Both of you take it easy & heal up fast, you're in my thoughts.

[Bonzo]

Thank You all for all the well wishes! Motorcycles can be fixed, People a precious. I thank G-D almighty that my wive Patty is ok. The love of my live I am nothing with out her. When I saw her lying there I had an anxiety attack that was only overcome by the need to move her away from the leaking gas.  She is very sore today and is sleeping now 5 mg of valium and a 10 mg oxy cotin . The lady had 4 kids natural child birth, never took a narcotic in her life.
I was wearing leather jacket , half poice type helmet, short finger gloves Patty had an armoured mesh kevlar jacket and a full face helmet.

[The Anvil]

Wow, sorry to hear.  Glad you're both somewhat ok.  The bike can be revived.  Glad it wasn't worse.  Prayers from New England.

+1

[robin]

Sorry to hear about it Steve you and Patty take your time and heal up we need another winery run with BBQ just holler if ya need anything.

[Disco]

Glad you're going to be OK.  Get well soon.