Our friend Jake (names changed of course), a loooong time friend of the hubby, stopped by our pad on his way from FLA to NH. Of course he rides. Since I haven't really tried to sell the Buell yet, I let him ride it while he was here. No one, rides my Sporty...no one -but me. Anyway... So, him and the man are out riding and bar hopping too. I'm out riding on a new highway in the opposite direction. About 2 hours after I get home the hubby comes inside and tells me to get a hot rag and some towels because Jake wrecked. sigh... I go outside and the hubby is fixing him up (the hubby is a cert. life guard). Jake had road rash on the right side of his face, back of his right hand, and his right shoulder. His ankle was sore too. The bike...well the entire right side was fkd. What happened? No one knows... They were at the bottom of a hill leaving a parking lot. The hubby ascended and was waiting for Jake. No Jake. The hubby looks in the side view mirror...no Jake. Hubby turns and sees my Buell laying on top of Jake. Hubby runs to Jake. Jake gurggled something and then went nighty night. Jake didn't even have time to put his hands out b/c there wasn't any road rash on the fronts of hands. Luckily he was wearing a DOT approved helmet (he doesn't like to wear them). Hubby woke him up, dried him off, and they came home. He had been playing with the Buell and its hard quick braking all day. The front brake on the Buell is HUGE and very touchy. I practiced a lot to try and quell any desire to grab that front brake. I think he gunned it at the bottom of the hill and then something obviously went way wrong. We think he must have grabbed the front brake -some time. Also, he fell hard to the right with no time to react. Obviously, his head hit the ground hard. I've dropped that bike during a slow speed tight u-turn and only had a bruise on the palm of my hand and a little tiny road rash on my knee. He looked like he *crashed* the damn bike. I'm thankful he was wearing a helmet cuz if he hadn't he would surely have been in the hospital, hopefully alive and not a vegetable. The helmet, while not cracked, definitely had scrapes across it. This morning he seemed ok. He had a bad limp and was wondering if his ankle was broken.

I don't care how long you've been riding (and he rides a lot and has been for plenty of years) you shouldn't drink and ride, you definitely shouldn't on a "new" bike, and you definitely need to RESPECT THE BIKE. It doesn't matter how "small" the bike is...it's still a motorcycle and will fck you up.