Hope this doesn’t bring up bad memories that are too unpleasant, but I currently find myself in a knee brace and crutches for another 6 weeks at least (already 4 weeks in) due to me causing my 94 VFR tipping over on me and having my leg pinned under the bike. Fortunately, I was able to free my leg by slipping out of shoe and fortunate in waving down someone driving by and they helped me lift bike off floor (felt like he was an angel flying by). Totally my bad, stupidity for this happening, but what injuries have some here experienced that have been life affecting? Peace and strength getting through these challenging injuries (however they may have been caused).
I have been fortunate to not have motorcycle related injuries... a couple from sports but nothing major.
Easy does it guys. I did the same thing on my 83 while restoring it. I put a cement patio under the center stand and what I didn’t realize the right leg was too close to the edge. I pushed on handle bars to test the forks and leg slipped off, The bike tipped over to the right, bike was in the driveway next to fiberglass dividers, I went through the panel and landed on my side. Fortunately the tank and the front fairing weren’t on and I was able to push up on the frame with my left leg and slide the right leg out. It was like slow motion, so I was lucky, only a sore ankle.
I fell over at the gas pump. I pushed the bike from the first pump to the second when it freed up. Didn’t check the side stand again before leaning it over. It threw me into the squeegee bucket and landed on the curb. Luckily I was able to get out with only a bruise on my lower leg. Pretzeled my clutch lever and put a hole in my side panel. Some guy pulled up, jumped out and came right over and did most of the lifting. Just shows even after 40 some years of riding you can still make a newbie mistake.
So back in the 80’s had my new 84 Interceptor. Just had a great day of riding with a very hot blonde. Next morning leaving her place, so not paying attention, forgot my disc lock and over I went. Only thing that happened was I scratched my right side exhaust. Stupid but still had a smile on my face. Afterwards got my hands on a Velasco exhaust Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Whellll. Lets see! I will stick with the VFR related stuff as we do not have enough band width to deal with my stuff at work. Previous career was not at all agreeable with health and safety. I have dumped my VFR enough already for sure. There is a long thread about dumps. You dropped it how many time! | Page 39 | VFRworld . But really only one dump was injurious to me personally, the bike, another story. Reg, Toecutter and I were going on a few day tour of Baja in October 2018. They had adventure bikes and of course, I was with the VFR. Most the roads were very ridable with the VFR, but we found ourselves running low of fuel and arriving at out next destination with running engines was debatable. SO we decided to take an alternative route which was going to shave a consider amount of time and distance off our ride to that destination. Thin is, it was going to apparently take us along an unpaved road. I am not afraid of that, have done that often enough with the VFR. Little did we realize, just a few blocks further along that paved road, there was a fuel stop. Oh well! Anyway, all was pretty good. WE were motoring along a sand/gravel road with some washboard which I could handle just tickety boo. The road deteriorated substantially in to not only tire ruts, but tire canyons. That slowed me down, but not as much as it probably should have. Then the road deteriorated even far more. I don't think God even knows this road existed. But we now do. It was mountainous and very rocky. I was trying to keep up reasonably with Toe and Reg but they were a fair distance ahead of me being on far superior bikes for the road than me. I came around a right hand corner in the road and hit an outcropping of rock on the road surface that I could not see. Everything out there on the road sort of blended in, not a hell of a lot different that White-out for those who live in regions that have those. My suspension just did not have what was needed to absorb that rock, and way I go, up and I thought over the handlebars of the bike, or so I thought. I can remember thinking "Of fuck, I am not walking away from this one." The bike went down on its right side and when it landed on the ground, I was still sitting astride it. Have no idea how that happened cause I thought for sure I was going over. I took a moment or two to take stock of myself lying there and all felt good. Pulled myself out from under the bike and stood up. Stepped down and there it was. My right foot was definitely hurt. Fortunately Reg has stopped and looked back to check on my progress. He was only about 1/4 mile away as the crow flies. (Actually, I think they were buzzards.) But road wise, a mile. I was waving madly at him to come back as I know I could not right the bike alone. I was also leaking some precious fuel. We got the bike up and other tan a few scratches and a damaged upper cowl, the bike remained perfectly rideable. And also fortunate for me, it had linked brakes, so I could ride away using only the brake leaver. I was able to finish the ride in Baja and ride to Sacramento where I dithered about for a few more days. I bought a set of crutches which made a huge difference. After a few days Reg, his brother in law, and I were able to load up the bike on my truck and I was able to make it home in a couple days. Once home, I went to the doc and the ankle was fractured. Finally, the bike's plastics are in getting repaired after riding for two years damaged. It is now time to paint it anyway and remove the graphics.
