Trumpy dumps it!

[trumpy]

Riding back from Wharepapa South yesterday I started up the windy bit fronthe dam.I don't like this little bit of road as the surface crumbles alot and can be quite chabgeable so took it relative easy. Twas a hot day and was feeling a little light headed after the first few corners and thought "can't stop now get to the top of the hill and take a break". Dumb idea one: Next thing I know was waking up face down on the verge thinking "what the f$%#K!?" Have no memory at all of what happened just prior.
The bikes a tad shagged but under the circumstances I got off quite lightly....broken Scapula and plently of bruises and and the usual concussion type symptoms.
HUGE thanks to all who stopped from both cagers and especialy the biker group who stayed for quite some time. Many, many thanks.

[janno]

Gor blimey - sounds like you fainted on the bike! Not enough water or are you just getting old and creaky like the rest of us . . . :Pokey:

Hope you heal up quick. :(

[98tls]

Glad your still with us eh,sorry to hear the bikes not to good.

[trumpy]

........or are you just getting old and creaky like the rest of us . . . :Pokey::(


According Mrs Trumpy, the most likely scenario!....

I feel I should mention my gear: helmet is stuffed but it did the job. BIG thanks to Quasi for selling me QUALITY gear at the right price. A bit of cosmetic damage but did not wear through anywhere. All the gear all of the time folkes!!!

[Meekey_Mouse]

Yikes! Glad to hear you and your bike came out relatively ok :yes:

[nadroj]

Bummer RoBert... Yeah that tar was a little soft in places yesterday. Doesn't help when the surface is crumbly anyway. Heal up quick Trumpy!

[DMNTD]

Bloody hell mate! Glad to hear that you're ok-ish,considering.
Rest up and get ya bod sorted ASAP

[Robbo]

Hey Trumpy, that's not good news at all. Glad you're not hurt too bad and hope you heal up real soon, and the bike as well.
Cheers
Robbo

[motorbyclist]

man that sucks, glad you weren't too badly injured..

similar thing happened to me last week (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=1306876&postcount=57), i think i must've had a momentary lapse of concentration or something cause all i remember is leaving the previous corner and then crossing centreline/dodging pole/thinking i was going to be ok/highsiding


hopefully other KBers might learn from our mistakes...

[zadok]

Sorry to hear that. All the best for a speedy recovery.

[Blue Thunder]

Dude bad luck, but kool to hear your not to badly hurt>

[Devil]

Bugger, Robert!

Are you sure you weren't just trying to get rid of the Speed Four so you could spend the insurance money on a Street Triple? ;)

Chuck me a PM about the damage when you get a chance, am interested to see how the bike faired.

Take it easy with that shoulder!

[trumpy]

Bugger, Robert!

Are you sure you weren't just trying to get rid of the Speed Four so you could spend the insurance money on a Street Triple? ;) !

Now what would make think that...........:o

Wil send you a few photos when I can.

[Blue Velvet]

All the gear all of the time folkes!!!

+1

Good advice. Speedy recovery, hope you get the bike sorted too.

[007XX]

Dang! That would have been so scary...

Heal up quick!

[saul]

Glad you are still with us mate:yes:

Quite a fright to have that happen for sure.

Heal up and get the triple:whistle:

Regards

[Bonez]

Hope you heal soon. Suffering from a few aches and bruises myself.:whistle:

[trumpy]

Thanks for all the support guys - much appreciated.:2thumbsup

[Gixxer 4 ever]

Now what would make think that...........:o

Wil send you a few photos when I can.

Aye... That was a nice bike the last time I perved at it.:Pokey:
Good to hear you are ok. :2thumbsup

Recovery to Control
Control to recovery...

Can I enter the track to pick up the bike?

Yes

Thanks Control......

Take care mate.

[trumpy]

Due to a few concussion issues wasnt able to take a good look at my bike or gear until yesterday.
First up, bike is broke:cry: tho I have to say the crash knob protected better than I thought, Appears to be no damage to the engine, covers or radiator. Naturally, since I dropped it on its right side my lovely Micron muffler is now an odd (and rather unusable) shape. Right rearset is toast along with switchblocks, mirrors, indicators etc, The chassis still measures straight so that's good. Classic Insurance are just assessing whether to fix or write off the bike.Should know in a day or two.
As for the gear, being an old chichensh@t I tend to wear all of the gear all of the time and I would suggest you all do the same (you scoots included - bugger how funny it looks, gravel rash looks infinitely worse, hurts a lot moore and takes a LONG time to go away - if ever)
Boots - great and no damage to feet and shins at all. Pants stayed put, large gravel scrape on knee but armour did its job, an easy fix. Due to the full length zip, my Jacket did not ride up, the armour did its job and damage is really cosmetic (Thanks Quasi for a great product!) Gloves did an OK job , a couple of small holes and a split seam.
As for the helmet: I was using my spare one which really is a size too large and that may have played a part in the concussion (was knocked out on impact). Be smart and buy the best helmet you can afford and make sure it fit PROPERLY. Also suffice to say if it had been an open face helmet I would still be in hospital looking even uglier than normal.

