Aprilia SportCity 200

Picture off the brochure.

I initially wrote about my move from driving to riding to work on my other blog. This one will update that and report on the impression or long term test after doing more than 20,000 km on the saddle. However, instead of being a review this will be a post of an accident that I had this morning and how a lot of skin was saved by my full face helmet, gloves and padded jacket.

That's the mileage and the accident occurred about 15 minutes before the time shown on the clock. It happened at the junction of Jalan Tun Razak and Jalan Gurney. I was going through the junction with a dark blue Kelisa trailing behind me. Suddenly two foreign national ran across the road, I blared my horn and I can hear the Kelisa's screeching brakes. The first guy manage to get off the three lane road but the second guy did not, he stopped in his track and as the Kelisa and I got closer he tried to dash across which made me jam the brakes, lost control and got intimate with the tarmac. By the time I got up, I was unable to stand not to mention pick up my bike. All I saw is the second guy on the curb looking lost, perhaps in shock.

The Kelisa is gone by now, strangely, the first guy was nowhere to be seen. Most likely trying to get away from his stupid, illegal act of running across a three lane highway which caused the accident and might have killed me.

Aftermath of the accident. Thank you to the nice gentleman from across the road who righted my bike and parked it on the side. Also to the lady in white blouse and black pants who stopped and left her box of paper tissue.

The bent handle bar.

The scratched sides.

The Nolan N102 full face helmet that saved my face. Imagine if that scratch were to be on my skin instead of on the helmet.

My work pants and the abrasion marks.

My injured knee which is throbbing as I am typing this while waiting for the clinic to open.

The second idiot just stood up while I was bent over, looked at me and walked away. No apologies, no concerns for what had just happened, he just left. This is where I pulled out my camera and took his picture, did not manage to get his face as again, believe it or not, he dashed across the road while traffic is moving - did not wait for his light to go green. His friend, the first idiot is nowhere to be seen.