Rimutaka bin earns a month off work

[Steam]

I fell off up the rimutakas today, ouch.
I broke some bones in my hand, the left thankfully. lots of bruises too. No work for a month says the doctor!!!! (secretly pleased about that last part.)
The trusty combat GN is not too damaged, just an indicator off & some big scratches.

I took a corner too fast, made that basic newbie mistake of focussing on the corner instead of where i wanted to go. i could have made it round, but just hauled on the brakes, locked up & went down. dumb.

A police car was the first on the scene, with 4 cadet cops in it. They checked me & the bike out & called an ambulance before I told them I was ok to ride. They looked a bit doubtful but let me go & they took off.

Then I found the mudguard was jammed against the wheel & wouldn't turn, tried to pry it off with a gorse branch, but then some guys on Kawasaki k1000's stopped with tools & helped me lever some clearance. Thanks dudes.

Then I rode 50km with a broken hand to Wellington Hospital A & E, (clutchless shifting) because I knew if I went to Hutt hospital, it would be hard to get home & with the bike. My brother lives just by Wellington Hospital, & he picked it up after I was injected with painkillers & put in a cast.

Dri-rider gear is now stuffed, but it did its job & will now be kept as a trophy of my first crash. No Great KBer ride for me on Sept 1st now.(oh, maybe, i forgot it's Oct first).

[Slingshot]

No Great KBer ride for me on Sept 1st now.


Sorry to hear about the bin dude...but hell...you rode 50Ks with a broken hand, surely in a months time you'll be more healed!!!

[Colapop]

You know you'll be there ....

Sorry 'bout your bin though.

[gijoe1313]

Sorry to hear about the bin and the lost of riding time! How the heck did you manage the 50Ks with a broken hand? :sick: Guess that makes you a real biker now! Yeah, I've done that - damn target fixation and not turning the head. Let's hope your ride gets fixed up and you get back to riding ASAP! :scooter: :yes:

Keep us updated with pics and how your're recuperating!

BTW, how fast were you going?

[RantyDave]

i could have made it round, but just hauled on the brakes, locked up & went down. dumb.
Unfortunate, not dumb. It's a perfectly natural reaction to going in too fast, just wrong. Also, it's a GN250 with the stock front tyre, yes? A famously bad tyre.

Still, bummer. Work won't be all that happy either.

BTW, complete aside, does anyone have any opinions on biking with snowboard wrist guards on? Like, other than it looking ghey ... which, no doubt, was the charge levelled at helmets once ... can anyone think of any good reasons why it would not work? It seems we're getting quite a lot of broken wrists on the takas.

Dave

[Slingshot]

BTW, complete aside, does anyone have any opinions on biking with snowboard wrist guards on? Like, other than it looking ghey ... which, no doubt, was the charge levelled at helmets once ... can anyone think of any good reasons why it would not work? It seems we're getting quite a lot of broken wrists on the takas.

Dave

I would say it would make twisting the throttle a little difficult.

[Steam]

Was going about 50 when I hit the tarmac, thankfully just 10kph when I slid into the barrier. The corner was a 70ish, but not for me!

[RantyDave]

Hey, you didn't go to Makara this afternoon, did you?

[Fat Tony]

Sorry to read about the off. Hope you heal quick, and enjoy the month off

[Drum]

Gotta be a less risky way to get a month off!

Hope you heal up quick, and learn from the mistake.

[apteryx_haasti]

Hey Steam - sorry to hear about the OUCHIE. I hope you and the GN feel better soon - BTW, you might still make the Great KB ride - it's on 1 Oct...there's a goal for yourself to set!

Get well soon

[Street Gerbil]

Sorry about your bin. Refuah Shlemah!

[cowpoos]

Was going about 50 when I hit the tarmac, thankfully just 10kph when I slid into the barrier. The corner was a 70ish, but not for me!
stink luck man.....I hit one of those barriers at about 120kmph in feb.....they're fucking hard buggars!! some how I walked away....

[judecatmad]

Really sorry to hear about the off - get better soon :doctor:

Full credit to you for being able to get yourself back to civilisation in one piece!

You might still make the KB'er ride on 1st October.......

[sunhuntin]

bugger..but theres not too many whod ride with a stuffed hand! yeh, those front fenders bend easy...crap things.

one good thing about ginnys, is theres so many, theres always spares. if you cant find an indicator, give us a shout and ill ask my wrecker buddies if they have one...yours for cost plus postage if needed.

heal fast...plus this gives you time to have your night riding exemption accepted!

[_intense_]

Bad luck dude, but gotta hand it to ya, riding 50km with a broken handwrist = double hard, thats the ducks nuts man! That man deserves a DB :headbang: live and learn.

[babyB]

bugga steam. well wishes for good healing

[skelstar]

Thats shitty bro. Heal quick and get back out there.

[Kendog]

Bad luck man, always good to have a few battle stories to tell though aye.:shit:
Mrs KD.

[Wasp]

damn man... i feel sory for you - that must have hurt!

Was it one of those sharp lefties going downhill on the kaitoke side?

edit: oh, saw you say it was a 70km/h corner - which one was it?

[BNZ]

Bummer mate. Glad to see you are not discouraged.

[Lias]

Then I rode 50km with a broken hand to Wellington Hospital A & E, (clutchless shifting) because I knew if I went to Hutt hospital, it would be hard to get home & with the bike.
Cor I thought I was mad riding half a km with 3 broken bones in my hand.

That was from a GN250 bin too, although mine involved some fuckknuckle pulling out on me.

[Macktheknife]

Bummer about your off mate, heal fast and well. You will be back on the ginny before you know it.

[Mental Trousers]

Are you happy cos it's not your wanking hand that got damaged?? :nya:

[Steam]

Are you happy cos it's not your wanking hand that got damaged?? :nya:

Sadly it is my wanking hand, I changed over to being a leftie years ago so I could use the computer mouse better when surfing porn sites. Damn! I have been so loaded up with Codeine I hadn't even thought about it.
But that's probably too much info for y'all.

[McJim]

Sadly it is my wanking hand, I changed over to being a leftie years ago so I could use the computer mouse better when surfing porn sites. But that's probably too much info for y'all.

Never mind, get a couple of ribs removed on ACC and you'll be able to give yourself a blowjob - bad luck on the bin - I've binned due to inexperience too but a couple of decades binning mountain bikes at 70kph has taught me how to hit the grit.

Get well soon.

[Mental Trousers]

Sadly it is my wanking hand, I changed over to being a leftie years ago so I could use the computer mouse better when surfing porn sites. Damn! I have been so loaded up with Codeine I hadn't even thought about it.
But that's probably too much info for y'all.
I learnt to use the mouse left handed .....

[degrom]

Hey Steam - sorry to hear about the OUCHIE. I hope you and the GN feel better soon - BTW, you might still make the Great KB ride - it's on 1 Oct...there's a goal for yourself to set!

Get well soon

Hey... Where can I get more detail about the ride?

Thx

[Drum]

Hey... Where can I get more detail about the ride?

Thx

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=33725

[degrom]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=33725

Thanks for the link!!!