Japanese biker fails to notice missing leg

[devnull]

TOKYO - A Japanese biker failed to notice his leg had been severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on for 2km, leaving a friend to pick up the missing limb.

The 54-year-old office worker was out on his motorcycle with a group of friends in the city of Hamamatsu, west of Tokyo, on Monday, when he was unable to negotiate a curve in the road and bumped into the central barrier, the Mainichi Shimbun said.

He felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was missing until he stopped at the next junction, the paper quoted local police as saying.

The man and his leg were taken to hospital, but the limb had been crushed in the collision, the paper said.

- REUTERS


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10457676

[janno]

Wow - the power of adrenaline!

A previous partner severed three and a half fingers of his right hand in a timber mill accident and only noticed when he went to pick up the spanner he'd dropped at the same time. The pain delay was a minute or so, he said, when he actually saw it!!

[Boob Johnson]

Would that be an expectable excuse to drop ya bike while stationary? A missing leg? :innocent:

[Krayy]

What the...???

Did he only notice when he went to put his foot down at the lights or something?

Mind you the coppas could have had him for riding while legless........:zzzz:

[Pancakes]

and thats why if someone hits you ALWAYS say your hurt and have it documented by the po-po. When I got hit the guy asked if I was ok and I nearly gave the polite kiwi "yeah fine mate" until I actually thought about it and my whole body hurt!

[klingon]

Imagine the trail of blood he would have left down the road! The following bikers would have to avoid the blood slick! :sick:

And he must have been moving fairly fast - his friend stopped to pick up his leg but didn't catch up with him again until he stopped! Good grief, what a bizarre story.

Presumably he didn't use his rear brake as he was stopping...

[Manxman]

Bwahahahaha

...but sorta not funny really:sick:. How the holy mutha of bejeezus do ya not miss a missing leg????? Finger(s), yes...toe(s), yes, but a whole goddam leg!

[Korea]

Did they say whether it was his left or right?
"Hmm... back brake doesn't seem to be doing much today..."

[RantyDave]

rode on for 2km, leaving a friend to pick up the missing limb.
I must be a biker now - I knew it was his right leg, how would he change gears otherwise? Be a bit embarrassing pulling up to the lights though.

Dave

[paturoa]

He had probably just had too much to drink.

[Coldrider]

He had probably just had too much to drink.

Would he be 'half cut' or half legless then..:rofl: Yes I'm warped :sick:

[Animal]

...Yes I'm warped :sick:

But bloody funny!:yes:

[surfer]

They must make them really tough and hard over there, wouldn't want to mess with one of 'em. I expect I'd be crying my eyes out if this happened to me.

Hope he is ok, shame they couldn't stitch it back on.

That would be a real cool story to tell in the pub someday...

"...yep, only noticed when I went to stop and I fell over at them thar lights boy...mind you everyone else was a bit pissed at me as I made a horrible red slippery slick down the road..."

[Toaster]

Well, its true Asian drivers don't notice much when they are driving!

[oldrider]

TOKYO - A Japanese biker failed to notice his leg had been severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on for 2km, leaving a friend to pick up the missing limb.

The 54-year-old office worker was out on his motorcycle with a group of friends in the city of Hamamatsu, west of Tokyo, on Monday, when he was unable to negotiate a curve in the road and bumped into the central barrier, the Mainichi Shimbun said.

He felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was missing until he stopped at the next junction, the paper quoted local police as saying.

The man and his leg were taken to hospital, but the limb had been crushed in the collision, the paper said.

- REUTERS


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10457676

Probably getting his mind around the wording of his letter of complaint to the manufacturer of the bike!

"foot brake ineffective" warranty conditions apply, please remedy asap! (lol) John.

[Edbear]

Doncha jus hate it when that happens....:yes:

[FkNAmerican]

"He felt excruciating pain but didnt notice the missing limb"..........:shit:

One would think that a ripped off limb would not be the most comfortable thing to have flapping in an 60 m.p.h. wind.........jeeezuz.

[dasser]

Tue Aug 14, 9:53 AM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese biker failed to notice his leg had been
severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on for
more than a mile, leaving a friend to pick up the missing limb.
The 54-year-old office worker was out on his motorcycle with a group
of friends in the city of Hamamatsu, west of Tokyo, on Monday, when he
was unable to negotiate a curve in the road and bumped into the
central barrier, the Mainichi Shimbun said.

He felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was
missing until he stopped at the next junction, the paper quoted local
police as saying. The man and his leg were taken to a hospital, but
the limb had been crushed in the collision, the paper said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/japan_biker_dc;_ylt=Ap2HHiFKvh.0vW9ABdwiZn

( What the...... )

[MotoGirl]

He felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was missing until he stopped at the next junction

Hmm, it doesn't sound normal to keep riding with excruciating pain! Maybe he was in shock or something... :doh:

[Bend-it]

Don't let anything get in the way of a good ride eh? shivers!

[Oakie]

I wonder exactly HOW he found out his leg was missing when 'he stopped at the next junction'?
Did he go to change down and was unable to?
Did he try to apply the back brake and was not able to feel it?
Did he just grind to a clutch-in, front brake halt and then when he tried to put his foot on the road ... just keep going until he hit the road?

But what I really want to know is how the hell he rode for nearly 2km and didn't notice that his leg wasn't supported by a footpeg?

[Devil]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=55381

[90s]

My uncle (who sadly died of cancer this year) rode BMWs. One day he fell off his bike in front of the A&E with half a foot missing. He rode some time to get there, but has no memory of the accident or riding to the hospital. (Police think a large truck wheel 'took it').

People loosing limbs etc in accidents get all kinds of crazy signals through the nerves - not just "hmmm, no pressure on my footpeg". And of course they still get nerve signals 'from' limbs no longer there. And andrenalin stops people feeling the extent of inguries for some time.

Now if the Japanese man had turned up for work the next day without realising that then that would have been a story.

Crazy world eh?

Douglas Bader: "Nurse my left leg itches like crazy. I wish you'd amputated that one as well."
Nurse: "Well sorry to have to tell you but ... "

[Sanx]

Douglas Bader: "Nurse my left leg itches like crazy. I wish you'd amputated that one as well."
Nurse: "Well sorry to have to tell you but ... "

Another Reach for the Skies fan, huh?

It's just amazing to read what Bader did after losing his legs in that accident. Battle of Britain flying ace, mulitple escapes from PoW camps, interned in Colditz Castle, very competitive golf (only whilst wearing his golf legs, though) ... and still flew regularly up until retirement.

[90s]

He was also in the prison camp football team, where his skill on the ball and un-foulable metal legs made him quite the menace ...

Soon someone will post that story about the 1 armed judo champion who used the only move that can't be countered without grabbing the left arm to turn his disability into his advantage ...

[BMW]

feel sorry for the guy that picked up his foot and leg!

yuck!

[RT527]

more than likely his muscle would have contracted around the torn part of the limb and there would have been little or no blood for a while, it happens in accident victims especially the crushed limb victims.