Watch out for those corners

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LanC

Pack Dog
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Location
Cape Town
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BMW F800GS
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I over shot a corner this weekend after jumping a cattle grid in the middle of the Karoo (33°39'27.0"S 20°35'10.4"E). I did not see the road curving because I was concentrating too much on clearing the cattle grid. Only when I landed did I realise that the road turns left and I was going way too fast (89kmh on my recorded gps track).

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I slammed on the brakes, scrubbed off some speed and skidded straight off the road. I hurt my shoulder in the fall and could not lift the bike because of a strange popping sensation in the shoulder. The rest of the group carried on unaware that I had fallen behind. The sweeper is not supposed to fall.

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I waited 90 min in the Karoo sun until a local farmer came past. I think I dozed off a few times waking up for the occational passing whirlwind or aeroplane. The farmer's first thoughts when he saw my helmet near the fence was that I'd gone through the fence and ripped my head off.

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It was my lucky day and he had an empty trailer behind his bakkie. He was also heading back to Cape Town. Perfect! He tried to ride my bike to the road but fell in the donga and lost some skin on his foot. His only bike experience was with his tw200 on his farm. At that moment two of our group came back looking for me and helped load the bike on the trailer. Thank you Fred and Leon very much for the lift back home and to Geoff for coming back just in time to help load my bike.

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Looks like I broke some ligaments that hold the clavicle (collar bone) down. Doc says it looks like a grade 2 AC separation. I'll have to see a shoulder specialist on Monday to confirm.

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Here is a video with some disturbing commentry I took at the crash site

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