Modern Vespa

Trep, That is awsome, but, you know, a good deed never goes unpunished.

Vespa. A gateway drug.

Really sorry! Even when you do everything right, the the other guy can get to you. Not a reason to not ride. But a dam good reason to ride with extreme caution.. I'm sure youn did. Get well soon, my new friend.

Thank you for the kind thoughts. It was worth the fall to make a new friend.

Bloody attention seeker.

Bill XXX

Dude....I leave the country and look what you go and do...am I gonna need to come back and give you riding lessons?


Seriously...get better...do the PT they tell you to do...and don't ever ever let me ride cupcake on your scooter again!

I do have to say that a crablike vespa cracks me up!

David, very sorry to hear about your accident and hope you feel better very soon. Careful with that Oxy...can have some unpleasant side effects.

My husband shattered the head of his humerus and broke his fibula two years ago in Italy due to diesel on the road. We were coming down one of the winding streets out of Cortona in a light rain when a little old woman decided to cross the street in front of him on a blind curve. My husband brought the rental scooter to a complete stop, put his foot down onto the previously unnoticed diesel on the rain-slicked street, and went over like a hammer.

He now has a nice titanium replacement shoulder.

Your write-up reminded me of listening to that scary drawn out violin note you hear in science fiction movies when something very bad is happening very slowly...the note that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand on end.

Hope you're feeling better soon and just remember RICE: rest, ice, compression, elevation.

Don't know how I missed this. The first thing I look for on the forum is a post from Treppenwitz.

Take your meds. Do the therapy. I've got a titanium plate and 12 screws in the end of my collarbone from a drop. I feel your pain.

Sorry to hear about your spill. Luckily, I have never had the opportunity to slide on oil, fuel or even ice. After riding for a while, you take for granted the stability of having two good tires gripping firmly on the road. Yet this is another reminder that we always have to be 120 % aware of our riding environment and that the strangest most unpredictable things happen when riding.

Last summer, an acquaintance was riding on a highway (401) on a very hot day in Toronto, Ontario (Canada). He had his face shield open about 1/2 an inch to allow for additional fresh air to flow through. Instead, someone through out a cigarette butt and it remarkably bounced from the road into the 1/2" opening in his shield and lodged itself between his glasses and eye. Needless to say he panicked and wiped out at a high speed. He did live to talk about it, but again, how could anyone predict this?