God that gives me chills...
I've t-boned cars on a bike 2 times.
First time was in the mid 80s on a Harley chopper a friend was letting me try out, a car going the other way made a left turn right into my path, I laid on the brakes and the backend started to slide out just as I hit the passenger door, I was probably only going about 35 when I hit but it threw me off and my right knee went through the window and bent the frame, I flipped over the car and did a tuck-and-roll on the other side.
I stood up thinking I was fine when my knee decided it didn't want to work anymore and I fell over again
To this day if I stand up wrong you'll hear my knee pop from across the room, followed by me screaming.
The other time was in 92, I got a sweet tooth and took my old Honda Magna to Baskin-Robbins one night at around 9:00, on my way back on a main road I was going around 60 when again a car going the other way made a U-turn right into my path just as I hit the intersection.
This time I had just enough time to lay on front and rear brakes and half stand up before my bike planted itself in the rear passenger door.
I was thrown completely over the car, I never touched it.
But... I landed flat on my back around 40 feet down the road and ended up with a whole bunch of herniated discs and a broken hand.
Then the old fuck that I hit drove around me laying in the middle of the street and started to leave before another car chased him down and got him to stop.
The guy was so old he didn't even know what had happened until somebody told him, the impact broke my bike in half, the rear passenger door of his corolla was caved completely in.
I don't ride much anymore but lately I have been thinking about getting another bike...
