[Ducati] Insurance ponderings

Thu Feb 15 18:17:52 EST 2007

Good Man Stephen !

Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!

>From: Stephen lee <sdlrodeo at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>Subject: Re: [Ducati] Insurance ponderings
>Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:56:40 -0800 (PST)
>
>Ronald wrote: "My old relatives were
>cowboys
>and I'm sure they didnt give up their horse because it decided to throw
>the
>rider off. My 76 year old Father in law was thrown over the head of a
>horse
>he had been riding for 8 years and landed on his back breaking his
>Shoulder
>Blade and Tail bone. Did he quit riding...Hell No and neither am I !
>
>   Yeah, actually my mom and relatives are just thankful that I'm no longer 
>riding Bulls.
>   After breaking my face and requiring some metal plates to patch it up, 
>and of course some new choppers, quite a few broken ribs, a few more broken 
>bones, losing the use of my right arm for a while until the nerve damage 
>repaired itself (takes a LONG time), the folks are happy I'm on something 
>with an on/off switch. Had a good run though. Not moving too slow for doing 
>it 8 years. Actually, the Duc gave me some 'go fast' again.
>   Steve
>   02 ST4s
>   Flower Mound, TX
>
>Ronald Betts <ronaldebettsasalc0015 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>   Guys, I too have been through the Have You Learned You Lesson speech and 
>I
>always reply...No! Hell just sitting on my front porch having a smoke is a
>chance at being the victim of an errant bullet from a drive by. I have seen
>lots of my friends and family involved in car wrecks some that required
>extraction with the Jaws of life. Maybe I should ask them if they Learned
>Their Lesson and to not get into a cage again. My old relatives were 
>cowboys
>and I'm sure they didnt give up their horse because it decided to throw the
>rider off. My 76 year old Father in law was thrown over the head of a horse
>he had been riding for 8 years and landed on his back breaking his Shoulder
>Blade and Tail bone. Did he quit riding...Hell No and neither am I !
>
>
>
>Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
>I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "the Kid"
> >Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group
> >To: "Ducati Owners Group"
> >Subject: Re: [Ducati] Insurance ponderings
> >Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:31:17 -0700
> >
> >Peoples attitude towards motorcyclists are funny. Especially when an
> >accident was involved. I don't talk about my accident much, but It was 
>one
> >of those that put life into perspective for me. I stopped taking the
> >important things in my life for granted, or at least try to.
> >While in the hospital, after a week in ICU, and I was coherent enough to
> >know what I was saying and who I was talking to, I noticed that the 
>nurses,
> >doctors, friends and family that came to visit me, wanted to know if I
> >"learned my lesson" . If I was through with my "murder cycle". Obviously 
>I
> >am not. ( One of the first things I did, being an artist and all, was
> >get a hold of a pencil and paper and proceed to draw a racer on a Duc
> >dragging knee across the apex of a turn. I am right handed, but I did 
>this
> >with my left, since my right wrist was fractured. Quit riding my ass! 
>lol)
> >I tried to explain why. The accident wasn't my fault; Sure riding is
> >dangerous, so is walking down the street, actually so is pretty much
> >anything a person can do to make life interesting. Riding is exciting,
> >invigorating. Why should I quit, the accident had nothing to do with 
>myself
> >or my bike, it was the driver of the van that was at fault....... etc, 
>etc.
> >They just didn't get it. They don't get that even though they may not 
>ride,
> >they do something in their life that is dangerous.
> > Case in point: My father is anti motorcycle. He appreciates them, but
> >see's them as an accident waiting to happen. One of my Dad's, and my
> >Mothers, favorite past times is to go backpacking. Their Honeymoon was
> >spent backpacking in the Sierras far away from civilization. I grew up
> >backpacking. When I was 10, one sister 8 and the other 4, our family took 
>a
> >trip to Colorado where we spent 2 weeks backpacking to the continental
> >divide and back! No guns for protection, only smarts and a dog (sheepdog,
> >lol@ protection)
> >My point here is that there are a great many people, maybe even some on
> >this forum, that would consider backpacking in the wilderness dangerous. 
>It
> >is! but again, anything worth while is going to have some form of danger.
> >I have since quit trying to rationalize with people who don't get my
> >addiction with two wheels (more specifically Ducati's ;) ) They either 
>get
> >it or they don't. Most of them mean well. No one wants to see someone get
> >hurt. But life isn't worth living if your free time is spent being a 
>couch
> >potato!
> >Being involved in a major motorcycle accident is no picnic. I would not
> >wish it on my worst enemy. I have chosen to look at the plus side of mine
> >and actually glad it happened. ( I could have lived without the pain and
> >horrible experience, but glad it woke me up to the important things in my
> >life.) I too hope you can find some good in your accident and that it 
>never
> >happens to you again. Be safe!
> >Charles Armstrong, aka... the KID
> >'02 998
> >'01 996
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Gleeb Gliber Galactica Gavorti"
> >
> >To: "Ducati List"
> >Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:41 AM
> >Subject: [Ducati] Insurance ponderings
> >
> >
> >>Hey Mike/Moonbeam
> >>
> >> Glad you are still riding too!
> >>
> >> I think there are a few more of us on the list here who fall into the
> >>same category of "won't stop riding, even after I'm dead." The list 
>seems
> >>to attract that type it seems to me. "We" understand even if "they"
> >>don't.
> >>
> >> My brother, a rider for 20+ years is now going to sell his Honda
> >>Superhawk after dealing with the repurcussions of my accident and seeing
> >>me all F*ed up. No more street riding for quite a while for him. He does
> >>not want his family to suffer if he gets "dinged up." BUT he still has a
> >>dirtbike and is definately keeing it. So I might buy the Honda from him
> >>and turn it into a track bike. Heh, heh. He's cool with that. I'm
> >>trying to get him to get a bike for his son who is already 5 and should
> >>have been riding years ago!
> >>
> >> PEACE and RIDE WELL, one and all
> >>
> >> Gabriel
> >> Hypermoto in my future? Needs a bigger fuel tank. Hmmmmmm.
> >> 2004 Triumph Tiger. Actually just a heavy/comfortable Hypermoto. FUN.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> (SNIP)
> >>
> >> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:11:26 -0800 (PST)
> >>From: mike major
> >>Subject: Re: [Ducati] Insurance Ponderings
> >>To: Ducati Owners Group
> >>Message-ID:
> >><42539.4434.qm at web55204.mail.re4.yahoo.com>
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> >>
> >>In 1966 I had a real bad one, in a coma several weeks,
> >>lots of fractures. I friend of mines Daughter sent me
> >>a letter I wrote from the hospital. In it I say that
> >>everyone here seems to think I'v learned my lesson,
> >>but they're wrong. Then I go on and speculate about the
> >>next bike I plan to buy. Sounds like, dispite the gap
> >>of several decades, we might have some of the same
> >>sperit and I hope it works out for you as well as it has
> >>for me. Later, Moonbeam
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>"There's nothing wrong with you that an expensive operation can't
> >>prolong." -Python, Monty.
> >>
> >>"Get off your cross... We need the wood!" - ?
> >>
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