Watch out for those deer!
Sep 2, 2011 | 06:17 PM
#1
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From: TN,USA
Watch out for those deer!
I'll keep it short. A couple of months back I was chugging along merrily (35mph) on my new Triumph T100 Bonneville. Lovely Saturday jaunt on a narrow country lane about 2 miles from my home. You guessed, deer leapt out of a corn field onto the road and onto me and the bike!
The result, apart from a dead deer and totalled bike, was a very lucky me (alive) and a bunch of broken bones on my left side. I should at this time mention that although it was a very hot day I was wearing most of my usual safety gear... Shoei full face, BMW jacket with armour, padded pants and underwear, Sidi all weather full boots, armoured shin and knee pads.
I still ended up with a broken scapula, collar bone, rotator, 4 ribs, posterior dislocated shoulder, and numerous torn and ligaments etc. I have endured my ER and hospital visits and an operation and survived sleepless nights. My sling came off 10 days ago and now its 3 times a week physio and acupuncture. I have 50% shoulder mobility and its getting better daily.
All I really want to say is please please wear your gear and watch out for those fu#$%ing brainless deer.
Finally to Dana (Barrister), I have a whole new appreciation of what you went through!
Be well and safe fellow TS riders!
The result, apart from a dead deer and totalled bike, was a very lucky me (alive) and a bunch of broken bones on my left side. I should at this time mention that although it was a very hot day I was wearing most of my usual safety gear... Shoei full face, BMW jacket with armour, padded pants and underwear, Sidi all weather full boots, armoured shin and knee pads.
I still ended up with a broken scapula, collar bone, rotator, 4 ribs, posterior dislocated shoulder, and numerous torn and ligaments etc. I have endured my ER and hospital visits and an operation and survived sleepless nights. My sling came off 10 days ago and now its 3 times a week physio and acupuncture. I have 50% shoulder mobility and its getting better daily.
All I really want to say is please please wear your gear and watch out for those fu#$%ing brainless deer.
Finally to Dana (Barrister), I have a whole new appreciation of what you went through!
Be well and safe fellow TS riders!
Sep 16, 2011 | 02:29 AM
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From: TN,USA
Thank you all for your kind wishes. The healing continues as does the physical therapy. Sleeplessness is still a major problem. Our deer cull starts on the 24th and it's going to be a bumper crop with 150 of the creatures per sq mile!
