worst damage done in an accident?

[Krusti]

Had just started coming right after lower spinal fusion, bone graft etc at time of acc, pissed me right off!

Been two years constant pain but you get to the point where you cant think what life would be like without it.

It is amazing what a total cry baby like me can put up with when forced to.

Be carefull out there, it can turn to custard so bloody fast.

[MSTRS:Me]

with strawberries mixed in too

[avgas]

only if your bloody unlucky u get strawberries

[bane]

But I'm here, I'm still riding, I'm still living, I love life and all it has to offer, the good and the bad. These events help shape who we are, and they all offer something positive, something beneficial. Whether it be experience, character building, or given you a new angle from which to view life, take it and run with it.

Respect

[MSTRS:Me]

only if your bloody unlucky u get strawberries

For Hitcher (his correction fluid MUST be running out by now)
Only if you're bloody unlucky (add do or will)you get strawberries

[Biff]

I hit a tree and died, and my motorcycle bounced off into a nearby building, causing it to collapse. The body count was horrendous.

oh that was you on the bike was is ya bastard. i was on the second floor of the building that collapsed, took them freakin ages to remove the third floor from me. ruined my new suit i tell thee

[jonnyrr1]

well, had a car pull out in front of me when i was doing about 70kph,
i didnt even touch the breaks...........woke up a while later in hospital on a back board, broke my right colar bone, 3 ribs on my right side, fucked my left knee, oh and hit my nuts on the tank so hard they were black and blue for about 2 months.... spent 2 weeks in hospital and another 6 weeks at home, wrote off my 1987 GSXR750, and the car i crashed into, i was on a learner licence and had no insurance, got done by the cops for speeding,.........so ended up paying off the guys car and fixin up my bike. new front end and as soon as i could bend my leg enuff to change gears i was back on it..

[onearmedbandit]

I had the misfortune of seeing those 'nuts' when jonny flashed me at the hospital. The doctor says I'll never get rid of the image, save for a full frontal labotomy.

[Hitcher]

save for a full frontal labotomy.

I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me...

[onearmedbandit]

Nice hitcher, very nice. Haven't heard that before, I'll have to put to memory.

[marty]

i've been lucky with my own riding, but i've been to about a dozen fatals involving bikers. my last fatal was a fireblade vs commodore head-on, on chinamans hill hamilton about 10 months ago.

one particularly nasty one was a guy riding into the back of a hay spinning tractor thingy with no rear lighting, on sh1 at about 0200am. tractor @ 40km/h, bike at 160ish. tractor driver drove 15kms before someone waved him down to tell him he had a gsx1100 and it's associated paraphenalia stuck on the spikes out back.

or the ape hanging harley rider who hit the front of a horse truck at warp factor 63. snapped the truck's engine off its mounts.

shockers. all of them.

[Draco]

OAB (and others) with lasting effects from crashes, my suggestion is to find a really GOOD osteopath and someone who specialises in accupressure for pain relief. Was the only thing that got me through months with a shattered pelvis, knees, ankles etc. One good session of accupressure can get you through a few days to a week with significantly reduced pain. Give it a try guys.

[James Deuce]

OAB (and others) with lasting effects from crashes, my suggestion is to find a really GOOD osteopath and someone who specialises in accupressure for pain relief. Was the only thing that got me through months with a shattered pelvis, knees, ankles etc. One good session of accupressure can get you through a few days to a week with significantly reduced pain. Give it a try guys.

Speaking as someone with nerve damage as well, it is difficult to convey just how hideous and unrelenting that type of pain is. Accupressure/puncture doesn't work, because it is a form of neural stimulation that requires a fully functioning neural system. I've tried manipulative physio, standard physio, Chinese massage, both sets of "Accu", anti-depressants, morphine (liquid and pill form as pethidine), synthetic opiates, exercise, alchohol abuse, punching things, mole strangling, hot and cold packs, magnetic underlays, herbal remedies, and meditation.

None of them work.

There are only three things that do completely:

1. Hugging someone.
2. Riding a bike.
3. Playing drums.

They are the only things that allow me to file the pain away completely for a period of time.

Breathing exercises help quell the emotions that surface or get near the surface, when it gets too much.

[inlinefour]

whats the worst damage anyones done in a motorbike accident, physically or financially, to yourself or others?

Its the ones that the people involved got hurt. At the end of the day the bike(s) can be easily replaced...

[avgas]

Speaking as someone with nerve damage as well, i
There are only three things that do completely:
1. Hugging someone.
2. Riding a bike.
3. Playing drums.

Yeh a nice backrub from my girlfriend help me forget pain.
Riding a bike - its just me an the road, so yeh i have no pain at all then.
Gotta ge me some drums though - havnt playd drums since i was a kid.
dont use the rear brake much when i ride now cos it gets to me a bit