Brace For Impact

 

- Bill Dragoo

“Grunch!” It’s the sound a knee makes when it is ripped apart. In a state of disbelief and denial, I felt the accompanying pain as my 600-pound BMW R1200GS slammed me to the ground like a rag doll in the hands of an angry toddler. I would later learn that my left ACL and MCL were completely severed and the lateral meniscus badly torn. My plans for the next few months would not permit me to be crippled. I had off-road classes scheduled to teach all over the U.S. and my own training was coming up in Germany. I felt as crushed as my knee.