Crashed My Bike

[yamaha fj rider]

Scott,

It was great to meet you. Sorry that you had the unscheduled departed. Good news your injuries were not worse. Bike will be ok, they heal faster than we do. Sucks that your first rally experience ended this way. Wishing you a full and quick recovery. Please keep us updated.

Kurt @ Kiki

[FeralRdr]

Scott, I'm very sorry that this happened and that you missed out on the rest of what ended up being a remarkable weekend. Your accident was definitely the low point of the 'get together', and we certainly kept you in our thoughts.  The FJ didn't look too bad, and hopefully isn't that expensive to get back on the road.

In regards to your gear, I hope that I didn't miss anything when rounding it up in the room.  I double and triple checked (especially, after missing your glasses on the initial sweep), and didn't see anything remaining.  Kudo's to Donna and Derek for stepping up to bring it to you. 

I hope that this incident doesn't dissuade you from getting back into the saddle, and that you can make another rally when your feeling up for it.  It would definitely be great to see you back on two again.

Heal up, and take care.

[hawkaholic37]

Thanks for all the warm thoughts guys. The one thing that will always be a good memory from this is the people that were with me. I could not have asked for a better group of people to have been with, whether it had gone sour for me or not.

I went to see a shoulder specialist today. They took more Xrays, since the ones from the hospital in Vancouver never made it to them. Good thing, too, because they found that l actually did break the bone, and there is a piece of bone floating around loose in there. Additionally, he said that from a dislocation there is almost always a labrum tear, and though many people live regular lives without surgery, the labrum would never repair itself, and due to my work, which includes a lot of overhead work above ceiling, we decided to go ahead and do surgery. I will get MRI's on both my shoulders tomorrow, have a pre-surgery meeting with the surgeon immediately following, and the surgery is scheduled for next Wednesday. This will be followed by 6 weeks of lifting nothing heavier than a cup of coffee, and no lifting my arm above my shoulder. After the 6 weeks of rest, there will be 6 weeks of light stretching and gradually working to a full range of motion. So, basically, l am down for football season. Go Seahawks!!!

[FJmonkey]

Thanks for the update.

[Firehawk068]

It certainly could have been a lot worse.

Glad you are on the road to recovery. You get to take it easy for awhile, while you plan the repairs on the FJ. 

[Capn Ron]

Hey Scott!

You'd be hard pressed to find someone on this forum who hasn't crashed...some on a rally, some in their own regular riding roads (me)...but you do know you didn't HAVE to crash to become a member here, right?   

You now have lots of downtime to find new plastic bits, a new left handlebar and a few other things the bike might need.  Your riding gear seems to have performed well against the fresh pavement and the bushes, but was no match for a knife in Donna's hands!  While you rest up and heal up, treat yourself to something nice in the way of new armor!

That all being said, it was great having you and your great sense of humor along for the rally.  You were certainly missed at the cabin in the nights that followed and we all look forward to riding with you again!   

Be well and keep us posted as to your progress! 

[Derek Young]

Hi Scott.

It was great meeting you! You were a welcome member of the group in the house and on the road. You were missed for the rest of the time we spent there.

It is always a horrible thing when one of our own has a crash, but it does bring us closer together as a group. Every member of our group pitched in and did their part to help a fellow rider in need. There was traffic control, medical assistance, the motorcycle to get home and general assistance of the emergency team as they needed it.

While I am sad this happened, I am glad that when we came upon the scene you were conscious and in reasonably good condition. Heal well Scott. Give your body the time it needs to recover. I hope that when you get through this you can find yourself back on two wheels again. We all would like to travel down the road with you again!


Derek