[Smokin' Joe]

My head never hit the pavement, but the hinge of my glasses did. (three stitches in my cheek from the part which holds the lens).

Add an inch less clearance and the snaps common on Bell style open-face helmets then, and I'd be looking at the world much differently, if at all. The helmet would have rotated my face into the pavement, if it just didn't keep going and break my neck.

Cause of the accident? (no one has been talking about that!) Improper braking technique for road conditions.

[R. Scott]

Bad luck on the improper braking, good luck on the clearance.