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That's a bad piece of luck - I hope he makes a full recovery

[RJ749]

Well, he got transferred to another hospital for a specialist last night and the surgery will be this afternoon if the surgeon is available after an earlier surgery.

He is diagnosed with a vertical crack in one vertebrae.  I hope that is good.......relatively to having multiple cracked vertebrae.

[Ironhorse]

Rjob,

I could be wrong, but it sounds like he was a VERY inexperienced rider, or was a rider who had not been on a bike for such a long time, he needed a refresher course. Did he at least try out the bike before riding off the lot? Did he at least ride it around the parking lot getting used to the feel, response and balance? I hope he just didn't go right out onto the street with his buddies into traffic, although it sure sounds like that is what he did.

Hubris, pride, or whatever it is that you want to call it. But it never ceases to amaze me that riders will spend thousands of dollars on a bike, thousands more to make it go faster, stop quicker, handle better, and sound and look right. Then spend thousands more on boots, leathers, helmets, gloves, and eye wear. Yet they won't even think twice about taking a course to improve themsleves. And when you suggest it, they always find a reason not to. "I've been riding 30 years, I don't need it". "I know I should, but I don't have the time", or my favorite, "Really, I don't need it".

I hope he gets better, gets healed up, takes a good course, and gets back on a bike.

Mark

[RJ749]

ronhorse, that about nails it, he hadn't ridden or at least not much and they had only had the bikes for a few hours.

That's the shame of it.  I don't even think it was a move to show off, I think he just got in a pickle and crashed. 

Like the guy on the dresser in the parking lot video on you tube that is bragging and simply doesn't clear the parked car.  Too much too fast without experience or realizing how quickly we get in trouble.

I know I have had a few close calls when I least expected them, only a little skill and a lot of luck saved me.  Now I try to ride as to avoid getting in that situation but it still happens from time to time.

the other day on the freeway traffic stopped in a corner, you don't sometimes realize that the corners are as banked as they are until the friggin traffic stops and you throw out your leg only to find the pavement on the low side is about 3 inches farther away than you thought.  I guess that's the only time in my life I understood why my old girlfriend always wanted a few m.....................never mind.

[SOKOOLJ]

Prayers out, wish him a speedy recovery.

[RJ749]

Surgery last night and it went well.  They fused 5 vertabrae, two on each side of the cracked one and the cracked one.

Three months in a brace, so now its on to the recovery.

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The outlook sounds a little promising for the guy but you cannot help wonder there for the grace of God go I, you here of all sorts of things happen on motorbikes, hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Keep us posted as to how he progresses it would be great to here he is back on the road with the wind in his face on possibly a Harley rather than a Buell.