Bike related injuries that wont go away... [Archive]

oldfart

15th June 2005, 20:06

Well, let me see. There's the steel pin that screwed on the side cover of my 1972 Suzook 250 that went through my ankle joint, also severed the nerves to the foot. Then there's the left calf muscle that got squished between the car bonnet & the tank as I tried to leap out of the road, (she was real keen to meet me though, had to speed through a stop sign to get me), still got that dent. Then there's the knees & hips from usual learning to ride on 70's Jap plastic tyres, (rim protectors). Then there's the dodgy neck from when the tow truck got me, (that pissed feckin arsehole had to indicate right then rapidly swing left across 3 lanes to get me). Landed I my dumb arse head & wrote my shiney new Bell helmet off, (they were the go back in the 70's. Then there's the sore elbow I get from dropping it at low speed, (pissed as a rat & had KK's boss on the back - different social circumstances back then - being pissed that is). So what was question?

NinjaBoy

15th June 2005, 20:25

After 7 months I still have no feeling in my knee and signs of bruising. Every now and then after some light manual duties in the garden my back aches a bit from where I broke it. Otherwise no other lasting injuries, except getting another bike 2 months after I wrote the last one off ( brain damage according to my workmates :weird: )

sAsLEX

15th June 2005, 21:18

After 7 months I still have no feeling in my knee and signs of bruising. Every now and then after some light manual duties in the garden my back aches a bit from where I broke it. Otherwise no other lasting injuries, except getting another bike 2 months I wrote the last one off ( brain damage according to my workmates :weird: )

click... you dropped it heading towards wahi aye?! going up the first hill?!

Motu

15th June 2005, 21:22

At my age (51) some would expect some aches and pains,especialy after a lifetime of riding bikes and working on cars,trucks,tractors,compressors and lawnmowers for a living - but I'm not the sort of person who thinks a certain talley of numbers means I have to act or be that age physicaly.I was always light and supple - I could always get into the full lotus without using my hands to put my legs there...can't do it now.After going around in circles holding my left leg out with a steel shoe on the end,and the resulting twists and bangs dumping,the hip can give a twinge and not get full movement - swinging a leg over a tall dirtbike is something I have to think about now.Left middle fingertip still has damaged nerves from pulling in the clutch to keep the engine going in a fall....and my right arm has pain in the shoulder,tricep muscles/ligaments,can't get full rotation there,dunno the reason for that...

So not too bad considering the pounding I have dished out to my body riding on and off road for 35 yrs,smashing my hands and straining my body in my job.

ajturbo

15th June 2005, 21:24

TOUGHEN UP YOU PUSSY :motu:

by the way .. did i tell you that i have a sore right shoulder... hurt it falling off the SLED, that was being towed by a quad bike.. does that still make it bike related crash???:whistle:

WINJA

15th June 2005, 21:33

WHERE WOULD I START, LEFT EYE HAS A SCAR -SCENIC DRIVE, RIGHT ELBOW ALWAYS SORE -ASQUITH AVE, BOTH MY KNEES ACHE -SCENIC DRIVE AND BUCKETS, MY HEAD DONT TURN PROPERLY CAUSE OF MY NECK-PAEROA BACK STRAIGHT,FOOT -PAEROA FRONT STRAIGHT, AND MINOR BRAIN DAMAGE - PUKEKOHE ARMCO FRONT STRAIGHT, RIBS -PUHOI .
AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS INCLUDING BOTH SHOULDERS , BUT I WOULDNT CHANGE A THING I STILL LOVE BIKES

riffer

15th June 2005, 21:39

Damn - you guys are messed up. :whistle:

I've only got one. A neck that won't move in the morning until I twist it - then it goes crack-crack-crack-crack and it moves again.

Of course if you wanna know about rugby injuries we might be a while...

madboy

15th June 2005, 21:41

i don't think my wrist from a low-speed low-side a few months back really makes it onto the list somehow.

Rback

15th June 2005, 22:12

Shit ACC would be out of business if it wasnt for us.
My neck and shoulders are like spaghetti after to many highsides on the track, and going over the handlebars on the MX tracks. My ankles sieze up in the winter from being broken so many times. God, come to think about it, I cant remmber how many times I've broken my bones. Now my 11yr old boy has just crashed his bike and broken a rib and compressed his chest. Poor kid.

