[focusracer]

I was in my own lane, we were rolling through a mountain pass, 2 lanes each direction plus suicide lane in the middle. I was the lead bike, pulled into the left lane to pass him, 1st car we'd come across in about 10 minutes, he was doing probably 80 we were sitting at about 100kmh. The posted speed was 90 but we were definitely not over our abilities for conditions etc.

I pulled out to pass him, nice and smooth, not a jerky high speed pass, even looked into his back seat at his dog as I passed.

He all of a sudden moved over, hitting the rear of my bike and almost smoking my buddy behind me. Next thing I know, I'm sideways and being pitched off the bike, tumbling down the highway, didn't see the bike coming but it landed on my shoulder, dislocating it, and I vaguely remember seeing his wheels go by my face about a foot away. He kept going, my buddies both stopped to see if I was dead, Joe took off after the guy while Dave stayed with me and called for an ambulance.

Joe got clocked by a cop doing a buck eighty catching up, he pulled in front of the guy as the cop chased him down.

I came out of it with a dislocated shoulder, broken right ankle and bruising over a good portion of my body.

In court, he told the judge that he didn't see me, I held up my jacket and helmet, both bright Kawasaki green, not to mention the entire bike, and mentioned to the judge that I had a Vance and Hines race pipe on it.

The judge found him guilty on the charges, driving with undue care and attention, fleeing an accident scene, causing an accident etc as well as ordering a full medical including sight and hearing tests.

I got the value of the bike plus a lump sum for damages etc.