just looking around

Texas Coast

My husband and I were in an accident on our HD Heritage on a beautiful Sunday evening on 9/15/2007 when a woman turned in front of us with not blinker and not in turning lane. We both hit the right side, myself as the passenger was thrown 30 ft from bike..as you can image multiple injuries...knee..ankle crushed..ribs broke back broke..so on...I admire some of the people that I have read about online. I keep a good attitude even though i have more to go in the healing/surgical process. I am lucky in so many ways. Husband is buying a trike but I am not so sure that i can ride at least not now May be the end of the road for us not sure

Looking for support to make it thru what I hope is the final year of surgery!! help Also looking for info on back problems, ankle fusion etc

self

aca

so cal

hd fxr

40yrs

11/2 yr ago a certified nut case decided he wanted to take out a motorcycle. he turned right into me. my left leg took his wheel off unfortunately it cost me my entire leg, left eye from stroke, and all my internal organs suffered. they said i died 5 times in the hospital but after a stay of over 4 mths one in a comma here i am. as for the guy that hit me he blew a .8 alcohol he got a 1 yr in a mental hospital and can reapply for a dl. in 2010. and that scares the hell out of me.

i really could use emotional support and help with this phathom pain

Myself

Googled Traumatic Brain Injury Support Groups

Flower Mound, Texas

Many Different Types

40 years

suffered an acute subdural hematoma as a result of a 15 foot vertical fall from a cliff. I sufferred complete right sided hemiparesis and hemispacial impairment. I have been recovering for 2 years and have come a long way. I just dont know anyone else personally that has had a brain injury like this one. I could write a book about it (so many phases and stages in the process of "making a come back"). I would like to hear from others with similar experiences

I enjoyed reading some of the stories on this site. ...inspirational!

probably

onelegtim.com

PA

Harley Davidson Softail Deluxe custom Trike - Lehman kit

10

2004 Bike Week Daytona - Kannon Chopper V8 - rider loses control - I lose my leg. Bike was riderless when it hit - apparently the V8 was too much for him...or anyone for that matter.

The idiot took much from me - but my love and ability to ride! I'm thankful to be alive in spite of his stupdity.

massachusetts

my husband was in a motorcycle accident and now suffers from truamatic brain injury and stroke...he is at home with me, there arrent many forums for us, i am his caregiver 24/7.

are there any support groups in massachusetts that deal with biker truamatic brain injury?

a couple, myself included

Stephanie

Michigan

07 softail standard

since 1970

my wife and I had our right of way violated in july of 07. Cost us more than my leg but I'm getting over it. The toughest thing for me to get over is the callousness of the driver. A 44 year old woman having a heated cellphone conversation. So heated that she refused to hang up to call 911 and stood over me and cursed me when I asked. All the while I'm trying to get a turniquette on my leg which was severed completely. The police made her hang up to answer questions as the ambulance took me away. I have never heard from her. I just can't understand how someone can be so unconcerned about the life of another human being. Aren't we all in this together?

I want to extend a special thank you to Cat Hammes, Larry Ritchie, and Bruce Arnold for being there for us from the start.

yes

surfing through BON.COM

upstate NY

Valkyrie

35 years

9/22/1996
was riding home on night, and was hit head on broke left front fork and left side of motor. Picked up by ambulance, taken to tramatic head injury unit at hospital. In a coma for 2 weeks. went to Physical Therapy/Rehabilition Hospital for 5 months. Never fully recovered from head injury. Things are difficult some days.
Accident was on a GoldWing, now I ride a Valkyrie, 127,400 miles in 10 years. I was very lucky

This is a good site. please keep me informed

no

was googling images of great granddad and saw that this site was dedicated in part to the crazy old coot

NZ/AUS

My dad use to ride until a close friend was seriously hurt, and not wanting to leave 5 kids with broken hearts if anything happened to him he quit riding, as a kid dad taught me to ride a bike, just a 50cc nothing flash, came off it a few times though, thought I was gonna be the next Burt till I burnt my leg on the exhaust, grand dad would have been proud, nothing like the feeling of speed.

I think this site offers a wonderful service for those that ride ...keep up the great work

myself

Googled "MC accident survivors support groups"

Ohio

HD Electra Glide Classic.... gone 4 good now

30 plus on & off, this one almost 4 yrs

5-12-07 on 1rst ride to work of the season,was hit broadside in an intersection at 35 mph.She didn't see me coming, and left a stop sign and it was over B4 I could blink.5 fractures in my neck, my shoulder, my ankel,& also cuts to my head. 6 mo. rehabing,worked 2, currently off again having trouble with both feet.Staph infections almost cost me a foot 5 weeks after surgury to repair my left foot.The right one is up for work next.Still have numbness in my fingers,lots of aches come & go.I need to get back to the life I had, but I thank God for the chance to have what I've got. My family & a few miricles keep me on track. Unsure if I'll ride again but with what I've learned, I find it had not to believe the unbelieveable.I thank you for the strength and support you provide in giving us this forum,and pray for the day to come when I may be able to do the same for my brothers & sisters on 2 wheels.

It happens so fast,and it changes so much. Be aware of all you see,and see more than you're aware of. Let the Angels take it from there.Be safe,be aware,and arrive alive.

