View Full Version : GDBD59 - OFF **Now with some damage Pics**
Blue Flame
26-06-06, 11:27 PM
GDBD59 has come off his Ducati this evening on his way to a Ducati meet a Knockhill.
Gary is currently at Queen Margarets Hospital in Dunfermline suffering from concussion a large lump round the right side of his head and a broken elbow.
He has no recollection of the accident at all. He only remembers waking up as he was being put in the ambulance.
As a result of this all the details are obviously very sketchy but he apparantly came off on the road to Knockhill somewhere between Kelty and the turn off to Knockhill.
I just came back from a trip up there with his wife to try and identify the spot and think we have found it but it is difficult to tell in the dark. Will pop up tomorrow to take some photos.
Now it is obvious that we don't know what really happened but there is a large raised patch of tarmac on an upward sweeping right hand bend just before what is fairly clear is the point where the bike came down and it looks like being a likely candidate.
What the ****. First me then Scooby Drew and now this. Come on SV Ecosse posse. No more please :cry:
Jeez, I hope he's comfortable as possible. A broken elbow sounds like a sore injury to carry.
You're right about us having a rough time just now. Maybe the sporadic bursts of good/pi$h weather increases the chances of it, I dunno. :?
Not that it really matters so much, but how much damage to the duke?
independentphoto
26-06-06, 11:45 PM
:shock: Oh :shock: Bugger :shock: Not :shock: Another :shock:
This is becoming a very bad habit. Please pass on the best wishes of both me and Quedos if you can. :(
Garry
Blue Flame
26-06-06, 11:47 PM
Not that it really matters so much, but how much damage to the duke?
Aint got a clue. Gary's wife just knows who it was recovered by. Will find out more in tomorrow hopefully.
21QUEST
26-06-06, 11:50 PM
Oh bugger :( . Hope this is the last.
All the best for a speedy recovery.
Ben
stuartyboy
27-06-06, 12:00 AM
Speedy recovery and best wishes.
northwind
27-06-06, 12:12 AM
Bloody hell, not another. Any idea how long he'll be inside for?
Gary, when you read this the usual offer of help is there if you want a hand with the bike... Hope its in better condition than its pilot, and you heal up well and fast.
This is jogging a memory... Was it on the A823, (road that leads to knockhill) not long after you turn onto it? On the uphill bit? I took a hell of a kick off a bump- or something- on saturday coming up there... I thought I'd just caught pothole or a bad patch that I'd missed, but it was enough to seriously upset the bike. I'd totally forgotten about it, but I remember thinking that I was glad for the better suspension... Hope it wasn't the same place, I'd just written it off as one of those things and never even thought to look on sunday :( I know it didn't happen on sunday, though I was shifting a bit more then.
Blue Flame
27-06-06, 12:20 AM
Bloody hell, not another. Any idea how long he'll be inside for?
Gary, when you read this the usual offer of help is there if you want a hand with the bike... Hope its in better condition than its pilot, and you heal up well and fast.
This is jogging a memory... Was it on the A823, (road that leads to knockhill) not long after you turn onto it? On the uphill bit? I took a hell of a kick off a bump- or something- on saturday coming up there... I thought I'd just caught pothole or a bad patch that I'd missed, but it was enough to seriously upset the bike. I'd totally forgotten about it, but I remember thinking that I was glad for the better suspension... Hope it wasn't the same place, I'd just written it off as one of those things and never even thought to look on sunday :( I know it didn't happen on sunday, though I was shifting a bit more then.
The hospital are saying 24-48 hours cos they are concerned about the bang to his head and the fact that he was out of it for so long. Im gonna pay him a visit tomorrow.
Scrabbling about in the dark tonight it would appear to have happened on the wee B914 stretch. The section of road after the Y junction when you come off the B915 but before you turn right onto the A823. There was a long series of recent scrape/rubber marks on the road that seemed to indicate the spot.
northwind
27-06-06, 12:29 AM
Ah, thanks for that... PM on teh way...
