discovering mortality

think i found it on monday, and it hurt. tight corner, too fast, hit
rock face at bout 60k's. went over the 'bars hit the rocks upside down
back first, then hit panic buttons cause i couldn't feel anything
after hearing what must have been all my bones crack...then i started
to feel the pain. bike's front end is definitely gone, prob a bent
frame too. I got out of hospital today, and could only start movin
yesterday. Got a broken left thumb and a dislocated hip with a slight
fracture they're hoping will fix itself. well, i'm hoping. If its not
stuck back in place partially next friday i'm lookin at the knife.
poor mate of mine was behind me and saw my limp body on the side of
the road with the bike smashed near-by. He was a bit stunned i think
and he put the skids on and layed the bike down, cops were lookin at
chargin him for neg driving, personally i think thats wrong and will
help him fight it if it comes through. So, i sit here at home doing
nothing for the next few weeks and moving quite slowly knowin that the
next time i'm on a bike it'll be with alot more respect and within my
limits

 

just remember, it only hurts while the pains there

 

In aus.motorcycles on 7 Jun 2007 14:41:37 +1000

I think anyone who uses the phrase "laid it down" is guilty of neg
driving, no trial needed.

Zebee

 

Well remember the pain WILL go away


until your fifty then it will say "Hello" again on cool mornings

 

Unforgiving aren't they.
(I'm talking about the motorcycle not the police)

 

Amen to that!

Cheers
Goaty
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Well, he actually said: "... layed the bike down ...", does that help
his mate get a fair trial?

 

There's never a reason to lay a bike down.

justAL

 

Not true , I have once and it was either sdo so or centre punch 2000
kg of steel.( or stray over a 4 metre bank)

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:48:29 +1000

Which stops sooner - an uprightbike on the brakes or one sliding on
its side?

Show your working.

Zebee

 

Broken sidestand?

Boxer

 

<snip>

Ouch, I bet it did.

Ex-friend of mine doesn't like riding alone coz she always says "what if I
come off? I want to know there's someone behind me who will find me." (My
answer - well if you didn't always turn every bloody ride into a race you
wouldn't need to worry about it so much...) I always think it would be
terrible for a mate to find a broken me and a broken bike... I wouldn't wish
that on a mate, even if it would be nice to have a friendly face around
while I moaned and groaned or took my last breath...
Your poor mate probably nearly had a bloody heart attack!

Be nice to yourself.... lots of nice baths (if you can get in and out of
them!) and as many drugs as you are comfortable with. Keep as mobile as you
can (within reason) so you don't stiffen up too much... and massage..... if
you can stand to gently massage the painful bits - maybe some arnica or
similar...

Hope the bike is fixable? (or at least insured!!!)

betty

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:15:33 GMT

I thought that just meant the BMW was a fraction more off vertical
than normal?

Zebee

 

Poor maintenance.

justAL

 

So Gavinator runs too hot into a corner, drives upright into a cliff (at
60km/h, he claims), wipes out the bike and gives himself fractures and
needs to be hospitalised. His mate sees the aftermath, gets the wobbles,
lays the bike down, and walks away unscathed.

And his mate is the one who is negligent? Give me a break!

I've noticed one or two of the MotoGP guys seem to prefer "laying the
bike down" to riding straight at the barriers; I would too.

 

yeah, i spelt laid wrong lol....but i'm the one who used the phrase,
not my mate and i will take my neg charge squarely on the chin.

 

that is true, thanx!

 

I think he near did, apparebtly my eyes were closed when he came up to
me, i didn't mean it but it was because of agony. He took a sigh of
relief when i opened them.

i'll try to for sure, hard sitting in a couch though, see how i tackle
that one.

haven't really seen it yet...sometime soon i hope

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 10:36:48 GMT

I somehow doubt they are deliberately throwing the thing away, anymore
than the mate did.

Locking brakes or lowsiding in error is much more like it.

The pros are fully aware of the frictional co-efficient of a bike on
its side.

Zebee

 

Sounds like Fritz. He don't lean much on the stand either. Real pain on
slopes, limits your options Almost worthwhile sawing 1cm off it