MotoGP 2017

[James Deuce]

...you can say that again...I did some big damage to my leg 40 or so years ago, my brain hasn't been working well ever since...

That shit happens to me too. 10 broken ribs and I can never find my keys anymore.

[Autech]

...you can say that again...I did some big damage to my leg 40 or so years ago, my brain hasn't been working well ever since...

Probably more the 40years or so than the leg bit

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[pritch]

So if you have a couple of minutes while we wait, a video tourist brochure...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApIxvphYBuQ

[malcy25]

I think fuel starvation is the likely cause, but how it happened is up for debate.

Obviously we have read the news articles which now talk gearbox, but fuel starvation won't cause a highside like that....just gives the same effect as a shut throttle, and the slipper clutch will mute that effect even.

Anything after the clutch (ie between the clutch and the rear wheel), now that is where you get rear problems. I've had broken circlips in the gearbox which allowed two gear engaged at the same time (twice), and an a broken chain jammed in the back wheel. All three scenarios you are along for the ride as you can't pull the clutch and free wheel. Two i kept upright as luckily they were low speed and straight line but still arrived beyond full lock in a hairpin....the last hurt and destroyed a helmet, and the side of my bike.

[James Deuce]

Obviously we have read the news articles which now talk gearbox, but fuel starvation won't cause a highside like that....just gives the same effect as a shut throttle, and the slipper clutch will mute that effect even.

Anything after the clutch (ie between the clutch and the rear wheel), now that is where you get rear problems. I've had broken circlips in the gearbox which allowed two gear engaged at the same time (twice), and an a broken chain jammed in the back wheel. All three scenarios you are along for the ride as you can't pull the clutch and free wheel. Two i kept upright as luckily they were low speed and straight line but still arrived beyond full lock in a hairpin....the last hurt and destroyed a helmet, and the side of my bike.

Had a throttle cable snap on the race track. High-sided to bejeezus. Tyre was spinning. It stopped spinning when the throttle shut abruptly. My wife was unhappy with me. Was told to get a pilot's license if I wanted to fly.

[malcy25]

Had a throttle cable snap on the race track. High-sided to bejeezus. Tyre was spinning. It stopped spinning when the throttle shut abruptly. My wife was unhappy with me. Was told to get a pilot's license if I wanted to fly.

ouuuuuch! Yeah, that's probably the one time that you'd get caught, the drive (or more correctly, too much drive!) to no drive situation. On the over run though, little issue. Had a near miss recently :
I hook another gear at redline coming out of a sweeper, accelerated some, then it jumped back a gear, dumping me into the rev limiter....pushed me wide, nearly off the track and if you had a mike inside the helmet the replay would be a lot of swearing as I got it pulled back at the track edge....

[Autech]

My Hyosung had a dodgy sidestand kill switch which decided to shut the engine off when full leant (on road thankfully) a few times. Bricks were shat

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[jim.cox]

Agreed

Engine sprocket coming off and locking up chain and rear wheel while leaned over in a corner is NOT a nice feeling

[steveyb]

So if you have a couple of minutes while we wait, a video tourist brochure...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApIxvphYBuQ

That is really quite attractive. Shows what you can do with a bit of will and flair.
How about in NZ?
Yeah, nah......

[BMWST?]

cant find the article again but VR already released from hospital after operation

[eelracing]

cant find the article again but VR already released from hospital after operation

I got out on thursday after rebreaking my tib and fib on the saturday VMXing.Old rod removed,ankle screwed together and new longer rod and more screws fitted.

Surgeon says 4 months to heal...WTF.
I want Rossis drugs.

Pre op xray

[Crasherfromwayback]

Surgeon says 4 months to heal...WTF.
y

Seems a bit excessive. But rather than rush it, I'd prefer to see the Old Dog take the rest of the year off, and come back fresh and 100% for another push next season.

[malcy25]

Seems a bit excessive. But rather than rush it, I'd prefer to see the Old Dog take the rest of the year off, and come back fresh and 100% for another push next season.

Would be a smart thing, but I reckon he'll be at Phillip Island.

[steveyb]

When they come back to racing, very few of these guys are healed. They just end up with sufficient stability and pain control to carry on.
4-6 weeks are needed for any bone fracture to heal so that it is at least joined. 12 months needed for full remodeling of the callous.
But some of the ultrasonic, hyperbaric chamber and drug treatments [hyaluronic acid etc] are proving to accelerate bone healing.

[ellipsis]

But some of the ultrasonic, hyperbaric chamber and drug treatments [hyaluronic acid etc] are proving to accelerate bone healing.

...so just drinking more piss between one week's racing and the next weeks, with broken ribs on three or four occasions was probably a wrong assumption on my part, over the years...