How many people have broken bones as a result of riding a motorbike?

[Mumbles]

Maybe you should stay inside today for safety ...

I'm not walking to work tomorrow .......

Maybe i can call in sick?

[Mom]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Let me pass you a tissue...

Well now, who says you actually have to break a bone when you ride a bike?

I fell down a flight of stairs once and broke a toe! It hurt!

Once you get your full you are sweet as?

All good then.

[Mikkel]

I think that is about how long it takes to get a full licence. At least, I think that is enough time to become a competent rider, and to rule out those people that are still learning to ride and taking it far more cautiously.

Far out that is some funny shit. Have you considered getting a job doing stand-up at rallies?

If you are over 25 you can get your full license in exactly 9 months... all you have to do is suffer the pain of sitting through the mildly insulting defensive driving course together with the 16-18 year olds who are having their first go at the Class 1 full license.

Aha, perhaps you haven't had a chance to get over confident yet .... although four crashes already, hmm.

Au contraire... I managed to live through my over-confidence quite a few years before I even got into motorcycling.
And yes, I push the envelope - time and place always considered - and sometimes reality bites back. What would have been an unexpected skid in a car quite often turns into a crash on a motorcycle. That's just the way it is. Luckily I seem to bounce quite well so far...

[monkeymcbean]

2 or more years???????

holy crap batman! I've been riding road bikes for more than 35 years and I've never broken a bone falling off one.

Not even during my road race years.

I've lost a bit of skin and ruined some clothing and safety gear though.

In fact, the only time I ever did break a bone involving a bike was motocrossing in Woodhill Forest about 30 years ago: ankle bones

Awesome! you deserve a bling, for that record!

[DarkLord]

Shit a brick I thought you were describing my accident for a mo there.

He walked out of hos the next day!!!

WTF!!!

I had that exact accident, T bone at same speed landing a similar distance from the car & got a dislocated thumb & a smashed hip (9 pins & a titanium plate for life). I was told I was lucky to get what I did let alone the above!

Sheesh!

Chrome looks heaps better bolted to your bike than your leg...

Seriously dude that had to hurt something serious. Out of curiosity - can you feel the ends of those pins at all, poking into the soft tissue in your leg? Are you constantly aware that you have a metal plate and all those pins in there?

[MaxB]

Bloody hell....

22 bones per kilometre travelled is still pretty good.

16 due to a snapped wrist that was kind of hanging a bit loose. Needed reconstruction. 3 broken toes, 2 broken arms and a cracked knee.

Compared to some on this list I think I have been quite lucky.

[monkeymcbean]

Keep the camp fire stoked.

[Madmax]

53 so far
have a few plates and pins in for good (even bent a k rod)
having said that i t boned a car and walked away from it
with a couple of bumps

[Boob Johnson]

Seriously dude that had to hurt something serious. Out of curiosity - can you feel the ends of those pins at all, poking into the soft tissue in your leg? Are you constantly aware that you have a metal plate and all those pins in there?

It didn't hurt at the time, was rather numb, they gave me morph in the ambo, then I kinda came too & asked if they could give me some lol so yeah, pain kinda kicked in at that point, not a huge amount..........till I got to hospital & a dick head doctor insisted on ignoring me that I had no problem/pain in my back. He kept lifting me up to check which in turn produced MASSIVE amounts of pain from whence there was none prior. My dad was about to smash the doctor after the 3rd attempt


Yes I can feel the pin heads with my fingers if I prod around & yes I am aware of there presence on a daily basis. All she got was a $700 fine for careless use + ordered to pay me $1000 for emotional damage

And that doesn't count that I can't ride for extended periods without discomfort, sit for anything over 30 minutes or that any kind of general use of my hips (ie: pretty much most things) doesn't make me acutely aware that I am full of titanium.

[skidMark]

New riders havn't had a chance to really hurt themselves yet?

My first and to date biggest crash was 2 months in...

t boned a car they were at fault and shattered my elbow... got a figure 8 of number 8 wire in there looks knarly on x-ray... hurts like a bitch though cant lay down on it and can't fully straighten arm...

other one was a lane splitting accident... car came across without indicating...blah blah... broken ankle 2 places.

[DarkLord]

And that doesn't count that I can't ride for extended periods without discomfort, sit for anything over 30 minutes or that any kind of general use of my hips (ie: pretty much most things) doesn't make me acutely aware that I am full of titanium.

So you couldn't do a big day trip on the bike or anything without being in pain afterwards? (well more than most people anyway)

That seriously blows, dude. Being aware of the results of someone else's stupidity every day for the rest of your life... that's a tough pill to swallow.

I should be more thankful that I didn't end up with broken bones and metal plates in my body when I had a crash last year.

[Boob Johnson]

So you couldn't do a big day trip on the bike or anything without being in pain afterwards? (well more than most people anyway)

That seriously blows, dude. Being aware of the results of someone else's stupidity every day for the rest of your life... that's a tough pill to swallow.

I should be more thankful that I didn't end up with broken bones and metal plates in my body when I had a crash last year.

Afterwards? No during. I can & do big day trips but as mentioned it is with severe discomfort, much more than most, during & afterwards. Mates I ride with regularly see me stretching out the left leg whilst on the go.

Tis a tough pill to swallow but could always be worse, im alive & still ride