Started off the day looking for curvy roadsigns for the bike forum’s Curvy Road Sign Picture Contest. Requirements are: curvy road, curvy road sign, and a bike. Like this:
Edit: Cropped as a banner, they should look like this:
They should not look like this:
I had hit Mt Lemmon in Tucson, and had run into and ridden with some pretty cool guys from D-M. Saw a 1098S and a 999R, both very gorgeous bikes. Camilla is not so gorgeous anymore:
The first group that stopped to help were a couple of Harley guys headed south. Since we were in a cell phone deadzone, I asked if they could ride down to Sonoita and call my wife to come and get me and the bike with the truck. They were happy to oblige. Second group was a motley assortment of a Honda Transalp (pretty rare):
And a custom assembled Royal Enfield with diesel engine (very rare):
Both groups were kind enough to give me some water, so I sat under a scrub brush bush and waited on the cavalry to arrive.
Never went down. Damage list is as follows:
Right fairing – hosed
Front fender – hosed
Right radiator – hosed
Left fairing – big crack
Forks – bent (hosed).
Coup de grace: I had my helmet cam running at the time of the incident.
Edit:
Since I’ve gotten so many questions about it, here’s a shot of my helmet-cam setup:
The camera is a GoPro Hero Wide 5 Megapixel video camera. It shoots 512×384 video at 30fps or will shoot 5 megapixel images. You can set it to shoot one picture, shoot one on a timer, or to shoot continuously every 2 or 5 seconds until the SD card memory fills up. I have a RAM mount attached to my left handlebar and a 6″ extension that allows me to place the camera over the center of the handlebars looking out through the windshield to shoot stuff like the video in an earlier post from Mt Lemmon. It has a waterproof housing that encases the tiny camera body. I bought the ‘Motorsport’ edition that has a bunch of the mounts, arms, and quick releases like those in the picture for ~$185 from Amazon.com with shipping.
Your one lucky S.O.B. .Man that deer came out of no where .I,ve come close to hittting one a couple of times .But lucky for me I had time to slow down and miss it !! I live @ The Lake of The Ozarks ,Mo .We have alot of big deer here W/ antlers. Thanks for the cam info. i,m going to get one of them ! I posted your video on my Facebook page !!