nighthawk
27th January 2011, 14:41
:wait:The time has come to answer the nagging question of the past 3 years...and the answer is.... Im going to sell the XJR.
At the beginning of 2008 I had an injure that did not allow me to walk properly for most of the year and the surgery in October 2008 required to repair the damage had me laid up until summer was almost over(february 2009), Oh well, I thought, shit happens...then came an insignificant cut on my rihgt index finger in November 2009.
Trouble was it did not heal for ages and when it did the finger was so sore and swollen I could not fit a glove and riding was bloody dangerous through lack of movement. For 10 months the medical profession kept saying ..ITS GOUT.... this was an easy decission for them as I unfortunately have buggered Kidneys and my body reacts and has little tollerance to drugs etc (I have gone into system shutdown on several occasions)... and before someone says.. sounds like a sickness benificary etc..I hold down a fulltime job dealing with people most of you would aviod at any cost..
I had surgery in January 2010 to remove an infection in the bone that had gone to the joint....took the specialist 10 seconds to come to that dicission after an Xray... bang went another summer as work called for long hours and things needed done at home and around the family.
I was REALLY looking forward to summer 2010/2011.... had the bike in for new tyres, rego, etc $1200 plus later ...you bloody beauti... Mrs NH and I thought... a summer ride here and there...... but wait, Did I break another mirror..did I have a million black cats cross my pat (hang on we have a black cat...) what have I done?????
Four days after picking the bike up in November 2010 we had an insignificant fire alarm at my work place.. in the course of evacuating some of lifes flotsom and jetsum the security door to our vehicle bay failed to work...I realise this an ran back into the building to sort the problem..
Thats when it happened , I fell off the ladder chaining open a roller door to release a secure vehilce full of undesireables... I landed really heavily on my left foot, agrivating my archilies and damaging the MTP joint of the big toe. I actually asked not to be put off work and requested light duties so that I could continue to contribute too a job I enjoyed.
Ahh ACC you think, they will pick up the cost of anything to help recovery... NO ...long story short, because I also have underlying arthritis, ACC my Employeer and their Insurer have taken the easy way out and declined to help me in any way.
My employeer then started putting pressure on me to perform duties I was not capable of, my doctor put me off work right on christmas...ahh holidays at last....rather than wait and fight ACC , a longb and protracted process... I went ahead and organised my own course to recovery.
THANK GOD for medical insurance, I have had to rely on thier funding ,this enabled me too have urgent surgery to remove the joint and insert a rod and wires etc to aid my abillity to walk in six or more weeks. My family have been great and put up with my grumpy mood etc, BUT.... I t made me THINK, what next, what will happen when I can finnally ride again ? am I pushing my luck, tempting fate once too often, I just cannot take the risk, so unfortunately in the next week my beloved XJR1300 will go up for sale.
As you can see its taken a lot for me to come to this dicission, and I cannot really take the chance of anything else happening, I have used up most of my leave including all my long serivce and sick leave and I will not be a beneficary thats for those far less fortunate than me.
In closing if I have had the pleasure of waving to you when out riding in the past thank you for being polite enough to wave back, if you are one of the several idiots Its been my misfortune to tell to reconsider your actions and other riders, you deserved it, to all of you weither you ride 49cc or 2300cc for fun, work, fair weather or only very occassionally Take Care Ride Safe...
NIGHTHAWK
(Wellington)
At the beginning of 2008 I had an injure that did not allow me to walk properly for most of the year and the surgery in October 2008 required to repair the damage had me laid up until summer was almost over(february 2009), Oh well, I thought, shit happens...then came an insignificant cut on my rihgt index finger in November 2009.
Trouble was it did not heal for ages and when it did the finger was so sore and swollen I could not fit a glove and riding was bloody dangerous through lack of movement. For 10 months the medical profession kept saying ..ITS GOUT.... this was an easy decission for them as I unfortunately have buggered Kidneys and my body reacts and has little tollerance to drugs etc (I have gone into system shutdown on several occasions)... and before someone says.. sounds like a sickness benificary etc..I hold down a fulltime job dealing with people most of you would aviod at any cost..
I had surgery in January 2010 to remove an infection in the bone that had gone to the joint....took the specialist 10 seconds to come to that dicission after an Xray... bang went another summer as work called for long hours and things needed done at home and around the family.
I was REALLY looking forward to summer 2010/2011.... had the bike in for new tyres, rego, etc $1200 plus later ...you bloody beauti... Mrs NH and I thought... a summer ride here and there...... but wait, Did I break another mirror..did I have a million black cats cross my pat (hang on we have a black cat...) what have I done?????
Four days after picking the bike up in November 2010 we had an insignificant fire alarm at my work place.. in the course of evacuating some of lifes flotsom and jetsum the security door to our vehicle bay failed to work...I realise this an ran back into the building to sort the problem..
Thats when it happened , I fell off the ladder chaining open a roller door to release a secure vehilce full of undesireables... I landed really heavily on my left foot, agrivating my archilies and damaging the MTP joint of the big toe. I actually asked not to be put off work and requested light duties so that I could continue to contribute too a job I enjoyed.
Ahh ACC you think, they will pick up the cost of anything to help recovery... NO ...long story short, because I also have underlying arthritis, ACC my Employeer and their Insurer have taken the easy way out and declined to help me in any way.
My employeer then started putting pressure on me to perform duties I was not capable of, my doctor put me off work right on christmas...ahh holidays at last....rather than wait and fight ACC , a longb and protracted process... I went ahead and organised my own course to recovery.
THANK GOD for medical insurance, I have had to rely on thier funding ,this enabled me too have urgent surgery to remove the joint and insert a rod and wires etc to aid my abillity to walk in six or more weeks. My family have been great and put up with my grumpy mood etc, BUT.... I t made me THINK, what next, what will happen when I can finnally ride again ? am I pushing my luck, tempting fate once too often, I just cannot take the risk, so unfortunately in the next week my beloved XJR1300 will go up for sale.
As you can see its taken a lot for me to come to this dicission, and I cannot really take the chance of anything else happening, I have used up most of my leave including all my long serivce and sick leave and I will not be a beneficary thats for those far less fortunate than me.
In closing if I have had the pleasure of waving to you when out riding in the past thank you for being polite enough to wave back, if you are one of the several idiots Its been my misfortune to tell to reconsider your actions and other riders, you deserved it, to all of you weither you ride 49cc or 2300cc for fun, work, fair weather or only very occassionally Take Care Ride Safe...
NIGHTHAWK
(Wellington)