800 miles on the clock and can't ride for a couple of months

[weekend rider]

G.A.:Since you are going to be off the bike for awhile, you may want to consider this as an option for your down time and anyone else that may have down time.

Now this will need to be a little creative thinking on your part. As you know things happen in life that we can not control, and not being able to ride that new bike sucks. So here is an idea for you to develop and get mother Yamaha to fund the program.

What happens when an airline pilot or any pilot (commercial) needs new training? The first thing they do is put them in a flight simulator, so they can experience and see what they are doing wrong so there problems can be corrected, and learn the ups and down of new equipment being brought out for their benefit.

So what I am proposing is that you start dialog with Yamaha for construction of a motorcycle simulator for FJR riders so it can be used when a problem arise's and we are unable to ride. What's worse than being an unhappy FJR owner/rider???

Since you are not going to be able to ride for awhile, this might be a project you may want to take on.

I think it is a novel idea and approach for us showing our faith in their product and us being happy riders/customers.

Who will be the first riding school to offer this as part of their teaching??

What do you think G.A. are you up to the task??? weekend rider

Take care of that vision problem and get on the bike only when 100 percent

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

Hang in there GA. Sorry about the Palsy. Downtime sucks for the kinds of riders you find on this Forum. A lot of us have had to have enforced downtime. Just please be very careful if you ride, take care of the eye and let us know when your spirits and facial muscles are back up

 

[fjrjonesing]

Sorry to hear- been there, done the BP thing. Hardest thing for me was laughing through half of my face (and drinking beer in a bottle). I finally had enough of the tape and glasses- just threw a patch on it. Scared my kids, but worked best for me.

And I wouldn't risk having something fly in my eye while riding. Just stayed off the bike for a couple of months. Thankful that I haven't had to deal with it recently.

Hey, could be worse.

Good luck-

Jim

 

[Grievous Angel]

AND, as a bonus, since I think you're the fellah who hypothesizes more FJR crashes, and noted my question about touching down a knee puck as another data point, here's new fodder for killing otherwise riding time in posting to the forum.

Don't take it personally dude. I just think knee pucks are more suited for track time and sportbikes. Not the street and sport tourers.

Isn't a knee puck, by definition, something only needed in 9/10ths or 10/10ths riding? And would that not only be apprpriate on the track?

 

[papa woody]

GA---Sorry too hear about the BP. I've had it twice myself - once on each side of my face - so I know what your dealing with. I used an eye patch over my bad eye and found that I was able to compensate for the lack of depth perception in about a week's time. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery.

Adios....

Woody

 

[James Burleigh]

Isn't a knee puck, by definition, something only needed in 9/10ths or 10/10ths riding? And would that not only be apprpriate on the track?

I'm sure you're right. But since I like to ride the twisties, I got myself some "weekend" riding gear (as opposed to my commuting Aerostitch), which was a zip-together leather suit in the event of an unfortunate event. It comes with knee-puck stick-on areas. The pants looked goofy around the knee, so to be cool I naturally put on the knee pucks to complete the look.

At the same time, I've been practicing shifting my weight in turns and of course leaning the bike over. But the bike pegs always scrape fairly soon, and I notice my knee's way off the ground. So I was just curious whether FJR lean-over clearance is so constrained that you couldn't put down a knee puck even if you wanted to.

Get well soon. Me, I'm crabby this morning because I wasn't allowed to eat anything after noon yesterday and had to drink some awful stuff last nite that makes you--well, let's just say I was up in the middle of the night--because in a couple of hours I have a kinda personal exam recommended for all men once they turn 50.

JB

P.S. The roads around the Bay Area I ride on, you see tons of fellows on sport bikes scraping knees. I know it's safest on the track. Everyone knows that, but it doesn't mean you can't touch a knee down on a local twisty.

 

[Grievous Angel]

Argh! Can't really blink/close my right eye (or do much of anything with the right side of my face).

I'm really sorry to hear that. My daughter had the exact same thing

and we took her in for Acupuncture. She was good to go in no time and it has never come back. I know it sounds funny buttttttt *it worked*!
Hope you get better real soon.

I actually tried this today . . I was hopeful going in, felt a little silly (and 90 bucks lighter) coming out.

I dunno, if I think it helps (can't tell right now) maybe I'll go back.

 

[Grievous Angel]

Feeling a little silly at this point . .

. . but this round turned out to be more of a minor bout for me.

I can already blink/wink my eye again, and slept OK last night without taping the eye shut.

It came on much slower this time--in times past I digressed quickly, getting the first symptoms and then getting slammed within just 5 or 6 hours. This time I digressed slowly over several days, but I was already on medication (steriods, and, for the first time, antivirals), so perhaps I "caught" it.

Based on "bulletnose"'s advice I also had one round of accupuncture--hard to say whether that helped or not.

My lips/nostril/smile/eyes are a still a little lopsided, but things are more awkward and annoying (eating still takes effort--but that's good!), but I think I'm back in riding shape. Riding straight into the sun probably isn't a good idea (but is it ever?), but overall I think I'm back in the saddle after only a week and a half.

Thanks for all the well wishes, and sorry if I oversold my problem--it has taken months before, and the last time five years ago I was a real mess. I'm very thankful that this time was more minor, and doubly thankful each time it goes away, as that is not guaranteed.

 

[gr8eyes]

I'm just now seeing this thread and read it with great interest.

If it ever happens again there are a couple of things you can do.

In severe cases taping the eye shut is needed, however just making the palpebral fissure smaller helps alot and still allows you to see. Get some medical tape and start a thin strip in the middle of the lower lid. Pull it out(temporal) and up and tape it to the side of your temple. before you do this go to the store and get some Refresh Liquigel and put 2 drops in your eye.

Now call around and find out who sells Panoptic Sunglasses in your area. These are glasses that have foam around the back of the frames and seal off the eyes. This keeps moisture in the eye which is extremely important. Dry Corneas are no fun.

You should be able to ride for a while like this with no problems. You may need to put the drops in every 20-30min while riding.

Glenn