cruppelt
Will always be FJR rider at heart
Hi Bryan and Marissa,
I had SO looked forward to participating again since I missed the Spring session thanks to my bike not starting for the ride up to Auburn.
Well... I just re-fractured both right tibia/fibula again, exactly in the same spot as from my skiing accident in January. Doc said I should go buy some lottery tickets! The only good thing so far is that the bone ends are not dislocated, so at least this time it's only cast and no surgery...
I am seriously wondering about not keeping the FJR now though, this was the third time it tipped over on me. It did happen based on a really stupid and bad combination of circumstances though. My son's very first day of school, both son and daughter wanted to take the bus, my wife had gone first in the cage, I followed just a little behind on the bike. The school lot was horribly crowded of course, and when I got there my wife was impatiently waving me over to park in a narrow spot in front of the old church on the other side of the road. She was stressed out and worried we wouldn't get into the class room in time before the kids got off the bus. Well, that spot turned out to be VERY bad, in that it declined to the front AND sideways, something I would usually never consider for parking under other circumstances. Well she tried to help me push the bike out rear first once we got back out later, especially because now there was also a Minivan parked really close to it. Well, it fell over, and between my wife and the entry roofing pole next to her from the church entry there was no place for me or my leg to move out of the way of the bike, and the tank went down on the inside of my calf, popping both bones along the way. I guess riding season was a very short affair for me this year, and I have a while to think about keeping the FJR versus trading it in for something less bulky... Sniff.
I had SO looked forward to participating again since I missed the Spring session thanks to my bike not starting for the ride up to Auburn.
Well... I just re-fractured both right tibia/fibula again, exactly in the same spot as from my skiing accident in January. Doc said I should go buy some lottery tickets! The only good thing so far is that the bone ends are not dislocated, so at least this time it's only cast and no surgery...
I am seriously wondering about not keeping the FJR now though, this was the third time it tipped over on me. It did happen based on a really stupid and bad combination of circumstances though. My son's very first day of school, both son and daughter wanted to take the bus, my wife had gone first in the cage, I followed just a little behind on the bike. The school lot was horribly crowded of course, and when I got there my wife was impatiently waving me over to park in a narrow spot in front of the old church on the other side of the road. She was stressed out and worried we wouldn't get into the class room in time before the kids got off the bus. Well, that spot turned out to be VERY bad, in that it declined to the front AND sideways, something I would usually never consider for parking under other circumstances. Well she tried to help me push the bike out rear first once we got back out later, especially because now there was also a Minivan parked really close to it. Well, it fell over, and between my wife and the entry roofing pole next to her from the church entry there was no place for me or my leg to move out of the way of the bike, and the tank went down on the inside of my calf, popping both bones along the way. I guess riding season was a very short affair for me this year, and I have a while to think about keeping the FJR versus trading it in for something less bulky... Sniff.
