Oh Crap Moment!!

[cyclekid58]

Saturday Oct 17th We were riding in a PGR mission, I was on my 2014 Can Am Spyder RTS, my wife was on her 2011 Honda Shadow Phantom. All was going good, we went up the onramp to the freeway merging in, a Harley from another group riding with us, had been in front of my wife and somehow dropped back and then sped up to gain her position back and didn't realize the group was slowing to let everyone catch up. The bike in front of my wife hit the brakes and smoked their tires, my wife locked hers up and would have not hit the bike in front of her, the other girl clipped my wifes bike which caused it to go down throwing my wife off onto the freeway. The other girl fell, or bailed off hers and landed out in front of me. I stomped on the Spyder's brakes and it hauled right down in a short distance stopping within inches of the girl on the ground. The Road captain behind me would have hit my wife if it hadn't been for his brand new BMW with Abs brakes. My wife was taken to the hosp with a badly bruised shoulder, a broken rib and a fractured pelvis in 3 places. Her Scorpion modular helmet was badly scratched but saved her from serious head injury. She did get road rash on both elbows and knees. It would have been a lot worse, thank god for our ABS brakes. She spent 5 days in the hosp, and cannot put any weight on the left side so will be using a walker or wheelchair for the next 8-12 weeks, Physical Therapy for most of that time, and will not regain normal walking for 8-10 months. Typical biker, she wanted pics of the bike while in the hosp to see how bad it was, she fully intends to get back on and ride when able. :2thumbs::pray:

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Glad to hear that she survived this one... :thumbup:
It's too bad that the other rider wasn't able to keep paying attention to what was going on around her... :banghead:
She wanted pictures...
Your "Best-Half" sounds like a real fighter! :thumbup:

[LoveMyRyde]

OMG your wife is a warrior. I'm sorry that this happened to you both.

[Deanna777]

Glad that your wife was not hurt worst.
Also, that she wants to get back into the riding.

Deanna

[ARtraveler]

Glad to hear the outcome was not worse. Riding in a pack with people you are not familiar with can be dangerous. One moment of inattention and the whole thing can go bad quickly.

A group is only as strong as its weakest rider.

[PrairieSpyder]

I'm glad it didn't turn out any worse than it did. I hope your wife will have a speed recovery.:pray:

[PatriotRider]

I'm so sorry, wishing & praying for both of you the best :pray:

[vided]

Glad it wasn't worst.
hope she mends quickly. :pray::pray::pray:

[randyandsandy74]

Sorry to hear of your troubles, Our thoughts and prayers for you both.

[bigbadbrucie]

There is the main reason that I don't like riding in groups. I know that sometimes it is inevitable, but on those occasions I personally will ride either way out in front, with the throttle locked on full, or preferably be the last man in the group. Never in the middle.

Glad to hear that your wife is on the mend and that it wasn't worse. Speedy recovery for both of you. Her, physically and mentally, and you, mentally.

:shocked:

[Buggy]

Wishing you both a speedy recovery and many more happy miles.

[03hdjill]

So sorry to hear of your wife's injuries. Praying for a speedy recovery. Love the Scorpion modular.

[Jazzplayer2014]

I'm happy to hear everyone survived the incident I'm sorry you wife was injured but she sound as though she is already on the mend,. Give her something to look forward to aid in speedy recovery...fix her bike, replace her helmet, and any damage riding gear.

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[JayBros]

Best wishes for your wife's swift and complete recovery.

