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Post by SylvreKat on Jun 3, 2016 6:26:53 GMT -5
Oh Mike, I'm so sorry for you and all you're going through.
Do exactly what your dr and pt tell you. Do NOT try to rush the healing. You're (well, hopefully the stupid Uber-driver's insurance) paying a LOT of money for their skills and expertise; don't waste it thinking you know better. While I haven't had any serious accidents, I've had enough surgeries. My last set, the foot dr's nurse commented she wished all their patients would have this mentality and follow the dr's instructions.
As for driving a scoot, don't let anyone push you if you're uncomfortable with the idea. *YOU* decide if and when you're ready. Like you said, you may never feel like driving one again. Understandable, after what you've gone through. Maybe try some test-drives at a dealer, once you're all healed up. See how it feels. If just driving around the lot makes your stomach clench up, then wait longer. Hopefully it'll pass and you'll be back on two wheels, even if just for short trips and not as your primary transportation.
Don't let the pain meds make you sick, and heal up!
>'Kat
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jun 4, 2016 16:01:31 GMT -5
Leo - Mine was a 63 Olds Holiday Coupe with the 394 Hi Output Rocket V8. Friends called it the Vette Eater while we called it the Flying Brick. If your bike got hit by one of those that was the end. Despise when kids text at the dinner table instead of talking.
Those old full-sized boats were SO cool... Big enough to "live in" and some of the fastest cars around for the most part. Every now and then, you could even find one with a factory stick-shift! They were right in my heyday... I always liked the big Olds, Pontiac, Buick and Cadillac cars better than the Chevies... And preferred the Merc, Lincoln and Chrysler cars to the Ford, and Plymouth/Dodges.
Just a tad more class, and still plenty of giddyup!  There were even a few lesser-known marques that were VERY cool... Studebaker, Hudson, Packard... All available in their last years with big motors and lots of cool!
My only adventures in that era of car were a 1968 Rambler Ambassador coupe (343 4-bbl. V8 with 4-speed manual and FOUR bucket seats) and a 1968 Caddy Coupe DeVille with the 472 V8, with ported & polished heads, 3/4 cam, Holley NASCAR carb, massaged 4-speed Hydramatic, 3:  rear end, Hooker headers and straight-through glass-packs. That 3-ton boat would turn a 13.5 mph quarter-mile with the AC on, and 13 flat @ 105 mph with all the belts pulled off!
I LOVED that old Caddy, and put on over 400K miles before she totally wore out. That behemoth was SO big a coupe that she had a passenger-side door-handle for the REAR seat passengers... And, fold-out rear foot-rests, limo-style. A passenger could enter/exit the rear seat without even pushing the front seat-back forward... As easy as a 4-door sedan!
I was already on my way to being a "big shot" in advertising (wish I'd been smart enough to KEEP some of my "success" in the bank... LOL!) and that gorgeous Caddy was my daily-driver. If I kept my foot out of it, she was even quiet enough so as not to irritate fat, cigar-chomping clients to and from "the club"... LOLOLOL! I can still smell spilled shots of Jack Daniel's, and the blue-haze of smoke from $10 cigars permeating the interior of that old Caddy... Ah, the sweet smell of success! ... I think... maybe... ah, probably not so sweet today... HeHeHe 
Great memories!Leo in Texas |
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Post by shalomdawg on Jun 5, 2016 15:04:21 GMT -5
howdy and all the best on your recovery. i've also tried to resculpture a couple cars with my various body parts which only resulted in major scrapes and imaginary broken bones. after 10 years of disability and 10 more of recovery , i invested in my first scooter and soon found myself riding a whoop and a holler and a right smart peice from home which led to larger and larger scoots and now a ctx 700 dct honda which lets me ride without stressing the left wrist which would soon weaken if i had to clutch for an hour in heavy traffic. the take away is, when it is time, you'll decide whether to ride again. meantime , enjoy what you do-------every day
ken
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2016 21:24:40 GMT -5
Ouch! I hope you mend well, and quickly. All those pins and plates look nasty!
