Postby leasky » Sun Jun 29, 2014 1:45 pm
Thanks for the comments and all the kind wishes guys.
Yes, it certainly could have been a lot worse; Clare wasn't on the back (as she was supposed to have been) as the dog had a dodgy stomach on the Friday evening, so she decided to stay home for the weekend and look after him.
I lost the bike on a relatively slow right hander and me and the bike went down and slid along the verge. The bike went into the ditch, spun around, came out and landed on the grass again and I simply came to a halt on the grass; tried to stand up and fell over again - dislocated right foot caused by the cylinder head coming down directly onto it was my only injury but it took a couple of little operations to correct and I am assured by the surgeon that I shall make a full recovery but it will be 3 months prior to me walking unaided again.
I tried to lament my case of woe to the attending constabulary regarding the condition of the road but they simply advised me to persue the local authority and parted with a quote of "Well, all the roads are like that nowadays".
The bike is a Cat C write off and I have come to a financial settlement and also bought the bike back from the insurers. I intend to remove the Wilber's, Ackropovic, etc and put the standard stuff back on again, then sell the thing.
I won't be riding again this year but I do plan to buy a twin cam GSA next spring. I am just thankfull it wasn't the Mamola I was riding that day....
That was my first "off" in 32 years of riding and it did give me a bit of a rattle to be honest. I was in hospital for a week and began to appreciate how lucky I had been. I got the plaster off on Friday (after a month) and now have one of these "Space Boot" things. That will be on for a month and then the physio starts - it's going to be a long, boring summer.....
Leasky