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That depends a lot on speed of incident, a low speed off is embarrassing and main damage is to pride. The damage gets worse exponentially as speed increases.

10mph = broken elbow, titanium plate, bone graft, 4 ops, 8 months physio.

Remind me not to fall off at 20mph! [emoji3]

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maviczap

12-02-18 05:39 PM

Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

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Originally Posted by maviczap (Post 3082514)

So long as you come out unscathed, crashing isn't as bad as everyone makes out :p ;)

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Originally Posted by SV650rules (Post 3082521)

That depends a lot on speed of incident, a low speed off is embarrassing and main damage is to pride. The damage gets worse exponentially as speed increases.

I think you missed the sarcasm in my post, the hint was using the smiles. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

LiamHarvison

12-02-18 07:03 PM

Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

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Originally Posted by Littlepeahead (Post 3082527)

10mph = broken elbow, titanium plate, bone graft, 4 ops, 8 months physio.

Remind me not to fall off at 20mph! [emoji3]

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God, mine was probably 15mph - guess I was lucky with my landing...

admin

12-02-18 08:59 PM

Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

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Originally Posted by LiamHarvison (Post 3082533)

God, mine was probably 15mph - guess I was lucky with my landing...

Some people bounce better than others. I fell off a ladder last year. Luckily I didn't break anything. Banaman slipped in his garden and broke a leg. As fate will have it.

Littlepeahead

12-02-18 09:29 PM

Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Not to self. Be more bouncy, don't fall off on the edge of a mountain and roll down it.

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admin

12-02-18 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Littlepeahead (Post 3082537)

Not to self. Be more bouncy, don't fall off on the edge of a mountain and roll down it.

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LiamHarvison

13-02-18 06:11 AM

Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Maybe being 23 I've still got bouncy bones on my side ;) although saying that after giving it a day it's pretty painful where I hit the ground...

shiftin_gear98

13-02-18 08:55 AM

Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Mine was about 35 - 45 mph into a crash barrier, I wasn't looking at the speedo at the time!
Yeah smarted quite a bit - nothing broken - couldn't lift my arm for about 10 days. All my shoulder muscles decided they didn't like me anymore. My wife wasn't that impressed either.

Glad you are ok Liam. I do think you bounce better when you are younger.

ophic

13-02-18 09:40 AM

Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

I think over a certain speed - probably somewhere between 10-15mph - you tend to slide rather than tumble. This is probably better as long as you don't slide into anything, and you're wearing slidey-resistant stuff. Or drop off a cliff.

Especially on ice.

"Integral padding" also helps :chef:

Heorot

13-02-18 11:11 AM

Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

Mine was about 25. I had just collected my first big bike after passing my test. I downshifted without pulling the clutch all the way in and the bike highsided me. I landed on my hip and although nothing was broken, I was quite literally bruised black from the waist to mid thigh for 2 weeks. Including the tackle.

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