Back in the saddle

**Fatt Max** · 9th January 2010, 08:58

Nice one mate, glad to hear it...

Means that we have to meet for a pootle and a pie though, so maybe not so good, eh....

Just take it easy out there

**Pussy** · 9th January 2010, 08:59

Originally Posted by crazyhorse

Yeah, everything else I was born with

Everything else that hasn't broken yet

Never broken a bone in my body though............. tired of people telling me I'm too young to have a new hip.......... and yip! I am, but my parents must've been in too much of a rush when they made me, cause it didn't last the distance. But I'm all good now.

Still, nothing will keep me off my bike for long

So all the good bits still okay then, crazyhorse?

**crazyhorse** · 9th January 2010, 09:00

Originally Posted by Pussy

So all the good bits still okay then, crazyhorse?

More than good ................thanks Pussy

**FJRider** · 9th January 2010, 09:14

Originally Posted by Pussy

"We can rebuild her.... we have the technology".....

You got any original bits left, crazyhorse?

A pair of the "original bits" seem ok ...

**wbks** · 9th January 2010, 09:31

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

Well, I'm probably starting to sound like a broken record here, but WOO HOOOO!! first jaunt out on el bandito since my surgery. (Had the plate put in on Dec 9th, and on Christmas Eve had my first outing of three on the back of Balu's burger).

Surprisingly my jacket did not aggravate the scar at all as I'd expected, but I did find the ride this afternoon out to Clevedon and home just a good length for my first ride. There was a bit of tenderness at the top of my shoulder initially, but no problem at the break site. It took the first 10 minutes or so to start to feel comfortable on the bike again, but by the return ride home I felt like I'd never been off it.

How soon have others been back (in the rider's seat) after having surgery? (Mine was collarbone btw).

p.s. will update my blog after seeing the specialist again on the 29th of Jan. Fingers crossed that the xrays will show good news!

I think I remember you from motott last year... Pink jacket and scorpio, right? Saw ya on thurs I think? Didn't look like you had been off the bike for too long

**PrincessBandit** · 9th January 2010, 10:52

Originally Posted by wbks

I think I remember you from motott last year... Pink jacket and scorpio, right? Saw ya on thurs I think? Didn't look like you had been off the bike for too long

Ah, no that wouldn't have been me - I ride a dark blue 650 bandit and my jackets are either a red Suomy (which I still wear thanks to Kerry at MSW patching up after my accident) and a pretty baby blue M2R (which was the replacement one from my accident). Check my profile pic as the only mod the bandit has had done since is a higher Givi windshield.
I'm sure we'll meet up somewhere along the line though!

**wbks** · 9th January 2010, 12:58

Oh, I've mixed up KBers, here. Random question, but do you mean you only ride from Auckland city to clevedon?

**PrincessBandit** · 9th January 2010, 14:18

Originally Posted by wbks

Oh, I've mixed up KBers, here. Random question, but do you mean you only ride from Auckland city to clevedon?

A popular ride in our area is the Maraetai/Whitford loop which includes Clevedon along the route. I'm in Manurewa which makes home to Clevedon and back about an easy 45 minute ride - just a nice length for my first pootle back in charge on 2 wheels.

**caseye** · 9th January 2010, 15:26

Hey thats naughty!, but if it felt OK then do it again tomorrow! Pleased you are back on the bandit.Ratbags bike is once more all go too so perhaps a quiet country ride in the not to distant future.Take care out there PB.

**PrincessBandit** · 10th January 2010, 16:16

Originally Posted by Fatt Max

Nice one mate, glad to hear it...

Means that we have to meet for a pootle and a pie though, so maybe not so good, eh....

Just take it easy out there

You betcha!!

Had a great ride this morning to Te Aroha with Balu, stopping for coffee at one of our favourite coffee places Espresso Banco. Shoulder a little tender, but quite managable - nothing like the shocker I had a few months ago riding home from Hamihole in agony!
Plenty of bikes out on the road, lots of waves, no stupidity from any riders - the only dickhead was a car driver who thought it would be fun to cut me off while carving up the traffic on the Bombays.

Look forward to catching up with you if you collect fishy(ies) for Mini Max.