Wrecked My Motorcycle Today: CCW Still Intact

[CB900F]

KBintheSLC;

I've also ridden in cold weather, 19f in Casper Wyoming a while and a half ago. Everything was OK in town, but on the edge of town just before getting to work, it was glare ice. Didn't dump it, but I was a few minutes late. The solution is to take a couple of empty bleach jugs & cut out just less than 1/2 of one side. Then slit the neck, get the thing over the handlebar, and ny-tie or duct tape the neck. It's cheap, it's easy, and it keeps the wind off your hands. I doubt if it'll work with a faired bike though.

As I'm left handed, when on the bike I carry in the tank bag. A real advantage as far as I'm concerned. Get off the bike, unsnap the bag & take it with me. Nobody calls it a man-purse either. Grin.

900F

 

[ssjones]

I rationalize the danger in that it makes me a much more safer driver in my car - and I drive over 60k per year. I have over 300,000 miles of save driving in the car in 6 years. So I conclude that might not have happened without my bike experience.

 

[Stirling XD]

I'm glad you, gun and bike are all OK. When i had a bike I never rode in temps less than 45. I just couldn't take it. But I understand that times are tough and you gotta do what you gotta do. Never forget your leather and helmet. I always felt like riding the motorcycle was the most dangerous thing i ever did. And I have a pilot's license.

BTW, how did your wife's interview go?

 

[frogomatic]

glad you're ok. I laid my bike over a couple of years back when a young lady ran a stop sign, but I wasn't carrying at the time. I do recall the pain of 3 broken ribs all to well though.

 

[maksim]

thank g-d you are ok, keep in mind you can always replace a gun and a bike, but your family cannot replace you.

 

[KBintheSLC]

BTW, how did your wife's interview go?

It went well... thanks for asking, I hope the job works out for her. Nothing is more demeaning to a self-sufficient, independent woman like her than collecting unemployment. It was certainly a lousy time to get laid off.

I'm glad I don't have to fork out $$$ for a new gun/bike/medical deductibles.

Interesting times we live in.

 

[PC40]

Some of the posts are very encouraging, as I've had the same concerns about riding while packing. I'll do it more often now.

I have a buddy that never carries, because he likes to go real fast!

Another buddy of mine went down this A.M., he's OK. That's 3 people I know that have wrecked since June, including myself.

 

[AlaskaErik]

I've never laid down a bike on pavement. Hopefully I never will. As a kid I did dump dirt bikes more times than I can count.

 

[MountainBear]

Laid down my Harley at low speed gravel corned with my carry piece in my vest pocket. It survived and I just make sure I always have leather between the road and my gun (more than just a holster, i.e. jacket, chaps, vest). I had road rash up my left side (gun was in inside left vest pocket), sprained wrist, and torqued shoulder. Glad your okay.

 

[Doug Add]

Suddenly I smelled smoke! I look down and the whole durned bike was aflame under me, including engine, seat, rear tire!

Glad you can tell us about the story these years later. A schoolmate of mine had a similar, but smaller fire beneath him on the way home one afternoon. He stood up on the pegs, pulled his seat up and tried to put it out while riding. Ran off the road and hit a culvert. He told the EMTs who responded that he was fine. They insisted he go to the hospital for a once over. He died in the OR from a ruptured spleen.

Glad you're okay too, KB. My (so far only) motorcycle crash back in '85 was considerably more painful to me and destroyed the bike. I did have a pavement scraper on a bicycle a year and a half ago. No black ice, just carried too much speed into the corner. Worst part was when my aero handlebars dug into the road and flipped me. But hey, that did put an end to the sliding along the road. Like another mentioned, my helmet saved my face. It was actually quite amazing to watch the pavement fly past about an inch from my eye!

I wasn't carrying in either of these crashes.

 

[ultradoc]

glad the gun [and you] are ok. If you are legally carrying concealed and get into an accident where the police and paramedics are called is it the duty of the police to secure your weapon? Just wondering.

 

[tex929rr]

I had a crash with minor injuries 9 years ago (looped my new 929RR during a fast stop). Pistol was in my tank bag in a fanny pack. The ER staff was a little disconcerted but locked the pistol in a safe until they cleared me to go.

 

[DesmoDucRob]

I haven't had that experience **yet** but it seems that I've always heard negative things about riding while carrying. I carry in about the same position (4 oclock) and never thought it would be a serious concern as long as you don't put gunmetal between asphalt and bone (SOB location). Good to hear that you're ok and that your carry position worked well for you.

 

[Walkalong]

Wrecked My Motorcycle Today

I've done that. Not bad though, and everything still intact, me included. That was one thing my new wife coerced me into getting rid of. Probably saved my life. That 500 Triple would not stay under the speed limit. It must have been defective.

 

[KBintheSLC]

If you are legally carrying concealed and get into an accident where the police and paramedics are called is it the duty of the police to secure your weapon? Just wondering.

They were not called in this incident since it did not involve another vehicle, but I assume that if I was knocked unconscious and someone called 911, the cops might hold the gun until I reclaimed it... If they even found it... they might not find a P32 IWB until they got me on the operating table.

 

[omegaman]

Glad you are well. Great outcome to a bad situation.

Some years ago I was riding a quad in the desert while carrying my .380 in my jeans pocket. I was not riding fast or wild just kinda tooling around. Well, I went down a steep embankment hit the front brake too hard and ended up rolling over.

I was startled, and mostly unhurt. By sheer luck as I was about to ride off after righting the quad, I saw my mostly buried .380 a few feet uphill.

I was lucky that day and learned to better to secure the weapon when I am carrying.

 

[TRGRHPY]

Between MX, TT, flat-track, road-racing and street riding, I've had more contact with terra-firma than I care to think about. The most important thing I learned was to never carry anything on you if you can store it on the bike. That lesson was learned painfully after a spare set of keys tried to use my thigh as a sheath.

BTW, if you were able to fall gracefully you weren't going fast enough.

 

[Duke of Doubt]

KBintheSLC: "Has anyone else laid a bike down while carrying? How did you fare?"

I bruised my ribs when I stupidly carried my old FEG PMK380 in an inside front jacket pocket and managed to flip my XLH1200 on an oil slick in front of Hooter's. I switched to off-body bike carry in an improvised tank bag, and carry a Beretta 92FS these days. Yes, if I get separated from my bike I will also be separated from my pistol, and if the bike is totalled my pistol may take a hit, but the tank bag lets me draw if necessary while riding and without distraction. That last "Biker FAIL" was nine years ago, so the issue hasn't really come up.

 

[seale]

BTW, how did your wife's interview go?

It went well... thanks for asking, I hope the job works out for her. Nothing is more demeaning to a self-sufficient, independent woman like her than collecting unemployment. It was certainly a lousy time to get laid off.

I'm glad I don't have to fork out $$$ for a new gun/bike/medical deductibles.

Interesting times we live in.

Don't you mean "US?" You're married right? You talk about her like you're divorced. If it works out, then it works out for you too. Either you guys don't have any kids or she is really self centered. Is this a marriage or just some quasi partnership where you only exist to facilitate her wishes? To hear you talk, she sounds anti homemaker.