Back in the fall of 2006, my wife and I set out on a nice October ride and a tree hit us !!
Really, I happened to notice out of the corner of my eye, what I thought was a branch falling from a maple tree. Well, it happened so quickly, but for a split second I thought isn't that odd, a healthy branch with leaves falling...... Next second, leaves and branches everywhere !!! Everything was OK until the tree trunk got stuck on the center stand, the bike was going down !!! Well as a last ditch effort, I firmly planted my right foot onto the pavement, it worked, and dislodged the tree from the bike, but it also slammed my foot rearward into the passengers peg. At this time, enough had gone on and my wife realized what had happened. She didn't even know the tree fell on us because she was looking off in the other direction at the colorful fall foliage. Thank goodness she didn't see the tree, as I don't know what she would have done. Anyway, at this point I start screaming "I think I broke my leg, I think I broke my leg, honey, please try to help hold the bike up when we stop !!" I managed to stop the bike and got it on the side stand without dropping it. Man, oh man did my right shin hurt, but I was able to move and walk on it, so I was OK. The bike was hardly even scratched !! Within minutes two homeowners came running out to the road to see what happened since they heard the tree fall and my screaming. The men went back to their garages for a chainsaw, but not before we snapped a few pictures.
We continued our ride, since we were supposed to meet my parents for lunch at a restaurant about 50 miles farther. For the rest of the ride all I could think about was all the darn trees on the sides of the road and which one of them might fall on us. It wasn't until I got on the section of four lane divided highway, that I felt safe from the darn trees!!!!!! I was never happier to get off a nice country road and on a divided highway !!!!
Mike
Bravo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!