[Ducati] Duc Totaled in Montana

[Mike Suranyi]

Dood, that sucks.  Glad to hear ya survived it as well as you did.  I am a
terrible offender when it comes to pants, but I never ride without any of
the other essentials.  Not even when it was 100+ @ MotoGP last year.  I may
have been uncomfortable, but I would have been a lot worse off if I had gone
down.  Something along the lines of the Draggin' Jeans or maybe some of the
ones Icon offers are definitely on the menu soon.  Good luck on getting
things sorted.

 

That is all...

 

DucMike

 

-----Original Message-----
From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net] On Behalf
Of mike major
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 11:54 PM
To: Ducati Owners Group
Subject: Re: [Ducati] Duc Totaled in Montana

 

Bummer.  I looked up 191 on my map and it is one of those thin little red

lines, as opposed to the thick black line I took though Bozeman on my way

back from Ekalaka.  I can't tell you how many times folks asked my if it

wasn't hot in all that riding gear, helmet etc..... Your story is a reminder

of why we keep it on even when it's hot.  Glad to hear you're OK,

Moonbeam

 

On 7/29/07, gtrude at aol.com <gtrude at aol.com> wrote:

> 

> well gang the accident finally happened, I was cruising today to Big Sky

> along the Gallatin river canyon (SR 191) and was actually riding at a sane

> speed 80(+ -) when a 90ish chevy truck decided that he needed my half of
the

> road also. He was drifting into my lane and I had no choice to to move way

> over on to the white line, when I did I hit a small patch of gravel and a

> flying I went. I think I rolled at least 6 times and slid about 50 feet on

> pavement and gravel. I jumped up and there was my bike in the ditch upside

> down and not looking real good either. The traffic stopped and some very

> nice people stopped to help and we got the bike turned over and the whole

> left side was one big scratch.

> 

> Well my intuition of wearing my draggin jeans went to hell because I did

> not wear them and yes my left leg by the knee has some good road rash. My

> ducati summer riding coat with the armor in the sleeves was worth the $300

> as it proved to be worth its weight in gold as did my Arai helmet and

> Alpinestar gloves. I limped across the road to the river, took off my shoe

> and sock and stuck my bloody leg in the cold water, that was quite a joy.?

> No other injuries, thank God, but a few aches and pains, nothing an extra

> shot of Crown will not fix.

> 

> One of the guys riding with me has a shop in Bozeman, the Bike Shack, he

> went a got his truck and I actually started the duc and road her into the

> trailer. a quick assessment of the damage is, the left and front fairing,

> tail section, left side engine cover, front fender, tank and some odds and

> ends, actually lots of odds and ends. Totaled, close.

> 

> The MT hwy patrol got there finally and well the officer wanted to know

> about my bike, seems he has been wanting a duc for years, told him he
could

> have mine for cheap. Got a ride to the local java shop in Bozeman and
waited

> for a ride to Helena.

> 

> MY FRIENDS, wear your riding gear, always!!!!! and never take your riding

> or the other drivers for granted!!

> 

> Gregg

> Helena, Montana

> 748s/853 maybe?? well a least a wrecked one

> 

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