Ouch, my bones.

**Steam** · 28th December 2007, 20:35

Originally Posted by zeocen

...how is your collarbone doing? Any idea how long it took you to start typing with two hands?

Four weeks. Before then I could type but I could feel it wasn't doing the healing any good.
But I have this great voice recognition software called Dragon Naturally Speaking, which meant I could still "type" at 70 words per minute with only one hand.
It's expensive at around $300 for the latest version but well worth it if you have no hands (and you also have a fast computer.)

**Chickadee** · 28th December 2007, 21:21

Bugger about the crash dude, hope you heal up fast and get back two wheels.

Major sucky having a bin when the weathers awesome for riding.

**Usarka** · 28th December 2007, 21:42

Originally Posted by Steam

But I have this great voice recognition software called Dragon Naturally Speaking, which meant I could still "type" at 70 words per minute with only one hand.

Or 180 per minute after a hit on the P pipe bro!

Seriously though (bahahaa) hope you sore fullas heal up well. Better a busted collarbone than a mashed head.

**McJim** · 28th December 2007, 21:44

I should never have dragged you out on that road on yer wee GPX250 all those months ago should I?

Heal well. Bikes can be bought....Zeocens can't.

**zeocen** · 28th December 2007, 22:46

Oh I can be bought.. for the right price

**Jeaves** · 28th December 2007, 23:33

that video log is deep man...eerie crash music n all.

bah , have a shave ya scruff!

**Firefight** · 29th December 2007, 12:12

hey dude

sorry to hear about the bin, glad your ok, ring me at home if you need a hand with anything !! ie trailer or whatever., like Jim said you can always get another bike.
people can not be replaced !

F/F

**McJim** · 29th December 2007, 12:38

Originally Posted by zeocen

Oh I can be bought.. for the right price

Hussy......

**zeocen** · 29th December 2007, 12:56

Originally Posted by Firefight

hey dude

sorry to hear about the bin, glad your ok, ring me at home if you need a hand with anything !! ie trailer or whatever., like Jim said you can always get another bike.
people can not be replaced !

F/F

Thanks Dave, I appreciate it!
I think we are fine.. just waiting on insurers to get it looked at.
Swelling is coming down and felling is coming up, grit teeth and move forward time!

**sprag** · 29th December 2007, 13:56

Yes it did take alot of effort not to poke it and ask if it hurt lol, mind you the evil eye you gave me when i asked if i could also put me off :P

**gijoe1313** · 29th December 2007, 17:14

Originally Posted by scumdog

Where did the Dr Peppers come from?? Really weird but nice taste. CB

Find any asian owned dairy/bakery/shop and they usually have it with a little sticker plastered on it in English (around $2-2.20 a can) ... I remember nights when I would pootle out late looking for a can of the stuff!

And I don't know if I like it or hate it yet!

Just a strange taste, which I am partial to!?

**Bass** · 30th December 2007, 17:09

Ah mate - there but for the grace of God ...........
The picture you paint is one that goes through my mind often.
I'm pretty slow on the bike and the reason for it has nothing to do with my experience or ability. What it comes down to is that, if it all turns to shit as it did for you, I am pretty sure that I WILL DO THE WRONG THING. The books and the physics and even the mathematics say that the throttle is more likely to be your friend than the brake lever. However, it takes huge presence of mind to stamp on your preservation instincts and stay on the gas when it starts sliding all over the road underneath you.
Even worse, my experience says that it's not like you have any time to think about what to do. From the start of the sideways bit to the ditch can be the matter of just a moment. So if you are gonna do the right thing, so far as I can see, it has to be instinctive. You probably won't have time to think about it.
So how do you make it instinctive?
How do you get proficient in dealing with a situation that you spend a lot of time training yourself to avoid?
I don't know for sure and it worries me. It also limits me.
Maybe Mstrs is right and the dirt is the place to learn control once the shit has already hit the fan. This is the road that I am currently on.
If you find another answer, I'd love to hear it.

**dipshit** · 30th December 2007, 20:35

Originally Posted by Bass

Maybe Mstrs is right and the dirt is the place to learn control once the shit has already hit the fan. This is the road that I am currently on.
If you find another answer, I'd love to hear it.

A dirt bike on a great big flat grassy paddock after rain or wet with dew! Spend a couple of weekends going around and around, and controlling slides will become second nature in no time.

**discotex** · 31st December 2007, 19:02

Owwwwwwww!

Mate I feel ya pain. Writing off a bike is no fun.

New HJC coming up I guess as I imagine you can't fit that camera in the Arai and your HJC will be a write off too. I tried in my Shoei and it's just not a go. Going to have to come up with another option to get vlogging.

Heal up quick!