**R1**

15th June 2005, 22:39

pined shoulder(highside Akoroa) wrist bone saw some daylight(highside Akoroa)

pined ankle(highside Akoroa) knee reconstruction (blind asian lady) same knee reconstructed again after i was told not to ride and did(woman dropping kid off to school) empty wallet(R1)

SuperDave

15th June 2005, 22:56

Damn, sounds like a lot of you are pretty fucked up injury wise. Is that what I have to look forward to? Nah, just remembered than I'm invincible :whistle:

Wolf

15th June 2005, 22:58

Relatively unscathed - the triquetral bone in my right wrist still occasionally goes for a wander into the path of other bones and causes a painful grinding sensation (second encounter with gravel on a corner), small cigar shaped scar on the left outer thigh where the skin split even beneath my clothes (same accident) and scars on inside of both thighs from the raised plastic badges on the tank (arse-ending a car - mental note: Do not tense up and grip the bike with thighs in future, better yet, don't drive up the arse of cars...)

Honestly, I've got nastier scars from my childhood than any the bikes have given me.

Waylander

15th June 2005, 23:04

(arse-ending a car - mental note: Do not tense up and grip the bike with thighs in future, better yet, don't drive up the arse of cars...)

Yea not fun although it's interesting to see the damage your legs can do to the tank.

But to prevent others from trying it if you want to know just PM me and I'll go take a pic of the tank on the Rebel.

Indiana_Jones

15th June 2005, 23:07

My right hand knee can hurt in the cold sometimes...but i can fix that :drinkup:

-Indy

Holy Roller

15th June 2005, 23:07

Right hip, both knees, right shoulder, right shoulder, right shoulder, right shoulder still recovering from last waltz with a cage a couple of months ago. Left ring finger, right elbow though they manly only hurt when it is really cold, I do like winter rallies though:weird: I may be to my work mates and to the Mrs but one has to experience life and all of its pleasures, when one is still able to.

Kwaka-Kid

15th June 2005, 23:19

dont count how manys times ive crashed bikes!

Still in mint condition, just like a new one.

Offers?

onearmedbandit

15th June 2005, 23:57

Right ankle still gives me a bit of grief from time to time, suppose it should as it basically slowed me down from about 90 to 0 in the space of a metre.

But the biggie that will never go away of course is my spinal injury, Avulsed C5, C6, C7, C8 and T1 nerves from the spinal cord, no use of my left arm but 24hr a day pain to remind me that its still there. The arm itself isn't damaged as such, but the raw nerve endings on my spine send pain signals to the old noggin, making it feel like my arms burnt, having the skin peeled of it, being broken over and over again. It feels like my elbow is being crushed in a vice, like metal rods are expanding in my arm and tearing the muscle etc. I have the feeling of my hand being wrapped around a red hot knife and the knife cutting my hand, along with the feeling of very painful gravel rash on my palm. Sometimes it feels like I have molten metal burning through my viens, that one really gets me. A lot of the time it feels also like I have a large metal spike sticking into my back on the upper left shoulder blade area, and everytime I sneeze it sends 'electric shots' through the left hand side of my body.

Thats how it is during the good times, when it gets really bad I like to ride the wave of euphoria that follows the rush of pain the locks me up, its the only way I can get through it, kind of the light at the end of the tunnel. Also due to artery damage in my chest I have Horners syndrome, where the blood fow to the left hand side of my face ( I think) is reduced meaning my left pupil is smaller than my right, my left eyelid is more closed and apparently I sweat less on the left hand side of my face.

All in all, I'm happy with my lot. In fact if it hadn't of been for my accident my life wouldn't of taken the path it did and I never would have met my future-wife. So good comes out of bad. And knowing full well the risks of riding (and crashing), I'll continue to ride for as long as I can.

Bonez

16th June 2005, 07:29

Lump where the tib and fids have knitted on my left leg when I was T-boned by a car in a 50kph area. Twinge in the back of the kneck from another off and the odd back pain from too much riding. How many motocyclists does it take to change a light bulb?

Beemer

16th June 2005, 08:09

TonyB

16th June 2005, 08:28

Crikey- admin delete this thread before ACC uses it for propaganda! The only long term effects I have from riding are a right knee that still wobbles sideways a bit about 14 years after being hit by a car. Doesn't hurt though. And I have a back injury that was agravated by, but not caused by the same accident- 5mm forward shift of L1. There was a danger I'd end up in a wheel chair, but a change to a desk job fixed that. Rarely gives trouble now.

