One of our members went down today

[Bronxboy]

I put a little blip at the bottom of my Group Ride post. But I thought I should put it up separately as well. Billyboy went down this morning on the way up to meet us for a ride.

He is ok, just a little scuffed up, luckily he was wearing all his gear. he said that one of our members (Steve) came down and drove his Valk back to his house, so I guess that it is still in good enough shape to ride.

I think Billy said his hand is swollen, so hopefully he can use his other to take care of business 

I am sure he will chime in with all the details on how it wasn't his fault soon enough.

Happy u weren't seriously hurt BB , the Valk can be fixed. 

[boss hoss bill]

Wow

Always hate hearing stuff like this.

HEAL FAST AND COMPLETE!

(From another rider named)
Bill!

[TJ]

Prayers sent , heal fast billyboy...

[Grumpy]

Prayers sent, heal fast.  If you need any thing give me a call.

[Pappy!]

Ditto on what the others have said. Let me know how I can help.
Heal fast, my friend !

[OnaWingandaPrayer]

Prayers for a quick , complete recovery BB.

[Scoop171]

Heal fast Billy, hope your ok.

Ed

[flsix]

Billy Boy I pray you're feeling well and heal quick. Hope you didn't drop your cigar

[BCoy]

I hope you are feeling better Billy, my thoughts and prayers will be with you as you heal. Hope you bounce back quickly, let me know if you need anything.
Bill

[Bronxboy]

After BB figures out what parts need replacing, maybe we can scrounge thru our extra parts and get him whole again? We know that the parts don't have to be perfect as he never cleans his ride anyway 

[John Schmidt]

Good thing he wasn't wearing the Daisy Dukes, he'd really be messed up. Just think how the EMT's would react to that.....putting on their hazmats and all.   

Hope you're OK bud, glad you were wearing your gear.

[Flrider]

 

You guys ain't right, picking on the man when he is down 

Seriously, glad it was not any worse Billy, heal quick and let us know what we can do to help 

[sixlow]

Hope you are o.k. Billy, we are here to help in any way we can, I will hold the girls off you for a while !! 

[Flrider]

Hope you are o.k. Billy, we are here to help in any way we can, I will hold the girls off you for a while !! 

You are a brave man 

[DD]

hope your cigar isn't broke.     

[billyboy]

Yep my fault tried to brake too hard and went into a high
speep wobble went down and high sided too much
front brake I guess. Brake lever slamed into my hand
and it is swollen and I don't think it is broken. Right bag
is scrapped up bad left one just a little I guess when I flipped. Jack is hooking me up with levers and grips.
What a great person. Crash bar did it's thing what's left
of it. Bike rode straight Steve said. Thanks guys hope to
see you soon. Mike I need a few nurses right now you
know. Thanks for the thoughts

[Pappy!]

hope your cigar isn't broke.    

Which Stogie, DD??

BB - Happy it wasn't any worse. Sounds like you were haulin' arse??
Apparently you can type and I am betting you are a two finger typist so at least two work.

[Farside]

   Bummer there Billyboy! Sure glad you got out of that accident with little harm to yourself. Now I know why Jack sent me that special picture of a nurse, it was by mistake...  I won't tell anyone about that Hot Hot nurse you got!  Well, you get better so maybe we can catch up sometime next year. 

[OLDFRT]

Very sorry to hear of your mishap, BB, but also very glad to hear that it wasn't any worse, and that you were not seriously injured. As someone else said, the Valk can be fixed.

[Thunderbolt]

Glad you are able to get on and defend yourself Billy.  Also that it was not worse. 

[larue]

I know you're a tough cookie billy , a flip ain't nothing for billy, glad it wasn't any worse...anything we could do to help brother let me know.

[Bert AKA,Valkaholic]

Sad To Hear That You Went Down But Glad To Hear That You Were Not Seriously Injured.
Get Well Soon.
P.S . - Billy You Didn't Have To Have An Accident To Take Saturday Off So You Could Attend My Party, I'm Sure They Would Have Let You Have A Day Off  !

[Tropic traveler]

Damn man that sucks!

Get well soon.. glad to hear both you & the bike are repairable. 

[FloridaValkRyder]

I'm so sorry to hear about your crash Billy. It happens so fast doesn't it? God speed on a rapid recovery my friend.

[darksidemxer]

It happens, glad your gear did its job, if u need a hook up on replacement gear give me a shout i can see how much i can get it for.

[Valkahuna]

Yep my fault tried to brake too hard and went into a high
speep wobble went down and high sided too much
front brake I guess. Brake lever slamed into my hand
and it is swollen and I don't think it is broken. Right bag
is scrapped up bad left one just a little I guess when I flipped. Jack is hooking me up with levers and grips.
What a great person. Crash bar did it's thing what's left
of it. Bike rode straight Steve said. Thanks guys hope to
see you soon. Mike I need a few nurses right now you
know. Thanks for the thoughts

Hey Billy, glad you're gear helped protect you! Sorry it happened to you.

The Old Harley safety officer in me always tries to analyze what happens in these mishaps in order to learn from them. You mean that you used the Front Brake only to try to slow your speed and it by itself caused a high speed wobble? That's strange, since the recognized method for getting out of a high speed wobble is to apply the brake.  I've always used the front brake to scrub off speed, though, once I've applied the front, I'll also use the rear brake in combination. As I said, just trying to learn, not to pry! I've seen a lot of riders go down from instinctively using just the rear brake, locking it up and causing a skid that results in a high side get-off about half of the time. And yup, Jeff Parker is right. Things go wrong very quickly. 

[reclaimerroger]

Hey Billy sorry to hear about your get off.  Glad it wasn't more serious.  We arrived in FL this week and are planning to go to Bert's Saturday.  Anxious to see everybody.

[WoodyFL]

Glad to hear nothing worse happened. Hope you recover quickly!

Bob

[MelbourneDan]

Speedy recovery Billy! I hope to see you back in the sddle soon.


Dan