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I have a slightly bad update. I crashed a couple of hours ago a little distance from Destruction Bay in Canada. The front end of my bike started wobbling violently and I went down. Something was apparently wrong with the forks and they broke off. It was 100% not rider error and there was nothing I could do to stop it.
The bad news – I have a compound fracture in my left forearm where I broke two bones. The good news – that’s all that is wrong, and I was nearing the end of my adventure anyway. We were going to ride to Haines today and hang out for a couple of days to catch the ferry home.
As of now, we are waiting for a ride to a hospital in Whitehorse for xrays. If they can fix the arm there, that’d be good news. If I need surgery, I might need to fly to WA.
Anyway, please don’t freak out. Sarah and a few other riders are taking care of me and we will figure this out. Since I am in Canada, you cannot call me. I will try to send another update from Whitehorse when we know more.
Thanks for following this journey. It’s been a heck of an adventure so far. :)
Kind of a funny story, but I met this bike today. A friend of mine got it from the mechanic in destruction bay and was bringing it home to Haines, AK to sell. Mechanic put yamaha forks on it to replace the broken BMW units. He was telling me that “some lady” crashed it when the forks failed a few years ago, so I went online and low and behold, here you are :) Looks like a nasty wreck. I’m glad you were able to recover and keep riding.
Hi Nate, I know that mechanic! I got to meet him when he was passing through Seattle. I’m curious – who has it now?