I think I am getting to an age when I do not bounce so well...

[Rannsachair]

Was out a wee run on my Trident yesterday, road covered in salt for the frost and nice and slippy. 60 mph speed limit road and car 2 in front signals into the cemetery, right turn ahead, I start to brake and slide the back end , high sided and down i go. Not done it for a few years, but just let go of the bike and lie on my back to let the body armour and leather scrub off my speed.

Usual reaction when I stop spinning, run to bike to pick it up, only when I start pulling do I realise I have popped my shoulder out, adrenaline pumping I still try and lift it then find have popped it back into place - by stupidity rather than design. I did manage to ride the bike the short distance home after the spill.

Now I feel like I have been 10 rounds with Mike Tyson today, I think I do not bounce as well now I am over 50!

 

[Parm]

Oh dear, I hope your ok chap

Not a biker so have never experienced this

 

[cumbriasteve]

Glad you ended up with hopefully less marks than the casing, I agree about age and hitting the ground, anytime I fall I try to find something to do whilst down there...may as well make the best of a bad job

 

[angellonewolf]

i high sided my bike once when i was very young its only now i know how lucky i was i ended up upside down in a hedge if i had not hit the hedge i woould of landed on my head

 

[Rannsachair]

i high sided my bike once when i was very young its only now i know how lucky i was i ended up upside down in a hedge if i had not hit the hedge i woould of landed on my head

Must be 20 years since I last had a crash, a change from cars pulling out in front of me or I even got back ended by a car at a set of traffic lights....the nature of riding a bike is there is an inherent risk, you try to minimise it, but when you go down, there is a degree of luck - I still recall doing somersaults parallel with a stone dyke back in 1991 after a big off over the roof of a car.

 

[doubleboost]

Pleased you are ok
That casing will weld then buff up

 

[Rannsachair]

The absolute most important biker question:

How's the bike?

That was my first thought as I picked the bike up
Smashed indicator, foot and and brake levers bent, scuffed mudguard, mirror and fairing, clutch cover ground through and coolant hose pulled off.

I bought a 1992 trophy a few years ago for a couple of hundred, to either rebuild or use for spares - so I will get most of the bits I need off it. Its still at the back of the shed untouched since I bought it.

 

[Windy Miller]

Sorry to hear that Mate. I'm well over 50 too, and I don't bounce so well these days either.

I was knocked off on the A2 in rush hour traffic a couple of years back. Not sure exactly how fast I hit the road but certainly 60 plus. Leg still swollen and elbow still a bit sore, but very happy to have walked away from it. The thing that staggered me was how bloody HARD I hit the road. Tarmac seemed to be softer when I was a lad!

Still ride most days though!

 

[8ob]

Glad you`r OK Mr Chair, it could have been a lot worse. I am born again biker, there`s a lot more loons out there trying to knock you off than the last time I rode bikes thirty years ago.

Bob

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Get yourself to the Drs and get your shoulder checked, they're about the worst joint you could possibly damage and one of the hardest to fix when they go a bit wonky.

 

[Shox Dr]

Glad to hear you are OK. Not fallen of a road bike since my teens, I have however been catapulted through the air with the greatest of ease off road, doing myself no end of grief.

The absolute most important biker question:

How's the bike?

When I used to Mountain bike, if the first words from a faller was 'how's my bike?' Then it was fair to say his injuries were miner. However I've riden 10miles bck to the car after braeking my clavicle, and the rear mec off [fixed gear] the same shoulder thats causing me problems now, 20yrs later. Its amzing what the human body can endure in such events

 

[Rannsachair]

Glad you`r OK Mr Chair, it could have been a lot worse. I am born again biker, there`s a lot more loons out there trying to knock you off than the last time I rode bikes thirty years ago.

Bob

Mr Chair not many of you sassenachs have the gaelic. i have been riding for 37 years now, though am now lucky to live in a remote area with relatively quiet roads, deer are probably a bigger danger to me now

 

[Wallace]

Ouch on the shoulder, hope there's no permanent damage and you fix soon. I high sided my 900 Speed Triple some years back on ice, it threw me on my face then landed on me!

 

[zx9]

Sorry to hear you had a spill, bike looks a bit sick, but your leathers did their job and you did not hit anything solid. Hope the bruises, aches and pains dont last too long.

 

[Rannsachair]

Get yourself to the Drs and get your shoulder checked, they're about the worst joint you could possibly damage and one of the hardest to fix when they go a bit wonky.

Aye, was nagged to go to A&E, as also hit a knee that I had previously smashed on a car roof! They reckoned I was ok, but to rest today and keep my leg up. So will see how shoulder is tomorrow, seems to be clicking and quite painful to move.

 

[zeppelin builder]

went out down the farm road to test my home brewed desmo ,es2 ,manx accelerated hard in 1st into 2nd wide open back off for 1st bend holy **** next door neighbour in range rover grab front brake by now im on the crap in the middle lay bike down and slide down road under bike no damage to bike ,felt tammy clad head for damage no blood bit dazed two days later im black and blue up one side , think starter rollers next job

 

[JEZGUZ]

That sounds like an interesting concoction Zepp, any chance of photo's or better yet some video? Take things easy for a bit Rannsachair, you're right, the older you get the less you bounce.

 

[Rannsachair]

went out down the farm road to test my home brewed desmo ,es2 ,manx accelerated hard in 1st into 2nd wide open back off for 1st bend holy **** next door neighbour in range rover grab front brake by now im on the crap in the middle lay bike down and slide down road under bike no damage to bike ,felt tammy clad head for damage no blood bit dazed two days later im black and blue up one side , think starter rollers next job

Nothing like throwing yourself under the bike to protect it

 

[zeppelin builder]

ok here goes

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@Rannsachair The bike'll repair/fix easier than you, glad there's wasn't more injury to yourself. Have one of those for the inevitable sore bits