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It could have been a speed wobble; I had that happen to me once at 65 mph with similar results. Since part of my ride on the pavement was on my face, I still have a face because of my full face helmet. The biker here made a big mistake by getting up; he might have suffered a spinal injury that could have been severely aggravated by moving around. If anything like that happens to anyone reading this thread, the smart thing to do is stay on the ground motionless until the EMTs arrive and do exactly what they tell you to do.

That sounds sensible until you are in the accident. Three accidents in as many years, I learned to get out of the road.

First one, I hit a spot of oil and water. Dropped the bike int he middle of the intersection. I laid there as a semi barred odown on me. I remember saying, “OK, Lord, I am ready to come home.” He buzzed by me. A van stopped and the driver got me up and helped me get my bike off the road.

The second, I am not sure what happened. At a Target Store parking lot. I think I hit a pothole then sand. The spill bruised my knee real bad and broke my foot. After the EMT checked me out, I rode the bike home and let it set for two weeks as I recovered.

The third one, a driver switched into my lane, knocking me to the ground as my bike did cartwheels into oncoming traffic. I got up with the other knee bruised.

Finally, outside a BMW dealer, an old lady slowly backed over my bike...with me on it, blasting my horn. The BMW workers denied seeing anything despite being the ones telling her to back up.

I should have sued. She was indignant and refused to accept responsibility. She broke the footpeg, front turn indicator, and the tail light. Fortunately, I leapt off the bike and suffered no damage.

Her car suffered about $1500 damage from metal bike parts puncturing her BMW’s body.
In all of these, my leather jacket, gloves, boots, and helmet kept me out of the hospital.

I had a "tank slapper" at speed on the 91 Frwy in Riverside, CA about 1981 or so.....

It was a Saturday morning...( Good for me...) and I was accelerating to get out of a car's blind sight...and whammo...I couldn't hold it and went down.

My biggest fear...even while sliding down the concrete...was I didn't want to get run over by cars behind me!! I couldn't stop soon enough..!! Ha!!

Once I stopped...I got up and ran to the medium, post haste.

Cars stopped...I ran back to my bike...picked it up..and pushed it to the side.

A car stopped to see if I was okay.....and I was checking myself out...and thought I was good...except my butt really hurt. Seems I slid mostly on my butt...and lost about an 1/2" of butt on one side!!! My shoes, gloves, were shredded. I never hit my head...& I had a helmet on.

My bike had case savers on it....and one side was ground down...as was one foot peg...brake lever, mirror, blinkers...etc. But that baby started right up....and I rode to my sister's house...screaming all the way....cause my butt hurt real bad!!! HA!!

I think it cost me $120 bucks to get the bike back to square one.....My butt on the other hand...took a bit of time to get over. Was miserable.......

The whole problem was a Dunlop brand new front tire...that was out of balance. I prolly could have sued...but I didn't.

Anyway.............I can relate!