Rimutaka bin earns a month off work

[Steam]

I fell off up the rimutakas today, ouch.
I broke some bones in my hand, the left thankfully. lots of bruises too. No work for a month says the doctor!!!! (secretly pleased about that last part.)
The trusty combat GN is not too damaged, just an indicator off & some big scratches.

I took a corner too fast, made that basic newbie mistake of focussing on the corner instead of where i wanted to go. i could have made it round, but just hauled on the brakes, locked up & went down. dumb.

A police car was the first on the scene, with 4 cadet cops in it. They checked me & the bike out & called an ambulance before I told them I was ok to ride. They looked a bit doubtful but let me go & they took off.

Then I found the mudguard was jammed against the wheel & wouldn't turn, tried to pry it off with a gorse branch, but then some guys on Kawasaki k1000's stopped with tools & helped me lever some clearance. Thanks dudes.

Then I rode 50km with a broken hand to Wellington Hospital A & E, (clutchless shifting) because I knew if I went to Hutt hospital, it would be hard to get home & with the bike. My brother lives just by Wellington Hospital, & he picked it up after I was injected with painkillers & put in a cast.

Dri-rider gear is now stuffed, but it did its job & will now be kept as a trophy of my first crash. No Great KBer ride for me on Sept 1st now.(oh, maybe, i forgot it's Oct first).

[Slingshot]

No Great KBer ride for me on Sept 1st now.

Sorry to hear about the bin dude...but hell...you rode 50Ks with a broken hand, surely in a months time you'll be more healed!!!

[Colapop]

You know you'll be there ....

Sorry 'bout your bin though.

[gijoe1313]

Sorry to hear about the bin and the lost of riding time! How the heck did you manage the 50Ks with a broken hand? Guess that makes you a real biker now! Yeah, I've done that - damn target fixation and not turning the head. Let's hope your ride gets fixed up and you get back to riding ASAP!

Keep us updated with pics and how your're recuperating!

BTW, how fast were you going?

[RantyDave]

i could have made it round, but just hauled on the brakes, locked up & went down. dumb.

Unfortunate, not dumb. It's a perfectly natural reaction to going in too fast, just wrong. Also, it's a GN250 with the stock front tyre, yes? A famously bad tyre.

Still, bummer. Work won't be all that happy either.

BTW, complete aside, does anyone have any opinions on biking with snowboard wrist guards on? Like, other than it looking ghey ... which, no doubt, was the charge levelled at helmets once ... can anyone think of any good reasons why it would not work? It seems we're getting quite a lot of broken wrists on the takas.

Dave

[Slingshot]

BTW, complete aside, does anyone have any opinions on biking with snowboard wrist guards on? Like, other than it looking ghey ... which, no doubt, was the charge levelled at helmets once ... can anyone think of any good reasons why it would not work? It seems we're getting quite a lot of broken wrists on the takas.

Dave

I would say it would make twisting the throttle a little difficult.

[Steam]

Was going about 50 when I hit the tarmac, thankfully just 10kph when I slid into the barrier. The corner was a 70ish, but not for me!

[RantyDave]

Hey, you didn't go to Makara this afternoon, did you?

[Fat Tony]

Sorry to read about the off. Hope you heal quick, and enjoy the month off

[Drum]

Gotta be a less risky way to get a month off!

Hope you heal up quick, and learn from the mistake.

[apteryx_haasti]

Hey Steam - sorry to hear about the OUCHIE. I hope you and the GN feel better soon - BTW, you might still make the Great KB ride - it's on 1 Oct...there's a goal for yourself to set!

Get well soon

[Street Gerbil]

Sorry about your bin. Refuah Shlemah!

[cowpoos]

Was going about 50 when I hit the tarmac, thankfully just 10kph when I slid into the barrier. The corner was a 70ish, but not for me!

stink luck man.....I hit one of those barriers at about 120kmph in feb.....they're fucking hard buggars!! some how I walked away....

[judecatmad]

Really sorry to hear about the off - get better soon

Full credit to you for being able to get yourself back to civilisation in one piece!

You might still make the KB'er ride on 1st October.......

[sunhuntin]

bugger..but theres not too many whod ride with a stuffed hand! yeh, those front fenders bend easy...crap things.

one good thing about ginnys, is theres so many, theres always spares. if you cant find an indicator, give us a shout and ill ask my wrecker buddies if they have one...yours for cost plus postage if needed.

heal fast...plus this gives you time to have your night riding exemption accepted!