Yes It Even Happens to Seasoned Riders!

by Sarah Lovelady (Sassy2731)
(Houston, TX USA)

Well, I've been riding for over 6 years now on my own and over 35+ years with my hubby, and I finally went down on August 6, 2012. It is never if but when you go down. It was more embarrassing that anything.
First my hubby and I decided to travel on our bikes up to Sturgis, SD from Texas. We made the 1370 miles up there and had a wonderful trip together. He on his streetglide and me on my "Queeny" Roadking! It took us 3 days of riding to get there. We were invited to come up and stay at SugarBear's camp.(SugarBear Chopper out of LA)as he was there to unveil the Paul Sr's bike with the Sugarbear frontend (will debut in November on American Choppers).
Anyway on Sunday we rode with SugarBear and Lichtner on their ride and had no problems. On Monday a group of us decided to ride over to Custer Park, and Mt. Rushmore. After we toured Crazy Horse we decided to travel down Hwy 87 on our route to Mt. Rushmore. About 6-7 miles down this hwy was a 10mph curve that took me down. First my floorboard scraped and I over corrected and went off the right shoulder where the dirt was soft and took my Queeny down along with me. My leg swelled immediately, but I was able to stand and walk. My Queeny had a bent front fender and a few scrapes on the tank, and a broken windshield. It was either crawl back on my Queeny and ride again or wait hours for a tow truck, so I did the inevitable and crawled back on her and rode about 30 miles over toward Mt.Rushmore. I made it about 4 miles from there and my leg was numb to the point I could no longer shift. So I pulled into the rangers station and my hubby borrowed a friends bike with a back seat and put me on it and left my Queeny all alone at the rangers station. He then rode me to the nearest hospital (Rapid City) maybe 40 miles or so. I was taken in at the ER and xrayed my leg, elbow and shoulder. NO broken bones! But I had a very deep contusion on my thigh. SugarBear came over in Fuji's rental car from the Broken Spoke Campground to pick me up and some great friends went back for my Queeny. It is now October 3rd and My thigh is still slightly bruised and I have started therapy on it. Needless to say I stayed at the camp the rest of the trip in the RV. And our friend rode his bike back home so that I could ride in the RV with my Queeny in the trailer.
Even after this crazy experience I'm am so ready to get back on my Queeny and get my wind therapy too! I plan on going back to Sturgis next year and finish my journey!