Firefight

16th June 2005, 08:39

yeah right knee buggered up,when I fucked up a jump in motox days, shit loads of Arthritis (sp?) now, creaks in winter hurts in the cold. Best relief has been from taking Celery extract(tastes like battery acid mixed with horse piss) but better than gut eroding Anti inflam meds.

Big hunk out of shoulder, off road ride again .

Bit :Offtopic: bit I guess a good chance to thank Mrs F/F for all the times she has scrapped me off the track, bundled me and the bike to home/hospital.

Thank you :love:

F/F

That Guy

16th June 2005, 08:42

But the biggie that will never go away of course is my spinal injury, Avulsed C5, C6, C7, C8 and T1 nerves from the spinal cord, no use of my left arm but 24hr a day pain to remind me that its still there. The arm itself isn't damaged as such, but the raw nerve endings on my spine send pain signals to the old noggin, making it feel like my arms burnt, having the skin peeled of it, being broken over and over again. It feels like my elbow is being crushed in a vice, like metal rods are expanding in my arm and tearing the muscle etc. I have the feeling of my hand being wrapped around a red hot knife and the knife cutting my hand, along with the feeling of very painful gravel rash on my palm. Sometimes it feels like I have molten metal burning through my viens, that one really gets me. A lot of the time it feels also like I have a large metal spike sticking into my back on the upper left shoulder blade area, and everytime I sneeze it sends 'electric shots' through the left hand side of my body.

Thats how it is during the good times, when it gets really bad I like to ride the wave of euphoria that follows the rush of pain the locks me up, its the only way I can get through it, kind of the light at the end of the tunnel. Also due to artery damage in my chest I have Horners syndrome, where the blood fow to the left hand side of my face ( I think) is reduced meaning my left pupil is smaller than my right, my left eyelid is more closed and apparently I sweat less on the left hand side of my face.

Holy crap that sounds hideous.

Just a dumb question - if you can't use it; and it causes you hell all day every day; why not get rid of it?

I've had many crashes meself mostly doing mx...but my lingering pain comes from injuries playing rugby not motorcycling. Bad rugby.

Quasievil

16th June 2005, 08:46

mmmmm 25 year of riding bikes and got fuck all to show for it on the injury front. but here goes.

Ran up the back of a car on the motorway south of palmy north in 82 and broke me tooth and burnt my ankle (the only lasting signs of the crash)

Dropped my bikes a few more times but left completely un scathed luckily for me

and er um well thats it. A 40 year old model without much damage at all.

:whocares:

Oscar

16th June 2005, 08:47

Working down, we have a large scar on the top lip (1989) which has to be covered with hair, a crack in the spinal vertabrae C3 (1998) which is a pain in cold weather, a lower back tha's a disaster area and a right knee (1991) with a 350 degree tear in the cartilige and a snapped ligament, that refuses to werk some days.

That's only the ones that still gimme gip...

vifferman

16th June 2005, 08:54

Despite some crashes (8? 9? dunno...) I've been really lucky. When I wrote off my frst bike (T-boned a car and somersaulted over the roof), I got 9 stitches in my right knee, bruises and contusions, but no broken bones. Despite the doctor saying I'd probably need surgery on the knee sometime, it's been fine - the left one (non-injured) is the problem one, but that's aaaaaaarrrrthritis.

I have very very slight nerve damage in my left ankle from the first m/bike ride I had - stopped across the hill (good) but overbalanced and fell off on the downhill side, crushing my (unprotected) ankle (bad). I also have a numb spot on the inside of my left knee, where it got crushed between the VFR750 and the car that u-turned into me, and my left heel aches in cold weather (same accident). Apart from these things, that's it. My right shoulder had a damaged rotator cuff from a non-motorcycling injury, aggravated by a subsequent lowside, and that causes problems, but not bad. However, I believe that that injury, and the subsequent torture by Dr Machiavelli (physio) is what triggered the aaaaaaarrrrthritis, which bothers me somewhat, from time to time, e.g., I can't sit on the bike for more than an hour without pain in my knees.

But I can't complain - I've had no broken bones (as far as I know - but I have suspicions about that left heel), and if I got a bit more exercise, I'd have pretty much full mobility.

