2nd bike in 6 months

[WaXD]

I've totaled my second bike in six months. Back in October I hit a deer at 60 mph on my V-Strom during my nightly commute home.

 

Last Wed. I had a car pull out in front of me and hit it doing 55 mph this time, it hurt much worse. It was only 50 ft. away from the deer strike and within 5 minutes at the same time of night.

 

I walked away from it with only bruises and my favorite bike to date totaled, thanks to my gear (Shoei RF1000 and Aerostich Roadcrafter) and God watching over me. The car I hit is also totaled.

 

This is just a reminder to be vigilant out there, I ride year round and have ridden since '92 so I'm no rookie. The other driver said I even did everything I could to avoid her, she just didn't see me in time, and I had a set of fog lights and a set of Piaa driving lights installed on an RT-P so there was plenty of light.

 

Be careful, wear good gear (the best you can afford) and pray daily!

[w2ge]

Glad your okay... Could have been much worse.

 

Reminds me of something I heard.. the only way to ride safe at night.. DON'T RIDE AT ALL.

[Jerry in Monument]

Yikes! Glad to hear that you're ok.

 

Maybe avoid that piecce of road?

[Kathy R]

I'm really glad you are OK. Real sorry that you've been through this TWICE in 6 months.

 

She didn't see you?

It's her JOB to see you or else she shouldn't be operating an automobile. I don't believe that a person who is actively involved in driving a car can FAIL to see a bike with lights, let alone the ones you had installed. She wasn't fully engaged in the task at hand. That is why she pulled out in front of you. She has no excuse and she's really lucky she didn't kill you.

 

More deer should be in freezers.

[tallman]

Glad you're doing OK.

 

Not the way to get a new bike.

 

Some of us have to ride in the dark if we ride to work.

My morning ride is in the dark about 80% of the time.

Just keep your spirits up and get back in the saddle.

Best wishes.

[fourteenfour]

By night, do you mean it was dark? If so, with all those lights up front how does someone not see you? Then again, don't bother, I watch people pull out in front of me and others all the time and it always comes down to one thing : cell phones.

 

Still, dark or not?

[W. Mazelin]

More deer should be in freezers.

 

I agree 100%; tasty critters!

[Guest Kakugo]

. The other driver said I even did everything I could to avoid her, she just didn't see me in time, and I had a set of fog lights and a set of Piaa driving lights installed on an RT-P so there was plenty of light.

 

There's no worse blind than he who doesn't want to see.

Glad you are OK and hope insurance will cough up the dough.

 

 

[Troy]

Glad you got out with only bruises and a totaled bike. 55 mph into a lump of steel could have ended very differently.

[Pat Buzzard]

More deer should be in freezers.

 

 

I do my part!

[GRB60]

Wow. Glad you're OK.

[WaXD]

Glad you're doing OK.

 

Not the way to get a new bike.

 

Some of us have to ride in the dark if we ride to work.

My morning ride is in the dark about 80% of the time.

Just keep your spirits up and get back in the saddle.

Best wishes.

 

Not the only way but it is a way. I commute year round on my bike as I drive about 60 miles one way through Seattle traffic and two wheels is the only way I can keep my sanity. I work second shift and it works out the best since many mornings are icy with the temperature inversion. Riding at night definitely isn't the best way to go but I enjoy it every bit as much, I just need to get better at collision avoidance.

 

I'm thinking about getting another RT-P, this time with all the strobe lights on it, then changing the lights out to clear or amber (legal in this state) so I can't possibly be missed. Then again with all the lights I had mounted on this ride I should have been seen. Like someone said earlier, the worst kind of blind are those who don't care to see.

 

This was more of a warning to everyone to be vigilant and watch out for those cagers since they don't always watch for us.