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Aussie Pinball Forums => General Chat - Non Pinball/coin-opp Discussion => Topic started by: ktm450 on June 22, 2009, 01:11:37 PM
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Looks like a slight slow down on the restorations at the moment, broke my left ring finger yesterday.
Had a two-day ride in the high country starting from Mansfield near Mt. Buller Victoria here is a link to the ranch we stayed at:
http://www.bushexperiences.com.au/trailRiding.php (http://www.bushexperiences.com.au/trailRiding.php)
4.5 hr drive through shit traffic on the western ring rd. Friday night, few beers, shit sleep tossing and turning in bloody sleeping bag listening to guys snoring and farting all night @.@
Got a early start Sat morning, rode all day 150km fast flowing trails with erosion humps (jumps) every 30m, long deep river crossings that were icy cold, luckly didn't stall half way through like a couple of guys *)*
had heaps of fun, punished my body, got back few more beers then out came the shot glasses
Got up yesterday morning to do a quick loop before we headed back home, all good, got into some tight technical tracks which I love and mainly ride that sort of stuff down this way.
Just clipped a tree with the right side of my handle bar and it speared me off into a small tree. I must have put my hand up to break my fall and it got my finger.
Never broken a bone riding before and I have been riding for many years now.
Oh well could have been much worse I suppose.
Got the kids off to bed last night spent a bit of time with my wife then went into casualty around 9.30pm last night.
Got sent straight to the 'fast track' room. Let me tell you there was nothing 'fast' about that room ^.^ got back home at 12.30am (((
I have to have an appointment with plastics they are going to put a wire in my finger, more waiting in the bloody hospital @.@
At least I can still use my index finger to play pinball, even I am a bit 'gumby' with it. Although some guys would probabaly say I have always been a bit of a 'gumby' player :lol
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sounds like it could have been worse, and if this is the only accident you end up having, then it is not too bad.
Hope you have a speedy recovery !
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Thanks mate, I've had heaps of little 'moments' like that over the years usually nothing more that a dust off and keep going, just one of those freaky things.
One of the other guys had a huge crash, he was screaming along lost the rear and slid about 20m luckly he was ok, his bike looked a little second hand though, he snaped his handle bars in two, I have never seen a set of quality KTM bars snap or bend, he was very lucky
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Sorry to hear about your injury.
So does this now mean you'll have a 'bionic finger' like the 6 Million Dollar Man? ::)
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Sounds like you had a good time.My brother got a bike shop down south and does the rides as well.
If you like bike riding you must go on these tours as they are great fun,what bike did you have.My brother tell me some people think it so easy but after coming back from a 2 or 3 day ride they cant sit down for a week. :lol
We just had the mx national over he on the weekend,spent way to long in the VIP bar area and still not sure how i got home or buy who. *!@
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Sorry to hear about your injury.
So does this now mean you'll have a 'bionic finger' like the 6 Million Dollar Man? ::)
Yeah, something like that, hopefully it will make me a pinball wizard *)*
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Sounds like you had a good time.My brother got a bike shop down south and does the rides as well.
If you like bike riding you must go on these tours as they are great fun,what bike did you have.My brother tell me some people think it so easy but after coming back from a 2 or 3 day ride they cant sit down for a week. :lol
We just had the mx national over he on the weekend,spent way to long in the VIP bar area and still not sure how i got home or buy who. *!@
I ride an 05 ktm 450 exc, I have full rego as I swap across to motard wheels to ride on the road or go-kart tracks when the mud dries up out in the bush.
I'm not too sore as I ride every second weekend and usually do a lot tighter challenging riding, but I was not used to riding so fast and so many jumps so that punished my wrists a little, but a few of the boys pulled up very sore
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Just to make you not feel alone in having a stack, here is some footage of me pulling in front of a mate and him t boning me ....nothing broken but we were both very sore for the next few days i still wince when i see him bounce!
I was stoked my wife was filming at the time!!
(Fixed the link - Invalid link for some reason)
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Might be time to have you over for some serious pinball Matt, a few dollars a game.. :lol
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Just to make you not feel alone in having a stack, here is some footage of me pulling in front of a mate and him t boning me ....nothing broken but we were both very sore for the next few days i still wince when i see him bounce!
I was stoked my wife was filming at the time!!
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Love the background music Rob :lol
Fixed your youtube link here:
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Might be time to have you over for some serious pinball Matt, a few dollars a game.. :lol
I don't need a broken finger for you to give me a flogging Nick, but it is a good excuse when I am losing all the time :lol
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Sounds like you had a good time.My brother got a bike shop down south and does the rides as well.
If you like bike riding you must go on these tours as they are great fun,what bike did you have.My brother tell me some people think it so easy but after coming back from a 2 or 3 day ride they cant sit down for a week. :lol
We just had the mx national over he on the weekend,spent way to long in the VIP bar area and still not sure how i got home or buy who. *!@
I ride an 05 ktm 450 exc, I have full rego as I swap across to motard wheels to ride on the road or go-kart tracks when the mud dries up out in the bush.
