crash damage
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- paso grand pooh-bah
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crash damage
A chocolate fish to the first person to guess the correct # of screws and plates
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- higgy
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Re: crash damage
27 screws and 7 plates
Ducati,making mechanics out of riders since 1946
There's no problem so bad that a little fixing can't make it worse! : )
If it ain't broke keep fixin it till it is
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There's no problem so bad that a little fixing can't make it worse! : )
If it ain't broke keep fixin it till it is
88 750
90 906
92 907ie
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Re: crash damage
looks like they ran out off screws and used nails for your knee. do i win a prize?
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1991 906 paso black and gold
1997 ST2 red
2004 ccm r30 with 710 conversion
175 moto morini road race replica
a box of bits r100 bmw scrambler project
1962 rover 95 p4
1997 iveco daily
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Re: crash damage
Sorry to see, hows the legs & body workin?
Gert
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Re: crash damage
Still need crutches ,but into physio therapy now . I spent so long laid up that my arse and legs wasted away ( I could market that to some of the chicks round here ) and thats really the main issue , that and I give the sciatic nerve a good going over and the resultant lack of muscle control and feeling in my right lower leg is starting to look a bit perminant. Im going to have to learn to live with some changes , but the stuff I can fix is comming on well Most important tho ( he he he ) is that I can still ride . Maybe Im a bit stupid but almost all my friends and definatly all my family are stunned and agahst that I would ever consider getting back on a motorbike at all ( let alone before I could walk )They all seem to think that I would have seen the light , learned the magic lesson or something, where as for me it was a no brainer ( yes Mum , but thats not what it means ) I had plenty of time in hospital to remember the rallies, the pubs , the burnouts , the tit shows, the agony , the extacy, the gravel rash , the new bikes , the chicks (and some of their parents ! ) the good guy's I've met ..... and the wankers..................... fuck I've had some fun.... and I aint giving up yet , I just need to put a thing on my footpeg to stop my foot falling off...... that was quite funny ( afterwards ) It took me a few seconds to figure what the hell was going onTamburinifan wrote:Sorry to see, hows the legs & body workin?
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- 907pasonut
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Re: crash damage
Mc tool...you've done a bloody good job there...I can feel PAIN by just looking at those X-rays...OUCH!!
best wishes with your recovery...
best wishes with your recovery...
Cheers Claude.
...long live the square framed duc!
'92 907...numero 2046
'92 851...in progress
...long live the square framed duc!
'92 907...numero 2046
'92 851...in progress
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Re: crash damage
It's the truth .907pasonut wrote:Mc tool...you've done a bloody good job there...I can feel PAIN by just looking at those X-rays...OUCH!!
best wishes with your recovery...
Best wishes
Francesco
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Re: crash damage
Mc tool -
About 20 odd years ago I came off some bloody resin rocket at about 45 mph. Some shithead had overfilled his tanks with diesel and spilt it -all over a long right hander on a hot dry summer road. Never even saw it. I slid across two lanes and met a curbstone with the back of my head.
5 brain haemorrages, permanent damage to the left side of the brain and a coma later - I do not jest - I woke up with NO PERSONAL MEMORY at all. None. Lots of pain and I too had to learn to walk again. I now judge the intensity of a headache by its colour, and No, I'm not joking.
Still have no memory of the crash just a bone-marrow deep love of bikes and a bone-marrow deep fear of riding them !
As soon as I could walk again I rode both my bikes once to prove I could still do it. (A 1550cc Harley shovel and a Z13) - can't tell you what that cost me!! And then I sold them both and have never ridden since. Had some psyco cars though!
Missed bikes EVERY day, especially my 750 Paso.
A month ago on a whim I bought two bikes a Paso 907 and a 916S (see threads elsewhere) and tomorrow I buy a lid and leathers.
