About 1 kilo from work, a guy going slow in the left lane decided to make an abrupt, signal-free lane-change to the right. I was going a good bit faster than this guy, so I ended up hitting the right side of his car, denting his doors and removing his right side mirror. I then hit the ground, and I think the guy in the car hit me again.
So after getting the ambulance ride to the hospital, I was diagnosed with a broken collar bone, three broken ribs, a crushed scapula, a punctured lung, a bruised knee and thumb with ligament damage, a headache and sore body with plenty of bruises.
I've now had almost two weeks to mend, so I'm feeling a good bit better and hoping I'll be ready to get back on a bike again next month.
The TRX appears to be road worthy with the exception of the shattered upper cowl. However, there may be trouble lurking in the front suspension, as the bottom of the left slider seems to have lost some metal when puncturing the cars front tire. While this might have helped in preventing the unlicensed driver from fleeing, it may also have resulted in a bent fork tube. Other than the above, all else appears to be cosmetic. The left engine case is badly scraped, but not leaking, the left side Yamaha exhaust can is majorly rashed, shifter bent, clutch lever and perch lightened by some serious road rash, and the gas tank probably holds about a liter less with the nice dent it received.
While I did quit riding motorcycles for about a day,:oops: little time passed before I was looking forward to healing, so I could start riding again.