I'm not too sore as I ride every second weekend and usually do a lot tighter challenging riding, but I was not used to riding so fast and so many jumps so that punished my wrists a little, but a few of the boys pulled up very sore
My brother is a KTM and Yamaha dealer so thats the bikes we get.When i raced a long time ago(20 years) KTM were crap, but now they are one of the best brand.Just the price of a new one is a bit scary.
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Well if there going to put wire in there you stuffed it pretty well hope your not out of action for to long
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Sounds like you had a good time.My brother got a bike shop down south and does the rides as well.
If you like bike riding you must go on these tours as they are great fun,what bike did you have.My brother tell me some people think it so easy but after coming back from a 2 or 3 day ride they cant sit down for a week. :lol
We just had the mx national over he on the weekend,spent way to long in the VIP bar area and still not sure how i got home or buy who. *!@
I ride an 05 ktm 450 exc, I have full rego as I swap across to motard wheels to ride on the road or go-kart tracks when the mud dries up out in the bush.
I'm not too sore as I ride every second weekend and usually do a lot tighter challenging riding, but I was not used to riding so fast and so many jumps so that punished my wrists a little, but a few of the boys pulled up very sore
My brother is a KTM and Yamaha dealer so thats the bikes we get.When i raced a long time ago(20 years) KTM were crap, but now they are one of the best brand.Just the price of a new one is a bit scary.
Do you still do much riding?
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Well if there going to put wire in there you stuffed it pretty well hope your not out of action for to long
Thanks daniel, I'll keep ploding away on the WH20 and hopefully get all the Geelong boys over before Marks meet
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Sounds good looking forward to it
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Do you still do much riding?
Got three boys and we use to just go camping on the beach and bush but the older one wanted to go on a track with jumps ect so joined up to our local club.
Should have done it early as a lot safer for the kids and they love it.Got my level 1 ticket so i got a gate key and now we just go whenever.Same track i use to race on but having a bit of trouble keeping up with the kids.Still completive for the first two lap but then it into the pits for a rub down,back massage,and lots of fluid.
The only thing i haven't done is the rides like you done due work commitment but i will be doing one soon with my brother,cant wait creek crossing hills jumps pine forest ect.Just not sure if my backside will stand up to it.Using a 250Yamaha 08 at the movement and the young bloke got a SX125 07 which goes like a shower of shit but the bugger using my 250 for racing.
Will be trading them in at the end of the year for a new one that only 1 year old as a lot cheaper to buy that way
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Do you still do much riding?
Got three boys and we use to just go camping on the beach and bush but the older one wanted to go on a track with jumps ect so joined up to our local club.
Should have done it early as a lot safer for the kids and they love it.Got my level 1 ticket so i got a gate key and now we just go whenever.Same track i use to race on but having a bit of trouble keeping up with the kids.Still completive for the first two lap but then it into the pits for a rub down,back massage,and lots of fluid.
The only thing i haven't done is the rides like you done due work commitment but i will be doing one soon with my brother,cant wait creek crossing hills jumps pine forest ect.Just not sure if my backside will stand up to it.Using a 250Yamaha 08 at the movement and the young bloke got a SX125 07 which goes like a shower of shit but the bugger using my 250 for racing.
Will be trading them in at the end of the year for a new one that only 1 year old as a lot cheaper to buy that way
Sound like fun, I have three boys also but they are 3.5 and twins 1.5yr olds so I have to wait awhile till they can ride with me, but I look forward to that (if they are interested in bikes)
It is much cheaper buying that way, I bought mine 1 year old and saved heaps, looked brand new till I started riding it *)*
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Get better soon, hopefully you will be 100% by 25th July!
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Well the WH20 is finished, I'll post some pics 2moro, I can tell you it is bloody hard pushing together wiring loom connectors with one and a half hands *!@
Hand cant be too bad, played my first three games, got vacation jackpot on the first and third #*#
On the first game I had a dodgy switch on bigfoot bluff would not spot it unless I used disaster drops or relight kickbacks, so not too bad I thought. Can you tell I'm pumped? :lol
Had to tell my wife, coz there was no one else around, asked her to fain interest for me. She said 'thats great baby' in a cascastic voice ::)
Go in for surgery 2moro, cut open, plate and screws installed to hold it all together ready for action at mark c's meet &&
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Well the WH20 is finished, I'll post some pics 2moro, I can tell you it is bloody hard pushing together wiring loom connectors with one and a half hands *!@
Hand cant be too bad, played my first three games, got vacation jackpot on the first and third #*#
On the first game I had a dodgy switch on bigfoot bluff would not spot it unless I used disaster drops or relight kickbacks, so not too bad I thought. Can you tell I'm pumped? :lol
Had to tell my wife, coz there was no one else around, asked her to fain interest for me. She said 'thats great baby' in a cascastic voice ::)
Go in for surgery 2moro, cut open, plate and screws installed to hold it all together ready for action at mark c's meet &&
Great stuff....Can't wait for the photos. I'm sure it will play as good as it looks!
I'll lookout for the bloke with the bionic finger at Marks!