dirt hurts !

[ohgood]

i've really been enjoying my drz. hopping curbs, rolling over trash cans, commuting and feeling no bumps on the way to/from work...

then add some dirt and a couple of mis-haps. i guess the 'extreme' trail was named that for a reason. one snapped clutch lever and one snapped leg and i've learned a short lesson: dirt hurts!

but man is it ever fun!

bonus: i'll be aggrevating millions more folks on the internet now that i have nothing to do for the next 4-5 weeks.

[Twism86]

I used to ride/ race motocross so i know your pain, although ive never broken anything... But yea dirt aint as soft as you think, it just cuts you up less. Get well soon.

[dohabee]

Yeesh, how exactly did you break the leg? Was it really rocky or were you jumping etc..?

I just got an xr650L for an upcoming trip to Colorado; man that thing is big and heavy I am hoping I'll be able to manage it on the more technical stuff.

[ohgood]

Yeesh, how exactly did you break the leg? Was it really rocky or were you jumping etc..?

I just got an xr650L for an upcoming trip to Colorado; man that thing is big and heavy I am hoping I'll be able to manage it on the more technical stuff.

one of the riders was on a xr650... ya, that's a big un. the technical stuff looked like something he just plowed through/over instead of finessing. my offroad boots are -ok- but i'll look into sturdier spec while i'm healing. and chest/back arm protectors instead of an armored jacket.

exact cause was a 60 degree or so hill, around 30 feet down, and my lack of off road skills. i fixated on a tree 3/4 of the way down and washed the front end out.. leading to the bike cart flipping with me the remaining 25% to the bottom. a few pictures from bamarides:
one of the guys has not one, but two huskies, and they are the cleanest, best sounding 4 strokes you've ever seen

this, just before the ride

registration @ the ohv park:

pushing the bike (with broken leg)

get-out-of-everything-around-the-house-card


the pain from a broken bone is weird. reallly weird. walk 2-3 steps and nothing... step on a penny and an excrutiating, throbbing, stabbing, fireworks-hot pain shoots through your leg/bones like a missile. instant debilitating pain. then, it throbs a little, and disappears. riding out wasn't that bad, and i actually considered hitting the 'easy' trails by myself. quite glad i didn't now... woulda been a Buddha Loves You to drag my ass out of the woods with one leg had i toppled over again.

they loaded my bike (THANKS GUYS) for me, and it's still in the truck. crutches suck ! fall will be here along with perfect riding weather. i will have more gear and ambition then.

[mister]

That looks like a normal bandage. Don't docs Plaster any more?

Michael

[ohgood]

That looks like a normal bandage. Don't docs Plaster any more?

Michael

The er was slammed.... this thing is just a splint until I see the. surgeon tomorrow.

[GI_JO_NATHAN]

That sucks man. I've had a few falls but luckily I haven't broken anything yet.

[ohgood]

whole milk, OJ+calcium, multi-vitamins, beef n dairy 20 times a day, the tingling is gone. i'm still ugly, but the tingling is gone

[Poorboy]

Ouch man. I've found the only difference between dirt and pavement is it's less abrasive. But here in Missouri the rocks will get you every time any way.

Don't Know why I never noticed but the Husky exhaust come out the other side compared to the rest of em.

[GI_JO_NATHAN]

Don't Know why I never noticed but the Husky exhaust come out the other side compared to the rest of em.

Yep, some of the old ones also had the chain on the other side like a sportster.

[JB848]

SO whats the prognosis on the leg are you all healed up?

[ohgood]

SO whats the prognosis on the leg are you all healed up?

leg is 85-90% accoding to the doc. started pt last night and why are cute little pt girls so damned hard on me?

found out I also broke my big toe when I started walking on it. and wrist. another week or two of healing and I'll go back to work. atrophy is a terrible thing.... during pt I found balancing on one foot is exhausting,  and elliptical machines are the devil.

also cute little pt girls are unforgiving, mean, heartless, and results oriented. good thing!

