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Hey Mark nice to see ya here. So who had my burger? And more importantly was it a good milk shake, I like my choc double malts :laugh:

Looks like I wont get on that track on the XR650 before the property sale goes through now as I am on restricted duties :laugh:

Enjoyed the catch up as well mate cheers

TB (Greg)

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Some reading mate maybe

Interesting read in this thread

Another idea worth a look

TB

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The Tenere’s come standard as does the BMW800 I think with bar weights. The weights that are standard on a Tenere are bloody heavy things that thread into a thread in the end of the bars. When the barbusters were fitted to my bike they did away with the weights. How well bar weights work I dont know. I have heard about filling the bars with silicon and lead in the end sections to achieve the same as the bar weights above. I will see if I can find where I read it :blink:

TB

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mal5.1 wrote:

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OK. Now runs us through what, when, how and why this happened.

How did the knee braces fair?

First the brace is fine undamaged. The ambulance officers insisted I take the brace for the doctors look at for the diagnosis. I wouldn’t be sitting here at home now if I wasn’t wearing my Astisk brace I am convinced beyond doubt. Not only did the fully loaded bike, with soft panniers fully loaded land hard on my knee (which would weigh 210 kilos +) and remain trapped under the bike (thanks Lotsa ) But I was twisted around. It was the first time I have ever worn the braces on the Tenere and will always from here on.

What happened, well the pace of the ride was pretty brisk considering what some of us were riding :laugh: The suspension has transformed the bike and while it feels pretty firm it is awesome and a credit to Nick and the Tekniks crew. I had been following Lotsa and he sort of lost a little momentum on a hill and I picked a different line and sort of slipped past. As I had just passed him I didnt want him in my immediate dust/ roost through no fault of his so I was pushing along. I arrived at a rocky uphill with two windrows, the first was steeper then I thought. I managed to land it but everything was pre-loaded and I was going to fast for the 2nd one and I crashed. Too fast for a loaded adventure bike :blush: My bad. Thanks to Lotsa who was straight on the spot (saw it all happen :laugh: ) He quickly laid his bike over and got the bike of my leg, cheers mate Scott and Lotsa righted it and Scott helped me fix my brake pedal which got some loving for its trouble :laugh: I then had to ride it out to Bulga (about 1/2 hr)where it stiffened in minutes and I couldnt bend it. The guys helped me on the bike I refused the offers of panadol etc and I set sail for home. I couldnt bend my leg to get it on the peg and the wind against it was making it hurt. I then thought I need some sort of help as I didnt want to leave my loaded bike outside some hospital. I rang Chicken and a plan was worked out. I started out through the back of Cessnock, Broke area it took me 25kms to get my leg bent enough to get it back on the peg (I had been sitting on the pillion seat doing 120kph at one stage :laugh: ) I rode to Chickens, Kym rang an ambulance and well you know the rest.

Cheers to Chicken, Kym and the girls for looking after me, coming up the hospital last night and waiting till we found out what was going on and then waiting to take me home at 1am.

Cheers again Lotsa and everyone except miss personality at Laguna general store :laugh:

Cheers to all that have called and the wishes past on

TB

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EAGLE`02 wrote:

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The 640 looks trick too mate (when do I get a blast???) :laugh:

Seriously Beags there is a Tenere at Chicken’s you are welcome to borrow mate

TB

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Give me an address Beags and I will send you a second hand one mate this week (well Sal will mail it :laugh: )

As far as replacement parts go, I have a line I think, give me a day or two and I will have a confirmed contact for you mate

TB

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menace wrote:

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sheesh, im the only one not shit stirring and i still am the bad guy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

never thought you’d be one to bruise like a rotton pear :laugh: :laugh:

get well soon

idjit

Sorry mate was only teasing ya :laugh: If anyone has had a rough trot its you with your back injury mate Lets hope we are both mobile before we know

TB

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aido wrote:

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Well superman has had a fall,there must have been kryptonite around somewhere :laugh: All the best with the revovery mate i hope it doesnt sideline you for to long.

Superman :laugh: :laugh: you idiot :laugh: I dont think so

Cheers for the wishes mate

TB

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KatGirl wrote:

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TB,

So sorry to hear about the accident. My knee was twitching when I saw the photo’s.

Keep the ice up to it as much as possible (20min on, 20mins off). You want to get the swelling down as quickly as possible. Try and stay off it. It needs to be resting on a pillow higher than your hips. Don’t wait 5 days to see the GP. Go a get a referral for MRI. The MRI will pick up the damage regardless of the swelling.

Wishing you a speedy recovery and will miss seeing you down at Apex.

Take care,

Katgirl

Yeah cheers Kat I will do, I was wondering about what to really do and will take your advice and get the ball rolling tomorrow. I will start serious icing once I am at home this arvo as its easier then at the minute.

TB

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singletrackmind wrote:

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Be interesting to see who got hit harder. The Tenere or Macca’s? :laugh:

STM

The Tenere did but it will be ok, I was over it by the time we got to Maccas just had a small angus meal and wanted to get home

TB

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singletrackmind wrote:

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Hopefully you get the all clear on ligament damage and you are not out for too long.

Rest up mate! It may be a good time to kick off that wheel lacing business :laugh:

STM

Yeah fingers crossed mate cheers

TB

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RipnShred wrote:

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Told ya you ahoulda bought a Berg

Why wasnt the bikes fault, the idiot riding has to remember what he is riding is for adventure riding and the defenition of adventure riding I think

TB

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Mr Blue wrote:

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Just clocking in and what do I find?

TB trying on a Mick Doohan.. the other day i told you to have a good trip, not break a leg, crikey buys himself a yamaha and the first thing he does is throws it away like it’s some sort of Austrian junk…..

Seriously Greg do EXACTLY as the doctors tell you, knee reconstruction is no joke.

Will do mate the instructions at the moment are, there are no broken bones (only because of the knee brace) leave it in the splint NO MOVEMENT IT AT ALL and see your GP in 5 days because its late and we need you out of our hospital

And Maccas has no recognised healing properties, not even enough real meat in it to take away the bruising.

Agreed Bruce but its the only thing open and I had not eaten for 14hrs. Didnt eat it all anyway :laugh:

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mal5.1 wrote:

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OK. Now runs us through what, when, how and why this happened.

How did the knee braces fair?

Yeah they must have Mal will fill it in next week, I wont be doing anything else :blink: :S

TB

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I am out now Chris

TB

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