Author Topic: Galveston Dave from South Texas crashed in New Mexico  (Read 4637 times)

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Galveston Dave from South Texas crashed in New Mexico
« on: August 18, 2023, 06:13:41 PM »
Dave has crashed on nm-12 south of Datil Rally.

Ambulance en route.

Will give more details later...his little dog is being looked after


updated subject line - R59
« Last Edit: August 22, 2023, 12:58:42 PM by rocker59 »

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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2023, 07:10:08 PM »
Galveston Dave Delmenhorst?  In his van or on the motorcycle?
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2023, 07:44:58 PM »
Bike....update it sounds like bumps and bruises at this point and he may be released...

It sounds like a heavy downpour blinded him in a curve...

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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2023, 09:46:04 PM »
Thanks Chris
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2023, 10:12:58 PM »
keep us posted.  Hopefully not too serious
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2023, 11:31:09 PM »
Ok. So this is Galveston Dave?  Please keep us posted.
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2023, 06:57:00 AM »
Update would be appreciated. 
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2023, 07:02:20 AM »
Bummer! Hoping the best for Galveston Dave and Augie!
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2023, 08:46:32 AM »
4 broken ribs + heart contusion....
In Albuquerque for evaluation...
Has a riding buddy here taking care of dog, bike, and RV...

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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2023, 09:01:58 AM »
Thanks for the update Chris...will try to contact him later today...hopefully he's hanging in there.
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2023, 09:48:09 AM »
My goodness....spare some good thoughts for our buddy for a full and speedy recovery.  Here's hoping for another shrimp boil and his "tender" presence.

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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2023, 07:21:31 PM »
Dave is a good old boy, and Augie makes Franks old chihuahua look like it just came outa the pet cemetery!
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2023, 08:27:53 PM »
Hey Dave, sorry to hear about your mishap!  Heal up soon. I hear broken ribs are no fun! Glad Augie is ok! GRIT rally is coming up Sept 29 - Oct 1.  Hope you feel like making it!

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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2023, 08:48:08 PM »
Dave, Heal fast. Want to hear some good jokes? I couldn't help myself as broken ribs and laughter don't go together.

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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2023, 05:34:34 AM »
Dave,
Some old hard core bikers want to know how is your Guzzi?
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #15 on: August 20, 2023, 06:12:23 AM »
The "fun" you must be having with those ribs right now makes me cringe.  Heal fast Dave!
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #16 on: August 20, 2023, 10:52:14 AM »
Get well soon Dave~

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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #17 on: August 20, 2023, 10:55:36 AM »
Dave,
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #18 on: August 20, 2023, 12:03:28 PM »
The last time I saw him he had a white 2013 V7 Stone.  But he may have bought something different 
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #19 on: August 20, 2023, 12:15:17 PM »
The bike was not too bad...broken windshield, LH hard pannier, headlight bucket, LH mirror, LH turn signal, leaking rear brake MC (we think).
Crash bars did their job and cylinder heads look ok.
Catron County Sheriff's Deputy came to camp yesterday and took pics of bike.
Never did hear what Albuquerque hospital he is in...
His riding buddy is moving his RV, bike, and trailer to an RV park they had planned to visit after Datil and will pick Dave up in Albuquerque when he is discharged.
He will be pretty sore for quite a while.
From the amount of mud packed into the bike's nooks and crannies, it appears he hit some pretty soft road shoulder or ditch ground when he left the roadway.
According to Matt Forslund, first accident in all the years of the GRIN Rally.

That's all I know.

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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #20 on: August 20, 2023, 12:19:20 PM »
Thanks for the update
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #21 on: August 20, 2023, 01:07:26 PM »
I hope to know the hospital location later today. Will post when I find out.
Just got back a bit ago from the Rally. Just the afternoon before his wreck he and I were discussing my get off last May. Hope I didn't jinx him. There were a number of brief, isolated rains throughout the area last Friday and some had very heavy rain at least briefly. Quite a few out riding were caught up in those at one time or the other.
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #22 on: August 21, 2023, 12:24:17 PM »
Thanks for the updates. If you read this Dave wish you all the best and thank you for all the help and guidance. You and Charlie have been monumental in making Guzzi great for more than a few people.

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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #23 on: August 21, 2023, 12:54:10 PM »
Best of luck to him!

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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #24 on: August 21, 2023, 02:50:57 PM »
Sorry, still do not know which hospital.
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2023, 03:36:12 PM »
Little more info. He is at the University of Northern NM Hospital Trauma center in ABQ.
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #26 on: August 21, 2023, 04:32:52 PM »
We wish Dave all the best- heal up quickly and well.
I'd suggest keeping an eye on the heart, if he got a heart contusion.  My Father in Law got a bruise to the heart from a car wreck (he was 80, though) and it eventually morphed into an arrhythmia and a pacemaker.  I'm not trying to be a downer- just keep an eye on it.
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #27 on: August 21, 2023, 05:18:12 PM »
This was his bike (left side damage...), after they hosed the mud / dirt off...It is not nearly as bad as previously thought...





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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #28 on: August 22, 2023, 06:39:44 AM »
Get well soon Dave!  :thumb:
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Re: Dave from SouthTexas
« Reply #29 on: August 22, 2023, 07:05:04 AM »
He is in the "Monzano" section of the University of Northern NM hospital in room 48.
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