Not another member of the Ecosse Posse. :( Guys, please be careful out there!
Gary - best of luck and heal quickly.
Anonymous
27-06-06, 06:40 AM
grant pass on my best wishes to gary when you see him. hope he recovers quick. here was me thinking with hardly any rideouts these days the posse is relatively safe - obviously not.
be careful out there guys n gals
dirtydog
27-06-06, 07:17 AM
:shock: :shock: jeez not another ecosse member down!!!!!
hope it's not too bad
all the best and heal quickly mate
fizzwheel
27-06-06, 07:23 AM
Best wishes for speedy recovery.
Kilted Ginger
27-06-06, 08:52 AM
Best wishes for a quick recovery.
Grant,
wish him the best when you see him
I would say give him a hug :grouphug: but the nurses may look at you funny!
All the best and heres to a speedy recovery! :smt056
Please convey my sympathies and wish him a speedy recovery.
.
Thank you for all your good wishes. Gary is to have elbow op this afternoon. Now appears may have right shoulder problems too-it's being X-rayed. Hospital say no visitors today. He's on oxygen and a drip. I might get in later...
Hugs to Blue Flame for his help. :smt008 I'll leave it to him to pass on any other news from us...
Gary was wearing the seperate back protector and doesn't have back or chest injuries - so presumably it did its job ...
I'll see damage to bike later today - apparently all on the front right side and his leather jacket is also damaged mostly right shoulder/arm area. The new Arai is not a pretty sight now.
Just wanted you all to know Gary & I appreciate your comments.
Shirley
Peter Henry
27-06-06, 12:13 PM
Best wishes for a speedy recovery to yer man Shirley. :wink:
northwind
27-06-06, 01:42 PM
Thanks a lot for letting us know. Not exactly good news, but it's still good to know.
Blue Flame
27-06-06, 03:50 PM
Hi,
Latest update.
His surgery has been cancelled today due to lack of theatre time so he can be visited tonight.
I will pop along and see how he is doing.
Grant
Sorry to hear this. :(
Hope he has a swift recovery.
Biker Biggles
27-06-06, 05:00 PM
Blimey.Get well soon.
A good advert for wearing a top lid though.
peterco
27-06-06, 05:55 PM
Gee whizz.....Hope for a speedy recovery and best wishes.
pete
Eek!
Hope hes back on his feet soon... 3 falls just before I become a biker isnt the greatest thing :P
Scooby Drew
27-06-06, 06:37 PM
Gaz, hope you bounce back soon. Best wishes
Drew
colinbal4
27-06-06, 06:48 PM
Jeez!
Get well soon...
I'm gonna sharpen up my act a bit - too many guys hitting the deck at the moment.
RingDing
27-06-06, 07:03 PM
GWS. Broken elbow sounds like a nasty thing to me. :(
P.
suicidesam
27-06-06, 07:43 PM
Best wishes.. and i hope you make a fast recovery :)
:shock: Yeah - best wishes here too...gws...
Blue Flame
27-06-06, 09:37 PM
Went to see him at the hospital tonight.
He seemed quite perky (Its easy to tell cos they supply short bedclothes at the hospital :wink: ) but he has understandably poor movement on his left arm which is what the surgery is for (hopefully tomorrow). They are going to have a look at the elbow and if it is just a small fragment that has chipped off then they will take it out and throw it away :shock: but if it is a larger break then they will attempt to repair it.
His facial swelling has gone away but he is starting to show signs of what is going to be a cracking black eye coming out however I suspect that was Shirley earlier on this evening :wink: Shirley has a photo of that & I will post it up when I get it. (just to scare the kids), There are some other photos of the bike and the protective gear (or what's left of it) so if I get a copy of them I will post them up as well.
If he goes for his op tomorrow he will not be allowed visitors and he is hoping to get out after that but we will wait and see.
