posted June 12, 2006 06:23 AM
Edited By: ZREXER on 12 Jun 2006 07:57
Crashed...............................mountain bike I was out Saturday Morning with my neighbour doing some trails in our river valley when on a fast down hill part, my front wheel caught the edge of a rut..................and down I went.
My right hand got the worst of it. I had biking gloves on, but I smacked it into a small tree when I went down. I'm getting it x-rayed this morning as it is still very swollen. It really bums me out as there is no way I can ride with my hand in it's current condition. Hurts like hell and no strength at all in it.
Got to get rid of the mountain bike................those things are just too dangerous!
posted June 12, 2006 06:27 AM
Glad to see you're not hurt seriously ZR...hope nothing's more than just some swelling ..I wiped on the Busa last year and sprained my ankle on the way to the track...I rode, but it took me 8 months to fully recover from the sprain...let's hope your's takes much less... ____________
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posted June 12, 2006 09:33 AM
Well I have 2 small breaks in bones in the thumb area! Have a splint on now, cast goes on as soon as the swelling goes down. Cast will be on a month, so I guess the '14 will be parked for awhile.
How depressed am I? Just mad at myself for charging way to fast on a narrow tree lined trail.............it could of been worse as I am sure I was going 20 to 30 miles an hour down hill when I dumped it.
posted June 12, 2006 01:22 PM
Edited By: turbo810 on 12 Jun 2006 14:23
quote:Well I have 2 small breaks in bones in the thumb area! Have a splint on now, cast goes on as soon as the swelling goes down. Cast will be on a month, so I guess the '14 will be parked for awhile.
It doesn't have to sit. I'll leave my 10 there for you and ride the 14.
posted June 12, 2006 01:26 PM
ZREXER:
Hey you could come out to the Friday night street legal races at castrol park( budweiser raceway) this weekend, and CMDRA drags are happening Saturday and Sunday in Edmonton too!!
I will be there!
Gonna try my hand at legal drag racing!
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posted June 12, 2006 01:57 PM
Looks like you can spend some time with us here. BTW, what kind of leather jacket is that in your avatar pic??
I'm still searching for the perfect sub-$600 2 piece leather riding suit
quote:ZREXER:
Hey you could come out to the Friday night street legal races at castrol park( budweiser raceway) this weekend, and CMDRA drags are happening Saturday and Sunday in Edmonton too!!
I will be there!
Gonna try my hand at legal drag racing!
Sure, cheering section of 1! I'll be the guy in the cast with the sour looking expression on his face! I have lots of time on my hands (pardon then pun) now. Just won't be able to clap, but I can still cheer!
quote:Looks like you can spend some time with us here. BTW, what kind of leather jacket is that in your avatar pic??
I'm still searching for the perfect sub-$600 2 piece leather riding suit
Jacket and Pants are Joe Rocket 'Blaster'. For cheaper leathers I have no complaints. Have not tested them by sliding down the street........................yet! Blaster jacket has been changed some what since I bought mine.
quote:ZREXER:
Hey you could come out to the Friday night street legal races at castrol park( budweiser raceway) this weekend, and CMDRA drags are happening Saturday and Sunday in Edmonton too!!
I will be there!
Gonna try my hand at legal drag racing!
Sure, cheering section of 1! I'll be the guy in the cast with the sour looking expression on his face! I have lots of time on my hands (pardon then pun) now. Just won't be able to clap, but I can still cheer!
Be good to see a '14 kick some ass!
Oh i don't know about a cheering section LOL.... it'l be the first time under the tree for me!
Thought it might be a good time, check out some scooters etc....
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destiny will overcome intervention.
Some are not worthy of the effort.
posted June 12, 2006 07:01 PM
Don't forget the earplugs - there'll be sooo many straight piped Harley's you won't even believe it . trust me on this . And they alllll leak a ridiculous amount in the turn around at the end . Yes really .
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posted June 12, 2006 07:04 PM
It's funy i wear all my gear on the zx14. But I ride my rode bike all the time with no gear on and hit sppeds of 30 to 35mph. you just don't give much thought to getting hurt on a bicycle. heal up soon
posted June 14, 2006 05:57 PM
Sorry about the wait you'll have, I understand. Was t-boned by a full size chevy p/u about a month ago on the way to the drags fri. night. Somehow I wasn't seriously injured but my bike ZX-9 was totaled.I guess you could call that bad luck but now I have the ZX SLED and am very happy to say the least. Be careful and you'll recover quickly so you can ride the MAD KAW sooner.Sorry about yabbering on but I'm new to this whole forum thing and don't know if I'm welcom here, good luck ZREXER.
posted June 14, 2006 06:01 PM
By the way I too have Joe Rocket Blaster 3.0 and when I went down I got not a scratch. They are very good with a nice fit & finish and under $600.00, thier I'm done.
posted June 14, 2006 06:11 PM
Edited By: FasterThanStink on 14 Jun 2006 19:11
quote:Sorry about the wait you'll have, I understand. Was t-boned by a full size chevy p/u about a month ago on the way to the drags fri. night. Somehow I wasn't seriously injured but my bike ZX-9 was totaled.I guess you could call that bad luck but now I have the ZX SLED and am very happy to say the least. Be careful and you'll recover quickly so you can ride the MAD KAW sooner.Sorry about yabbering on but I'm new to this whole forum thing and don't know if I'm welcom here, good luck ZREXER.
Yabber all you want dude! And welcome to the forum!
XREXER we got our Blue 14's about the same time and now we cant ride them. We will just have to ride them twice as much later in the summer. ____________
Speed has never killed anyone,
suddenly becoming stationary...
That's what gets you.
posted June 14, 2006 06:35 PM
Thanks for welcoming me to the forum FTS, I appreciate it alot and I'm glad to find more KAW fans out there. I'm the only Kawasaki (died in the wool true blue thru and thru) fan among my peers. Not that other brands are bad but I always go for the underdog among my circle of friends. I too have a Blue 14, one of the first in Mesa, AZ. I'll ride for both of you.
posted June 14, 2006 06:41 PM
Edited By: ZREXER on 14 Jun 2006 19:45
I was back at my doctor today. He had forwarded the x-ray of my hand to a specialist. Turns out I won't need a cast, just the velcro, metal reinforced brace will do. What I broke was the metacarpal bone in the finger next to the thumb - bone labled "10". Originally they thought the bone next to it was cracked, but they said it was a previously healed break. There is no displacement of the bone, so they didn't feel I needed to have a cast.
I might ride my SV 650 Naked by this weekend as the standard bars put much less weight on my wrists than is the case with the '14. I want to make sure I have enough strength back in the hand before I try it. I'll have to wear the brace for sure for the next three to 4 weeks. In addition to the break, my hand was heavily bruised....................hand was damn near numb for three days.
posted June 15, 2006 03:28 AM
Edited By: dubious on 15 Jun 2006 04:29
You'll have to look at my clip ons this week end....
I' think your old bones and your hand will like em!
Did wonders for mine!
I need a life. Night shifts suck.
I PM ya bud.
Will be in touch!
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posted June 12, 2006 06:23 AM
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We will just have to ride them twice as much later in the summer. 