On Monday I will gather together all the testicles I possess and head to my garage in Wales - 5 hours away - and, bright and early on Tuesday the 9th, - if it isn't raining (Wales - some hope) I will fire up the 916s for a slow circuit of my favourite roads. (The Paso hasn't been used for years and is not fit for the road; the 916 has just been serviced).
If I can ride - without endangering anyone else - then my fellow addicts, then, I will be back on two wheels again with a vengance.
If I can do it, and Mc Tool I'm looking forward to it with some dread, I will of course let you know.
Oh yes, one more thing, I suffered and suffered badly but I know because I've been there, your injuries were horrific and you've done brilliantly to get back out there, and, my friend, I take my hat off to you. Well done that man - you're a braver man than me. I couldn't have got through what you have.
If ever we meet - the beer's on me - all night.
About 20 odd years ago I came off some bloody resin rocket at about 45 mph. Some shithead had overfilled his tanks with diesel and spilt it -all over a long right hander on a hot dry summer road. Never even saw it. I slid across two lanes and met a curbstone with the back of my head.
5 brain haemorrages, permanent damage to the left side of the brain and a coma later - I do not jest - I woke up with NO PERSONAL MEMORY at all. None. Lots of pain and I too had to learn to walk again. I now judge the intensity of a headache by its colour, and No, I'm not joking.
Still have no memory of the crash just a bone-marrow deep love of bikes and a bone-marrow deep fear of riding them !
As soon as I could walk again I rode both my bikes once to prove I could still do it. (A 1550cc Harley shovel and a Z13) - can't tell you what that cost me!! And then I sold them both and have never ridden since. Had some psyco cars though!
Missed bikes EVERY day, especially my 750 Paso.
A month ago on a whim I bought two bikes a Paso 907 and a 916S (see threads elsewhere) and tomorrow I buy a lid and leathers.
On Monday I will gather together all the testicles I possess and head to my garage in Wales - 5 hours away - and, bright and early on Tuesday the 9th, - if it isn't raining (Wales - some hope) I will fire up the 916s for a slow circuit of my favourite roads. (The Paso hasn't been used for years and is not fit for the road; the 916 has just been serviced).
If I can ride - without endangering anyone else - then my fellow addicts, then, I will be back on two wheels again with a vengance.
If I can do it, and Mc Tool I'm looking forward to it with some dread, I will of course let you know.
Oh yes, one more thing, I suffered and suffered badly but I know because I've been there, your injuries were horrific and you've done brilliantly to get back out there, and, my friend, I take my hat off to you. Well done that man - you're a braver man than me. I couldn't have got through what you have.
If ever we meet - the beer's on me - all night.
Rhino
If God rides a Harley . . .
Then the Devil rides a Duke!
If God rides a Harley . . .
Then the Devil rides a Duke!
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Re: crash damage
A lot of people have said to me that I've done well in recovering and i guess I have considering I wasn't expected to live . I can remember everything up untill I was being taken off the chopper at hospital ( that ketomine is good shit ! ) and I guess the worst part was realising that I really was in trouble , after hitting the car I flew thru the air and hit something ( telephone pole ) and landed flat on my back in a paddock and I really thought that I was just winded. I got my helmit and gloves off before anyone else had got there ( all good so far ) people turned up , fussing over me . I kept saying I was ok , they said I wasnt and I then , against advise I tried to sit up, thats when I knew
I think that my best move was to accept the situation , forget about blaming anyone ( for the meantime ) and get on with my life. I met some wonderful people ( except the 2 dizzy bitches that thought they could "turn me " when it had taken 5or 6 people to do it so far ..... they managed to stick one of my broken ribs thru my lung..... chest drain and 2 more units ) and there are a lot of people to thank. I learnt a lot about myself.
Rhino, my 1st ride was a very private affair , and I had to stop a few times , but when I got home I felt that I really was home again , and ,as they say "its all downhill from here ". Ill have a wonky foot , diabetic ( mashed pancreas) and have to watch diet and alcohol ( 1/2 a liver, no gall bladder ), but thats fuck all compared to what some people have to live with , especially some kids.