[SDM]

Praying for a speedy recovery!:pray: Seems like that other girl might need some schooling in riding with groups - just saying!!!:lecturef_smilie:

[LeClaireRog]

Saturday Oct 17th We were riding in a PGR mission, I was on my 2014 Can Am Spyder RTS, my wife was on her 2011 Honda Shadow Phantom. All was going good, we went up the onramp to the freeway merging in, a Harley from another group riding with us, had been in front of my wife and somehow dropped back and then sped up to gain her position back and didn't realize the group was slowing to let everyone catch up. The bike in front of my wife hit the brakes and smoked their tires, my wife locked hers up and would have not hit the bike in front of her, the other girl clipped my wifes bike which caused it to go down throwing my wife off onto the freeway. The other girl fell, or bailed off hers and landed out in front of me. I stomped on the Spyder's brakes and it hauled right down in a short distance stopping within inches of the girl on the ground. The Road captain behind me would have hit my wife if it hadn't been for his brand new BMW with Abs brakes. My wife was taken to the hosp with a badly bruised shoulder, a broken rib and a fractured pelvis in 3 places. Her Scorpion modular helmet was badly scratched but saved her from serious head injury. She did get road rash on both elbows and knees. It would have been a lot worse, thank god for our ABS brakes. She spent 5 days in the hosp, and cannot put any weight on the left side so will be using a walker or wheelchair for the next 8-12 weeks, Physical Therapy for most of that time, and will not regain normal walking for 8-10 months. Typical biker, she wanted pics of the bike while in the hosp to see how bad it was, she fully intends to get back on and ride when able. :2thumbs::pray:

As my next door neighbor likes to say, frequently, to me....."be careful". Not sure why he is always saying it to me, but it seems to be good advice. Praying for her quick recovery and hope she will be back on three soon.

[cyclekid58]

Bad news is the bike is totaled, not replacing it with another 2 wheeler. Good news is that it's replacement will be a spyder. Patti is showing improvement daily and in another month may be using a cane instead of crutches or walker. After looking at damage to the side of the modular we became believers in a full face or good modular helmet. A few more weeks of physical therapy should improve things greatly. Thanks everyone for the prayers and kind words, what a great bunch of folks spyder owners are! P.S. we ARE riding to the Deadwood 3 wheel rally this coming July!:clap:

[Bob Denman]

I'm so glad to hear that she's well on her way to recovery! :yes::ohyea::yes: :thumbup:
Bikes can always be replaced... People: not so much! :shocked:

[beadaholic]

So sorry to hear about the accident and hope everyone mends up well!

[sandeejs]

Wow! So sorry to hear of the accident, so happy it wasn't worse. Best wishes for a speedy, speedy recovery for your wife.
When she feels up to it, Spyder shopping might be an excellent form of therapy.
~Sandee~

[donkes]

Get well soon!

[bronzeflex42]

Hoping on a speedy recovery for your wife.. yes get the Spyder as a replacement, it will help brighten her days as she return to riding. :pray::pray::pray::pray::pray:

[Rocketman 2012]

Prayers sent for a speedy recovery for your wife and you also.

Just reading the initial post scared me because I could just see it happening.

Sam:)

[cyclekid58]

Wow! So sorry to hear of the accident, so happy it wasn't worse. Best wishes for a speedy, speedy recovery for your wife.
When she feels up to it, Spyder shopping might be an excellent form of therapy.
~Sandee~

Patti is doing quite well all things considered, still doing physical therapy for a couple months yet. We did the settlement on the totaled bike and put the money away toward down payment. As Sandee said spyder shopping is great therapy, we stopped at our local dealer yesterday and visited with the salesman who is a long time friend of mine to tell him what we would be looking for in either a slightly used 2014 or newer, or brand new. She also gingerly got up onto a new 2015 RTS Special series just to begin spyder therapy Lol. We can hardly wait for the Deadwood 3 wheel rally in July and will be taking the one bike, figuring trade-ins will happen toward sept or so as the salesman estimates. We WILL be a 2 spyder family!:yes::yes::yes:

[Bob Denman]

Glad to hear that she's making progress... :2thumbs:
If you can get her the 2016 Spyder, and 2016 Accessory catalogs; I bet that she'll heal even faster!! :D

[HayRog]

Many good thoughts going out from us two for a speedy recovery for your wife.

Rog n Deb

[cyclekid58]

Glad to hear that she's making progress... :2thumbs:
If you can get her the 2016 Spyder, and 2016 Accessory catalogs; I bet that she'll heal even faster!! :D

Bob we just got the accessory catalog and been looking at the website, we will e back to the dealer as they start coming in, they sold out their 2015 stock. Will be completely healed by riding season!

