Forced retirement ?

[DeanMember]

Hey Two banger not good news mate. But im sure you will be able to do a work around. Look at the boys who were on that buckets ride and were paraplegics inspirational stuff. Mate Ive got the tops of 3 of my middle digits missing,makes braking on big downhills intersting :woohoo: and throttle control isnt great going over whoops and rough stuff but hey I still get out there. My brother shane got a disease in his wrist and had his wrist fused in such a way that he can still grip a throttle,Drs shook their head and said “bloody motorbike riders” :laugh: So mate even though you are probably at a low point now,when you get out there and learning to adapt and overcome it will be all good

look forward to hooking up for a ride with ya one day

Ollie

[jamieMember]

Cheers ollie,
That’s a story and a half about your brother mate. All these stories show how much people like riding that’s for sure. A mate of mines missing a finger on his clutch hand and then broke that wrist.
He’s back in the saddle no probs.
I’ve been thinking of trying to ride using a lot less hand grip and more leg grip. The dr reakons this is in all my nerves but my legs feel fine. So that’s the plan, I think I read somewhere you should ride like that anyway.

[DeanMember]

Best thing he did mate was get a steering damper for his RMX (which is not an easy feat to fit) His bars are cut narrower and when he turns his bars in the ST he has a very light grip as his wrist cant move sideways or up and down. (little bugger can ride pretty quick too )

Ollie

[craig evansMember]

sorry to hear the news twobanger chinup mate just keep a possitive mind,after a nasty back injury yrs ago i spent 18 months in hospital and i was told i would never walk again,well i proved em wrong there ,yes i have bad days were i struggle but im walking every day thats all that matters in my eyes ,i get nerve tests done yearly and im medically declared 85% paralized down my left side and the docs cant work out how im still walkn ,the only advice they give me is just keep doing what ever im doing and stay possitive, if you want a good read ,grab australasian dirt bike page 99 titled bionic man, end story is what every body sayn DONT GIVE UP

[jamieMember]

Wow wolfie, I wouldn’t have known that from seeing you. That’s a huge comeback story top effort, and you were getting well into the hard riding at Xmas.

[craig evansMember]

im not the fastest or the most stylish rider but i would take the title for the loosest rider if that makes sence [im like a plate of jelly wobblering] 😆 but im still riding and havn fun thats all that matters

[Damien BonoraMember]

Wow wolfie that’s a huge effort!
Twobanger if your going to try to use your legs more might be worth trying some stegz pegz :whistle:

[alanMember]

wolfie wrote:

im not the fastest or the most stylish rider but i would take the title for the loosest rider if that makes sence [im like a plate of jelly wobblering] 😆 but im still riding and havn fun thats all that matters

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: don t worry wolfie there s plenty of loose units on here its fun trying hay :woohoo:

[Adrian GaleMember]

Might be time to go back to a 250 Twobanger! That 510 would take some hanging onto.

I can use you as sweep on my rides mate no matter how fast you are!

Keep with the rehab mate. Maybe use the other hand for stress relief! :blush:

[Justin WilliamsMember]

Hey Jamie,

Sorry to here this news…. The guys have come up with some good solutions here for you at least :dry: , Hope it all works out for you mate .

justo

[jamieMember]

Cheers Galey and Justo,
Some good ideas for sure, and I am looking forward to a test ride later, i like the steering damper idea. Your right Galey never had any issues on the old 2 banger. :laugh:

[Bob DowsettMember]

Tough bit of news 2 bang

Don’t use dr google it comes up with too many things it could be and then you won’t even walk out the door

Just keep ridin

If you fall off too much slow down

Don’t worry about being fast or slow or being a loose unit …………I don’t

I’m a little bit mentally retarded :ohmy: and i can still have fun

[Bob DowsettMember]

BellingenEv wrote:

That sux, two banger but it is a wakeup call for everyone to ride as much as we can while we still can, i have a back injury that will retire me one day ( to an adventure bike)
I hope you can work something out, i once saw a guy with one leg riding enduro

You adventure FAG

I always new you had something hiding in the closet

[murph the surfMember]

Wash your mouth out, EV
Your one bloke I thought would never go over to the dark side. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Sorry to learn about your problem, Twobanger.
Keep on keeping on while you still can, Man.
Cheers
Murph

[jamieMember]

Who needs doctors when you can google your symptoms you can get a better outcome that way.The doc got wikapedia up in front of me the other week,they use it too. :laugh:

I work with a bloke that reads symptoms and reakons he has got something all the time,it’s a crack up.

I think he’s had about 12 deseases and syndromes in the last ten years. :laugh:

cheers

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