Sparky Bills

16th June 2005, 08:54

Dislocated right knee cap, but that started with a hockey ball going into the side of it.
Few crashes on that side, and its still giving me shit!
Everynow and then it stings like hell, but other than that..
just the usual stuff..

missing fingers, my head can turn right around, part of my spine has been removed and a huge lump has formed, one eye bigger than the other, and i drowl on myself :niceone:

bugjuice

16th June 2005, 09:13

my finger hurts from clicking thru the KB site too much.
aside from that, I'm as intact as when I fell out. And reading most of these, I think I might go back to bed and stay there for a few years..

Paul in NZ

16th June 2005, 09:13

Well my thumb is stuffed and my ankle hurts a bit but frankly I got more injuries from sport and home renovations than bikes... True, the cracked vertebrae mean a long day over the clipons gets a bit grumpy but thats DIY for ya!

The worst constantly recurring problem I have is the big lump that appears in my trousers everytime I pull the dust cover off my Moto Guzzi ... Damned embarassing but I'm told with help I can eventually lead a normal life..

I think I can avoid the help a few more years. :niceone:

Paul N

Wolf

16th June 2005, 09:53

Ah, MIP - motorcycle-induced-priapism - nothing unusual there

Fryin Finn

16th June 2005, 10:03

Aint it great talking about old war wounds

I broke my left wrist twice MXing. After the second time doctor said I would have no more than 10deg of movement but after fitting a fork kit to my XR and taking a big whack when racing it now has normal movement.

I dislocated my right shoulder 11 times after a bin at Manfield (a couple of times I did it yawning) a year After an op in 1979 I took up softball and all the throwing/pitching has strengthened all the muscles. It hurts to throw the ball hard but it works ok. I get tendons graunching worse than a Bedford gearbox though. Soon after the op I fell off and broke my collarbone just to test it out.
I've also dislocated my left shoulder twice but touch wood no problems.

I've also had a crap back for the last 25 years but if I sit right and sleep in a firm bed and get plenty of exercise it only bothers me 360 days a year. I thought getting back into off roading would be real bad for it but to the contrary I think dirt biking is quite beneficial.

vifferman

16th June 2005, 10:07

I thought getting back into off roading would be real bad for it [bad back] but to the contrary I think dirt biking is quite beneficial.
That's interesting. I've considered getting back into dirt biking (used to do a bit back in the 70s, then in the mid 80s I worked on a farm, where I did lots of riding around), but I thought I was too decrepit to do it. Mebbe I'll rethink that...

Oscar

16th June 2005, 10:11

That's interesting. I've considered getting back into dirt biking (used to do a bit back in the 70s, then in the mid 80s I worked on a farm, where I did lots of riding around), but I thought I was too decrepit to do it. Mebbe I'll rethink that...

Wid modern long travel suspension dirt bikes are no longer the Chriopractors friends they used to be. It's the falling off that hurts more as I get older...

Ixion

16th June 2005, 10:13

Uh I wasn't going to comment because I felt a bit humbled by people dealing with ongoing pain and injury, without complaint. [need emoticon for humble respect]. But I see there are some others saying they've not done anything nasty, so I shall.

I've no more than a few scars from various off road excursions and arguments with branchs rocks and such like. All the bits and pieces are still present and correct and in working order. Worst one I had was when I fell off (again) and the bike landed on top of me with the HOT exhaust header forced hard against my ankle /calf. And I couldn't get it off for several minutes (it was actually wedged in place between two rocks). By the time I did there was a nice smell of cooked flesh, and for about 20 years I had this bright purple patch on my leg. Just bathed it in sea water at the time and carried on, I've never been to a doctor or hospital for bike injuries. Not a great believer in doctors. Then one day, quite suddenly, it went away.

Various sprains that were painful at the time, and one that seemed to linger for several years, my ankle would suddenly give way out of the blue and then be weak and ache for days. But they've all gone now. It's surprising how things do cure themselves after years and years . (Not meaning that the serious injurioes some people suffer with will magically go away, and no disrespect intended for what they have to endure)

TonyB

16th June 2005, 10:32

Holy crap that sounds hideous.

Just a dumb question - if you can't use it; and it causes you hell all day every day; why not get rid of it?

