So what happened? What caused the accident?
Two days after the incident,,, I was still asking myself the same thing,,, Andrew. But the basics were that I was on the tail end of a 4 vehicle chain reaction. I swerved hard,,, but needed another inch or two,, to clear the skidding suv in front of me. The lead vehicle left the scene,, and was faulted by the police,,, but no charges or tickets were laid. When I came up on my feet, in the right hand lane,,, and took a big step backwards onto the sidewalk to safety.
So I was very fortunate to have a glancing contact on the suv's rear side quarter panel (but her RR wheel was twisted out about 10-15 degrees) ,,, and then dissipated the remaining energy with a lucky judo roll. My biggest injury is to my right shoulder,,, no break or fracture,, just soft tissue. I am pretty sure I will be able repair BlueSTar,,, and will keep the Bazzaz project on it. Although I had been neglecting my Bazzaz thread,,, that project was really going great. I will update that thread soon,, but I doubt that I will do much more than test ride BlueSTar before the spring. I am just waiting for the insurance company to release her back to me. I already have new side cowls and a few other parts waiting for me to pick up in Toledo (border is closed to me). No worries,,, as riding ThunderSTruck is the best therapy for me,,, better than wrenching (no pun intended) in this heat wave. My inclination is to keep ThunderSTruck mostly stock,,, and maintain BlueSTar as my totally farkled wonder bike !!! Wow,,,, pass me the tylenol,,,, CAt'
