A Thought of Caution That I learned the Hard Way By go4it (Read 605 times)

[go4it]

Watch out for new pavement it's a lot mose slipery then it looks.

I was out riding my scooter this mornig and I came upon a section of newly re-paved roadway . Long story short.....trafic stopped and I couldn't so I laid the bike (Riketa 250 54B) on it's side and slid down the highway on all that nice new pavement. I guess new pavement is more slipery because of the new oil in it. Anyway, considering I was doing 60 MPH when it happened I guess I was lucky. Only got minor boo-boos; left wrist is sprained, right wrist is broken, rIght leg is broken, neck hurts and I have a host of skin missing all over my body. I have to go see my bone guy next week and see what he says about the damages. No idea what the bike looks like. I asked two great people that were in front and behind me and stopped to help me to move it out of the middle of the road for me. And of course me along with it. I saw the left side and it looked fine. But I fell on my right side. The poliece had it towed so my son-in-law is going to pick it up with a trailer tomorrow The worse of it is I have to use a wheelchair because of the wrist damage they won't let me just use the sticks so I can walk. No walkinng cast allowed on this one.

Feeling pretty good right now ... GOT DRUGs!! LOL


Hope to see all you guys back on the road again in about 6 or 8 weeks.

[Alleyoop]

Sorry to hear of your mishap, yes newly paved roads are slippery like you said the oil hasn't settled down yet. Man at 60mph you are lucky with just some broken bones and scraps. Get well soon and hope your able to get around in about 2 months.
Alleyoop

[bobf]

Wow, what kind of new surface were you ridding on? Concrete is not the type for sure. Fresh pressed hot mix? Not likely as that is usually pretty smooth and solid. Maybe what they once called McAdam? A coat of fresh tar followed by a lot of crushed gravel. That stuff can be pretty slippery for two reasons. If the fresh tar has not yet hardened it is tricky and if the gravel has not yet been incorporated into the tar, it is slippery. Even after the gravel gets pounded into the tar it will still be slippery if they have not yet swept the loose gravel to the side. Never rode my scoot into that type of surface yet but with your story I know I will be very careful and won't go very fast.

Be kind to the hospital staff and doctors. They will do what they can to get you back to walking again. You know you can't ride until you are off the happy pills. New scoot in your future?

Get well.
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[Cruiser]

Hope you heal fast with no after affects. Scoots are easy to fix unless the frame is twisted. Take care of yourself and let us know if Scooter Doc can help you healing the scoot.

[Bashan]

You call those minor boo boos!? You must be one tough dude. Very sorry about your accident, I'm just glad your looking forward to riding again. I put a BMW 800 down in Atlanta in exactly the same way. The new road keeps moisture more than a seasoned one, I don't know why. I was down before I knew it, it sounds like the same thing happened to you. Get well and get back on it, Rich.

[kz1000st]

A new road has what they call "Surface Tension". The tar mixture is still between the upper layers of the Asphalt stones and warm tar is slippery when hot. Moisture won't break through the surface layers until the Tar (A.C) cools, hardens and wears away giving water a place to go.
There's a new Asphalt pavement called "Super Pave" that the federal government developed for Interstates and many States are using on State Roads. It takes about a year and a half to break surface tension on State Roads and is treacherous for everything. Cars, bikes, tractor trailers...

[13lky2]

Go easy like they tell you, I re-broke my collarbone a month after the accident getting up out of a chair at the lake. I had the figure 8 brace on and it gives so much support that I had pretty much forgot about not using that arm. Pushed myself out of the chair and heard a loud pop and felt a pain that made me almost fall over. Pushed my scoot return out another month probably...

[mcalli]

Jul 30, 2011 20:03:24 GMT -6 go4it said:

Watch out for new pavement it's a lot mose slipery then it looks.

I was out riding my scooter this mornig and I came upon a section of newly re-paved roadway . Long story short.....trafic stopped and I couldn't so I laid the bike (Riketa 250 54B) on it's side and slid down the highway on all that nice new pavement. I guess new pavement is more slipery because of the new oil in it. Anyway, considering I was doing 60 MPH when it happened I guess I was lucky. Only got minor boo-boos; left wrist is sprained, right wrist is broken, rIght leg is broken, neck hurts and I have a host of skin missing all over my body. I have to go see my bone guy next week and see what he says about the damages. No idea what the bike looks like. I asked two great people that were in front and behind me and stopped to help me to move it out of the middle of the road for me. And of course me along with it. I saw the left side and it looked fine. But I fell on my right side. The poliece had it towed so my son-in-law is going to pick it up with a trailer tomorrow The worse of it is I have to use a wheelchair because of the wrist damage they won't let me just use the sticks so I can walk. No walkinng cast allowed on this one.

Feeling pretty good right now ... GOT DRUGs!! LOL


Hope to see all you guys back on the road again in about 6 or 8 weeks.

Hey, me too! got drugs. thank God.