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I went on another ride today and like most of my rides I hit the back-roads as much as possible. I was about 150 miles into my ride today on Lockwood Valley Road off of Hwy 33 heading towards Mount Pinos when I come around a corner and see dust and a cruiser type bike in the ditch on the opposite side of the road from me. I stop and check on the rider to make sure he is OK which he was other then some light road rash due to the lack of protective clothing. I help him get the bike upright and one of his buddies shows up that had turned around when they did not see him behind them. I had just passed them going the opposite direction a few minutes prior to coming up on this accident. We tried to get the bike road ready by straightening some items on the handle bars and other items that were bent. The sport bike rider that had come back to check on his friend tells me that this is the THIRD accident of the day for this group of five riders that were from the Los Angeles area. He stated that one had been hit in the head by something off of a trailer that hit one rider in the head which caused him to go off the road and wiped out his bike. He also stated that another one of their group had just crashed up the road. One of the things I thought did not make a lot of sense to me was the rider I saw go down asked me where the nearest bar would be, up the road or back where they had come from?? I told him I did not know and wished them well and got back on my way.
Eight miles down the road I come up on the other rider who had crashed his cruiser type motorcycle, there were fire units there, a sheriff, two CHP units, and a tow truck. I stopped and told the CHP about the other accident down the road and that this person was friends with this accident rider. I also told the CHP about the rider asking me where the nearest bar was. The officer thanked me and told me he was about to wrap up this accident and would be en-route to the other. I hit the road again and onto Hudson Ranch Road.
Within a few miles I see this lady waving her hands at me when she went by going the opposite direction, this got me thinking what?? Just around the next corner I see about four sport bikes and one had gone down, they had picked up the bike and moved it out of the road off to the side and everyone appeared to be OK so I kept going through all of the dirt and rocks the rider and bike had kicked out onto the road.
This ride just left me shaking my head thinking what in the world was going on today?
If you look at my SPOT tracker you can see where the first rider I saw went down today at ping 22, and 23.
All right now it is your turn to top this day!!
Eight miles down the road I come up on the other rider who had crashed his cruiser type motorcycle, there were fire units there, a sheriff, two CHP units, and a tow truck. I stopped and told the CHP about the other accident down the road and that this person was friends with this accident rider. I also told the CHP about the rider asking me where the nearest bar was. The officer thanked me and told me he was about to wrap up this accident and would be en-route to the other. I hit the road again and onto Hudson Ranch Road.
Within a few miles I see this lady waving her hands at me when she went by going the opposite direction, this got me thinking what?? Just around the next corner I see about four sport bikes and one had gone down, they had picked up the bike and moved it out of the road off to the side and everyone appeared to be OK so I kept going through all of the dirt and rocks the rider and bike had kicked out onto the road.
This ride just left me shaking my head thinking what in the world was going on today?
If you look at my SPOT tracker you can see where the first rider I saw went down today at ping 22, and 23.
All right now it is your turn to top this day!!
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