One last ride!!!
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Road Captain
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One last ride!!!
Well I am going in for surgery Monday morning for an ankle I busted up several years ago. This will be my third one in hopes they can fix it. If not they will be fusing my ankle so that it does not flex at all. Either way I have a limp but maybe I will have no pain to go with the limp.
Looks like I am going to be down for at least six months of no load bearing.
The positive thing is that I am putting on 16" apes, chrome forks and some other goodies that require a skilled painter. I have two sons and one is really showing some promise with the wrench. I think Dad may be setting in a chair giving directions with a beer in my hand and having the boys do the work
Looks like I am going to be down for at least six months of no load bearing.
The positive thing is that I am putting on 16" apes, chrome forks and some other goodies that require a skilled painter. I have two sons and one is really showing some promise with the wrench. I think Dad may be setting in a chair giving directions with a beer in my hand and having the boys do the work
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Good luck. Heal well and quickly.
It's been two weeks since I was in a walking boot cast b/c of an ankle surgery. I'm walking with a limp and have to use a cane to get around. I'm hoping that I'll be walking "normally" by Thanksgiving or Christmas at the latest.
I too changed my handle bars while I was laid up, but I don't have kids to turn wrenches. I just got my motorcycle mechanic buddy to come over and help.
It's been two weeks since I was in a walking boot cast b/c of an ankle surgery. I'm walking with a limp and have to use a cane to get around. I'm hoping that I'll be walking "normally" by Thanksgiving or Christmas at the latest.
I too changed my handle bars while I was laid up, but I don't have kids to turn wrenches. I just got my motorcycle mechanic buddy to come over and help.
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Good Luck to you. I had a tramatic knee dislocation last year that blew it out badly. I've had all the surgical repairs that I can and still limp. My wife got me a t-shirt that says "if you don't limp...you aint ****".
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Road Captain
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LOL that is funny!!! My wife made a similar comment last bike show we were at. She was people watching and noticed that all the old bikers limped. She also noticed at the last three bike shows / rallies that the girls that do the messages in those chairs were all doing really good business.
Old bikers with bad backs and joints!
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Ya I busted up my left ankle laying a bike down. After pins and removal of all cartilage and a drilling the bone to get the bone to make scare tissue to replace the cartilage they are going into the knee to pull live cartilage to place in the ankle. At this point I am worried they are going to screw up the knee as well.
The second surgery was going pretty well but after spending all most two years in the desert on rough and uneven ground it has done me in. I just thank God everyday that I still have to functional legs. Two of my friends lost left legs at the knee. Both ride and one is now on a Ridley and the other designed a jockey shifter.
I should get the same shirts as AV8OR has for all of us!