In May of 07 I`d ridden my 84 VF1000F HONDA Interceptor down to Charleston , W. Va. to visit some friends . When I was ready to return home , the next day , I had some extra time so I thought I`d make a run up RT. 60 to Hawks Nest, which is a scenic overlook close to where they do Bridge Day every October . It`s about 35 miles outside of Chas. I`m just cruising along , by myself , not speeding , not even in a hurry . Just past a little town called Gauley Bridge is a scenic roadside stop known as Cathedral Falls . It`s where a water fall just seems to come right out the side of the mountain . About 150 feet before that is a set of rail-road tracks . Nice day , real calm , no wind , coal dust (from a train) all around crossing . I`m going about 45 maybe slower , I knew this road , and still high-side right onto the tracks . The tracks and the road go from being parallel to the shape of an X in a very short distance . The road crosses the tracks left to right and WHAMO ! instand disaster . I`m knocked unconcious , cracked a $600 dollar ARAI Nicky Hayden lid and wake up in Charleston Area Medical Center , and don`t even know why I`m there , the whole thing happened so fast . I even missed a ambulance ride and a cool life-flight in a chopper ( No , not that kind ) .I have to stay there 5 days , come home with a cast on my right ankle ( 2 screws ) , cast on my right wrist , which was apparently crushed by the bike , ( 2 plates - 13 screws ) . I was black & blue just about everywhere else . I missed 4 and a half months work , destroyed a really clean old HONDA ( 18,000 miles ) , and had to go through 6 months of rehab just to get use of my hand back . I really liked that HONDA since I`d owned it for almost 6 years . I ended up selling it though as I`d bought a Silver 04 ZRX1200R that previous September , with only 5,000 miles. I started riding again in May of 08 . Later that month I bought a new left-over 07 ZX14 , in Plazma Blue . I figured that some day I`d be too old to ride a bike like that , so if I wanted one , I better get it now . I`ll be 62 in August . I found out while I was off work , that the crossing near the Cathedral Falls is the # 1 crash site for motorcycles in all of W. Va. Thats a pretty tall statement considering all the curvey-ass roads down there . In Oct. of 07 we drove back down to the crash-site to try and figure out what had happened . The police report & description of the site was very vague . We found parts from at least 4 other bikes littered through the rail-bed around the crossing . This is a dangerous crossing , but has no lights , no caution signs , no anything to warn you about the possibility of a slippery area . If it hadn`t of been for that helmet , there is not doubt in my mind that I`d be worm food at this point . Needless to say , but I bought another Arai Corsair helmet to protect my old-ass head .