He is asking after you Scooby. Perhaps you could get together and share anecdotes over perhaps over a chip or two and a few spare ribs...... OK i'll get me coat.
More later.
Cheers
Grant
northwind
27-06-06, 10:30 PM
They could break the 4 of us for spares and make one fully functioning human :)
ouch ouch ouch best wishes x
a cracking black eye coming out - well now it's set up as his avatar :lol:
Gary walked to the door of the ward as we left, stretched and told me that all things considered he just felt stiff...
"Not the right time for that, dear" :oops:
SVTONYB
27-06-06, 11:23 PM
Good luck Gary give the nurses hell. :roll:
Good luck Shirley give gary hell when he gets home :wink:
Blue Flame
28-06-06, 02:58 PM
OK here are some pics.
First the Bike.
Before
http://upload4.postimage.org/497322/Ducati_1000SS.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/497322/photo_hosting.html)
After
http://upload4.postimage.org/497332/DSC00143.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/497332/photo_hosting.html)
Now the gear.
Leathers
http://upload4.postimage.org/497351/DSC001571.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/497351/photo_hosting.html)
Helmet pic1
http://upload4.postimage.org/497359/DSC001611.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/497359/photo_hosting.html)
Helmet pic2
http://upload4.postimage.org/497373/DSC00162.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/497373/photo_hosting.html)
DanAbnormal
28-06-06, 03:55 PM
Get well soon mate. Bike doesn't look too bad. At least that can be replaced.
Best wishes.
Dan
northwind
28-06-06, 04:30 PM
Some impact... Duke clipons are obviously securely bolted to the forks! From the lid, looks like he was probably out from the moment he hit the ground, they tend not to scrape around like that when you're conscious. Nasty stuff...
dirtydog
28-06-06, 04:37 PM
:shock: :shock: :shock: his lid certainly did its job and it took one hell of a beating :shock: :shock:
Dicky Ticker
28-06-06, 04:45 PM
Get well soon Gary and I hope all is ok after thr surgery
P.S. Use rubbing down paper next time you want to take the decals off :lol:
All the best dude
Anonymous
28-06-06, 05:10 PM
hope op went ok. hope your ok shirley and will let him out to play again :lol:
Blue Flame
28-06-06, 07:41 PM
Heard that he has had his op and that they took a chip out of his elbow, chucked it away and closed up again. :puker:
He is apparantly going to be let out this evening so he may :smt024 (one handed) later on !!
only just seen this, get well soon...and hope the bike aint too knackered
independentphoto
28-06-06, 10:15 PM
GOOD News.
Take it easy Gary & rest well.
Garry 8)
I'm home!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all the good wishes, especially from those of you that I don't know & of course the obligatory stick from some :!: :!: :wink: :roll:
Special thanks to Blue Flame for his help to my Mrs & the abundant photo's. Cheers Grant.
I'm no wiser as to what happened,- no greater recollection than I had. Visiting the scene this evening before coming home doesn't give me any more clues,- there's a particular bump near the centre of the road which I may have hit, but the only bits where the bike has contacted the road are 100m beyond....... :?:
Anyway, head/eye are going to be ok, time will tell on the elbow.
Cheers for now. Gary
Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.
Anonymous
29-06-06, 07:20 AM
so gary going to be one handed for a while, better keep in with your good lady :lol:
Kilted Ginger
29-06-06, 08:21 AM
Glad to hear your home and doing well (all things considered) just relax and get better save the analysis for another day :)
Ceri JC
29-06-06, 03:15 PM
Only just saw this. Glad you're alive. Hope you get well soon and get the bike sorted too.
gavhogg
29-06-06, 04:52 PM
Just seen this post :shock:
Glad your okay Gary, and hope you have a speedy recovery [-o<
Gav
peterco
29-06-06, 08:57 PM
Glad to hear that your home.
I had a accident 3 years ago and still have no recollection of it,whether it comes back I do not know.
However do take care and all the best.
pete
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