Kiwi Phil
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How is this for one lucky story.
My oldest boy is 38yrs, and rides a pretty new Suzuki Boulevard M109R bike....big mongrel of a thing...think it is 1800cc.
http://www.suzukimotorcycles.com.au/bikes/road/cruiser/2009/boulevard-m109r.html
I have always been against him having it.
Yesterday it happened.
He lives inland, and was off to work on the bike when a kangaroo bounced out and collided with him. We think he was doing around 60mph...but knowing him....
Results are most pleasing....no broken bones, spinal injuries, or head bangs.
He has no skin remaining on the palms (from heal to incl fingers) of both hands, a big hunk out of an elbow, one cheek of his butt had his underpants burnt/engrained into it, they think his wallett in the pocket of the other side of his butt saved that cheek, and one foot has a major puncture under the ball and a deep gash under the heel.
He has been sent home.
They think, and we hope like hull, the bike has been written-off. It is said to be real bad. If it is written-off then the insurance pay-out will cover the outstanding debt, and the son will come to the conclusion that the bike phase of his life has passed.
I am not worried, nor upset...in fact I have been expecting such news for a few years now, and as strange as it sounds coming from a father, I am quite relieved that what was always going to happen has been so 'mild'.
I had sort of resigned myself to one day burying him, or having him placed in a home, so I am long past tears with this one.
Remember the post of a few weeks back with the death of that young couple on their bike...I thought at the time "christ, I wonder when my turn is coming".
Cheers
Phillip
Kangaroos are not like any other animal.
They bounce (big, big bounces), and they are fast, and they can change direction in a split second, and you can't pick it, and most times they travel in pairs....the 1st one will dart out in front of you, and he will bounce and you will swerve under him or something, and you will think, "phew, that was close!!", then bang, his mate following behind got you dead centre, and you never want to take them on the windscreen, as I am told life is not pleasant when you have a roo in the front seat with you.
My oldest boy is 38yrs, and rides a pretty new Suzuki Boulevard M109R bike....big mongrel of a thing...think it is 1800cc.
http://www.suzukimotorcycles.com.au/bikes/road/cruiser/2009/boulevard-m109r.html
I have always been against him having it.
Yesterday it happened.
He lives inland, and was off to work on the bike when a kangaroo bounced out and collided with him. We think he was doing around 60mph...but knowing him....
Results are most pleasing....no broken bones, spinal injuries, or head bangs.
He has no skin remaining on the palms (from heal to incl fingers) of both hands, a big hunk out of an elbow, one cheek of his butt had his underpants burnt/engrained into it, they think his wallett in the pocket of the other side of his butt saved that cheek, and one foot has a major puncture under the ball and a deep gash under the heel.
He has been sent home.
They think, and we hope like hull, the bike has been written-off. It is said to be real bad. If it is written-off then the insurance pay-out will cover the outstanding debt, and the son will come to the conclusion that the bike phase of his life has passed.
I am not worried, nor upset...in fact I have been expecting such news for a few years now, and as strange as it sounds coming from a father, I am quite relieved that what was always going to happen has been so 'mild'.
I had sort of resigned myself to one day burying him, or having him placed in a home, so I am long past tears with this one.
Remember the post of a few weeks back with the death of that young couple on their bike...I thought at the time "christ, I wonder when my turn is coming".
Cheers
Phillip
Kangaroos are not like any other animal.
They bounce (big, big bounces), and they are fast, and they can change direction in a split second, and you can't pick it, and most times they travel in pairs....the 1st one will dart out in front of you, and he will bounce and you will swerve under him or something, and you will think, "phew, that was close!!", then bang, his mate following behind got you dead centre, and you never want to take them on the windscreen, as I am told life is not pleasant when you have a roo in the front seat with you.
