[Ducati] On the road again (I wish)

[Ronald Betts]

Oh Good Lord Rich, that's horrible news. I really do pray that she is ok. I don't know what I'd do if it happened to my wife, who happens to be my best friend. WIll be thinking of you untill we hear some good news. Lord watch over her.....!
 
 
Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SPI've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:32:12 -0700> From: bigredxrunner at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Ducati] On the road again (I wish)> To: ducati at ducati.net> > We are all so glad to have Peter back, I do not think he was werting my old Aerostitch but it gives me some comfort to think that something like it helped him.> > Not to dismiss his accident or make light of it in any way I need the prayers of the list this day. My wife was hit by a car riding her bicycle home from work last night and is in intensive care, she is in a very bad way. Though only on her bicycle she and I share many things including our love for motorcycles. A vehicle mirror knocked her off and another vehicle hit her on the ground. This is the love of my life and a strong woman but no match for a car. We always worried about such things but she loved riding and I could never tell her not to do something she loved. She has one collpased lung, and they are worried about the other, broken ribs, laceration, shoulder fractures, subdural hematoma etc etc...and last night all she could do is apologize for being a problem and asked me 10 times to take car of her kitties. if you believe in anything Pray Pray Pray. Please. People think I am a tough guy, but I am not......she has so much life and love and kindness in her, we can> not lose her. Not just for me.... but for everyone she touches....please say a prayer for your neighbor...for my wife today. thank you. Rich> Scottie Ducati <scottieducati at gmail.com> wrote:> SUCH good news... and always entertaining to hear some of your memories.> I hope it is a reminder to all, to wear your gear. it clearly played a HUGE> role in saving a life this time around....> > SO happy to hear you're back home :-)> > Scottie.D> > On 10/29/07, John Whiting wrote:> >> >> > Glad you are home and all sounds like it is on the mend. Don't push TOO> > hard. I can tell you, from my little off, that good judgment beats> > macho on this subject. I had complications several days after my crash,> > so be prepared to adjust your thinking on recovery time and don't let> > any of the potential delays get you down.> >> > I, for one, am glad you are still around, if for nothing else, to give> > you shit at the appropriate times. You KNOW what I am talking about. To> > survive is to affirm life, and that is always a good thing. Puts other> > 'problems' in perspective (for me) and is generally cathartic.> >> > JW> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net] On> > Behalf Of Peter Bonner> > Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 6:41 PM> > To: Ducati Owners Group> > Subject: [Ducati] On the road again (I wish)> >> > Thanks to all the many fine folk out there!!!!!!> >> >> > It is really nice to get so much encouragment from a great bunch of> > folks.> > Whilst laying in the hospital feeling a bit less than 100%, it was quite> > a> > tonic to get so many nice notes, which my wife had read to me, during> > periods of awakeness. You folks are just the greatest!!!> >> >> > Without a doubt, this was the weirdest experience of my life. From> > starting> > to ride with a 57 Tiger Cub back in 1962, I had only ridden a couple> > months> > when traveling Euclid avenue past the park in Berkeley, CA when I> > lowsided> > the Cub after hitting a manhole cover in a seriously sharp and low speed> > "sweeper" and harmlessly slid across the street with a bloody elbow for> > my> > efforts. Since that time, I have had hundreds of accidents, most on the> > dirt> > at the Richmond Ramblers hillclimb place, the old Hayward cycle park> > (now> > gone) or the Off and On trails along grizzly peak and skyline behind> > Berk.> > and Oakland. Some dirt racing, mostly just riding, but we had a crazy> > growing up, roadracing the streets of Berkeley on knobby tyres to go> > hillclimbing in what is now "ecological study area'. Later moving to New> > Mexico, and continuing more riding, but less dirt, the crashes> > continued,> > but now on road racing tracks, and higher speeds. My first race ever> > came at> > Steamboat Springs where I garnered a third place at the BOTT as Jon> > Winona> > got first (and second in the open superbike pro class) and Chris (?)