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  1. #31
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    Good luck with the recovery. Listen to yourself. There was a reason why you started riding. Give yourself time and you will know if you will regrete it if you dont ride again. Chances are you may never have another bin, be positive with yourself. Good luck mate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steam View Post
    I just had my second crash, I shattered my collarbone (into 4 bits) while riding through the outback in Australia and had to be flown by Flying Doctor to the nearest hospital, etc etc, blah blah...

    I have had two crashes on motorcycles now, a year apart. The first one was a beginner's crash that I will not repeat due to having more experience now. (Target fixation)
    This most recent crash I don't remember, (concussion + amnesia) but I think it was probably due to hitting a patch of deep gravel or dust at 70 kph and being thrown off. (It was a gravel road).
    Id say just toughen up ...thats my fav saying
    I wrote one bike off hitting the side of a car i saw the speedo at 80 and still had the trottle full on so i guess getting to 90 when i hit the car .
    I survived , you sound fine to me

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    Quick Quiz.

    Do you enjoy riding a motorcycle?????
    Answer: No. Then stop!
    Answer: yes Then continue

    Your choice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steam View Post
    No need to make any hasty decisions just yet. Get better first.
    Mate...you've just said it right there!
    I've been riding off and on for 20years,have mentored more than my fair share of so-called n00bies,done some pretty styley riding etc...and I've had two "random" bins this year at legal speeds like yourself!
    It's simply a part of our passion unfortunately...best thing to do is to continue your training and get on with it...if you so choose.
    For now just heal the bod and the soul will follow

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    Sounds like you got the heebie jeebies mate. It'll pass.

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    Don't be hasty. When I was young and learning I covered 25,000 miles in 9 months and had about five accidents. Two were writeoffs and all of them hurt like hell.

    These days I've lost the odd friend and seen some go down bad but I know I couldn't not have a bike now.

    There are risks in everything. Tommorrow you could die from a tumour, be hit by lightning or a bus but man do you live a lot when you ride

    You'll come right. Reflection is a part of every off. You love riding and that will never go away.
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    just give up, or accept that binning is part of the road to winning.

    i have written off a few bikes...been in pain from doing so, but it never put me off

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    Steam, I think i know how you feel mate.

    My collarbone is also currently in a few too many peices after my first off (After 10months riding). I too cant remember anything about the day thanks to a big dose of concussion (and being uncouncious for several hours).

    I really dont like the fact I dont remember it. Why wasn't I able to stop? Whats to stop it happening again?

    I don't know about getting another bike. My family tells me this crash should have taught me just how vunerable bikers are.

    I think only time will help - with our bones, and with the answers.
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    Give up riding ? Take some time to heal then make your decision!!
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    We've only got so long to live and riding gives me such a buzz I'm fucked if I'm going to miss out on it because I got taken out by a cage.

    The old saying "hop straight back on the horse" really applies with this sort of thing. It felt weird getting on a bike three weeks after the cage took me out but it was worth it to get my 6F. Was a bit of a mind fuck going for my licence test the next day but what's life without a challenge or two. After 15min on the bike you start to loosen up again. I think it'll make me more conservative for a while though.

    Not saying you should go out for a fang as soon as you're better but do at least potter up and down a driveway or something so you don't lose the nerve.

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    The first time I sat on a bike after smashing my thumb up in a highside (six weeks after surgery, once I was cast-free) the bike was a K6 GSX-R1000 that belonged to someone else, which I was riding away on for a weekend down the line.



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    4 wheels moves the body.. 2 wheels moves the soul....

    so give your body time to heal.. then let your soul decide....

    big for you!!

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    GET ON
    SIT DOWN
    SHUT UP
    HANG ON

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    As a certain actor said in a scripted line as part of a scene of "The World's Fastest Indian" :

    Tom: "Aren't you scared you'll kill yourself if you crash?"

    Burt Munro: "No... You live more in five minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in a lifetime."

    I love that quote... take some time out, let off some steam (sorry! ) and then when you're ready, throw your leg over something two wheeled and see how that grabs you!
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    Um, Lets see: (not counting accidents off-road or on the race track)

    1st bin was a head-on into a car after 6 weeks riding;
    Next was a bounce off a marker peg 8 weeks later;
    Then a slide in some spilt diesel after 9 months riding;
    Next was over a bank on a gravel road after only 12 months riding;
    A taxi T-boned me 9 months later;
    A tank slapper on an icy gravel road saw me eating gravel after another 12 months;
    Falling asleep at 3:00 am on a back country road 6 months later didn't do much for my enthusiasm;
    A blow out in a rear tyre at 100 kmh that same week caused a bit more pain;
    Having a rear hub collapse while sliding on an icy road 18 months later gave me a better insight into how the ambulance service works in a rural area;
    Falling off while not paying attention on a CT110 was the latest.

    Injuries so far: Bruised knee, broken wrist, broken leg, broken ribs (lost count of how many), Dislocated and broken right shoulder, damaged vision in one eye, dislocated left shoulder and detached tendons, A cut penis (don't laugh, I still have the scars). I'm sure there are others that I have forgotten.

    I think I might have to give it away as well. But first, there is another passes ride, the Mini returns ride, next year's 1000 miler, the Rusty Nuts 10,000 km in 10 day ride, a ride around aussie in 42 days, I must complete a postie bike challenge, etc. I should be able to give up riding in about 30 years.

    But seriously, Steam, I do know just what you are feeling, I have felt the same after some prangs. I won't tell you to HTFU, nor will I say "give up its not for you."

    What is important is that you set your goals and follow the path that is most likely to allow you to achieve them. If a sense of adventure fits in with that then come back to motorcycling when you are ready. But most importantly, do what your heart dictates.
    Time to ride

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    See my sigs dude. (the midle and last one!)
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