Accident prone

[Bing]

Hi everyone, I'm Bing.
Well, I've been reading posts on Kiwi Biker for a while now and I've found heaps of helpful information so I thought it was time for me to contribute something.
My brother and I both decided to start riding just over a year ago, I bought a CB250 and he bought a Kwaka GPX. Neither of us had ridden before and we decided it would be a good idea to learn to ride on a field near our house. It went fine for a while until we switched bikes and I fell off his one, smashed up his fairings and broke my wrist. I paid for the repairs to his bike (still feel bad about wrecking his bike on the first day) and waited six weeks to get my cast off before I could get my learners.
It didn't put me off riding, I love it. I ride to work every day, rain or shine, and any chance I get on the weekends. So, just over a year later I got my full licence and a beautiful ZX636. I rode that even more than the CB for about two months, and then about a month ago I was coming out of the driveway of my flat, like I do every day, and as I was turning the bike stalled and just dropped on me. I heard my leg snap against the kerb (I'm on a one-way street) and that's it... no walking without crutches, let alone riding, for about three months :-(
I did a pretty good job on it too, broke both bones in my leg, the tibia was shattered and I've got a metal rod keeping it all together. Luckily the bike's fine apart from a few minor scratches.
Anyway, I thought I'd share this with everyone here... I guess to let people know that's it not just the high speed accidents that can do damage. It has to be the most embarrassing bike accident I've heard of anyway. Apart from my first one! I'm going to get back on the bike when I can, but I can't help getting the feeling someone's trying to tell me something...

[Kendog]

Hey welcome Bing! Sorry to hear about your accident prone biking experiences, don't give up though, have faith, jump back on as soon as you can aye! Sounds like you are pretty onto it, just a little unlucky! Chin up bud.
Mrs KD.

[Nutter34]

Hey Bing, sorry to hear. Hope the healing goes well.

Some of us have had lots of accidents, usually when we've run out of talent at just the wrong moment... You may just have had bad luck, lol...

Take it easy and enjoy it when you get back on.

[Jantar]

.... but I can't help getting the feeling someone's trying to tell me something...

Welcome to the site Bing. I'm glad to hear that you aren't too seriously injured, even though that type of break takes a while to heal.

I do believe that what someone is trying to tell you (but a bit late now) is that learner riders shouldn't ride bikes with fairings, nor get onto sports bikes untill they have a fair bit of experience under their belts.

Just hurry up and get better, then find a mentor in your area, and learn from someone elses experience rather than having to make all the mistakes yourself.

[vtec]

Far out that sucks... 2 minor crashes, and two pretty bad injuries. I've been riding for years, have dropped bikes quite a few times, but my worst (and only real) injury was when going round a real tight left hander after waiting for an idiot pedestrian to stop his progress into my path, I then proceeded to rev it up to show him my disillusion, and then leaned it down and let the clutch out a bit too fast, the bike spun around about 180 degrees I put my foot down, and the bike landed on the heel of my steel cap boots which bent the shoe and forced the steel cap into the joint of my big toe, and cracked my rear fairings. Didn't think it was that bad till I got home and couldn't put much weight on it. Never went to the doctors, but later I tripped over and fractured a bit of bone off that joint so I'd obviously weakened it in the accident. It's my only fracture in my whole life. So maybe your bones are a bit soft? Or maybe you've just had a couple of freak accidents... My sympathy either way.

[Finn]

Bad luck Bing.

Maybe you should drink more milk.

[MD]

Good to see you have perserverence. One year riding and you go to a 100hp 600. Not sure that is such a wise move though.
But, seriously breaking bones on two walking pace tumbles just doesn't add up. Maybe your bones are prone to breaking? A friend in Chch recently fell over on ice skates, not even moving, and shattered bones. Doctor told her she had to give up all risk/active type past times because of her brittle bones.
Some good news though. I've broken the tib and fib amongst other leg bones years gone by and they do recover well. You will go through life always aware though not to bump that part, or that part, favouring one leg over the other etc..For added benefit they give good advance notice of damp weather coming. Sometimes people say to me. have you got a limp...no I reply, just rain on the way. Always remember the doctor putting a cast on my leg saying "you'll pay for this in your old age" Cheerful sod he was.

[Str8 Jacket]

Welcome along Bing. Bummer about your accidents, glad they havent put you off riding. I can sympathise with the "maybe someone is trying to tell me something" feelings. I wrote off my first bike in the first 2 months of learning to ride and ive had a handful of incidents on this bike. I think in some ways writing off my first bike and being able to walk away from it was a good thing.... When I got the replacement bike (KR150) I was scared of it which made me respect it and made me realise that I was a learner and I needed to ride like one. When I first got on my first bike I wasnt really scared of it (it was GN for christs sake!) and I rode waaay beyond my level which is why I crashed. So when I got the KR I took things slowly and learned the basics etc properly. Ive only been riding a year now and I have improved heaps and im loving it. Take things slowly you've got the rest of your life!

[Hawkeye]

Sometimes people say to me. have you got a limp...no I reply, just rain on the way. Always remember the doctor putting a cast on my leg saying "you'll pay for this in your old age" Cheerful sod he was.

That's good MD. All I need to do now is check if your limping on the way to work to decide if I need the wet weather gear on.

PS. What's you leg telling you now, as it's pissistantly throwing it down....




Bad luck on the break Bing. If it's your right leg, that's not a problem. Don't panic. A bike passed me on the twisties around the Pauatahanui inlet the other day. Had a set of crutches strapped to the rack on the back ( upright, not sideways... ). As long as you can change gear, who needs a back brake.. Let's face it. You will have a 'boot' on. Your toes could get a bit cold though.

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[MD]

That's good MD. All I need to do now is check if your limping on the way to work to decide if I need the wet weather gear on.

PS. What's you leg telling you now, as it's pissistantly throwing it down....

Somedays Hawkeye you just don't need any type of weather guage! That tapping noise on the roof is a real give away as well. Wgtn weather is easy to forecast - it will be cold and wet every day between 1 June to 30 Sept.
So no golf in the sunshine for you today hey.

[Bing]

I'm not sure why my bones break so easily, I think for my leg at least it was the height difference between the road and the kerb and having a 160kg+ bike landing on it. I probably did move up to a bigger bike a bit too quickly but I asked a few riders I know who have been riding for a long time and they said as long as I took it easy I'd be fine. I'll see how it is when I'm able to ride again and if I'm not comfortable I'll get a smaller bike for a while. I'll have to put up with the built-in weather sensor, and setting off metal detectors! Thanks for all the positive comments by the way; I've had several generous offers from my friends offering to "look after" my bike for me :-)

[R6_kid:Me]

pies, potatoes and milk - never broken a bone in my life.

[Bonez]

Chin up Bing. You'll be back in the saddle in no time. Welcome.

[Clivoris]

Welcome Bing.
Shame about your accidents but I think you're missing the real message between the lines here mate. Imagine if it was a car that you dropped on your leg or wrist? Bloody dangerous those car thingies. Keep avoiding them bro.

[jtzzr]

Bad luck about the accidents, but shite happens , don`t give up,think of it this way, your odds of having another accident have decreased twofold , fuck does that make sense.Welcome Bing