Googled "Motorcycle Amputee"

Michigan

Harley Davidson

lifelong passenger

12 weeks ago my husband and I were hit by a cell phone attached to a driver. My husband is now an amputee. He's been riding 35 years.

Please, end your call until you're off the road. It may save a leg, or even a life...

italy

triumph boneville speedmaster

30

I'm amputee in bike crash...2 years ago... but my life ride again..... I'm happy to meet you....
thanks

ciao.....

No

Happenstance

Athens'Tennessee

Yamaha750

Only the One Time***

While driving one early morning in July. Heading to the mountains on the back of my husband's newly purchased motorcycle. On a dark straight stretch of road (3miles from home) a older drunk man decided he no longer wanted to wait on the approaching cycle. Suddenly he pulled out from a side road. I thought"Dear God
No". Within seconds the vehicles collided as my husband and I were slamming into the front driver's side of his car at 50mph.
Curtis went airborne as did I. Unfortunately he felt the most impact of the crash. Both helmets were thrown off on impact. I recieved three broken ankle bones,femur bones,6broke ribs,and a broken mutilated middle finger on my left hand. Curtis however was not so fortunate He landed approx.110ft from the crash site on his head suffering traumatic brain and spinal injuries. I revived him at the scene of the crash. I thank God every day I was on that bike to save his life. Although not totally recovered, After 11 mos. now he is still my miracle. He still suffers with memory loss, forgets where he is sometimes,and suffers from high seizure disorders. Lawsuit is still pending investigations on the drunk driver...
I never knew one ride would change my life this much. And, the lives of my 3 beautiful daughters....Who don't understand what has happened. But we are still closer now as a family than ever before. I now know what it means to "Live Like You Were Dying"........
As for Curtis, We will see him through this till the very end. Good Luck Baby!!!

ONE RIDE CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE....PLEASE BE AWARE OF NIGHT TIME DANGERS...DRUNK DRIVERS ARE ALWAYS OUT THERE...BE ALERT..ARRIVE UNHURT

no

Houston Sportbike Network

Houston, Texas

GSX-R

20 years off and on

God Bless

yes

searching around

Wisconsin

Harley FXDX its totaled now

20 years

Me and my wife were on our way home a couple miles from home a few deer jumped in the road the first one knocked my wife off the second I took out and lost my left leg above the knee had to be med evaced out to the hospital were I had a blood clot go to my lungs and died on the table, they brought me back!

Keep up the good work this sight has allot of information

yes

floridabiker.com

Alachua, Florida

Harley FXDBI

Keep me posted

Biker Memorial

yes

Floridabiker.com

Alachua, Florida

Valkyrie

Abate, CMA

Please consider adding our web site to your links or Biker Sites list. http://www.bikermemorial.org is a not-for-profit memorial site.

Co "1b1" LeDahu

lots of them in my country Holland

on the AOL forum

The Netherlands

H-D XL1200

Face to face crash with my bike into a young careless motorist driving his car on my lane while overtaking.
Results: my left leg amputated BK, a partly paralized left hand, confused brains and years of rehabilitation... but I'm ridin' a bike again for 4 years now!

Glad I found this bacsuv webpages with so much information it will cost me days to check it all out... thanks for starting this site and sharing this all with bikers around the world... a big contribution to everyone who wants to ride safely.
Thanks a lot, Garry and continue this good job!

www.abateaikensc.com

by going to the abate,sc web site

Augusta, GA

95 Dyna Glide

ABATE< GA chapter 11

My husband and I went out for a midnight drive. On the way home we took a nice winding road, except it is also dark. As we were approaching the narrow 2 lane bridge over I-95 A car was coming toward us with his bright lights on. My husband was following the yellow line because he could not see straight ahead. The yellow line is supposed to follow around the concrete median, instead it ended right in the middle of the median. We hit the median at about 35 miles an hr. It still threw my husband about 75 feet and myself about 30 feet from where the bike came to rest. My husband was hospitalized for 1 week( that was another disaster story in it self). I was able to go home that night but suffered severe upper back and neck strain, I also had a concushion. My husband suffered a contusion( which is a fancy way of saying he had a brusing of the frontal loab of the brain) torn ligaments of his thumb and hand.He was out of work about 8 months. He was never the same after the accident, even though his neurologist said he would be as good as new in 6 months.

I found out later that my husband suffered a severe brain injury. He had severe short memory loss. he had a photographic menory before this. After the accident he didn't.

New Hampshire Motorcyclists' Rights Organzation

no

gypsy.com

New Hampshire

1992 FLHTP

Prez of NHMRO

Keep up the good work and be safe

Union City california

Harley Davidson FXDWG

Old coots On Scoots Hayward chapter

Hi speed police chase of which I was not involved except for the guy they were chasing ran into me. I was hit,almost, head on by a pickup doing almost 100 MPH. The impact took off the left wheel of the pickup and my left leg about 6 in" above the knee. I now ride with a side car.

high speed chases should be outlawed. We need to have an attention circle in fron of us and not pay attention to anything outside that circle. This has been my rule I have lived and rode by. I viololated this rule one time in my life and it cost me my left leg