Hokay, for those of you who don't know I recently had some brain surgery (went just fine, thank you) which has left me a bit ...unbalanced, physically. I kinda stagger from place to place around here, the doctor says it could be 2 mos. or so before things settle down. I finally decided to try maybe taking my 883c down the road for a gentle, untroubled ride, but decided instead to attempt it on a bicycle; long story short, every time I turned my head to "get the big picture", my steering seemed to follow right along with it. Off the sidewalk and into the grass, almost down into a shallow ditch, etc. etc.[:@] Think I'd better stay off the big one until this balance thing resolves itself. I hope your riding is going better than mine, my Sporty brethren and sistren.[&:]

This may be a good argument for wearing a helmet, but I'll leave that for another post. Ride safe, people.

 

Wow, that's got to be frustrating. An old tricktaught to me by someNavy friendsis to hold ice cubes to your earlobes to help you feel more stable on the sea. It freezes the fluid in your ears lobes and seems to help. I'm not sure if that my help you or not, but best of luck on a full 100% speedy recovery.

 

Yep, Should wait to get on the big bike. I want to wish you a speedy recovery.

 

Be careful eggroll and don't make yourself into egg drop soup.

Good luck and hope you are back on yourSporty soon.

 

Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.

 

Hey, take care of yourself and don't push it. The sporty will wait for you.

 

I guess wait some then try the bicycle again. Heres to a speedy recovery.

 

June is great riding weather Eggroll....be patient Bro and keep trying the bike.

 

I wish you the best of luck for a full recovery. I've had some pretty good vertigo before, which is nothing compared to what you're going through.
As far as "unbalanced"... you're in good company. Most of us are

 

The human brain and body are very interesting things. One of the things that I have learned through the course of my life is how the human body actually balances itself. It basically has three sensory inputs that it uses to balance itself.

It basically works in closed loop feedback system whereby the inputs that determine control are processed by the brain, and the body balances itself accordingly. You may have problem with one of your inputs, but to me it sounds like you have a processing problem.

The human body uses inputs from the legs. For example, imagine position sensors in your knees, hips and ankles, that would tell your brain the orientation of your legs, this is one of the ways in which your brain knows if you body is balanced or not.

The next is the inner ear. I am not sure how the ears actually determine the attitude of the body, but it does.

The third one is the way the eyes see the horizon. This feedback uses the horizon basically as a roll indicator.

The brain takes all three of these into account when giving the ouput controls to the muscle systems in the body that will be keeping you upright.

Like I said, you might have one of your feedback systems messed up, but you have backups. It sounds to me like you need to practice with the way your brain processes the inputs and controls your body. Short version, walk alot, and focus on good posture and balance. Use all three systems and retrain your brain for better balance.

good luck