Mr.Woof's72z Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Or just easier to tip over!? It's a little bit of both for me... Post stitch-up: Chunked the knee: The culprit (plus my fat ass of course: The other culprits (not this particular injury, but they chalk up quite a few too): So....who else is a fan of two wheels on the Ratsun? Or care to share a story? Or just laugh. Bike is fixed by the way, as are the wounds kinda. Word to the wise: don't dislocate a shoulder, it hurts and stays that way. Quote Link to comment
datrod Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Dude I just finished breakfast and just about lost some of it..Thanks for that. :rofl: That looks like it hurt.. Nice mountain bikes. Quote Link to comment
Uber Deaf One Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Ouch. That's why when I used to ride I was AGATT... expensive gear sure beats expensive hospital bills and a lot of pain. California is full of shitty drivers so I sold my bikes and got back into cars lol. I still have a YSR50 project... pretty much just needs to be put back together. I have a Yamaha Blaster engine for it (200cc 2 stroke, 6 speed) extended swingarm, etc. It will do an easy 100-120 mph lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Nelsontr Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 nice mountain bikes, hope all heals up well for you. Quote Link to comment
c10jim Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 you might want to put some sav on that. Quote Link to comment
Juan Valdez Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Ouch man... Honestly, the post stitches picture looks worse than the before to me. I hate when I go to get sewed up and the doc squirts saline in, scrubs the crap out of the wound AND THEN asks if I want something for the pain. Cool Scream you have there - old skool. Me and my buddy took our Runes for an early Labor Day ride yesterday morning. No boo boos for us though. Quote Link to comment
Str8_69 Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Yowch, so you went down on the TL? What kind of gear were you wearing? I had a '99 TL1000s for a while, great motorcycles. A guy I know was recently riding out in Idaho, and it got to be around 100 degrees out so he decided to pull over and take off his coat and gloves. Less than 5 minutes later he hit a deer and woke up in the hospital missing a lot of skin. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Buff it out... Quote Link to comment
Mr.Woof's72z Posted September 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Valdez - LOVE LOVE LOVE Banshee bikes, that Scream was an '04 with a 888rc, one of my first DH bikes. Hucks like a hoss, but way outdated for my needs, I used it as a loaner until I sold it this season. Still have my Morewood Izimu (race rig), Canfield Balance, Sinister R9 (race/huck rig), and trying to find a hardtail DJ to build. Str_69 - yes, unfortunately, it was on the TL. Early season rides in Colorado leave lots to be desired when you get a little off the apex of turns. I was helping a friend move from house to house, maybe 2 miles away. Wore all my gear down there, but was swealtering just helping him move stuff back and forth between houses. Ended up taking my gear off, just riding in a sweatshirt/jeans (obviously a helmet/gloves/shoes) and hit the inside of an apex that was filled with sand. Literally slid sideways a lane and a half before I barely kissed a concrete median. Bike went straight, didn't tip, and I superman'd it onto the cobblestone median. Oh well, things get fixed, holes get sewn up, and my love for two wheels continues. And the TL is a bike I will have for LIFE. I will rebuild everything on it. The torque! Oh the TORQUE! Power commander, airbox mods, bitubo rear suspension, M4 cans coming soon, this bike is, and will always be, a beast! Thanks for the kind words to heal up. It's been a while since I've frequented Ratsun, all the wounds are scars now, the only real issue is the shoulder as I dislocated it again 3 weeks after the crash, racing DH out here. I feel this might be a once-a-year type of injury, it sure is loose now...let's see moar bikes! And motorcycles! And Datsun's on two wheels (or only have two wheels on)! 1 Quote Link to comment
ripetomatoes Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 eouuuuu road rash! and a chunk missing.... that's horrid dude. Quote Link to comment
Blitz Posted September 4, 2012 Report Share Posted September 4, 2012 Theres a motorcycle thread in the Other Projects/non datsuns area, as for me... 1990 Yamaha FZR1000. For me, the twin headlights meant THE superbike since I was a kid, and my dad had yamahas and harleys, so I've always wanted to get one Quote Link to comment
Mr.Woof's72z Posted September 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 Twin headlights were the "superbike" status for me as well, always loved the way Triumph's looked, but never had the cash. Bought an FZR600 as my first sportbike, and ran that thru the ringers for a year and half. Loved that bike, love the frame, hated the carbs. Told myself I'd never have a bike with carb's again, found the TL with dirty nasty '97 mapping and fell in love. Congrats on the FZR1000, they are faaaast bikes that few people know about! Quote Link to comment
c10jim Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 My 2006 Wide Glide w/power commander and vance and hines exhaust. My datsun truck gets 21 mpg- my hd gets 42 mpg. Quote Link to comment
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