I've been fortunate, all my wipeouts were self induced for the most part, and only single vehicle. I went for a slide down the asphalt with no gear on a few years ago, some nasty road rash, but no broken bones! The scars are now a reminder for me to never go out without gear again, even if it is "just around the block".
Take care,
Stew
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Post by rockynv on Jun 6, 2016 3:55:00 GMT -5
Another car that Leo would like and you would not want to tangle on a bike with was the Big As A Whale 1967 Imperial Crown 4 passenger Town Coupe I had and wish I had never sold. Actually bigger and heavier than a Sedan Deville. While they called it a 440 it was really a 500 under the hood. Front and rear AC, walnut trim, Corinthian Leather buckets for all 4 passengers, telescopic and tilting steering wheel, reverb radio (made it feel bigger inside like a giant concert hall even though not stereo), power seats and mirrors. Thermostats for the Heat and AC had dial controls the set the temperature not just hot/cold sliders. Even the headlight dimmer, wiper delay, automatic headlight dimmer, rain sensor and cruise control were set by numbered dial controls with the cruise settings listed from 30 to 120 mph. With the torsion bar suspension the car was tight and did not wander all over like the GM and Ford/Lincoln/Mercury competition of the era. L series tires were expensive too and looked more like truck tires. Those were classy cars and if you owned one people automatically presumed you were a doctor, lawyer, corporate officer of a major company or high ranking politician
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jun 6, 2016 18:53:18 GMT -5
Another car that Leo would like and you would not want to tangle on a bike with was the Big As A Whale 1967 Imperial Crown 4 passenger Town Coupe I had and wish I had never sold. Actually bigger and heavier than a Sedan Deville. While they called it a 440 it was really a 500 under the hood. Front and rear AC, walnut trim, Corinthian Leather buckets for all 4 passengers, telescopic and tilting steering wheel, reverb radio (made it feel bigger inside like a giant concert hall even though not stereo), power seats and mirrors. Thermostats for the Heat and AC had dial controls the set the temperature not just hot/cold sliders. Even the headlight dimmer, wiper delay, automatic headlight dimmer, rain sensor and cruise control were set by numbered dial controls with the cruise settings listed from 30 to 120 mph. With the torsion bar suspension the car was tight and did not wander all over like the GM and Ford/Lincoln/Mercury competition of the era. L series tires were expensive too and looked more like truck tires. Those were classy cars and if you owned one people automatically presumed you were a doctor, lawyer, corporate officer of a major company or high ranking politician
I forgot the Crown Imperial! Have a bone! What a car... Probably the nicest of the bunch. I didn't go for the styling as much as the other brands, but for sheer luxury and mechanical perfection, the big Chrysler WAS the "bomb" for sure. Today, some demolition derbies even ban them as they can destroy other cars, and don't stop from hit after hit. Quite a testimony for durability!If I recall, sometime around that era, there was also a full-sized Chrysler 300 which truly DEFINED "personal luxury car". Huge, yet fast and nimble it was truly one of a kind. I think Dennis Farina drove one in the TV series "Crime Story".
I guess today, the only cars which fit in that category are the mega-high-buck Euro imports like Mercedes, BMW, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Maybach and maybe a couple others. I can't think of one single American car in the super-size, big-motor, front-engine/rear-wheel drive anymore. I suppose the new Chrysler 300 sorta fits in, but it's still too "modern" and trim to match up with those great but extinct dinosaurs of the fifties, sixties and early seventies.
I did snag one last one, a 1970 Caddy Eldorado... 3-tons, 500 cid V8 and 3 mpg city, 5 mpg highway gas mileage. The engine compartment was SO huge, I could climb in and pull the plugs with a box-end wrench! ATROCIOUS gas consumption, but it was SO easy to work on!Great memories of times gone by, never to return... Sorta sad, like the great herds of American Buffalo, or paying jobs... Ride safe!Leo |
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rear end, Hooker headers and straight-through glass-packs. That 3-ton boat would turn a 13.5 mph quarter-mile with the AC on, and 13 flat @ 105 mph with all the belts pulled off!
