Laid her down

[rippin209]

So I went down on my NC.
Around 25mph or so I locked up my front tire and went down.

My NC came out much better then I did, I slid into a solid stationary object that brought me to a complete stop rib cage first, I busted 13 ribs with 11 being on my right side and lacerated my kidney and lacerated my liver and collapsed the right side of my lung.
Out of the hospital now with a liver infection and my busted ribs mending.

I was wearing a full face helmet and riding jacket

 

[Grey1one]

Never good, hope you came out better than the bike.

 

[rippin209]

Never good, hope you came out better than the bike.

Not really, but I'm just glad it wasn't any worse and I am on the mend.

 

[HarveyM]

Damn Honda for not installing ABS on all these bikes!

 

[rippin209]

Damn Honda for not installing ABS on all these bikes!

While I would have loved that as at least an option with the manual transmission, I just put on my first set of Shinko 705's front and back and never practiced panic stopping with them, I'm used to PR4's so very different handling

 

[Rapturee]

Hey Ripp, wow man glad to hear that you are not the worse for the wear!! Due tell man, what happened. :{

 

[melensdad]

Glad you are on the mend, but hate seeing stuff like this.

 

[MZ5]

Wow! Really sorry to hear it. I hope you get mended up soon!

 

[DirtFlier]

Most riders if given the choice on optional (extra cost) ABS will not choose it.

And as a side note, the term "I laid her down" makes it sound as if you had a choice when in reality you didn't. I taught MSF classes for 16 years and I'd cringe every time a student said that as a rationale for his crash.

I hope you get over your injuries soon.

 

[dduelin]

So sorry to hear this but glad to hear you are mending with what sounds like a great attitude.

 

[davidc83]

Hope you heal quickly...

 

[turbodieseli4i6]

Ouch! hope you heal up quick.

 

[potter0o]

That sounds really painful. Sending positive hoo joo your way. Currently in Eureka so hopefully it gets to you faster

 

[Junkie]

Ribs are no fun. I cracked a couple yesterday at the track.

 

[rippin209]

Ribs are no fun. I cracked a couple yesterday at the track.

Sorry to hear that, I hope you heal up quickly, yeah busted ribs suck

 

[SergeantChuck]

Sorry about the bike man. Hope you heal quickly.

 

[rippin209]

Sorry about the bike man. Hope you heal quickly.

The bikes not bad, the handlebars are probably the worst of it, I think the shifter mount can be cleaned out and rethreaded one size larger bolt and remounted (we'll see about that later, I've already bought the replacement foot pegs (broke one) that was only $10, as for myself I'm on the mend and doing what I can to heal as quickly as possible, at the moment that's just taking it easy

 

[rippin209]

Speaking of the handlebars can anyone take as exact as possible measurements of the handlebars, no real rush I'm not ordering it tomorrow but I'm having a hard time finding the size of the handlebars online (without some uncertainty) just want to be sure I'm ordering the correct size. I need the size of each segment individually and the measurement fully across from one end to the other (not including the bar end weights)

 

[markmsweeney]

Hey Rip - sorry to hear about all this. I know your pain, last August I had a similar accident with a jackass running a red light in front of me. Broken ribs, shoulder, hip and foot. The ribs were by far the worst part!!

I fixed my bike myself and bought most of the parts from 2013 Honda NC700X AC OEM Parts, Babbitts Honda Partshouse

The price was extremely fair and easy to buy what I needed. I had to replace everything on the left side of the bike.

Let me know if you run into any issues and I might be able to tell you what/how I fixed it.

Mark


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[rippin209]

Hey Rip - sorry to hear about all this. I know your pain, last August I had a similar accident with a jackass running a red light in front of me. Broken ribs, shoulder, hip and foot. The ribs were by far the worst part!!

I fixed my bike myself and bought most of the parts from 2013 Honda NC700X AC OEM Parts, Babbitts Honda Partshouse

The price was extremely fair and easy to buy what I needed. I had to replace everything on the left side of the bike.

Let me know if you run into any issues and I might be able to tell you what/how I fixed it.

Mark


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Thanks Mark, I was trying to get the specific measurements on the handlebars because I was thinking of getting a set of bars that were an inch taller (higher, or closer to me the rider) instead of using the or in addition to the riser I have already