Japanese biker fails to notice missing leg

[John Soliday]

Wow, guess he didn't use his rear brake much :-O 

-----Original Message-----
From: Robinson, Art (ON15) [mailto:art.robinson at honeywell.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:32 AM
To: Kawaski Discussion Group
Subject: Japanese biker fails to notice missing leg

Be sure to check for missing parts....

Art in TO

 

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- A Japanese biker failed to notice his leg had been
severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on for 2 km
(1.2 miles), leaving a friend to pick up the missing limb.

The 54-year-old office worker was out on his motorcycle with a group of
friends in the city of Hamamatsu, west of Tokyo, on Monday, when he was
unable to negotiate a curve in the road and bumped into the central barrier,
the Mainichi Shimbun said.

He felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was missing
until he stopped at the next junction, the paper quoted local police as
saying.