It sounds bad alright. From what I understand removing the arm won't cure it. The damage is up by the spine, so regardless of wether the arm is there or not, OAB will still feel the pain. FWIW, you have my respect OAB, on the occasions I've met you you've never shown any sign of the pain you are in- and you still ride :niceone:
One of my old school buddys is a double amputee- both legs one just above the knee and the other about halfway down the shin. The op was done when he was six. He still gets itches and pain in his 'feet'

Anonymous

16th June 2005, 11:03

My ankle still gives me grief when I walk up the stairs or put too much pressure on it. That's from looping my bike from a while back.

onearmedbandit

16th June 2005, 11:09

Yeah TonyB is right, regardless of whether the arm is there or not I'll still have the pain. Having the arm there means I have something to fill my sleeve, ie lesspeople notice. I'm not ashamed of the injury or anything, but I'd rather forget about it and get on with life. Having a sleeve flapping around with be more of a problem.

Lias

16th June 2005, 11:24

Only had one bin so far, fractured my right hand in 3 places, and whilst I didnt end up having surgery they admitted me for 4 days before deciding they were gonna forgoe it. was about 7 months ago, still get quite a bit of pain in hand, especially when its cold, or when I use it too much (just to add to my RSI from working in IT), but sometimes its just random, I'll move my hand in a certain way and it'll just star aching, and will ache for hours.

enigma51

16th June 2005, 11:29

Hmm let met see both feet have pins in them due to a xr500 timing being out and shooting me over the handle bars only for my feet to get caught on the handle bars That was sore (12 years old) Half a calf muscle that has a burning feeling in the winter due to a kick start examing me at 11 3 days before I turned twelve (good year that). Two wrists that dont bend much due to multiple fall offs (Motocross) Broken ribs from trying things I should not have done but what can I say the man on the TV did it. Halve a collar bone. And the latest injury a hip joint that dont like the winter. And of course the old knees and stuff. But the question should be would I stop ..... NO O and almost forgot broke the little finger that hurts in the winter. I think the worst fall was when I dislocated my left wrist for the 3 time and rather stop whent on and the swelling was big that they had to cut the glove off and they brand new gloves bastards

TonyB

16th June 2005, 11:43

We've had a "Show us your Tat's" thread..... who's up for a "Show us your Scars" thread? LOL

Eurygnomes

16th June 2005, 12:16

And I wanted to get into this?! Good Lord. I've not even learnt how to ride a motorbike and I had an accident on one (sound familiar?)! I was pillion and the rider decided to put me on the stand to go get a beer (as you do) and while tilted at an awkward angle I (15) decided that I'd hold the bike up. Only my ankle twisted as I took (some of) the weight of the bike, and me and the bike went over. I was really lucky to not get burnt - but I did successfully REALLY twist my ankle ('level 3 ligament damage') whatever that means!

Other injuries include my right knee reconstruction - which means I can't kneel, or remain seated for a long period, and a broken ankle (from wearing high heels with a dead leg...).

Kudos to those of you with aches and pains - but it's a club I'd rather not have membership of if that's alright with you!

Ixion

16th June 2005, 12:23

..

Kudos to those of you with aches and pains - but it's a club I'd rather not have membership of if that's alright with you!

Nor need you. Not everyone riding a bike is horribly injured . Of course bad luck can strike anyone. But that can happen anywhere. You can slip going down stairs, fall and break your back.

Ride safe, minimise risk. Can't guarantee that that will keep you injury free (and here I'm going to emphasise that I am NOT implying that those who have been injured were in any way to blame for what happened to them. This is not a bone pointing exercise) but it shouldn't need to be something you worry about.

I've injured myself much more often, and more seriously, in industrial, DIY and plain old "oops" accidents than I ever have on a bike. And that's including lots of downright silly off road stuff.

Ride safe, ride fast, and don't worry about it.

vifferman

16th June 2005, 12:35

I've injured myself much more often, and more seriously, in industrial, DIY and plain old "oops" accidents than I ever have on a bike.
Yeah.
Good ole DIY and "oopses".
My worst accident of any kind was caused by my socks. Nine stitches in my face, wrecked shoulder, probably a broken nose. Face hurts when the barometer drops.

Ixion

16th June 2005, 12:43

Yeah.
Good ole DIY and "oopses".
My worst accident of any kind was caused by my socks. Nine stitches in my face, wrecked shoulder, probably a broken nose. Face hurts when the barometer drops.

Fortunately , all the lingering after effects of my various injuries (even the scars) seemed to go away a few years ago, when I was in my forties. Sort of as if the body decided to do a big clean up and rebuild. Quite strange because some of the scars and achey/give way sometimes things I'd been putting up with for about 20 years. Then they all went away. Still I wasn't complaining.