[Twisted]

SO whats the prognosis on the leg are you all healed up?

leg is 85-90% accoding to the doc. started pt last night and why are cute little pt girls so damned hard on me?

found out I also broke my big toe when I started walking on it. and wrist. another week or two of healing and I'll go back to work. atrophy is a terrible thing.... during pt I found balancing on one foot is exhausting,  and elliptical machines are the devil.

also cute little pt girls are unforgiving, mean, heartless, and results oriented. good thing!

I see photos of a broken leg and dudes with bikes but no cute physio therapist girls??? Whats the go?

[mach1]

well at least you had PT when I broke my tib fib a few months back they did my surgury pumped my with drugs sent me home with more drugs and two weeks later told me to go back to work being that only two 1/4 inch pins are bearing my weight I had to deal with a shaZam! load of pain for like 3 months till I got used to it. still get a real bad pain when its cold and still cant run right or do stairs all that great.

[ohgood]

SO whats the prognosis on the leg are you all healed up?

leg is 85-90% accoding to the doc. started pt last night and why are cute little pt girls so damned hard on me?

found out I also broke my big toe when I started walking on it. and wrist. another week or two of healing and I'll go back to work. atrophy is a terrible thing.... during pt I found balancing on one foot is exhausting,  and elliptical machines are the devil.

also cute little pt girls are unforgiving, mean, heartless, and results oriented. good thing!

I see photos of a broken leg and dudes with bikes but no cute physio therapist girls??? Whats the go?

the wife escorted me and did all the shooting ... mostly of me looking weak and her laughing @ me with the devil.... women!!! 

[The Buddha]

SO whats the prognosis on the leg are you all healed up?

leg is 85-90% accoding to the doc. started pt last night and why are cute little pt girls so damned hard on me?

found out I also broke my big toe when I started walking on it. and wrist. another week or two of healing and I'll go back to work. atrophy is a terrible thing.... during pt I found balancing on one foot is exhausting,  and elliptical machines are the devil.

also cute little pt girls are unforgiving, mean, heartless, and results oriented. good thing!

Oh man ... I got a cute PT once upon a time too, better yet, she was from south africa, had one super cool accent sorta like australian but with some dutch thrown in and I could talk cricket with her. She taught me to stand on a golf ball. Which I do religiously ...
Get better ... or not depending on the cute factor.
Cool.
Buddha.

[JB848]

I think my leg is starting to hurt? PT sounds fun.

[Twisted]

SO whats the prognosis on the leg are you all healed up?

leg is 85-90% accoding to the doc. started pt last night and why are cute little pt girls so damned hard on me?

found out I also broke my big toe when I started walking on it. and wrist. another week or two of healing and I'll go back to work. atrophy is a terrible thing.... during pt I found balancing on one foot is exhausting,  and elliptical machines are the devil.

also cute little pt girls are unforgiving, mean, heartless, and results oriented. good thing!

Oh man ... I got a cute PT once upon a time too, better yet, she was from south africa, had one super cool accent sorta like australian but with some dutch thrown in and I could talk cricket with her. She taught me to stand on a golf ball. Which I do religiously ...
Get better ... or not depending on the cute factor.
Cool.
Buddha.

Wanna talk cricket. Hows about the ass whoopin you handed us recently or should I say Tendulkar did. We never do any good on the sub-continent. Hope we do better in the ashes series that starts next month 

[The Buddha]

Australia is not the team it used to be. I mean Shane Warne never was a big threat to India, however McGrath and Gillespie were. Brett lee was not in many matches so we didn't see the best of him. Mitchell Johnson was shaping up to be a threat, he seems to have got Dravid's number but seriously McGrath was in a whole other league. I actually am still thinking of the first test, Laxman (yes you guys gonna have a party when he retires I know) and #10 and #11 made up 92 runs. That oughta give Pointing some new laxman nightmares.
Cool.
Buddha.

[JB848]

How did you go from PT Nurses to "Cricket"? Very confusing and not as much fun