12-14-2020, 12:22 PM
(12-14-2020, 02:38 AM)ampm7_imp Wrote: I recently wrecked on my 2016 Moto Guzzi Eldorado. The bike was totaled. I subsequently bought another Guzzi and a CB1100 with the proceeds. The wreck was entirely my fault. The funny thing is, I had just done a trip the previous week to Monterey, Ca (from San Diego) and back down through Big Sur with no problems. But on this day, I was riding the Eldo and they were repaving the road and they had those rumble strips which are devastating on a long Cardan shaft bike. I decided to go around but, the difference in height between the new pavement and the old was 5". Once I turned into the new pavement, I crossed up and slid while watching my bike go into its death throes. This was not an accident as that implies that no one was at fault. It was my mistake. The previous time I went down was on Palomar mountain. I was going up the east side and when I came around the corner before the general store a squid did not stop at his yield sign and and I went down. Thank God I was wearing full leathers. That was not my mistake. Riding here in SoCal is dangerous especially in the heavily trafficked areas and not so bad once you get on the back roads.
Sounds painful (one eye open, teeth clenched) imagining your story.
Sorry to learn. You do write with honest and fair spirit. I reckon your are generally unhurt?