TonyB

16th June 2005, 12:47

Fortunately , all the lingering after effects of my various injuries (even the scars) seemed to go away a few years ago, when I was in my forties. Sort of as if the body decided to do a big clean up and rebuild. Quite strange because some of the scars and achey/give way sometimes things I'd been putting up with for about 20 years. Then they all went away. Still I wasn't complaining.
Did you watch the recent season of Battle Star Gallactica?

Funny though, I used to have hiki type birth marks under both arms and a light red shading on the top of my chest. One day I noticed that the marks on my right hand side were gone. Even on half of my chest. Can't explain that one.

Motu

16th June 2005, 12:51

That's right Ixion,bikes are no more dangerous than any other activity we do,just work to minimise the risks.Some people are just unlucky in their mishaps,some seem to have miraculous escapes...no blame needs be appointed.A friend of mine raced speedway sidecars,his worst injury was 20 yrs later climbing over the gate onto the track.I've seen people walk away from certain death,others dead without a mark by just some fluke - a friend of mine,the most experianced rider I've ever known died on a bike...he had been tuning his carbs and put the small screwdriver you use in his top overall pocket...he layed the bike down a low speed when a driver pulled out on him - the screwdriver went up behind his ear into his brain,bizzare...but all we can say is it was his time to go.

Two Smoker

16th June 2005, 19:09

19? Riding 18 months and crashed EIGHT times? Man, unless they're all on the track (and even then I'd be worried), I'd be asking why so many crashes or taking up something I was a little better at! :weird:

To summarise my crashes:

1: Went wide on a corner to avod rear ending someone thus sideswiping a car, basic mistake... was when i was learning to ride

2: Lowside at 60kmh in the Domain... I was being a dick and went a bit too hot into a corner

3: Lowside at Pukekohe coming up the hill, Went around the outside of Cycosis (a feat in itself) then forgot about cold tyres... That one was at 160kmh

4: I was being a dick on the Postie Motorbike, pulling wheelies in the wind, wind caught me. Most violent crash i have had, and it was only at 25kmh...

5: Riding a mates RGV250 to get a WOF, bike seized and highsided me on the motorway at 100kmh...

6: Lowside at Castrol, was doing consistent 1:20's on the RG150, had to happen sooner or later...

7: 600 hit some diesil... lowsided and hit a bank thus doing a few cartwheels (was pissed off at this one due to my very slow pace with Milky and Posh tourer, he rides a BMW...)

8: There is probably one ive forgotten... That one where i got rearended by a car...

Ive gone from not being able to ride a bike at all, to being in the top 10 riders for F3 racing on a stock standard ZXR400 all in 18 months, so i guess i have compressed someone elses 5-6 year riding career into 18 months...

DingDong

16th June 2005, 19:14

I high sided 2 or 3 years ago and banged up both knee caps on the front wheel disk... they still hurt when I walk up stairs.
It reminds me of the good old days :niceone:

MOTOXXX

16th June 2005, 20:13

i have one of those nasty seperated ac joints in my left shoulder
when i move my shoulder forware the bone sticks up heaps.
ask sparky bills about it. scares the women away pretty good. hehe

Two Smoker

16th June 2005, 20:23

i have one of those nasty seperated ac joints in my left shoulder
when i move my shoulder forware the bone sticks up heaps.
ask sparky bills about it. scares the women away pretty good. hehe

I thought that was just Sparky Bills :P .... There are some nasty injuries on here... and i see majority of them are caused by dirt riding (they seem to have alot of injuries) or cars pulling out on the rider...

surfchick

16th June 2005, 20:29

mmm me no like this thread. don't want to have any accidents and have bung bones for surfing... i can't have an accident that's my fault anyway..me got the 50 dollar insurance that only covers the damage to the jag i slide into... :no:

Jabez

16th June 2005, 20:48

My only injuries have been a fractured bone in my left wrist (when I was 17 coming down hard from a wheelie) & a Skinned knee from a 100kph slide down the road when I was 19. :ride:
But neither injury gives me any trouble over 20 yrs later :2thumbsup , sounds like I'm lucky compared to others. :Punk:

MOTOXXX

16th June 2005, 21:21

I thought that was just Sparky Bills :P .... There are some nasty injuries on here... and i see majority of them are caused by dirt riding (they seem to have alot of injuries) or cars pulling out on the rider...

yea that is partly sparky bills.....except for when he goes to palmy the
little bastard always gets some up there for some strange reason.

oldfart

16th June 2005, 21:37

Saw someone mention ACC. I got $7500 out of ACC for my leg. Paid for $7500 woth of engine parts for a 73 Kwaka Z1 I was restoring

SPman

16th June 2005, 21:47

I'm feeling deprived! 39 yrs of riding and not one scar,twinge,ache,convulsion to show for it!
Obviously not a real biker, huh....

