[bpamp]

12 stitches over my eye and 5 stitches in my hand. That's what I get for trying a motocross track. I should either find a more sedate sport or ride only on wide, straight, flat roads covered with, say, mattresses.

Barbara

[ev]

oouch girl
that does not sound like fun
what happened?

get well soon and do not give up *ganzfestumaermel*

[crfsonly]

barbara...sorry to hear about this! how horrible. over your eye? how'd this happen? regarding the motocross tracks...there are days i pull up and look at the numbers on the track and turn around and go to my favorite trail. too many riders on a track and it's a crap shoot as to whether or not someone's going to do something stupid and take you out.

take care and get well soon!

ken

[bpamp]

Well, I came down hard off a jump (I was not going very fast but, apparently, fast enough) and, as I am wont to do, I grabbed the bars in a deathgrip, floored it accidentally, and when the track went right, I went straight--over the haybales and into a chainlink fence. My glasses got pushed into my face (hence, that cut) and I guess I put my hand out in front of me and cut it on the fence-wire.

Okay, I have to confess I did not have my googles on at the time. I might not have gotten the face cut had I been wearing the gorgles. But I might have, too. I just really plowed into that fence face-first Always wear your goigles!

Oh, well. The bike is put to bed in the garage, hooked up to its charger, none the worse for wear (more than I can say for me, obviously). It will likely stay there until spring, then we'll try again. (You know, I'm pretty athletic, pretty coordinated; I don't know why I'm so bad at this

Unless these crashes are a message from the gods

Barbara

[ev]

Unless these crashes are a message from the gods

the infidel speaking: definitely NOT
you are in good company, Barbara, ever heared of Heinz Kinigardner? Austrian off-road god in the 80s, he even managed to run into a fence at the peak of his career, am not sure about the year (86? 89?) he left the 'road' at the 'roof of Africa' rallye and almost killed himself in barbed wire
what these crashes really mean is take it easy, take it slow, practise a lot and never think you are bulletproof

hope you heal fast and get back on your lil'red monster
*drueck-schmatz*
ev

[wade]

Sounds like a pretty bad hit, I hope you get to feeling better soon. What a way to start the year.

[systemnt]

Sorry to hear about your crash, Barbera.
I tend view crashes (even the ones that sideline you for a bit) as a learning experience (much like ev said).

It's usually gravity's way of saying, "you may think you're good..but you're not THAT good yet".

I just bought a riding training video for my son, to teach him better body positioning while corning, and ended up pulling a ton of good info from it myself.. particularly, body, hand and arm position on the handlebars (that could have helped prevented your crash.)
It's like a $3.99 download - (yes you can download it to your computer and watch it for a week)..

Give it a shot while you're waiting for Spring.

http://www.totalvid.com/Motocross-Video ... Become-One

[Monkeywrench]

Owch. Stiches, mm? As I read that part, I thought of the (many) times I came down from jumps a little skew, while murmering under my breath "oh please, please"...

A great lesson to learn is perhaps one Newton already figured out for us... what goes up WILL come down. (sometimes HARD).

What a much better place this world would be if he hadn't invented that particular law of physics.
Dang blasted Newton. Always messing us up like that.

Get well soon!

[bpamp]

Thanks for your well wishes. And thanks for the Gary Semic video link. I'm going to get that.

I'm mending nicely; facial stitches come out tomorrow, the hand ones come out next week.

I was actually being conservative and careful...until that last circuit when I went ahead and upshifted. Ooops. I knew immediately I was going too fast

Barbara

[ev]

sorry you found out the hard way
but I guess we all pay out dues in this sport
if we did not want to take physical chances we'd play chess, right?

hope your scars will diminish soon
c u

[systemnt]

I've got my nose broke playing chess once... I'll stick to motorcycles...

[crfsonly]

i got my nose bent out of shape once playing chess but never broke it.

[ev]

it has been a while, Barbara
hope your injuries are healing well?
have you been back yet or does ice and snow cover the whole north?

[crfsonly]

barbara...i've wondering how the healing goes also. hope you're doing well...look forward to hearing from you...ken

[bpamp]

Hello, folks.

Just noticed I had some new posts. Been busy with school...

All stitches are out and the bruises have faded, though not the memory. Although the weather was relatively warm this weekend, it's been very wet and I figure the Badlands is a muddy mess so the bike is on the trickle charger, waiting for drier weather. I am looking forward to riding again, in part to shake the "willies." My enthusiasm has taken a bit of a hit--not so much thinking about what happened as thinking about what might have happened. (I shouldn't obsess about that, I know.) It'll be interesting to see how I feel when I go out again...

Thanks for asking!

Hope all is well...

Barbara