For me I was riding my wife 03 Victory Touring Cruiser back from haivng it inspected in April of 04 a woman driving a blue VW from CT had signaled left then pulled into the left turning lane I was in the right lane going traveling at the 50 mph speed limit. When I was about 30 yards back she suddenly lurches slowly back into the travel lane at about 3 to 5 mph.
Time dialted I came down hard on the binders realized I wasn't going to make it and if I hit the back of her I was going to high side through my windshieeld amd probably her back window, locked the rear ,the rear came loose , pressed down hard on the left side footboard and squeezed harder on the front brake the ass end of the bike slid so the bike was 90 degrees away from the direction of travel all and the bike continued down the highway bars hit them my knee and instinct left over from dirt bike days (25 plus years ago) rolled in and when the knee touched I let go of the bars and did my best to kick free of the bike. I ragg dolled down the road beat the hell out of the helmet breking only my right thumb and big toe.. Minor road rash
The woman never stopped. when I stood back up I had my first thought wich was "you Cee yoU Next Tuesday" Before that for me it was all Decision Making an instinct I fought all the way down. Shook like a leaf for about 30 minuts got home from being looked over in the ER and got on my VIctory and went to see how bad her bike was (minor)
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