Can I make some up??????

:drinkup:

WINJA

16th June 2005, 21:49

I'm feeling deprived! 39 yrs of riding and not one scar,twinge,ache,convulsion to show for it!
Obviouslly not a real biker, huh....

Can I make some up??????

:drinkup:
ILL TAKE YOU FOR A DOUBLE YOULL SOON BE A HURTIN , IM DUE A CRASH

Two Smoker

16th June 2005, 21:50

yea that is partly sparky bills.....except for when he goes to palmy the
little bastard always gets some up there for some strange reason.
Desperate Uni chicks aye??? or Uni guys hehehe...

surfchick

16th June 2005, 21:51

I'm feeling deprived! 39 yrs of riding and not one scar,twinge,ache,convulsion to show for it!
Obviouslly not a real biker, huh....

Can I make some up??????

:drinkup:

i'm glad you haven't- i sooooo don't want to crash. cuts, gashes, rashes and grazes would be fine...anything but broken bones that sieze in the cold atlantic ocean that i surf in...soo totally stoked you have been riding for ages with no crashes. you are my idol... :Punk: wait a second, you said not one scar- that doesn't nesc. mean no crashes?? :devil2:

Dafe

16th June 2005, 21:52

Motu

16th June 2005, 22:05

Can I make some up??????
:drinkup:

I thought that's what I did....I can only clain the finger as a rightful bike injury and nerve regenaration is almost complete.

speedpro

16th June 2005, 22:07

It's easier to list the bits that are still good - back but not my neck and my left wrist. Everything else is so screwed it dislocates when I turn over in bed or aches like hell in the cold.

Ixion

16th June 2005, 22:11

Two Smoker

16th June 2005, 22:15

12 Years riding and haven't managed to injure myself or my bike yet! Anyways, My concern here is that the originator of this post has suffered 8 crashes in 18 months??? Thats basically a crash every couple of months!
Whats up with that? Get off the turps dude!

Havnt had a crash in 6 months... but in saying that i will probably bin it at manfield on the 25th of June...

As i said in my reasons for crashing... only 1 was a learning mistake (unlucky that a car was coming the other way, how many people have gone wide on a corner) and 2 were because i was being a dickhead (all done in quiet areas at low speed) The RGV crash could have been stopped by myself pulling in the clutch quicker but i didnt so i highsided, The 600 crash was a "shit happens" because of the desiel.The 8th one i forgot, was i got rearended by a car. and the other two are on the track... I dont really see a problem with that...

Many people here have ridden with me, and know what kind of rider i am, skill level I have... I have also clocked up over 45000km worth of riding, so you cant exactly call me inexperienced...

sAsLEX

16th June 2005, 22:47

I burnt my finger once after replacing my broken sparkplug and poking the header with my fingered glove to see if the cylinder was working! Thats about it.

Waylander

16th June 2005, 22:51

I burnt my finger once after replacing my broken sparkplug and poking the header with my fingered glove to see if the cylinder was working! Thats about it.

Heh want to talk stupid mistakes like that...

Had the shift lever on the CMX go down past where it was suposed to be once and I got off and had to fight it to get it back up. Grabed piece of frame (or so I thought) to get some leverage on it and a few seconds later was running around shouting curse words and the lot. Damn exhaust header... Didn't leave any marks though.

WINJA

16th June 2005, 22:57

I KNOW A GUY WHO HAD HIS HAND GO THRU THE REAR SPROCKET AND CHAIN OF A VFR400K , HE PUT OIL ON THE CHAIN IT WAS 30/40 AND IT STARTED DRIPPING OFF SO HE PUT IT ON THE CENTRE STAND STARTED THE BIKE PUT IT IN GEAR STARTED IT LET THE WHEEL SPIN AND PROCEED TO WIPE THE OIL OFF WITH A RAG WHICH WENT THRU THE SPROCKET THE CONTAMINATION FROM THE OIL IN HIS FLESH WAS AS BAD AS THE CRUSHED BONES

Ixion

16th June 2005, 23:05

I burnt my finger once after replacing my broken sparkplug and poking the header with my fingered glove to see if the cylinder was working! Thats about it.