Ive changed too . I dont get impatent near as much , I dont tail gate slower drivers ( Dianne sez Im the only person she knows who has car exhaust stains on his front bumper ) I dont road rage people who cant drive as good as me . Im just pleased to be here
I think that my best move was to accept the situation , forget about blaming anyone ( for the meantime ) and get on with my life. I met some wonderful people ( except the 2 dizzy bitches that thought they could "turn me " when it had taken 5or 6 people to do it so far ..... they managed to stick one of my broken ribs thru my lung..... chest drain and 2 more units ) and there are a lot of people to thank. I learnt a lot about myself.
Rhino, my 1st ride was a very private affair , and I had to stop a few times , but when I got home I felt that I really was home again , and ,as they say "its all downhill from here ". Ill have a wonky foot , diabetic ( mashed pancreas) and have to watch diet and alcohol ( 1/2 a liver, no gall bladder ), but thats fuck all compared to what some people have to live with , especially some kids.
Ive changed too . I dont get impatent near as much , I dont tail gate slower drivers ( Dianne sez Im the only person she knows who has car exhaust stains on his front bumper ) I dont road rage people who cant drive as good as me . Im just pleased to be here
I wish I was young again............Id be heaps smarter than last time
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Re: crash damage
So this is the kinder gentler Mctool we are seeing ?
Ducati,making mechanics out of riders since 1946
There's no problem so bad that a little fixing can't make it worse! : )
If it ain't broke keep fixin it till it is
88 750
90 906
92 907ie
There's no problem so bad that a little fixing can't make it worse! : )
If it ain't broke keep fixin it till it is
88 750
90 906
92 907ie
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Re: crash damage
Nah not really , I just dont seem bothered by lifes little irritations as much , Ive always been a bit Alfred E Neuman , but some stuff doesnt seem that important anymore. Sitting in hospital gives you plenty of time to reflect on life and I realised that Id wasted a lot of time getting pissed off at things I could never change ( human nature ). I made a list ( mental ) of all the significant events in my life , good and bad , and where each event had led me, and at the end there wasn't at lot I would change if I could , but , somewhat ironically life was going to have to change after that point.In some ways the physical injuries aint so bad, I mean at least I could see ( quite graphically sometimes ) my injuries , but My Dianne came out of this much worse than me and she wasn't even there .She got called into work on a sunday am and the last thing she said was " and you stay off that fuckn motorbike !"( Id just got out of hospital after a hernia opp 2 days ago )..... but it was a nice day.... so off I went and being crafty I figured she could hardly throw a wobbly if I took her some lunch, which I did , but I wasnt ready for what happened next . I had never seen her so upset , kept saying she had a bad feeling about me on the bike ( tears .. the whole drama ) and made me promise to go straight home .....................I wish I did. 20 mins later I was nearly dying in some paddock... go figure
I wish I was young again............Id be heaps smarter than last time
- 907pasonut
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Re: crash damage
...spooky...ESP?Mc tool wrote: but I wasnt ready for what happened next . I had never seen her so upset , kept saying she had a bad feeling about me on the bike ( tears .. the whole drama ) and made me promise to go straight home .....................I wish I did. 20 mins later I was nearly dying in some paddock... go figure
...one way to being enlighten...
Cheers Claude.
...long live the square framed duc!
'92 907...numero 2046
'92 851...in progress
...long live the square framed duc!
'92 907...numero 2046
'92 851...in progress
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- paso grand pooh-bah
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Re: crash damage
Yeah she picks the lotto numbers now
I wish I was young again............Id be heaps smarter than last time
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Re: crash damage/ Geocast
Geocast, I did get your pm, Thanks . Im having trouble replying as I cant seem to get past my out box all the time , and does not show up in sent items ??????
I wish I was young again............Id be heaps smarter than last time