I don't like Motocross anymore!

[newsh]

I started trail riding at age 55 My first dirt bike was a KTM 450 EXC, that was fun, a few times I opened the throttle too fast and it went off without me.. Fell off a lot in the first year, got a lot of bruises, started off in road gear then kneepads and theshoulders and elbows in the enduro jacket, gradually realised it was stupid going out without full armour. I broke a couple of ribs on a Sunday trail ride, going 20mph at most and got cross rutted, it was summer so dry and the ground was like iron. Worst thing about that one was I had to get on a plane to Oz the next day .. If you love bikes you'll be back on one again. Definitely a good idea to get checked out properly, I got knocked off my R1 by a car at the Nurburgring, flew 1o or 15m through the air and landed flat on my back, thank God for Knox back protector, I had a full scan in the hospital, nothing broken but one of my kidneys was torn, bruising was shocking, the car hit me side on so I was crushed between the front of the car and the tank of the bike, the wedding tackle looked like a big black grapefruit with a cocktail sausage sticking out half and inch :eek2:
What did I do as soon as I could walk? go to the garage and try and kick start the Triumph

[newsh]

Oh yeah, don't talk to me about heavy, my current trail bike is a KTM 950 Super Enduro

[blues n 2s]

You may not like doctors or hospitals mate but think of those nurses
Not worth the suffering kit get diagnosis & treatment can be more direct to
the affected area you be back fixing our bloody cars quicker mate. G'luck

[Gompa]

do what i do **** about on pit bikes, less further to fall :-D

[campbellWS]

hope you have s smooth recovery and get back on the bike soon, got my first bike when a was 3! italjet with stabilizers, pw50 when a was 5, kx65 when a was 8, that was the best! almost 10 year absence then got a crf450 a few years ago, what a machine! but one day dropped all its coolant on a field thrashing session and BANG
it now lives with a cr500 in it!

Had much worse injurys on a bmx tho, collar bone and shattered my leg and ankle properly, pins and plates.

[K Simmonds]

Oh yeah, don't talk to me about heavy, my current trail bike is a KTM 950 Super Enduro

Christ, 950!!! That must be a twin cylinder? Didn't know such thing existed as I've been out of the 'scene' for a long time. Last time I owned my own bike (94 CR 125) I was driving my first Golf GTi, so that's a long time ago.

Mind you John, you are the size of the BFG, so I can see a 950 working out about right for you.

Again, thanks for the good wishes everyone. I'm going to go and get a chest X-ray conducted this morning. Just gotten back from taking my dog for a walk, I can't hold the lead well enough to control him, get stabbing pain around my Sternum. He's a big Five year old Staff so takes a little hanging on to, especially if he spots a Squirrel, goes completely mental when he sees one. Lucky I live where I do and he can run around off the lead chasing imaginary Squirrels.

[pasbogdan]

Never ridden a Husky MX bike, (maybe the odd husky mature lady) A 450 wouldn't appeal to me, just too heavy, Four or Two stroke. I rode an import KDX 650 for a season and whilst I loved the grunt I hated the weight, great bike, nothing wrong with it as an Enduro tool, but I found that I needed He-man like powers to get it round MX track fast.


Give me a 2009 CR 125 anyday.

Lc4 from ktm is heavy(150-160kg),but exc is about 115=118kg.The 450 crf from honda i use now is around 90kg. But kickstarter when it stals in imposible terain.keeping a foot down and stay on bike kils me more than 20+kg of the exc with electric starter.
What weight is your 2 stroke?


Regards,

[K Simmonds]

More info

What weight is your 2 stroke?

The CR 250 is around 100KG's wet, the KTM felt about 10KG's lighter, but I suspect most of that is down to better weight distribution

My old 94 CR 125 was just under 90KG's wet and the later models only got a couple of KG's lighter.

EDIT- Didn't realise the CRF 450 was that light, around 90KG is very impressive for a Four stroke.

Just found out that Honda stopped producing the CR series bikes in 2008

[newsh]

Yes, its a 950 V twin, like the Dakar bikes before they limited capacity I need a smaller bike though, I've got my eyes on the new KTM 350 EXC, supposed to be a fantastic bike, will wait till one comes up second hand.

Sounds like you've separated a couple of ribs at the sternum mate, all the best with the x-ray though and GWS.

I had a weird dream just before waking up this morning, I was turning up at the meeting place for a trail ride and no one was wearing a helmet, including me!

[K Simmonds]

Sounds like you've separated a couple of ribs at the sternum mate

Been X-rayed.

All OK, though the doc said that it was likely I had stressed joints where the ribs join the Sternum. Good diagnosis John.

Feeling better all the time

[newsh]

Nice one, just try not to sneeze or cough for a while

[K Simmonds]

Or laugh, fart, etc

[newsh]

Yep

[andy10v]

Newsh anybody told you that your crazy recently?

[newsh]

Not since about lunchtime