My poor bike...my poor husband...

As the title says, my brand new fireblade is now missing an indicator and
mirror on the right hand side.

I am happy to say the hubby only suffered damage to his radial head on his
elbow. No driving or riding for the next 6 weeks.

Just when I had told him he could go out and buy his own bike!!

What happened?

The story according to hubby, right hand turn out of the street near our
house, front wheel slipped on a piece of plastic and down he went. Not much
he could have done about it.

Of course the first question out of my mouth was : is the bike ok (reason
for this being if he's calling me at least he's not half dead!) second
question was : how are you?

I was told he was fine and he was going to head home, luckily the nieghbour
that attended the scene was an ICU nurse (much thanks to her) and she
insisted on getting an ambalance to check him out.

When i got the call at work saying honey i'm on the way to dandy hospital
having a shot of morphine thats when i headed off to meet him. He wouldn't
let me leave work until he knew where he was going.

At the hospital after giving all details for him, i found him. Asking how
the bike was and where it was I discovered it was parked on the street with
the key in it!!! So off i pottered home to move the bike back to the garage
and take the key out of it. When i found the bike our friendly nurse had put
his gloves and helmet near her front door with a nice little note telling me
that the key was in the glove of the bike....at least it wasn't parked on
the street with the key in it.

Needless to say i have unlimited use of the bike for the next 6 weeks, I
don't have to share!!

The bad news is that I have scratched fairgins (repaint required) new mirror
required and new indicator required. Oh yeah and a sore in pain hubby in
bed!

Cheers
Cat
cbr954 03

 

bugger

ah going to work ??? , compo

someone round here might still have some yellow 954 bits

 

he hit his funny bone?
ouchies.
glad to hear he is ok and bike is repairable.
Tell him I can now come and complete that anal probe I owe him

 

Biatch.

 

Not the blade

NOT THE BLADE

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NOT THE BLADE!!!!


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Bah. With Honda's keen pricing of late, plenty more where that one came
from.

 

Since Dale's ok......sorry to hear about the blade!
;-)
Bumma.
The guy at Montrose Panels some some sweet paintjobs (and
stickerkit-fiddlies).
If needed, gimme a hoy.
cheers
pete

 

I know someone, for say, a small fee, will drop Dale of the back of a moving
trailer and wite him off so you you can claim a new husband on insurance

no budgie for him...12 months!!!!!

sure!!!!...to hard, cold tyres

did the bike answer back?

all freggin heart you are

will you have to turn the pages for him then??


seriously, glad he is OK, claim the bike on insurance, that what is there
for

mh

 

bummma

commiserations

 

Glad he's ok.

Tell him that's what happens when men ride girls bikes.

--
Conehead
"Because they *thought* they where smart and could go fowards easily, after
not to bad a show first year out,they perhaps have changed to much and now
putting it all back again ?"
Hatz, in gibberish mode, again.

 

Glad to hear the bugger's ok. Now Goofry wont feel so bad for its few
scars..

 

Bummer!
I hope he and his big radial head recover speedily!

 

Nah. Not too hard. Was only going a max speed of 20 km/h and in a straight line. Was on the brakes
approaching a T intersection. Just before the junction the coucil have those very pretty (and farken
smooth and slippery) brick pavers in the road. Front wheel went onto a piece of plastic and slid out
bloody quickly.

Elbow hit the ground first, and I have sheared the radial head. Doctor says it should heal just fine
on it's own, but it'll be bloody painful wih any movement. Boy he didn't need to tell me that. The
3-4 hits of morphine did sweet fa to dull the pain. No driving or riding for 6 weeks. :-(

TAC is gonna cover the medicals and I'm glad we have ambo membership. Might have to get together
with the ICU nurse that lives at that intersection and try and get the coucil to get rid of those
bloody pavers. We've been saying for ages they're a hazard.

And we're not going to bother with claiming on the insurance at this stage. Damage to the bike is
minimal.

 

So... you going to pillion him to Wintersun?

Insured? Get it fixed.

Not insured? fix the mirror, and leave the fairing in case he has
another ride on it.....


Moike

(Commiserations Dale. Try to be brave.)

 

We were discussing WS. We'll either have Cat ride and me pillion, or if we ride with a group of
others on the Friday ask if someone else minds me pillioning with them as Cat would be very nervy
about carrying me with my weight compared to hers.

 

Don't tell me about elbows
try dislocating the radial head altogether and have it pop back in
6 weeks recovery as well.
But I did it playing soccer
Glad to hear you are ok Dale I feel your pain.
*shudder*

 

TAC will pay the ambulance bill.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

.....as luck would have it, you have a bike to yourself and an only slightly
injured but conveniently incapacitated hubby. Grab the keys, it's time for a
nice big ride. Mind you, it's a bugger for Dale trying to open tin cans one
handed!

Dale. Heal thyself, all the best

Cheers
Stuart T

 

Yeah, them old crossply-heads could take for more of a bump than them
newfangled ones...

pete

 

X-No-archive: yes
Dale Porter wrote;
~

Dale,
when I did my radial head (Hey; it's a bike group.... SOMEONE's gonna have
already had done it!) the Doctor said "If you were a sportsman we'd pin it
and get you back quickly but I think for you we'll just let it heal
naturally........" and now I've got a right elbow that won't straighten and
clicks and cracks (sometimes very painfully) when I use it. (I also ride
wonkily with one elbow stuck out in the breeze.)
I'd recommend that you make sure he's not just recommending that to make HIS
life easier; not yours!
Good luck,
Clem