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As an add, the pic below of the right jug is prolly what saved me from a catastrophic lower leg injury. Pretty sure that when I initiated the emergency swerve to the left, the cylinder made contact with the left corner of her rear bumper which kicked the bike hard left and sent me flying over the handlebars and her trunk. Only thing I hit was the road. If I had been on my Strom or the Buell--both V-twins that have fairly narrow profiles--it would have been my foot/ankle/leg that took the hit. Really lucky and glad to be walking like a bi-pedal mammal. Several of you suggested that I lawyer up. I did send an email to Steve Magas, who is a bike/motorcycle lawyer here in Cincinnati, and shared the details and pics with him. He reviewed the info and pretty much said that he'd be happy to take the case, but not on a contingency basis simply because there was little or no monetary assets to be taken. Just doesn't seem like a good plan to throw more of my money into the fire at this point.

Figgered I'd bump this thread to give an update. First, good news is that the collarbone started to bridge and I've been back to riding and playing soccer for a month or so. Last Thursday, I met up with 5 buds and rode down to RRG for a BBQ lunch at Thatcher's. Half the group headed north to home but me and couple of other folks rode south and did 2016/Big Andy Ridge--about 22 miles of an absolute roller coaster of a road that had to be designed and laid out by a motorcyclist!!! Took 715 north and rode the gorge on 715/77, then wiggled north and west on 36 and finally hit 165 to 10 into NKY. Got in about 370 miles of backroad goodness...and yeah, I was hurting like F--K when I got home but totally worth the pain. Absolutely LOVE the RS. Damn fine bike. As for the Lyshawnda saga, I got a subpoena in the mail several weeks ago to appear as a witness for the prosecution. Turns out she was already under an FRA suspension for a previous incident without insurance. Went downtown and stood around the courthouse with my thumb up my ass for about 2 1/2 hours waiting for the case to be called and it turned out that she never showed for the appearance. Judge issued an arrest warrant, but the ridiculous thing about "The System" is that I had to share the latest address and telephone info I had mined--which is readily available doing a simple search in public records--with the prosecutor because they had the INCORRECT address that the bimbo had given to the cop the night of the accident. FUUUUU..... Financially, the bike is a total. Fair market value of ~$11K and repair estimate of >$16K. I "gifted" it to a talented bud who thinks he can bring it back to life with maybe $3-4K to get it back to rideable condition. Medical is over $35K so far and my insurance hasn't paid because they are waiting in vain hope that the "responsible party" will come clean and find the pot of gold. Kind'a sitting on pins and needles waiting for UC Health to drop the hammer and demand the balance OR ELSE!!! As a last resort if nothing works out (and I have zero confidence that I'll ever see a dime) I plan to file the ODOT 3033 form in early December that @Tonik linked. Doubt it'll make a tinker's damn worth of difference but it really doesn't cost me anything. Sad part is that whenever this ordeal is finalized, I have no doubt she won't be sent to jail, she MAY be fined and have her suspension extended, but when it's all said and done, she'll go back to driving without a license and without insurance....because the authorities have no way stop her. Pics of the carnage and new whip!