Something I forgot to do the other day is to thank the group of bikers who stopped to help and stayed with my bike while I was in the ambo.(sorry you had to wait so long, my bike transport got lost). I belive Mr Plod eventually took over the guard so big ups to him as well. Thanks also to the Ambo guys for their speedy arrival and great treatment :niceone:(although could have a least turned the siren on to make me feel more important!:sleep:

Sorry to sound like a stuck record but, hey guys, ALL OF THE GEAR ALL OF THE TIME - itt'le make for a better Xmas a least.

[terbang]

Well the waking up bit must have been some sort of a bonus. But the rest sucks. Get well soon mate..

[fredie]

glad your ok . not dead . your telling us u fainted . blacked out . and dont remember:blink: thats dangerous dude , seek medical help for this fainting . cops could have have booked u for neg drive.:blink:cause u could have killed yourself or someone else:blink:

[Ascott]

Hi Robert, bugger! All the best for a quick recovery, and you are quite right, "all the gear all the time". Mind, you are in the right bizo to get the bits to make things easier, for the broken bits.
Regards Al

[Taz]

Hmmm total memory loss.... I blame alien abduction, happened to me once.

[trumpy]

glad your ok . not dead . your telling us u fainted . blacked out . and dont remember:blink: thats dangerous dude , seek medical help for this fainting . cops could have have booked u for neg drive.:blink:cause u could have killed yourself or someone else:blink:

Have no fear my friend, the medicos and I are working pretty hard on this one! (if I have one more X-ray I won't need a torch at night anymore -I'll be the torch!)

[yungatart]

Bugger!
Sounds like you got off lightly...could have been much worse.
Heal well (and go buy a lotto ticket, while your luck is still in!)

[huck farley]

From one Trumpet owner to another. Get well Bro. I hope you had your bike insured for plenty, and you get enough out of it for a new Street triple or the Daytona 675.

I hope your x rays and scans find a problem if any!! so as the doctors can go about there business and fix the problem if any. So as to have you mounted up again. It's just par for the course, this falling of caper. Most of us have a turn at doing it.
Being a Trumpy man you will heal up more quickly as we are tough breed.
Get well soon!!!
:wari:
cheers
Huck

[CookMySock]

I had the same thing happen to me about 5 years ago. I was driving my car towing a dolly trailer with a station-wagon on the dolly. I poked the cruise control on (set to about 80km/hr) just before a corner while lighting a smoke.. take a longggg drag on said smoke and smoke buzz hits me real hard the same time the cruise control decides to kick it down a gear and cane it off into the sunset, and I swap the entire three-vehicle combination end-for-end on a corner on a wet road. So there we are neatly parked on the same side of the road wrong-way-around, with a few tell-tale lines in the gravel, leaning on the car finishing off said smoke, standing there trying to look like nothing happened. Finished smoke, drove off, shaking still.

We were FUCKING lucky not to baseball-bat anyone coming in the opposite direction. A hard lesson learned.

If you even THINK you feel dizzy AT ALL then hit those picks real hard, real quick.

DB

[trumpy]

Got myself a great specialist who pointed me in the right direction so, after reading dozens of medical research papers, between us (he insists on patients taking some responsibility for their treatment) we seem to have come up with a protocol that that has given us some forward momentum. I have had CFS now for about 10 years and today I went for a reasonably hard mountain bike ride (back on the bike 3 weeks after a year off and about 12kg!) and this is the first time since I started mountain biking (3 years ago) that I don't feel like I have been run over by a truck or two. Yeah, progress at last. I no longer have any memory of what it is like to be pain free (there are a number of people on this site that could relate to that) so if I can reach that state it should be a great "new" experience.
I was knocked out so I have no memory of the actual accident (sometimes does happen Katman :blip:) however, having had CFS for so long, I should have known that, after everything else that had happened that weekend, I had no business being on a motorcycle that day. My bad. Good part is that it I guess it forced the issue in terms of treatment.
Bad part is, not being sure about what happened my confidence on the bike has taken a serious dive, so I'm taking things slowly (err....slower than my usual slow). At 55 climbing back on the horse isn't as easy as it was when I was 25........

[MotoKuzzi]

I know that piece of road well, wonderful scenery. I used to live in Tokoroa and travel that way often, a bunch of us from NZCG rode it before Xmas. It can be a scary section in mid winter too. BTW, what's CFS?

[trumpy]

....... BTW, what's CFS?

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.......it ain't nice.

Yep, definitely is a great piece of road especially when I'm not falling off....
The loop from Taupo, Whakamaru, Old Taupo rd, over the dam and then to Wharepapa South with the obligatory stop at Bryce's Cafe for a coffee and then home via Mangakino is a great afternoon's entertainment.

[Blackbird]

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.......it ain't nice.

Yep, definitely is a great piece of road especially when I'm not falling off....
The loop from Taupo, Whakamaru, Old Taupo rd, over the dam and then to Wharepapa South with the obligatory stop at Bryce's Cafe for a coffee and then home via Mangakino is a great afternoon's entertainment.

Did it myself this afternoon. Stopped at Taupo waterfront for lunch then backtracked to Tokoroa via Wharepapa south. Hope things are fine with you1

Cheers,

Geoff