2 sheets with feet sticking out of them, a gold wing upside down on its bars and seat, a debris field 50 feet long, clothes all over the place.

I was traveling south from salt lake city into nevada at night alone. I saw a couple on a wing, man and woman leave the gas station/cafe right as I pulled in, we waved to each other.

I stopped gassed up got some thing hot to eat and then left. As I got into NV, the road was being worked on. The Slow lane had been repaved and the fast lane was rough surface ready to be paved. There was a 3" difference in the 2 surface heights. I had to pass a car as I went from the smooth surface of the slow lane into the fast lane I dropped down 3 inches, kinda caught me off guard and pulled the bars a little. After I passed I went to get back into the slow lane because it was so smooth vs. the roughed up fast lane. As I went up the edge the bike almost went over at 80+mph. I caught it and learned a lesson. I was pretty shaken up thinking about what would have happen if I lost it... Just then, I come up on an accident scene... Fire trucks, ambulances, highway patrol cars, flares - the whole enchilada...

My bike has a low center of gravity, No massive storage boxes up above my seat. If it had, I would have lost it when I reentered the slow lane. The bike jumped over the ridge in the lanes and almost high sided me. I'm thinking that Gold wing did the same thing I did but because of the massiveness of the bike and top heavy nature of the seat compartment added with the weight of a passenger those poor people had no chance.

Once you see something like that, it stays with you. Every time I see a wing now thats what I'm reminded of. And why I don't like to talk about it. But maybe by me telling what happened you guys will have a heads up if in case you find yourselves in that situation.

When I hear of a person wrecking on a bike I try to learn from their incident.

Thats the same way I feel and I think that most of us learn what not to do by hearing the results before we encounter that situation.
Yeah the story brings back some sad feelings but by sharing it - not only because you asked - I realized that some if not all that read about it might be saved something by knowing before. I for one will ride behind the old lady going slow before attempting that maneuver again.

And taking the MSF safety course every now and again to upgrade your skilz. Rather drop their bike then mine.