My first bin...

[TOTO]

or you can take one of those and whenever you decide on getting back on the tight stuff and you will know it will do its job

[gunnyrob]

[QUOTE=Dakara;1645317]
I'm contemplating canceling the CBR order and just buying a replacement for not much more than the Hyo insurance. Since I'm going to be taking it easy for a while, dropping nearly $17k (which I'm stretched to afford anyway) on a new supersports bike after a "Lucky" bin like that seems a bit... excessive? :QUOTE]


As we discussed at Coroglen....

How about changing tack a wee bit & having a look at a Kwaka Versys?

Not a sports machine, will be better 2-up and you can throw luggage at it?

Good for commuting, not an insane sprots boike, will get you back in the saddle without giving you the jitters. Just a thought.....

[CookMySock]

Well once a bike gets to a certain age I'm not interested.

Yeah, its the same with chix.

But I wonder if you are overthinking all this. Your confidence will return in time, so don't worry too much in the meanwhile. Maybe you would be better off with NO bike for a month or so? You will be good and keen after that perhaps ?

DB

[Dakara]

or you can take one of those and whenever you decide on getting back on the tight stuff and you will know it will do its job

Haha, I don't ride naked

As we discussed at Coroglen....

How about changing tack a wee bit & having a look at a Kwaka Versys?

Not a sports machine, will be better 2-up and you can throw luggage at it?

Good for commuting, not an insane sprots boike, will get you back in the saddle without giving you the jitters. Just a thought.....

Yea, but the problem is having a bike that I want to put a paper bag over everytime I ride her I hear where you're coming from, but I'm really not interested in anything that's not a sports/sports tourer. Just personal preference.

But it's not the bike giving me the jitters. Quite the opposite, as having ridden the CBR it's amazingly better hadling the Hyo, and feels vastly safer. It's paying for it...

Yeah, its the same with chix.

But I wonder if you are overthinking all this. Your confidence will return in time, so don't worry too much in the meanwhile. Maybe you would be better off with NO bike for a month or so? You will be good and keen after that perhaps ?

DB

I know I'm overthinking... I always do I'll be bikeless for a month or so regardless due to the injuries, but at this stage have paid a huge deposit for a bike I'm not sure I'll be able to afford anymore.

[mowgli]

Haha, I don't ride naked
[...]
but I'm really not interested in anything that's not a sports/sports tourer. Just personal preference.

I love the look, feel and handling of sports bikes. However, since my recent bin I've pretty much decided to switch to a naked to help cement the changes in riding style I want to make. I'll probably end up with another sport bike in a few years when I'm happy that the changes have stuck.

Just like you though I have a few months before any $$$ decisions are required.

[Qkchk:Me]

Haha, I don't ride naked

I know I'm overthinking... I always do I'll be bikeless for a month or so regardless due to the injuries, but at this stage have paid a huge deposit for a bike I'm not sure I'll be able to afford anymore.

Nothing that a NC30 (VFR400) wouldnt fix. Reasonably cheap(ish) and a damn fine motorcycle that sticks to the road like snot to a sleeve........

[Dakara]

I love the look, feel and handling of sports bikes. However, since my recent bin I've pretty much decided to switch to a naked to help cement the changes in riding style I want to make. I'll probably end up with another sport bike in a few years when I'm happy that the changes have stuck.

Just like you though I have a few months before any $$$ decisions are required.

Yea, makes a lot of sense. Although for me, the Hyo wasn't exactly a rocket ship so If I went naked the speeds wouldn't change, just the riding position and amount of wind in my face.

Nothing that a NC30 (VFR400) wouldnt fix. Reasonably cheap(ish) and a damn fine motorcycle that sticks to the road like snot to a sleeve........

Yea if only the still made them... not sure when they stopped, cant find one any newer than '92. But in saying that, not sure how good it would be 2up anyway.

[motorbyclist]

Yea if only the still made them... not sure when they stopped, cant find one any newer than '92. But in saying that, not sure how good it would be 2up anyway.

the NC35 was made in '95 i think

they're still mechanically bombproof, provided the rectifier is aftermarket and the bike is in good nick she'll never give you trouble that new bike wouldn't give anyway

not too bad 2up either, pillions find it comfy and bike still handles well

[Dakara]

the NC35 was made in '95 i think

they're still mechanically bombproof, provided the rectifier is aftermarket and the bike is in good nick she'll never give you trouble that new bike wouldn't give anyway

not too bad 2up either, pillions find it comfy and bike still handles well

Sounds like it could be worthwhile looking into then. Course it's all just speculation at the moment. No idea how long I'm in plaster for or how much it's gonna cost me through loss of earnings and medical bills co cant really plan a budget ... but suppose I got noting else to do at the moment apart from talk bikes

[motorbyclist]

Sounds like it could be worthwhile looking into then. Course it's all just speculation at the moment. No idea how long I'm in plaster for or how much it's gonna cost me through loss of earnings and medical bills co cant really plan a budget ... but suppose I got noting else to do at the moment apart from talk bikes

isn't acc meant to pay all the medical bills and 80% of wages/salary based on your income is the last few weeks before the accident?

[Dakara]

isn't acc meant to pay all the medical bills and 80% of wages/salary based on your income is the last few weeks before the accident?

Usually yes, however, because I'm a Pilot I need to get this sorted ASAP so seeing a private specialist instead of going through the public health system.

As for my "wages" I'm paid per flying hour and none of that goes to ACC

[EJK]

As for my "wages" I'm paid per flying hour and none of that goes to ACC

Now get some sleep. You will wake up and all this will be a dream

[Dakara]

Now get some sleep. You will wake up and all this will be a dream

Yea if I'm on KB at some early hour of the morning it means I was sleeping then woke up after rolling onto my arm

[Dakara]

Well, 1 week after the accident and the swelling has finally gone down enough to exmaine the extent of the damage...

2 sizeable fractures to my wrist.
1 being at the end of the Ulna bone and is pretty "textbook".
The 2nd however, is on the end of my Radius bone. The ligament was detached taking a chuck of bone with it and needs to be screwed back into place.
Multiple other fractures which are net yet visable, they are only evident as I have bone fragments scattered throughtout my wrist. Will know more after an MRI scan is done.

So at this stage I require surgery to re-attach the bone and ligament to my Radius, but if the MRI shows extensive joint/ligament damage in the wrist will require a 2nd op.

The Surgeon (who I've known since I was about 5) made things very clear to me. As this wrist has had previous surgery (major reconstruction to the ligaments 3 years ago) I was very lucky to have sustained separate injuries. Had I of damaged or torn apart the previous repair, worst case Scenario I could of lost my hand, best case I would of lost about 60% movement in that hand which could have cost me my career as a Pilot... a very scary thought at the ripe old age of 25 with no Income protection insurance.

So as it stands now, I'm off work and unable to fly. All going well not longer than a few weeks, as for riding... probably not for a while. After yet another op on this wrist, I'm gonna have more metal in there than bone, and have been warned If I seriously hurt it again (Biking or otherwise) that could be it, game over. While bones heal, ligaments don't, and mine can't take much more abuse...

[TOTO]

F**k, heal well brother.