What do you ride ?

BarryMachine said:

Im going backwards in my old age lol.

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Backwards or backing it in?

Nice bikes.

Good to see you posting again bazza.

Barry!

Don't tell me you give up the mighty Hyosung!

gekko1ro said:

Barry!

Don't tell me you give up the mighty Hyosung!

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Ha ... I wish .... Its still here ..... I think Ive also become a hoarder lol.

Barbedwirebikerr said:

Backwards or backing it in?
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The black one does it too easy ... the red one wouldnt "back it in" on oiled up black ice lol.

My how things have changed.

Currently riding this two wheeler.






And also this three wheeler



And the advantage of the 3 wheeler is I can get some company .............. my wife has never been on a bike and will not get on 2 wheels, but 3 with a 6 speaker stereo and we get a result

I ride a Kawasaki ZX14R, Kawasaki ZZR 1100 and a Kawasaki Fury 125R. Kawasaki man through and through. Ha! Ha!

Just brought myself this muscle cruiser. 109ci of goodness. Loving the torque, and was surprised at how nimble it is for a 400kg with rider beast.

Suzuki Boulevard M109R.

Changing it up soon. I have a kitted out F800R and a Husky 511sm. The Husky is going, ‘ cause I was just out in LA and rented an XSR900 and just fell in love with it. Shopping around to find one not too far from me. Will get it in the next week or so and start to mod it. Spring is coming!

Maybe on for Michael and anyone interested

Keshav said:

Changing it up soon. I have a kitted out F800R and a Husky 511sm. The Husky is going, ‘ cause I was just out in LA and rented an XSR900 and just fell in love with it. Shopping around to find one not too far from me. Will get it in the next week or so and start to mod it. Spring is coming!

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Changed mine up a bit as well ................ currently have no bikes following a small issue involving a red light where I was stopped and a car that decided that a red light may indeed not apply, which has left some fun as they sent my wife and myself airmail to the nearby bush. This one is a 'before shot' taken after the bones had been someone what straightened by a splint (xray taken on arrival at the place that was to be home for a few weeks). Have been told that at the scene the leg was bent at near to 45 or so degrees at the thigh, and while I remember looking and seeing the bend to me it looked nearer 30 degrees but when I saw it, I did think 'oh ....'





Some of the bruising - I was this colour for 6 weeks or thereabouts



The after shots







One, was sold - the Ducati headed off to Adelaide

The Spyder, well that has headed to the bike graveyard






The car that hit us was also totally written off and to give an idea on impact, the exhaust from the Spyder was embedded in the engine block of the car

Michael will recognise the damage and fix - still around 9 months or so till I should be fully ok although according to doctors I am ahead of plan but my riding days are past

Gaz said:

Changed mine up a bit as well ................ currently have no bikes following a small issue involving a red light where I was stopped and a car that decided that a red light may indeed not apply, which has left some fun as they sent my wife and myself airmail to the nearby bush. This one is a 'before shot' taken after the bones had been someone what straightened by a splint (xray taken on arrival at the place that was to be home for a few weeks). Have been told that at the scene the leg was bent at near to 45 or so degrees at the thigh, and while I remember looking and seeing the bend to me it looked nearer 30 degrees but when I saw it, I did think 'oh ....'

Some of the bruising - I was this colour for 6 weeks or thereabouts

The after shots

One, was sold - the Ducati headed off to Adelaide

The Spyder, well that has headed to the bike graveyard

The car that hit us was also totally written off and to give an idea on impact, the exhaust from the Spyder was embedded in the engine block of the car

Michael will recognise the damage and fix - still around 9 months or so till I should be fully ok although according to doctors I am ahead of plan but my riding days are past

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Bloody hell Gaz that takes serious trauma. I had only seen the first picture on my phone and wondered about bleeding, but a subsequent picture showed this to be substantial going by the bruising and swelling etc.

Still better than that sort of impact to any number of other parts of your body, and should heal fine given it is a closed fracture and you haven’t tried a Marc Marquez and ridden 2 days later. Also despite the more severe trauma even probably better than a more proximal fracture from less severe trauma, the blood supply of the head of the femur is dodgy.

That is the problem with riding, you can’t trust or completely allow for car drivers however experienced you might be. I hope your wife is OK.

.... me, I hate hearing stuff like this. It intrudes on my belief system. I hadn’t had a bad fall in 33 years (one of many) and that was during race, and then nothing, until three years ago. I was on a back road and wanted to pass a slow car despite being behind a double yellow line. Would have been no problem except there was a hidden turn-off up ahead and the driver of the slow car didn’t believe in using turn signals. Avoided hitting the car, by going over the bars and over the car. My own fault - my own stupidity. Broke my shoulder in five places. I healed up in time for the next riding season and figure I’m not due for another crash for another 30 years, at which time authorities will probably send a no-nonagenarian license suspension in the post.

Anyway - so sorry to hear about your injuries. Hoping your wife didn’t take as much damage. My wife rides with me when she can; loves it. But have to say, her faith in my capacity to ride safe and get her home without a scratch seems more of a burden than a badge of honor. I can only imagine how hard this has been for you brother. Glad you didn’t go down the Andy Roo route. You would be sore missed around here.

Get Well Mate,
K

michaelm said:

Bloody hell Gaz that takes serious trauma. I had only seen the first picture on my phone and wondered about bleeding, but a subsequent picture showed this to be substantial going by the bruising and swelling etc.

