Ya, it looked pretty bad, but I was still less concerned about losing some skin on my leg than losing my precious fun tokens ..... There were several locals teenagers thoroughly entertained by the proceedings. They helped me up, helped lift the bike up (it had been brand new and now it was all scratched up -- me, not the bike, lol), and I BEGGED the youngsters to "shhhhh" and don't say anything, cause the scooter place was right down the road ..... But the good news was I was ALIVE .....