[Kwalsh]

glad to hear it wasnt worse and good luck on the spyder shopping !!!!

[jonnysevel]

So glad to hear your wife is doing well. This is the second group riding accident i have heard about in as many weeks. One here in town resulted in a death of a rider... I agree with what someone posted earlier....the group is only as good as its weakest rider. I don't like group rides for this very reason. Your reaction distance is GREATLY reduced and in case of a crisis, it leaves few options. Your wife was very lucky and thank goodness for good riding gear. Good luck on the Spyder shopping
Jonny

[cmungen]

Glad you survived. All group rides should follow the safe distance rule ...... 3 to 5 seconds behind anything in front of you!

Thanks for listning. Heal fast!



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[cyclekid58]

Turns out that the shoulder was worse than originally thought and she had reconstructive surgery Feb 11, she spent 8 weeks in a sling, and finally got out of that the beginning of the month a week early and began Physical therapy. She is progressing well and she will actually finish that May 5th about 2 weeks early. She has been riding passenger for about a month now and went on a 200 mile ride recently with no issues. Once cleared by the doc she will do some driving of the spyder and we will see this year how it will affect the shoulder before investing money. She can't wait for the Deadwood 3 wheel rally!:yes:

[gkamer]

My prayers for a quick and full recovery. She sounds like one tough trooper.

[robtdonna]

Thanks for the update, I would have thought the pelvis would have taken the longest to recover from, hang in there you both are troopers ! :D


Turns out that the shoulder was worse than originally thought and she had reconstructive surgery Feb 11, she spent 8 weeks in a sling, and finally got out of that the beginning of the month a week early and began Physical therapy. She is progressing well and she will actually finish that May 5th about 2 weeks early. She has been riding passenger for about a month now and went on a 200 mile ride recently with no issues. Once cleared by the doc she will do some driving of the spyder and we will see this year how it will affect the shoulder before investing money. She can't wait for the Deadwood 3 wheel rally!:yes:

[HayRog]

The best of thoughts going out to your wife and yourself.

[Dan McNally]

Thanks for the update - sure hope she comes through this with no residual issues.

[Jazzplayer2014]

I'm happy to hear everyone survived the incident I'm sorry you wife was injured but she sound as though she is already on the mend,. Give her something to look forward to aid in speedy recovery...fix her bike, replace her helmet, and any damage riding gear.

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Turns out that the shoulder was worse than originally thought and she had reconstructive surgery Feb 11, she spent 8 weeks in a sling, and finally got out of that the beginning of the month a week early and began Physical therapy. She is progressing well and she will actually finish that May 5th about 2 weeks early. She has been riding passenger for about a month now and went on a 200 mile ride recently with no issues. Once cleared by the doc she will do some driving of the spyder and we will see this year how it will affect the shoulder before investing money. She can't wait for the Deadwood 3 wheel rally!:yes:


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[threefingers2]

My wife Lori and i are glad that your wife is on the mend, being new riders ourselves this sounds pretty scary. We also are going to the Trike rally in Deadwood this summer for our first long ride so mayby we might meet you guys at that event. Take care you two be safe. Craig & Lori Sager
Bad news is the bike is totaled, not replacing it with another 2 wheeler. Good news is that it's replacement will be a spyder. Patti is showing improvement daily and in another month may be using a cane instead of crutches or walker. After looking at damage to the side of the modular we became believers in a full face or good modular helmet. A few more weeks of physical therapy should improve things greatly. Thanks everyone for the prayers and kind words, what a great bunch of folks spyder owners are! P.S. we ARE riding to the Deadwood 3 wheel rally this coming July!:clap:

[cyclekid58]

My wife Lori and i are glad that your wife is on the mend, being new riders ourselves this sounds pretty scary. We also are going to the Trike rally in Deadwood this summer for our first long ride so mayby we might meet you guys at that event. Take care you two be safe. Craig & Lori Sager

