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Re: [St] [ST] Biker ailments



I've been riding bikes of all sorts since 1980.

This crash was the sort of mistake I thought I was looooong past.

I came over a hill without slowing down, and it was much steeper on the
other side, plus the surface changed from gravel to small round "marbles".

At the bottom was a turn to the left.

Even though I have knobblies on the KLR I just couldnt dump enough speed,
and I didnt make the turn at the bottom.

Wiped out and the bike landed on my ankle at less than 30kms/h. Time for
much stronger boots for the offroad stuff.

The irony is I bought the KLR as a more relaxing and less dangerous bike
than my looney Daytona955.

All those track days on the Daytona and never a crash, but I break my ankle
on my KLR!

cheers


Marc


On 8/2/07, Young, Mike <myoung@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hey Marc,
> Glad you're on the mend. A friend of mine experienced the same problem
> after a skiing injury a number of years ago. I'm not entirely sure what
> the doctors told him about why it happened, but I do know he made a full
> recovery and was only on blood thinners for a few weeks.
>
> Mike
> '06 ST
> Seattle
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of marc Ve
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:38 AM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [St] [ST] Biker ailments
>
> I had a fall on my KLR just over two weeks ago and broke my ankle.
>
> I had no option but to ride home (50 kms on gravel, including a river
> crossing, and then 180 kms on tar) Lucky it was my right ankle or I
> wouldnt
> have been able to change gears. Talk about a painful ride!
>
> A few days after the first cast went on I developed pain in my calf, and
> they diagnosed deep vein thrombosis (blood clots in my veins).
>
> I spent five days in hospital with them jabbing me with stuff all the
> time.
>
> I'm out now, still on crutches for another  month at least, plus I have
> to
> take Warferin to thin my blood for the next three months - bummer.
>
> anyone else had a similar problem after an ankle break?
>
> Marc, Cape Town RSA
> 2006 Daytona 955
> 2007 KLR 650
>
>
> On 6/26/07, RogerOwdenOBrien@xxxxxxx <RogerOwdenOBrien@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 26/06/2007 12:00:27 GMT Daylight Time,
> > Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.iam.org.uk/pressroom/newsarchive/Bikers+warned+about+leg+circ
> ulatio
> > n+problems.htm
> >
> >
> > Thanks Chris - I thought it was the advancing years which cause me to
> > take  a
> > break after hour or so, but perhaps I've been doing things right
> without
> > knowing it. Incidentally the Sprint's position gives me much less
> grief
> > than
> > previous bikes notably a CBR600 which was agony after 30 minutes plus
> !
> >
> > Roger
> > Sprint 04.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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