Still better than that sort of impact to any number of other parts of your body, and should heal fine given it is a closed fracture and you haven’t tried a Marc Marquez and ridden 2 days later. Also despite the more severe trauma even probably better than a more proximal fracture from less severe trauma, the blood supply of the head of the femur is dodgy.

That is the problem with riding, you can’t trust or completely allow for car drivers however experienced you might be. I hope your wife is OK.

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Thanks Mike and yep, it does take some trauma to break the femur like that, although I admit it did take a few days and people telling me just that for it to finally sink in to my thick head as I was thinking simple break (seriously, took about a week of nurses, doctors and other specialists telling me this was a bad break). lol

The docs did say that while the break is extremely severe in a lot of terms, the fact it was a single break is a bonus (but they did say that being a single break of this type it actually illustrates the force involved) as it should make the fix and recovery a bit more 'friendly'. They have told me 12 months (this happened in November) and so far I am ahead according to them as I have been walking unaided since the new year which I will take.

The fracture doctors have said that on the after x-rays they see knitting which is unusual so early (was at 8 weeks) given what he feels he saw, so again I am taking that as a good sign.

Worst case for me is back in surgery to get plates or a bone graft if needed so time tells.

The bruising was sensational, and I stayed that lovely shade for 5 - 6 weeks and my calf was huge, had the nurses concerned as it was rock hard and seemed to be ready to split the skin but no such thing occurred.

Spent 11 or so days in John Hunter than 9more in a rehab hospital before heading home with months of physio.

On the plus side, we are 100% clear and so I am fully covered by the other drivers CTP and while he has apparently tried a few stories, there is dashcam from the opposite direction that caught it all.

We were stopped at a red light at roadworks with a single lane operating, multiple signposts, big barricades and what not but he still missed seeing the obvious. All good, .... happens and it did.

Recovery is going good, for once I am listening to the docs and following their instructions and that is seriously helping.

And the best part - only used 2 doses of morphine in hospital (although did have 2 or 3 litres of blood in a transfusion due to blood loss) and very few endone with no endone used for the last 13 or so weeks - that stuff is wicked

Keshav said:

.... me, I hate hearing stuff like this. It intrudes on my belief system. I hadn’t had a bad fall in 33 years (one of many) and that was during race, and then nothing, until three years ago. I was on a back road and wanted to pass a slow car despite being behind a double yellow line. Would have been no problem except there was a hidden turn-off up ahead and the driver of the slow car didn’t believe in using turn signals. Avoided hitting the car, by going over the bars and over the car. My own fault - my own stupidity. Broke my shoulder in five places. I healed up in time for the next riding season and figure I’m not due for another crash for another 30 years, at which time authorities will probably send a no-nonagenarian license suspension in the post.

Anyway - so sorry to hear about your injuries. Hoping your wife didn’t take as much damage. My wife rides with me when she can; loves it. But have to say, her faith in my capacity to ride safe and get her home without a scratch seems more of a burden than a badge of honor. I can only imagine how hard this has been for you brother. Glad you didn’t go down the Andy Roo route. You would be sore missed around here.

Get Well Mate,
K

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Thanks kesh.

Wife wore a fair bit of it but no breaks etc, just tailbone trauma which is bad enough and a serious bout of concussion - she remembers none of it whereas I remember it all - including seeing him drive into us as I checked the mirror and being upside down mid flight - apparently I was thrown 15 - 20 feet from impact.

Still have a long way to go but have decided enough of 2 wheels at the moment - this was the only type of accident that has seriously bugged me were it to happen and it did and a different type of car would have had a serious different result.

Me, I feel guilty with having my wife hurt as she had only been on the bikes for near 2 years (only started when I got the Spyder) where I have had 37 years of them, but she just tells me to .... off, she wanted to be there and knew the risks so in that part, all good.

Luck for us though that we always wore full gear as who knows the result without the back protectors in the jackets etc as you can see in the pics of my bruises that they did a job so happy with that.

Bikes can be bought, people (unless they are politicians) cannot

Sorry to see and hear Gaz. Man I am shopping for tires for my vintage BMW and wondering how long I want to keep riding. Here in California I can’t quite decide which road hazard is worse, cars, bicycles or deer. They seem to be all equally stupid.

Hope you mend well. Bernie

Bern1 said:

Sorry to see and hear Gaz. Man I am shopping for tires for my vintage BMW and wondering how long I want to keep riding. Here in California I can’t quite decide which road hazard is worse, cars, bicycles or deer. They seem to be all equally stupid.

Hope you mend well. Bernie

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I would vote Toyota Corolla drivers

From experience

Sorry to read all that Gaz. Glad your healing better than expected and good to hear your wife didn't get to much injury.

That kind of accident is the scariest and I worry about it heaps when ever I head into urban areas. That and those bloody left turn on red intersections.

Jesus Gaz!! Heal up and stay well.

Chucked some coin at this over the last year. It now actually resembles the Flat Track Racer that Indian originally purported it to be. Not had so much fun on a motorcycle since my teens...

I have to admit Arrib that I am a fan of the FTR looks and some of those mods you have done just help it move from mainstream (have seen a few scramblers around similarly).

Shame is that the mods cost so bloody much (not that I am planning anything at the moment)

Arrab, that Marshall looks lost in your garage!