It took a while....but I'm back.

[wiggydotcom]

Hey all! It's been 3 long years since my accident in which I went flying headfirst into a 1999 Cougar. The driver was a 17 yr old girl who blew a stop sign and presented her driver's door to my dragon.
Impact speed was 45 mph and I wasn't wearing a helmet. I had facial fractures, a broken right hand, a shattered left wrist, a broken vertabrae and 58 staples and stitches in my head. Needless to say, I'd probably set off the metal detectors at the airports.

I went through many decision making processes. My 2001 Interstate was totaled with over 12k in damage. Along with seeing if I'd physically be able to wrestle and wrench on a replacement...I had to let things cool off with the family side...who were dead set against me getting another.
Slowly but surely I convinced them that this was my passion and I'd rather die doing something I loved than to sit in a rocking chair and grow old...too afraid to get out and experience the thrills we all know.
I had the opportunity to purchase a 1999 Interstate in fast black...like the original. Unfortunately, I was not able to grab any chrome/goodies from my old bike, nor was I allowed the opportunity to buy it back from the insurance company. So I've been rebuying most of what I had on the old bike and am trying to get Dragon II to look like my original. Needless to say, prices have gone up a tad.

So I just wanted to say "Hey" again...and I'm looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting the new members of the VRCC.

[mhallock]

Welcome back, Russ......glad you're healed up and ready to roll again!!

Mark

[RoadKill]

Welcome back WIGGY !  I had a similar mishap in feb.'07. when ya fall off you HAVE to get up and get back on again...it is part of the healing process    I hope they removed all the steel pins and screws,they make cold weather riding worse. Either way all one can do is 'RIDE ON' 

[Black Dog]

Welcome back...  You did it a lot faster than me.  Took me 10 years to convince the wife unit, after I was clobbered by a DUI.

Build yer new lady, the way ya want, and ride with zest! 

Good to have ya back.

Black Dog

[Disco]

Hey Wiggy,

Congratulations on your decision to ride again AND your powers of persuasion!

DFG

[Lil D]

god bless... glad your back to riding....

[wiggydotcom]

Thanks to all of you for the warm welcome back home. 

[RTaz]

....welcome back....

[ChromeDome]

Welcome back!

[Thunderbolt]

Hard to get it out of your system once you get hooked.

[Ratdog]

Look who's come out of the closet !!     Welcome back to the insanity, yer wiggyness. 

[wiggydotcom]

Thanks, RTaz, Chrome, Thunderbolt, and Ratpuppy.   Yeah, Ratdog, I was trying to get the bike cleaned up, gone over and pics taken...but I'm running behind schedule. The weather is startin to break in the Great White North.