Thanks, your bike is distinctive so it will be easy to look for, most of our rides have been less than 300 miles so this will be our first long trip as well, we aren't pushing it and allowed several days each way for going over and back from what appears to be one awsum event from what I have seen thus far. Patti is doing good, has driven the spyder around the block with no observed issues and goes in May 6th for PT re-evaluation and looks like may be done with that, May 23rd she sees the ortho doc and should be released to normal activity. The remainder of this year will be used to let her drive the one we have to see if it will cause issues, if not we will get another spyder in the spring to replace her totalled 2-wheeler. I like the distinctive looks of your bike and was tastefully done, ours is fairly distinctive as well so hopefully we will meet up. :2thumbs:

[sandeejs]

I like the distinctive looks of your bike and was tastefully done, ours is fairly distinctive as well so hopefully we will meet up. :2thumbs:


Mine isn't all that distinctive; plain black with a couple of stickers here and there. I still hope to meet up with both of you in Deadwood. Somebody should set a meeting place....
~Sandee~

(PS - Sounds like some good mending is going on. Keep it up!)

[griffontamer]

Wow, "oh crap" sounds like an understatement! So glad your wife got away with bumps and bruises, but alive and will be ok! Praying for a full recovery for her.

[cyclekid58]

Thanks, your bike is distinctive so it will be easy to look for, most of our rides have been less than 300 miles so this will be our first long trip as well, we aren't pushing it and allowed several days each way for going over and back from what appears to be one awsum event from what I have seen thus far. Patti is doing good, has driven the spyder around the block with no observed issues and goes in May 6th for PT re-evaluation and looks like may be done with that, May 23rd she sees the ortho doc and should be released to normal activity. The remainder of this year will be used to let her drive the one we have to see if it will cause issues, if not we will get another spyder in the spring to replace her totalled 2-wheeler. I like the distinctive looks of your bike and was tastefully done, ours is fairly distinctive as well so hopefully we will meet up. :2thumbs:

Had the ortho doc appt this morning for the shoulder evaluation, he is satisfied with the shoulder after testing and released Patti back to normal activity including driving the spyder. She goes back in, June 6th for eval on the pelvis as one fracture hasn't completely fused, the rest have. If it was a 2 wheeler she couldn't operate a bike yet with the weight limits on the left side lifting the bike off the kickstand would put too much pressure on, with the spyder there isn't that issue. We will see how the trip to Deadwood goes, then look at either a 2017 or a 2016 carryover. :yes:

[cyclekid58]

Update to last years MC accident, 2 of the 4 breaks to the pelvis did not heal. One just has to have pins in it and the other has enough separation that a plate has to be put in. She goes in this coming monday exactly 1 year after the accident on the same Date, October 17th. We did manage to ride to Deadwood this summer for the 3 wheel rally and had a blast, however it was not without pain. At least we can get this done over the winter in hopes for another riding season. This next year won't include any rallies as medical expenses are adding up but we will manage. Good news is she has one of the best surgeons in this field in the Northwest so thats a plus. For those that may be new to the forum, my wife was involved in a motorcycle accident last Oct 17th that left her with a broken pelvis in 4 places, a shoulder that required surgery to put back together and badly bruised knee and other abrasions etc. She ended up losing her job and benefits when FMLA ran out and is unable to work. Anyway we are looking forward to riding again in the spring however 2 wheelers are a thing of the past.

[Many brands]

Soon - I pray.

[pegasus1300]

I didn't see this anywhere but then haven't read this thread real close in a long time. Was there any settlement from the rider who hit your wife?

[youngers]

wow a year has gone by , hope she is pretty mobile , and the she hasn`t turned into a weather person , { colder weather aches pains of old guys like us } you guys are troopers , give-um hell , and have fun while you can !

[cyclekid58]

I didn't see this anywhere but then haven't read this thread real close in a long time. Was there any settlement from the rider who hit your wife?

It hasn't went to court yet, her lawyers are fighting it. Now it will be after the 1st of the year sometime before it goes, have not gotten a difinitive date yet but we have a strong case. It will be a couple of months before she is physically able to even go.