Another hello (are you sick of them yet?) - SPQR

**haydes55** · 23rd May 2012, 21:53

Originally Posted by SPQR

Haha, I do plan to! As well as the one where I'm looking thoroughly pissed at having to wear armour that is definitely too big for a 5'2 girl. And i'm being optimistic with that measurement!

The worst I've done is broken my arm right in the middle of the bone, but only one of the bones. My poor doctor was quite confused until I told him I was on a dirt bike at which point he sighed and seemed to give up on thinking I had any sense...

Didn't stop me riding either. Rode around the front yard in suburban North Shore with a cast on my left arm. Only had to adjust the clutch lever in.

Here's a thread for the vertically challenged bikers

I once broke both the bones in my left forearm had the cast up past my elbow so couldn't ride... couldn't even hold the handlebars haha

**SPQR** · 23rd May 2012, 22:01

Cheers for that! Always good reading! I'll have to send it to my old man who at 5'6 has legs that are no longer than mine and significantly less flexible hips...

You must have had quite some adventures then! Mind you, I know a woman called Ngaio who I believe still rides a Yamaha 230 and manages to injure herself almost constantly. She's an adrenaline junkie... Her poor doctor made the mistake of mentioning that skiing and dirt biking are actually possible in a moon boot to which Ngaio nearly exploded with joy and her doctor rued ever mentioning anything. Knee surgeries and broken noses and she still heads out. Quite a woman!

To this day I've only had that one broken bone and I don't plan to add to it! Although I'm not sure who actually does plan for it... Joys of biking!