What a nightmare, remember when this happened. Hope the ankle at our age isn’t giving you grief. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Would never have known it was ever injured. I have stepped wrong over shit lying around and rolled right over on it, been able to just shake it off and continue . This actually surprises me. I did that before with the other foot in my former life during a use of force training session. Ended up walking around on it for a week, after the ER doc misdiagnosed it as a bad sprain but a week later my doc looked at the ex-rays and called me to come in for casting because he found the foot was broken as well as probably bad sprain. That one too has healed as if I had never hurt it. Funny though. I keep telling people I see that I have slowed down a bit, no longer hit the trails on the mountain bike and what ever, claiming at my age we don't heal the way we used to. Truth is, I seem to heal up quite well. BUT.... hurt easier and more often.
i refuse to discuss the time in april 2017 (2 blocks from my shop and @4am) when my hawk fell over (speed zero) on and trapped my right leg underneath, putting my boot in intimate contact with a hot exhaust pipe. i was flat on my back and unable to free my leg until, about 5-8 minutes later, a helpful motorist pulled the bike off me. 3rd degree burn on left foot, skin graft surgery, 1 week in hospital and 2 weeks in rehab/nursing. healed up fine, but i missed over 2 months of riding. yes, i was drunk but i refuse to discuss it.
I can't believe you guys...... I never do stupid shit like that, ha ha....... well maybe there was this once or twice........ come to think of it, there were two other times..... maybe. Can't remember, I'm getting old and memory is bad....... wonder if I bumped my head or somethin'... oh well, too late now.
Thank you fellow riders for revealing riding moments that haven't been pleasant but life moments. My vfr has been a god send, and it has never really disappointed, but I have been considering letting go completely (have always ridden a bike) or letting go for a different horse. Have only had a 94vfr (among other bikes) but always wanted a 2001. Since my recent life moment, hopefully it is not worse than what it is, have been considering a 6th generation, but hopefully, this moment makes me more aware of the beauty of riding, but riding with care even though we know it can be out of our control but mostly in our control. Peace and health to all, and will see what the next few weeks bring (healing from a tibial plateau fracture, no surgery needed).
I was working on my bike in the garage. Spilled a little gas on the floor. I slipped on it and the bike fell on my leg. Fortunately I have frame sliders so I could pull my leg out. I did have to get a neighbor to help me pick the bike back up because more gas spilled and the floor was now super slick. No injury to me except my pride. I did have an accident on my other bike. A car turned left in front of me. I went through the windscreen and broke a rib.
In 1977 I was a motorcycle courier, in London. One lovely summers day with scantily clad office workers all over the place, this jack flash on his RD400 roars up the street showing off, Comes to a screeching halt in the middle of the road, only to discover the kick start lever had gone up the inside of my jeans, and o could not put my foot down, It was like a moment out of a Harold Lloyd movie, just slowly went sideways and ended up with a Big Crunch and the little ball off the end of the front brake lever bouncing across the road No real injury except the serious damage to my perceived coolness and pride Oh to be that young again VF1000F2F, in bits
Shadow - if nothing else this thread demonstrates the case for fitting quality frame sliders on heavy motorbikes like the VFR . Many riders fail to realise that the case for fitting frame sliders is more about protecting the rider, than the bike from damage. If you ever drop a quarter tonne of motorbike onto flesh and bone it is going to hurt. So keeping limbs from being squished or mangled beneath a motorbike sliding down the road at speed is a pretty useful thing. Yes decent frame sliders have to be bolted right through the frame like the R&G range hence they are not cheap and does entail drilling a couple of holes into your fairing, but as Randy's scorecard shows I have tested mine throughly and I know they were well worth the investment. Please ignore cheapo chinese - no cut solutions which bolt onto standard fairing mounts which were never designed to handle the sort of load from even a simple tip over - let alone the the stress of a bike sliding along the road at speed - indeed they are really just for show and can sometimes create far worse damage than having no sliders at all. Thankfully for me, R&G sliders have always prevented my leg being trapped under the bike and apart from huge embarrasment just trying to stand up again like Bambi on a diesel spill, I was eventually able to pick the bike up and ride away with damage limited to just a few minor scratches on the lower fairing. You can replace a motorbike - you cannot replace a missing limb. Take Care - ATGATT SkiMad
