Nationals looking doubtful

**svs** · 24th November 2006, 12:52

Well, went back for another xray at the fracture clinic today. Not the news I was hoping for. The breaks in my collar bone aren't showing any signs of healing. That's 6 weeks after the crash.

They won't operate and pin it, they say it just needs time. Have to go back again at christmas to see if I can get the go ahead to race. It may be OK then but I will have had 10 weeks without riding or any sort of workout, so riding in the nationals might be a bit of a waste of effort.

So what do I do? Prep the bike and spend the money on tyres etc. anyway in the hope that I'll be able to ride, or just say fuck it and spend the money on piss instead?

I know I wasn't going to be winning anything, but I was pretty confident I could have got a top 10 finish overall this year. Gerenally feeling pretty gutted about the whole thing.

**Sketchy_Racer** · 24th November 2006, 12:57

Money Spent on bikes is never wasted.

Money spend on getting wasted, Is always money wasted.

**svs** · 24th November 2006, 13:31

yeah, but i was planning on putting the bike back on the road after the nationals and getting an F2 bike for next winter.

The plan was to tune the bike a bit, take off the starter and put on a lighter flywheel, then take that off afterward.

money spent on getting wasted is never wasted

**cowpoos** · 24th November 2006, 13:44

get the f2 bike earliy....and get pissed....

**GSVR** · 24th November 2006, 15:57

I think I agree with Poos. Put the SV on the road or put it on Trademe or here right now as a racebike with road parts.

Put your cash into the future with the F2 bike. Besides this years just going to be another parade of highly modified F3 bikes.

**Sketchy_Racer** · 24th November 2006, 16:07

Ahh,

Yeah in that case, Sell the SV now ( as a road bike - Worth so much more)

Get your F2 bike sooner, and do the manfeild round of the Nats. ( as a comprimise)

-Then- Get pissed

**Ivan** · 24th November 2006, 17:18

Get pissed

Nah not good news bout the collar bone mate you seemed like you were healing on Tuesday when I saw you

**Kickaha** · 24th November 2006, 19:00

Get a second opinion or get it done privately, we've had two guys down here that got fucked around waiting for their collar bones to heal and they both ended up getting plated, dont be mr nice guy get up them about it

**svs** · 24th November 2006, 19:11

Where'd you get a second opinion from?

part of the point in doing the nats is to spend 3 weeks racing round the south island and drinking when not racing. maybe i'll just go for the second part anyway

**Kickaha** · 24th November 2006, 19:18

Originally Posted by svs

Where'd you get a second opinion from?

Different Doctor, different Clinic, find a specialist or someone that will sort it out

**k14** · 24th November 2006, 19:50

Originally Posted by svs

Where'd you get a second opinion from?

part of the point in doing the nats is to spend 3 weeks racing round the south island and drinking when not racing. maybe i'll just go for the second part anyway

Come down and be my pit bitch then

**MOTOXXX** · 24th November 2006, 22:07

Originally Posted by RG100!!

Money spend on getting wasted, Is always money wasted.

you take that back!!!!

ive devoted far too much time and money towards getting wasted.

Spend it on Piss svs.

**diesel pig** · 24th November 2006, 23:47

Svs get it pinned has soon as, Tell them(the Docs and ACC) you don't care what they think you WANT it pinned. Bones heal in six weeks and yours don't even show signs of healing, It's NOT going to heal by it's self for a long time if ever, Belive me, I was NINE months off with my collarbone and seven months of that was weight and see ,weight and see BULLSHIT then it was just under a month to organise and set up the operation, a week to basicly get over the operation and one month to built up strength in my shoulder because it had wasted away in the eight months I could not use it. They did X-rays of my collarbone each month I was off and the only one that looks any differant to the one done on the day I broke my collarbone is the one they did AFTER the operation.
You own it to yourself SVS to get them to pin it or find somebody who will.

P.S. You can't race a bike any good with a broken collarbone. I know because I tried. Ask Kickaha how that went