Today was quite a wakeup call. Bare and I took off this morning for a ride thru Deluz Canyon . We decided to ride from there to Rice Canyon, a great twisty winding road when it happened. We were riding along at a nice SPIRITED pace when Bare went a little wide coming thru a turn, just missed a pickup truck and over corrected, went off the road, slammed into a big rock and bounced off it . The bike crashed and tumbled with Bare right behind it flopping all over like a rag doll. He was unconscious, all bloodied up laying on his face. It was horrible. I watched as the whole thing happened. After about 3 to 5 minutes he started to come around, still incoherent , wouldn't stay still and made it really tough to to try to keep him immobile till the medics arrived. The scissor happy paramedics had a field day on his riding gear. They hacked everything off him except his skivies the poor guy. I had to stay at the scene for the Highway paperwork then rode 20 miles to the closest hospital to be with him. In a nutshell, He suffered a concussion, broke I think it was 6 ribs and has some nasty gashes on his face. They are keeping him in the Hospital overnight for observation. His Guardian Angel was definitely at his side. The bike . . . smashed up for sure but who cares. I still have my buddy Bare. The moral of the story ? Don't ride over your head and ALWAYS wear clean underwear when you go riding.