Thanks to all for well wishes and condolances. I'm fine, little sore, dislocated finger snaped back no problem. The young man that died didn't have the seat time splitting traffic and should not have been expected to run with more experienced riders. He was wearing novelity helmet backwards...don't think a dot would have made much difference with this accident.
As JC mentioned I had to retire my novelity helmet witch I used alot. On multi state rides I also would bring my full face for cold wheather or long hours on bike to reduce fatigue factor.On saturday I wore the full face cause of the cold (glad for that) I was last bike in pack because I wanted to get used to riding with full face (I"m used to seeing more to the left and right)
and made my mind up that I wasn't going to split traffic at 90 on this ride, knew where everyone was headed so why push.
For whatever reason 3 of us did realize that the car on the freeway were completely stoped I went from 75 to 0 in about 1/2 a block hard breakes front, rear 125ft skid mark, upright everything fine no panic going for soft shoulder to left of fast lane someone else zeroed in on same spot figured out he was going to stop before i could so i force the bike sideways for a while a when I got within 10 feet of him grabed the front break to put her down, let the bike go out from underneath me. Landed on right hip and shoulder back of helmit hit asphalt. Crash bar worked great the seeg handled great all the way down. Damage inner/outer faring ,front fender,right glove box and lower,right bag gone,both floor boards. Frame,forks,motor,are fine. I feel this site is my second home and enjoy each and everone of you,
Thanks-AK
P/S I,m on my spare till the seeg gets fixed let's ride.