[R100Pilot]

The husband of a woman who works with The Redhead got t-boned Christmas Eve. On his Harley. Crushed pelvis, full traction and six months of recovery time, minimum.

A very good friend of mine just got her motorcycle endorsement and went for a short ride Christmas Eve. She went wide on a turn, freaked when she hit grass, and slid herself and her brand-new V-Star 650 down a ditch. Four stitches and a bruised liver. Bummer is, it would have been pretty uneventful except the ditch part - it was a pretty deep gully.

While in the emergency room, she found out another female rider suffered a broken collar bone.

The Redhead's still freaked about her little get-off, and none of this helped. She's gonna take the Experienced Rider Course here in January to brush up on her skills. So's my friend with the V-Star, if she's healed up by then.

Me? I had a great Christmas Eve breakfast ride with the RAT bunch (took Trippy). Spent Christmas Day at The Redhead's and while her family was doing their thing, I got her Bonnie outta the shed an' went for a spin. Felt like Peter F'kn Fonda - them bars are up there (well, relative to what I'm used to).

Y'all ride safe.

 

[Cheapbastard]

Sorry to hear R100, my wife's 3rd cousin(only 23 yrs old) died this past week when she crossed the center line in a curve and hit a minivan head on. I don't know all of the details, I didn't even know the girl, and my wife hadn't seen her in years, but we heard it was her 1st bike, and she had been riding less than a month, so I'm guessing just total unexperience and taking a bit too much too soon.

 

[MrBiff2You]

My wife works at a hospital in LA and comments annually on the messy car and bike accidents during the run-up to Christmas. This year is no exception.

Even with the good weather I stay off the S3 a few weeks before Christmas through New Years. There are just too many destractions and impatient people to make it fun.

 

[Calitriple]

That sucks.

 

[BUCKET]

Stay safe people,wanna see you all here in the newyear.Too much traffic,give it a miss,always another day to ride and there is always some impatient prick that causes trouble. :hammer: