End of the road

[AZMotorgod_imp]

VLJ-

I can't imagine your situation, but truly my thoughts and prayers are with you. I am thankful you are alive but I will pray for both your healing and knowledge/ wisdom for your doctors.

Thank you for the update and please continue to keep us informed.

[Houtman_imp]

I am very sorry to hear that the healing is not going as well as hoped for. It might be better to leave the bike on the center stand , keeping it upright afterwards could be a challenge unless you have help.
It all shows that one's life can change so quickly in just a second of time.
We are thinking of you and all the best wishes for the future.

[peterbaron]

VLJ, you are in an unenviable situation, but I see that your positive spirit will allow you to overcome all your difficulties.
Having lovely CB with you (if possible) will certainly help with your lengthy recovery.
Good luck my friend !!

[Blockhead_imp]

VLJ, prayers to you sir. Very sorry this has happened to you...

[the Ferret]

Well shoot, I was really hoping for better news. Here's hoping the magnetic thing starts working and the swelling in your foot goes down.

[furious_blue_imp]

While not as severe as your predicament, 5 years ago I was involved in a collision. Recovery and therapy took many months before started to return to something like normal. I wasn't sure if I'd be getting back on a motorcycle, even after I physically could do it. It took a year before I'd even consider the possibility of riding again.
Not even trying to compare your situation to mine just saying I feel the loss. Hang in there man.

[VLJ_imp]

furious_blue, did you ever start riding again?

[max]

Not exactly pleasant news Veal, some of us remember their own accident, mine took 2 years and a lot of "memorable" exercises to get back on a bike.
The big prize for me was a brandnew cb500 four that i focussed on to get me well again and i just had a broken arm and elbow which recovered 90%.

The most surprising thing was at an oldtimers race meeting where an 80+ year old bent over limping guy climbed onto his bike and drove off on to the circuit, once he was moving i could not tell the difference between him and the other much healthier looking riders, amazing to watch that happening, sooo.......



Best wishes from nz.

[furious_blue_imp]

furious_blue, did you ever start riding again?

After all the pain, not being able to sleep normally, etc, that you know all about, the first hurdle was just being able to live a life that is something close to normal, another thing that you know all about.
After that settled down, the association of that trying time with motorcycle riding naturally made me wonder if it was worth it all.
It was more than a year before I seriously considered riding again. All those nice summer days started having an effect on the psyche. Motorcycles had been a big part of my adult life for 40 years by then, that's a lot of neurons in the head !
Finally on a New Year's day after more than a year, it was cold but dry out and I decided that I'd take out the old ZX and see if I was 'in or out' with these things.
It was a bit scary but after a half hour I knew that I was back 'in'.
Since then, I've made edits of some of my ride videos knowing that 'this won't go on forever'.. If I make it that far, sometime when I'm sitting at home or in a facility and can't ride or drive anymore, I'll have these old videos to remind me: yeah ! that's what it was like, wasn't it great ?!

Yikes, I think I'm turning into an old geezer !

My CB1100 has been sitting non-op for 5 years since then, other bikes took priority getting out of hibernation. In June, I'll finally fire it up again for a ride, not just a semi-yearly oil circulation run in the garage. Reading this forum again is heightening the anticipation. I can't wait !

Best of luck to you whatever happens !

[GoldOxide_imp]

Veal: Maybe, the non-sale of the CB is a sign. Maybe something to leverage there.