How many people have broken bones as a result of riding a motorbike?

**Ocean1** · 21st July 2009, 20:42

Ribs, clavicle, patella, metatarsals, toes and fingers.

All off road.

All managed with cunningly premeditated malice aforethought.

Apparently.

**mrchips** · 21st July 2009, 20:50

nothing broke, cracked a nut tho.... not pleasant

**stig** · 21st July 2009, 21:14

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

no breaks here, but the one time ive been hit, i found myself wearing a cast due to a dusty xray lens. being stuck like that for no reason resulted in both knees being fucked beyond repair.

thats not cool, medical mishaps don't add to the experiance.

my last bin left me in the hands of 3rd world doctors, 3weeks later the nz jocks had to rebreak 5 of the breaks and shove a bunch of titanium in me.

other than that 1 bone on race track and one sideways knee off road.

nothing on road yet

its not a considered a rite of passage is it?

**p.dath** · 21st July 2009, 21:20

Originally Posted by Mikkel

Haven't passed my 2 year day yet - it is getting close though.

Still, I've had four crashes (i.e. chances to really hurt myself) and sustained no injuries worth mentioning.

Aha, perhaps you haven't had a chance to get over confident yet .... although four crashes already, hmm.

**p.dath** · 21st July 2009, 21:22

Originally Posted by James Deuce

How on earth did you decide on two years?

I think that is about how long it takes to get a full licence. At least, I think that is enough time to become a competent rider, and to rule out those people that are still learning to ride and taking it far more cautiously.

**p.dath** · 21st July 2009, 21:23

Originally Posted by vifferman

I don't know.
I've never had plaster applied, but I have some Suspicious Pains.

Lots of breaks, like fingers, don't result in plaster.

**p.dath** · 21st July 2009, 21:27

Originally Posted by mossy1200

I broke a bone in top of my foot 10years ago.Hit a sheep and it rolled my foot under the peg.Lucky the headers of my motor guzzi took the main impact and i stayed upright.
I broke the bone that connects onto your thumb and pushed my thumb down my wrist until my wrist watch stopped it.Looked at my hand and though it was gone until i turned my hand over.Rear brake lever had fallen off xr600 and i used to ride brakes while changing gears in wheelie.Not there so i flipped it.Slid down the track superman style till thumb met rock.
they call that a bennetts fracture.That one hurt real good.

I don't mean to laugh, but hit a sheep! Hahahahaha.

**gatch** · 21st July 2009, 21:28

After a bunch of stacks and minor incidents not a broken bone to date.

Touching wood.... (gripping actually)

**p.dath** · 21st July 2009, 21:28

Originally Posted by idleidolidyll

...
holy crap batman! I've been riding road bikes for more than 35 years and I've never broken a bone falling off one.
...In fact, the only time I ever did break a bone involving a bike was motocrossing in Woodhill Forest about 30 years ago: ankle bones

So you have broken a bone riding a bike ...

**p.dath** · 21st July 2009, 21:32

Originally Posted by YellowDog

Hey JR,

If by saying 'Bins aren't accidents' you mean that they are actually rider mistakes or a failure to appropriately judge the conditions (and I include myself), then I do agree 100%.

I've not ever had a broken bone myself and I hope I never do.
(famous last words)

When I created the poll I was trying to ask about broken bones as a result of riding a bike. Saying accident seemed like a good way of describing a broken bone, since no one would surely do it on purpose.

**p.dath** · 21st July 2009, 21:35

Those survey results are pretty amazing. Pretty much 50% of all experienced riders have managed to break at least one bone while riding a bike. Better keep that statistic from ACC or they'll be wanting us to stump up with the GDP of a small third world country.

**James Deuce** · 21st July 2009, 21:37

Originally Posted by p.dath

I think that is about how long it takes to get a full licence. At least, I think that is enough time to become a competent rider, and to rule out those people that are still learning to ride and taking it far more cautiously.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

**James Deuce** · 21st July 2009, 21:37

Originally Posted by p.dath

Those survey results are pretty amazing. Pretty much 50% of all experienced riders have managed to break at least one bone while riding a bike. Better keep that statistic from ACC or they'll be wanting us to stump up with the GDP of a small third world country.

They already know.