Hawke's Bay Ride Outs - is anyone there?

[Night Falcon]

Marty, welcome back buddy You still haven't lost your wonderful sense of humour.

A great day!!! Ross, Eddie, Bart, Wade & moi. Thank you Ross so very much for organizing this ride. 2000 acres of hill country farm & me not ridden since MMMMM A few stupid offs . . . like 'where has the ground gone?' when you stop on a slope , the mud hole that almost swallowed the DR , me rolling backwards down a hill when Mrs DR stalled at the top of a lip To name a couple.
Oh. . . did I say I got stuck in a couple muddy sections(didn't come off though). Thanks guys for your help. You are FAB.

Missed you Marty, you were in our mind & often talked about at stops. "Marty would have loved this" or "Marty would have been right up there"

FALL OF THE RIDE. . . .was Ross's off on a tight narrow ledge into the manuka scrub. A bit of blood, pain & a upside down 2fifty

lucky that wee 2fiddy is right home upside down in the bush...hope rosco wasn't too worse for wear.....photos per chance
AN authopedic surgeon told me this morning rib cart ledge injuries are extremely painful - for once we were able to reach almost instant uneqivical agreement

[Waipukbiker]

All good mate, gave the right forearm a bit of a strain, welcome back to the forum. Hydration packs were essential equipment on this ride, made a huuuuge differance. (So did the smaller bikes). looking forward to all the photos.

[bart]

Welcome back Marty. I hope you heal up quick.

Good ride yesterday. Thanks for sorting it out Ross. Some big country in there.

I woke up during the night with massive leg cramps. I blame Wades DR350 for it. ’It kickstarts real easy’ he said...

Nah, it’s all good. Thanks for the lone of the bike. It was perfect for that terrain.

Cheers guys. I’ll post up some photos when I get a chance.

[Aslan]

We've yet to meet - been following your journey since your ill fated collision with the kamikaze sheep - glad you're recovering well Marty and the folk at the DHB are taking good care of you

As I ride into the Molesworth today - I've a heightened awareness of the possibility of a large steer lurching into my path!

Go well Marty and your Hawkes Bay ADV pals - Aslan

[Night Falcon]

. I blame Wades DR350 for it. ’It kickstarts real easy’ he said...

Nah, it’s all good. Thanks for the lone of the bike. It was perfect for that terrain.

Cheers guys. I’ll post up some photos when I get a chance.

I've seen our merkin buddy kickin the guts out of that DR after some interesting parking manouvers so not surprised your tiny leg is feelin it .. Looking forward to some pickies

[Night Falcon]

We've yet to meet - been following your journey since your ill fated collision with the kamikaze sheep - glad you're recovering well Marty and the folk at the DHB are taking good care of you

As I ride into the Molesworth today - I've a heightened awareness of the possibility of a large steer lurching into my path!

Go well Marty and your Hawkes Bay ADV pals - Aslan

Cheers Aslan, we will definitely have to catch up for ride/chat at some stage. The Molesworth is beautiful country and holds a special place in my families history. Bill and Rachel Chisholm were both great friends of my parents. You definitely wouldn't want to meet up with Larry the lunatic Lambro in there though mate. Safe travels ...love to see some pics if ya get a chance to post any

[Waipukbiker]

I was involved in a big Army exercise in the bottom end of Molsworth back in 82, Came through Jacks Pass and ended up seing a big chunk of the bottom end of the Stn, The old St Helens/Tarndale area. ( You can go lotsa places when you are on tracks instead of tyres) Met up with the big man himself while I was there, amazing bloke, I dont think we will see his like again.
Thanks for your comments Aslan, hope you have a great ride down there and one day I hope we can show you around our place.

[GPS MAN]

Hey Marty ~ Good to see you are out of ICU and on the road to recovery!

Let me know when you can take visitors and I'll pop by for minute

You would have loved the ride yesterday on the BETA..Man it would have rocked!

Thanks Ross for making the ride possible!
I think we all had a Great time could not have ask for a better day

Again Marty - Take Care and Get Well Soon

[Waipukbiker]

We are definitly going back there and next time it will be reverse direction but not until our "Missing man" is ready to join us, (Well he "Beta" be ready). let us know mate when you can handle visitors and we cab catch up. A couple of the Welly boys want to come up and see you too.

[GPS MAN]

Went by the hospital and had a good catch-up with Marty.

He is looking sore and in lots of pain..(thanks for painkillers)

Still a little blurry about the accident. But, still talking motorcycles and riding, Good Conversation!

He was upset that he missed out on the "Ross Ride". ~Next Time~

He is hoping to be discharged in the next couple of days....will text him tomorrow and get the update.

[DR Girl]

Thanks for that update Wade. That's great news. Will pop up tomorrow Marty :-)

QUESTION GUYS. . . . gave the 2hundy a good clean. Took AGES trying to get all that grey wacke clay off that she was absolutely coated in. Now rear suspension is squeeky the moment you sit on the bike. Tried CRC. Still the same. Do you think some of that grey clay has got into the linkages/ suspension/ bearings? 13,000ks on 2hundy. Have only had rear wheel bearings done to date. Maybe time to get bike shop to check ?
Would value any comments.

[DR Girl]

Marty, what ribs did you break? Front or back or a wee meddle of both ??? I can only guess how painful it would be
You poor 35yr old boy.

[pomgolian]

Nice to see your getting better old chap - ribs sound painful as only over broken both ankles.

[GSers]

Nice to see your getting better old chap - ribs sound painful as only over broken both ankles.

Ribs mostly painful when some ba--ard comes along and makes you laugh ah Marty. TXT me if they kick you out of hospital before say Wednesday thats the plan at this stage may have to work ???? Looking forward to a ride / drive sick of sanding windows.
GSers

[Night Falcon]

Marty, what ribs did you break? Front or back or a wee meddle of both ??? I can only guess how painful it would be
You poor 35yr old boy.

lots and lots front/back/middles/ends. What I think has happened is my left side has borne the brunt of hitting the end of the handle bar protectors at say 80- 110 kph. The X-ray shows (from foggy memory) the first eight ribs all having about an 80mm strip running from the broken collar bone and down about 350 - 400mm (about the width of the hand guard) of shattered bone maybe 3-5 breaks per rib. Surgeon says it will heal ok but it looks a mess. Hoping to get copy of the X-ray for exhibition and comment. Painful doesn't beguine to describe the pain either!!

Ribs mostly painful when some ba--ard comes along and makes you laugh ah Marty. TXT me if they kick you out of hospital before say Wednesday thats the plan at this stage may have to work ???? Looking forward to a ride / drive sick of sanding windows.
GSers

no worries bro I'm picking/ hoping the hospital is getting as sick of me as I am of being in it. They do have some spectacularly good drugs though I'm not sure sitting in the lotus position for an hour a day is gonna do much for pain relief so hopefully I'll get a decent truckload to leave with. Or Sue is gonna get over me balling my eyes out every 10 mins pretty quickly. I might have to start looking at replacement options for the 690 as part of my pain recovery? 530 exc.....free ride......bmwf650