Is this where it ends, I asked myself.
I felt the warm rush of blood down my face, and as I tried to gather my wits the world seemed to spin and I knew I was lying on my side, the bike pinning me down. I was strangely unaware of pain, but I couldn’t orientate myself. I was aware of blood dripping from my face, and tried to reach up to stem the flow but my arm wouldn’t move. And then quite suddenly things faded and I stopped hearing the thump of the engine and I mercifully lost consciousness.