Anyone else miserable and not riding?
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Anyone else miserable and not riding?
The nicer the weather gets, the more miserable it is getting not being able to ride. I got my beautiful bike in December and only got to ride it a few times before the epic snow storms, and then I couldn't ride because I injured my back. I had surgery last month, and my surgeon has forbidden me from riding until September. Actually, I can't even drive a car right now because I have a numb right leg.
I admit to sneaking out to just sit on it and pet the tank. Not very satisfying though, especially when I have to watch my dad ride off on MY bike.
I wonder if I will even remember how to ride it by the time fall rolls around.
I admit to sneaking out to just sit on it and pet the tank. Not very satisfying though, especially when I have to watch my dad ride off on MY bike.
I wonder if I will even remember how to ride it by the time fall rolls around.
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wow....sorry to hear.
pain is a bummer.....ask me how i know.......
both shoulders are shot & 3 burst disk in my neck.....and thats just the beginning.
i have mine up for sale......sux.
good luck with your health & hope you get to ride soon!
pain is a bummer.....ask me how i know.......
both shoulders are shot & 3 burst disk in my neck.....and thats just the beginning.
i have mine up for sale......sux.
good luck with your health & hope you get to ride soon!
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Sorry to hear that heymoej. I hope you can get back on a bike sometime.
At least I do have it to look forward to so I really shouldn't be feeling so sorry for myself, although I will have to do something about the seat and maybe a backrest. The mini apes on mine really help with shoulder position and leveraging the bike up.
At least I do have it to look forward to so I really shouldn't be feeling so sorry for myself, although I will have to do something about the seat and maybe a backrest. The mini apes on mine really help with shoulder position and leveraging the bike up.
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I would rather he have his own and we ride together though! Of course, if he doesn't stop bitching about the color, I still might take away his key. (he really hates the denim paints)
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Molly, sorry about your health issues, hope you get well quickly,
I spent all winter rebuilding my Road King, into a street king, spent over $2500. got it running fine the first week of May, then May 23, had to take it to the shop for a split fuel line, it was in the shop for a week. Got the bike back on a Friday, rode Saturday, Rained on Sunday, so Monday, I took my kid to gymnastics practice, was sitting still at an intersection, when some dumb women who was stopped behind me was texting, thought the light turned green, smashed on the gas, and ran into the back of me, causing $9000 worth of damage, now my bike won't be ready until sometime this summer. I wanted to ride to FLA but that is not going to happen, oh well, at least I have my health, the bike can wait.
Do the PT it's important for your recovery. and good luck!
I spent all winter rebuilding my Road King, into a street king, spent over $2500. got it running fine the first week of May, then May 23, had to take it to the shop for a split fuel line, it was in the shop for a week. Got the bike back on a Friday, rode Saturday, Rained on Sunday, so Monday, I took my kid to gymnastics practice, was sitting still at an intersection, when some dumb women who was stopped behind me was texting, thought the light turned green, smashed on the gas, and ran into the back of me, causing $9000 worth of damage, now my bike won't be ready until sometime this summer. I wanted to ride to FLA but that is not going to happen, oh well, at least I have my health, the bike can wait.
Do the PT it's important for your recovery. and good luck!
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That's awful. Thank goodness you weren't hurt. Hopefully your bike will be fixed up sooner rather than later.
I'm not doing any PT yet--still in the "lounge around all day doing nothing" stage of recovery. I teach high school and had to go back to work last week for the last couple days of school, and that activity just about killed me.
I was going to take a really nice road trip zigzagging across Virginia in July.
I'm not doing any PT yet--still in the "lounge around all day doing nothing" stage of recovery. I teach high school and had to go back to work last week for the last couple days of school, and that activity just about killed me.
I was going to take a really nice road trip zigzagging across Virginia in July.
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I am probably older than I look, or so it seems. But this is my second back surgery in 2 years. I just have the "luck" of getting DDD pretty early, which I guess is genetic.
When I can, I'm going to start trying water exercises or something to see if it helps. It is scaring me about the future.
When I can, I'm going to start trying water exercises or something to see if it helps. It is scaring me about the future.