Thread: Should have driven My Disco! HighSpeed motorbike crash

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Not a sympathy post- Loving life

I am:
1-very very very lucky to be alive-
2-very very very lucky to be likely to have a full recovery

Had to met my son to pay the dentist. Jumped on my bike. Its racing machine Honda CBR 600 1999 - I ride it fast in first gear then back off as I like my license

At front left lane of three lanes at a red light. I could see several km of clear roads with not a single car. Green Light. about 2 seconds late I was doing 80kph about 100m in front of all the cars behind me. A car stuck more than his nose out into the left lane. The driver then saw me and look horrified. I swerved very hard to the middle lane. The very old driver of the car moved into the middle lane His shocked expresion was still looking at me and his hands had not turned his steering wheel and were as frozen as the shock on his face. I was braking and still moving hard right .......... His car stopped still in the right lane across the entire lane. He had not tried to travel down any of the three lanes which did catch me

Back of his car, bonnet or verg then trees to kill me? I hit the bonnet

Came to 20m down the road a very broken man. I could see the old man standing by his car still in the same possition- He is ok.

The damage:
Broken Right leg
Smashed pelvis and hip
Punctured lung
Broken right arm at the sholder
Broken ribs
Spine T1 and T2
A few minor facial fractures
A few litres of blood lost

Royal Melb operations
Friday 5/7 CT giuded angiogram sealing all bleeding (I was wake Very cooL)
Saturday 6 /7 Rod joined broken right leg
Tuesday 9/7 Pelvis, hip and shoulder fixed

Pain prior to Tuesday Operation the pain was close to unbearable. I was rolled over by amazing caring nurses every 4 hours with the same unbelievable pain every time. Heavy duty drugs via a magic button I could push every five minutes only masked the agony.

12 hours late I was aware they were rolling me and expecting the PAIN. not a bit hit. 4 hours late ditto

I am now in Rehab. No pain at all, No drugs at all. Add I can weight bare on my repaired right leg. Every day I do new things I took entirely fir granted before the crash. Each one is kicking a goal.

Lucky I am not dead, lucky I did not add the brain to the list. Spine is good, face is great- Not allowed to blow my nose for another week Lung puncture resolved it self. Might miss the Melbourne Marathon this year. Just this once. Anyone else think Incisor might need to change me from ChatterBox to Very Very Lucky?

my senario was riding at sunrise , Hume hwy Tarcutta Nsw, came over a ridge and sun hit me in eyes momentary blindness , hit a patch of gravel and ended lying on the road. a semi behind me swerved around me and cb the next truck to pick me up, dislocated thumb and badly swollen knee.

the 2nd time going to work rode down hill in bridge road Richmond pouring rain as i went through the Church street intersection , the back wheel skidded on the tram track , i went flying and slid down Bridge road and ended up if front of the Richmond police station, apart from that , there were media next door and police presence at the council offices because there were threats made. l was wearing a holster with a 38 special under my jacket. i was surround by police and they took me into the station for a cuppa to calm my nerves. l had a nice bruise from the cylinder on the revolver on my hip.

i gave up bikes after that.

Originally Posted by stuarth44

so sorry fella, how are you now
I rode my k1200gt bmw around USA IN 2013, 14000km in 6 weeks, super defensive, started riding in 67.
hope you are ok now

Running Marathons and creating chaos in bike again now thank you. Ian's on the money- Time flys.

Fully agree Defensive riding/driving is important. Rehabilition is a key for recovery for all of us for any injury or illness. I love moving so Rehab was fun.

I did ride my BMW K100 RS more than around Australia yet not over the top.. When in the USA and Canada I enjoyed a chat or ten and was kindly given time riding some amazing bike in both Canada and the USA. Short rides only alas.

1967 was a great year for both of us for differing reason

R U Ok is a cool thing to do with family friends and everyone we see.

Thank you for your question.