Sore, bruised and bummed!! Motorcycle gone!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDtEB0ROv8"]Magnum playing "Rocking Chair" live at Bilston on 25th July 2013 - YouTube[/ame]


yup, bikes can be rough
worst trip I ever took of off one was well over a decade ago
I was coming up to an intersection where I had the right of way
the guy driving the van said he never even saw me (but later did tell the cops I was speeding, go figure)
I hit the front of his van so hard my bike was standing up straight in his driverside fender and I went flying
wearing a helmet and still managed to brake my skull in 3 places
also snapped my femur in half, lost 5 pints of blood, internally

first thing I remember after that was waking up, laying on a gurney being rolled down a hospital hallway and a nurse bending over telling me not to worry, we are just heading back into surgery (this was 2 days later, when they set my skull back in place)

with the broken femur it took me six months to learn how to walk again and almost 10 years to convince the wifey I needed another bike