> > Stewart, the Yamaha factory paid rider, while my 1981 Hailwood replica> > was> > still new and uncrashed. Improving from there, I was lucky enough to> > have a> > nice time racing, be in the top ten a number of years, win some class> > championships, and survive all crashes without bones broken. Spent some> > time> > as track school instructor and race school director without any hospital> > visits. Then two years ago, while commuting to a class I was teaching at> > UT> > Austin, my 05 Strada went down in a rainstorm after a long drought,> > victim> > of bad road surface and flooding oil on the road, for my second ever> > road> > crash. Low side, totalled bike, but not even much of a burn on the> > aerostich. However in june this year, a deer on the road caused my son> > to> > crash my monster S4, and it wound up a great deal came up on an 06> > Strada,> > so I snagged it, leaving the way clear to take the old one to CA where> > it> > lives with Brewmeister son Aaron, ready for Hill House Laguna. Pretty> > cool,> > just fly out and have a bike. But work has been unbelievable, so instead> > of> > myt 2k a month usual, I had barely put any miles on the new bike. So for> > the> > Harvest fest in Luckenbach, I thought, hey, a short ride up and back.> >> > Never made it. Was doing all of about 25 mph, crossed a cattleguard,> > sunk> > the front wheel in a bunch of dirt/rocks/gravel that covered the other> > side> > of the road from cattle guard and lost the front end. Thought I had it> > figured out. Last thing I remember, the front wheel was slipping in the> > gravel. Also a little blurb of memory about trying to get ready to ride> > home, but fainted on bike and knocked it over, after which I was> > persuaded> > to take ambulance. More on this later.> >> > Suffice it to say, that after my low speed get off, I arrived at the> > hospital with a blood pressure of zero, no pulse rate, a hematocrit of> > 20, 4> > broken ribs, broken shoulder blade, collapsed lung, and requiring 6> > liters> > of blood, which is pretty much all I hold. I was wearing an Arai helmet,> > and> > Darian lite jacket and pants from Aerostich. Had I not been wearing that> > gear, I would have bled a little more, and just a little more blood> > loss,> > and I would have been dead on arrival.> >> > WOW, it sure feels good being home, breathing air, walking around, and> > knowing that so many kind people like the folks on this list were> > supporting> > me in my time of need. Thanks again, all of you, for your support, it> > does a> > great deal to lift one's spirits while in the hospital.> >> > All for now, but more to come.> >> > Peter> >> >> > *****> >> > Our newest sponsor, MC Stands, has just opened its doors! It's a> > motorcycle> > stand superstore. Every brand, every model, 95% in stock for immediate> > shipment. Whether front stands, rear stands, paddock stands, dirt bike> > stands, or any kind of stand or lift, MC Stands tests, rates, and> > discounts> > everything they sell. Check them out!> >> > Visit: http://mcstands.com/> > _______________________________________________> > Ducati mailing list> > Ducati at ducati.net> > http://list.ducati.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ducati> > Mailto: scottieducati at gmail.com> >> > > > -- > F. Scott Lian> scottieducati at gmail.com> *****> > Our newest sponsor, MC Stands, has just opened its doors! It's a motorcycle> stand superstore. Every brand, every model, 95% in stock for immediate> shipment. Whether front stands, rear stands, paddock stands, dirt bike> stands, or any kind of stand or lift, MC Stands tests, rates, and discounts> everything they sell. Check them out!> > Visit: http://mcstands.com/> _______________________________________________> Ducati mailing list> Ducati at ducati.net> http://list.ducati.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ducati> Mailto: bigredxrunner at yahoo.com> > *****> > Our newest sponsor, MC Stands, has just opened its doors! It's a motorcycle> stand superstore. Every brand, every model, 95% in stock for immediate> shipment. Whether front stands, rear stands, paddock stands, dirt bike> stands, or any kind of stand or lift, MC Stands tests, rates, and discounts> everything they sell. Check them out!> > Visit: http://mcstands.com/> _______________________________________________> Ducati mailing list> Ducati at ducati.net> http://list.ducati.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ducati> Mailto: ronaldebettsasalc0015 at hotmail.com
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