It could have been much worse. It was worse than I first thought it was. This is the long, full version. The very short version with slow motion is here:
Same Crash, Slow Motion:
Ironically, if I had stayed in 1st gear, I probably wouldn’t now be stuck in 2nd gear. I still need to replace my fork seals anyway, so...
Here’s a toast to ... limping, to work (3 miles) for the next several days! Payday can’t come soon enough.
Special thanks to the FedEx man. And special thanks to Kawi for designing that internal piece to be a weak spot, so that it would give before something more expensive would (like a shift fork). Seriously, major design props for that. Saved me mucho coinage.