[Ducati] On the road again (I wish)

Wed Oct 31 09:20:59 EDT 2007

prayers go out to her rich
matt


On 10/30/07, 2vtwin at comcast.net <2vtwin at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> My thoughts and prayers are with you - Gene
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Rich Roberts <bigredxrunner at yahoo.com>
> > 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
> > >
> > >
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