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You can ride dirtbikes on the street legally? I never knew that. I would love to have a bike like that to just ride around for fun.

I didn't realize there were so many replies on here. Sorry, I learned the hard way I guess and I got lucky! Definitely didn't let this incident scare me away from riding again as I was back on the road yesterday evening on a nice ride through the metroparks. Hit some turns to get more comfortable again and I know these roads well so I didn't have any surprise sharp turns ahead of me. My bike is vinyl wrapped and I had a buddy give me some of his wrap polish and it took away most of the scratches I got from having it slide in the grass. But, heres a picture of the bike after the accident happened. It actually doesn't look like anything happened.

Todd, that had to be crazy!

Exactly what I was thinking. I usually wear my GoPro when I go out and ride and this is one of the times I didn't have it on.

So, there's a first for everything... I bought my motorcycle last year in June, and have been riding as much as I can! Well, this past Saturday, I was heading to an MMA event that I was going to help film with my friends and I decided to take the bike out from Strongsville to Akron. Once in Akron, and near my destination, there's a road that had a few twisty turns. The first S turn was a breeze and it felt great after driving straight on the freeway for 40 minutes. Then, another bend comes up, and as I get closer, it was sharper than I thought! So, I lightweight panicked and hit the brakes then my back tire locked up and I went straight into the grass and eventually the bike slowly laid down and I started sliding in the grass down into a ditch. I was going about 30-35 mph and the moment I panicked, everything in my head started getting quiet. It was quite an experience. Anyway, I get up quick and check myself and surprisingly my jacket had no rips or scratches, my jeans were intact and my helmet never hit the ground. I definitely would have thought I would start to feel road rash or scratches on my left leg since that's the side I fell on. But, nothing. So as I look around in shock, a couple of cars stopped that saw it happen. One kid got out and helped me push my bike back up towards the street. I check the damage on my bike, and I got nothing but a few scratches on the left fairing and a bent left mirror. I bend it back and it looked like everything was good to go... I noticed that the bike was still in gear so I hold the clutch in and try to mess with the shifter and I had no luck in getting it in neutral to get it started! Eventually, another biker came by and checked out the situation. He then started moving the bike back and forth while trying to change gears and it worked! Got it into neutral and started the bike! The feeling of hearing the bike start back up was amazing because I was already calling 2-3 tow companies to see if I can get my bike transported back to Strongsville, and I had no luck. Anyway, I don't know if that biker is on this forum, but whoever has a GSXR750 and came to help me out in Akron this past Saturday... thank you! After the event, I rode back home 45 minutes and the bike was perfectly fine. I will still give it a thorough check up during the week as I also need to change the oil soon so it'll be a great time to do some maintenance and check-ups. Anyway, I'm glad I got to get up, walk & ride away from this accident. It was a blessing.