Used to have two fingers where the skin on the inside of the finger was all white and dead, no feeling at all, from picking up a piece of hot metal when welding. Was like that for years, then it went away, all good now.

17th June 2005, 06:58

My thumb doesn't bend right ( asain taxi driver, Symonds st)
Thats about it...

Will

17th June 2005, 07:14

I'm feeling deprived! 39 yrs of riding and not one scar,twinge,ache,convulsion to show for it!
Obviously not a real biker, huh....

Can I make some up??????

:drinkup:

I have a scar from my trike before I was big enough to ride motorbikes 40 years ago.

That must count :Punk:

Wolf

17th June 2005, 11:44

I just KNOW I'm going to regret this, but, ??? SOCKS ????. The world wonders ?
I'm hoping it involved a polished wood floor - I'd hate to think that another person's socks can kill at twenty paces...

TonyB

17th June 2005, 11:48

My thumb doesn't bend right ( asain taxi driver, Symonds st)
Thats about it...

Apart from the Ole BMX knee, I had to go to the hospital again the Monday, back on crutchs and knee brace ( Pfft ). And booked a loverly appointment with the Orthopaedic surgeon.
Nobody ever told you not to close your fingers over your thumb when you make a fist, did they?

Good luck with the op and recovery.

Wolf

17th June 2005, 11:53

Used to have two fingers where the skin on the inside of the finger was all white and dead, no feeling at all, from picking up a piece of hot metal when welding. Was like that for years, then it went away, all good now.
Again! You seem to have regenerated from practically everything known to damage humankind. Your ancestors didn't "dally" with a few starfish or axolotyls at any stage, did they?

I also recall you've ridden bikes my grandfather told me about - I'm beginning to suspect you're some kind of Immortal...

TonyB

17th June 2005, 12:13

Biff

17th June 2005, 12:58

Wolf

17th June 2005, 13:19

There can be only one....
Chop 'is head off. That'll kill 'im
Stuff it full of Holy Wafers, in case he's a Vampire (if you think the fact he's been seen in daylight means he's not, you're wrong - read Bram Stoker...)

I was thinking of cutting bits off him to see if they grow back (and, more interesting, if the bits we cut off grow into new Ixions) to test the Human/Starfish hybrid theory.

Of course, he could merely be a fellow werewolf or a mutant just awaiting the Adamantium skeleton and retractable blades... Check for excessive rudeness and a predilection for cheap cigars.

Wolf

17th June 2005, 13:33

Only rugby and fighting injuries.

I've an ankle that clicks when walking up stairs when the weather is cold or damp, thanks to breaking my ankle playing rugby, and I've lost a knuckle and broken a finger from my 'rougher' days. These also give some discomfort when its cold, especially my former broken finger which I never sought medical treatment for. The plus side if that I can now point around corners with the finger as it's crooked.
Never got involved in rugby - I mainly participated in the time-honoured sport of "beat the crap out of the short geeky guy"...

... I was the short geeky guy.

I used to defend myself whenever possible so my motorcycle-induced broken wrist is overshadowed by the misaligned knuckles and greensticked bones in the back of my hand that I received whilst attempting to dissuade someone from hanging me by my belt from a coat hook. The stupid quack the school brought in reckonned I hadn't broken anything (never trust a doctor who can't even cure his own stutter) so it was never immobilised (not that it would have served much, I suspect).

In the damp or if I've been writing/typing a lot, my hand aches first and then my wrist aches.

Ixion

17th June 2005, 13:38

Again! You seem to have regenerated from practically everything known to damage humankind. Your ancestors didn't "dally" with a few starfish or axolotyls at any stage, did they?

I also recall you've ridden bikes my grandfather told me about - I'm beginning to suspect you're some kind of Immortal...

Your grandfather ? Was he the little kid hanging around when I was testing the racing Norton that's in my avatar picture ? Cheeky little brat, tried to knock me cap off, I'd've given the little perisher wot fer if I'd caught him.

So you're his grandson aye ? Well, figures, they say like father , like son.