Why we wear gear

['73 H1 Triple]

My friend Eric crashed on his 07 cbr 600rr on friday, March 20th. Here's pics of his bike and some of the comments he put in another thread.

well as mentioned before i was in a motorcycle accident and finally got time to take pictures of my gear. I also found some pics of my bike that my dad took while i was in the hospital after they took it from the impound lot.










oddly enough my jeans only had some random holes in it. They were lucky jeans too

I believe i rode along the asphalt on my shoulder/arm and my legs never hit the ground till my body came to a complete stop.

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Well, full recovery time is unknown at this point.

The wreck happened on the 20th of march in the morning. I was taking an exit ramp ( Pa Turnpike ) and looking through the turn, and as i was looking through the turn the horizon went from being on an angle like this \ to becoming vertical. My last thoughts were "awww sheit i am going down... this is gonna put a damper on my day F***." Then i woke up about 25 yards away from my bike on my back.

I thought i was going between 45 - 50 MPH through the turn. From seeing the pictures of the bike i think I was going slower then that what i had thought, perhaps 35 MPH or slower. The bike slid on the road and then hit a metal guard rail and kinda stayed up against it. I figure if i was going quicker it would have bounced off the rail.

As far as what caused me to go low side, either 1 of two things, oil or that the ground was cold and my tire was hot.... my guess is oil as i felt no shimmying /slipping/sliding of my rear wheel during the turn.

So from the 20th through the 26th I was bed ridden, on all sorts of medication as my stomach shut down from the injuries sustained and I was in a lot of pain from fracturing 4 vertebrate in my lower back.

Then i spent the next 3 days after my stomach started working again to sit up in bed with out passing out due to when you lay down for so long your blood pressure is extremely low and then learning to walk again with an old person walker.

On the 31st I was transferred to a transitional care unit to continue with my therapy to getting back to walking with no assistance. The 6th of april i was sent home and have been home since. I am able to walk but I still need to wait for my bones to heal. I also have some possible permanent nerve damage in my right hand that gives my pinky finger pins and needles all the time. its a nuisance but i guess if its all i got from this accident i guess i am lucky.

On the 6th of may i get a MRI to see if the fractures healed and then If they are healed i get therapy to rebuild my core/back strength. Not sure how long till i'll be allowed to go back to work as I gotta be 100% The Dr.'s have yet to say how long this will take. Thank god i got disability insurance.