Roverray
5th November 2008, 11:43 PM
You can go for months and not have a fall but today made up for it.
Went out on bike this afternoon to check on cows with new calves.
Was jut idleing along through the bush in 2nd when all of a sudden a loop of fence wire picked up around my left foot then got picked up by the rear wheel tightening the loop now around my ankle and bought me down on the left side with my leg wedged under, and wired to the bike.
Managed to get clutch in and hit kill switch on way down or as I hit. Gathered thoughts and took stock after hitting the deck and tried to push bike up with right leg but there was not enough movement in ankle noose to allow me to lift it.
Now smell fuel so shut of valve as fuel is dripping from carby.
Unable to sit up as foot locked sideon. Manage to wind wheel back slightly with my right foot, to give some slack and managed to edge myself up as I slip the wire noose up my leg till I get bike on stand and I can stand beside it. Tried to slip my boot off to get free but not easy to manouver and eventially got enough slack to get free.
This could have been a lot worse when I thought about it, Had I been going faster it could have severed my foot or at least broken my leg, If it had been the right side the fuel could have ignighted on the exhaust and I could not get away. If it had been a large bike rather than the XL185 Honda it may have been very difficult to lift up and get off me given the situation.
End result- some minor bruising around ankle and left side as I hit the deck, broken clutch lever.
Later while tailing a bull home in first gear got tramlined by a small log almost entirely burried and not visible in the grass and down we went again. It is always worse when going slow because you have no momenteum to carry you to climb over them.
I think I might leave the bike in the shed tomorrow and not tempt fate for the third strike.
Take care when in the bush, help could be a long time coming. If anyone knows that is!
Went out on bike this afternoon to check on cows with new calves.
Was jut idleing along through the bush in 2nd when all of a sudden a loop of fence wire picked up around my left foot then got picked up by the rear wheel tightening the loop now around my ankle and bought me down on the left side with my leg wedged under, and wired to the bike.
Managed to get clutch in and hit kill switch on way down or as I hit. Gathered thoughts and took stock after hitting the deck and tried to push bike up with right leg but there was not enough movement in ankle noose to allow me to lift it.
Now smell fuel so shut of valve as fuel is dripping from carby.
Unable to sit up as foot locked sideon. Manage to wind wheel back slightly with my right foot, to give some slack and managed to edge myself up as I slip the wire noose up my leg till I get bike on stand and I can stand beside it. Tried to slip my boot off to get free but not easy to manouver and eventially got enough slack to get free.
This could have been a lot worse when I thought about it, Had I been going faster it could have severed my foot or at least broken my leg, If it had been the right side the fuel could have ignighted on the exhaust and I could not get away. If it had been a large bike rather than the XL185 Honda it may have been very difficult to lift up and get off me given the situation.
End result- some minor bruising around ankle and left side as I hit the deck, broken clutch lever.
Later while tailing a bull home in first gear got tramlined by a small log almost entirely burried and not visible in the grass and down we went again. It is always worse when going slow because you have no momenteum to carry you to climb over them.
I think I might leave the bike in the shed tomorrow and not tempt fate for the third strike.
Take care when in the bush, help could be a long time coming. If anyone knows that is!