Peter r
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Good day until someone decided to Have a Head to Head with an Ex Army Land Rover 4x4 " Broken Leg
Here comes the helicopter !!!
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nathanstott
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« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2013, 06,08:39 AM » |
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Sh1t not another one! Who was it Pete?
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Peter r
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« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2013, 09,00:50 AM » |
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Sh1t not another one! Who was it Pete?
Justin Mangan He said he had been on your ride, Rides Quick " But a Bit a Loose Canon !! |
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« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2013, 09,25:07 AM » |
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Sh1t not another one! Who was it Pete?
Justin Mangan He said he had been on your ride, Rides Quick " But a Bit a Loose Canon !! Loose canon ? Justin rides well, whats wrong where you feeling pressured Pee in the aire |
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colinp
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« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2013, 10,59:55 AM » |
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The weather was perfect,, seventeen of us started from Eildon with Pete up the front. The dust was a bit of a problem at times but nothing too bad. The tracks were mostly open and flowing with the odd technical track to keep evryone on there toes.
Lunch was sat in the shade at the kevington pub, great. Thing went a bit down hill from there. We travelled to the closest fuel stop, one of the guys had an interesting discussion with the local police which resulted in him finishing early! Shortly after we had the incident with the Land Rover.
It appears Justin came around the corner and hit the bull bar on the Land Rover with his right leg, the bike punctured the front wheel of the vehicle. We stablised Justin, changed the wheel on the Land Rover, arranged the ambulance to be at the bottom of the track, transported Justin's bike back to Jemmison then loaded Justin into the rear of the Loand Rover to transport him down to the waiting ambulance. All this took around two hours. Once Justin was safe and on his way, we decided to head back to the cars, arriving around 6pm a little later than planned.
Other than the Land Rover incident it was a great day. Thanks Pete for leading the ride and Rob for being tail.
Cheers
Colin
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justin
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« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2013, 04,25:58 PM » |
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Loose canon am I?? Way to kick a guy when he is down.
I just logged on now, it's just after 2 am and have been woken for my final dose of antibiotics post surgery. Hopefully the hospital will release me later today.
I wanted to thank everyone for their assistance, patience and understanding for what was a terrifying experience for me and my family. You were all fantastic and my wife and I were so glad I was looked after and treated so well. I can't thank you all enough am extremely greateful for the companionship and genuine concern displayed by all. I was reminded of why I joined AMTRA in the first instance and will endeavour to join the NSW AMTRA next year.
Just to clarify, I have previously never been in hospital for a bike related injury have previously never broken a bone. I have been riding bikes since I was 7 (A yellow/ white/ crome Steele tanked Honda Z50, my first bike). I'm 45 years old and have never been know to be considered a "loose canon". I always ride within my ability. I have never been booked for speeding since having my full licence on or in any type of vehicle.
The incident (with more clarity, now the pain has gone).
I had actually slowed down, backing off the leaders tail about 200-300 m
off the sealed road, due to the amount of dust obscuring my visibility and consequently was riding considerably slower than the leader just before rounding that fateful corner. It was a fairly open corner and I simply hadn't seen the camouflaged 4x4 vehicle. The residue dust, broken light (the vehicle's headlights weren't on) and it was obscured by trees and bushes on either side of the road. All of these factors contributed to the ex Army vehicle, blending into its natural environment. Surprise, surprise; that's what it is designed to do and it did it's job well!!
When I finally did see the vehicle, it was moving towards me looming out of its environment. Suddenly appearing on to what I had previously assessed as a hazard free section of road.
I reacted instantly decerating applying the breaks dropping a gear and doing all I that could to avoid impact. Unfortunatelyhough I couldn't manage to avoid it all together. The road was particulary dry and lacking of any grip ( on that part of the ridge/saddle) compared with other sections of road we had ridden earlier. The back wheel locked and I was in a controlled slide using both brakes but I wasn't slowing down much at all. I clipped the edge of the bull bar with my lower right leg, while still upright on the bike as I didn't want to drop the bike and slide into the bull bar risking head or torso impact.
I was dismounted on impact and didn't contact any other part of the vehicle (lucky for me), it seems the impact fractured my Tibia, in 2 places and my Fibula. There are apparently no marks on the plastics of the bike in that area of the impact zone, so it seems my leg bore the entire collision
I had surgery at about 0830 yesterday morning and have no other injuries ( appart from a swallon testicle that was completely healed by Fri afternoon) I'm sure you all can appreciate the pain they can cause lol.
I am sorry for ruining everyone's afternoon of riding. I owe everyone a beer or what ever your poison, post another day on another AMTRA ride soon.
Thanks to you all so very much again.
Justin & Marcia
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Ken R
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« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2013, 11,53:19 PM » |
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Got to the pondage early this time so had time to appreciate the blue sky, scenery and have a chat.
On the last ride the electric start had the day off so all connections were stripped, cleaned and reassembled with a spray of CRC 2-26. They actually all looked pretty good so I'm picking the compressed air clean of the only terminals I couldn't see in the handlebar switch probably did the trick, anyway all OK on the day.
Before leaving I reminded everyone to put their licence in the bum bag just in case. When we were later pulled up on a short bit of bitumin I had to fess up to the boys and Mr Plod that I had actually grabbed my Visa card instead. He was an easy going Mr Plod and didn't think I was trying to bribe him. One guy seen with Rec Reg was not booked, I shall say no more!!
A good variety of tracks with some great views over the Eildon water.
Lunch in Kevington was very enjoyable sitting out under the shady trees with somer good tucker.
Pee Air was in a relaxed state after his gravy and could not be stirred into a more spirited ride on the bitumin.
Then came the unfortunate Land Rover incident. Justin your pain threshold must be way up there, with those injuries most of us would have been complaining, well done and heres to a speedy recovery.
The two Greek gents out for a camping trip in the Rover were calm and accommodating and will now have another story to tell. Petes WD40 was needed to help loosen the rusted wheel nuts after Justins bike pushed the front tyre off the rim. One of the guys was learning about 4WDriving and had started out driving too quickly which was confirmed when they discovered all the beer cans had sprung a leak. After a couple of days training he was now going to see how to drive extra smoothly after the Rover became an ambulance for Justin. A job well done I think.
We still managed 150ks and the bit of unwanted Xmas lard around the gut has gone so thanks Pete and all for the ride and company.
PS my new extra padded pushie pants were great, first time for ages without going home with a sore butt. Google Cycledeal and get plushed for about $24 including my commission.
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Peter r
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« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2013, 03,24:07 AM » |
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Loose canon am I?? Way to kick a guy when he is down.
I just logged on now, it's just after 2 am and have been woken for my final dose of antibiotics post surgery. Hopefully the hospital will release me later today.
I wanted to thank everyone for their assistance, patience and understanding for what was a terrifying experience for me and my family. You were all fantastic and my wife and I were so glad I was looked after and treated so well. I can't thank you all enough am extremely greateful for the companionship and genuine concern displayed by all. I was reminded of why I joined AMTRA in the first instance and will endeavour to join the NSW AMTRA next year.
Just to clarify, I have previously never been in hospital for a bike related injury have previously never broken a bone. I have been riding bikes since I was 7 (A yellow/ white/ crome Steele tanked Honda Z50, my first bike). I'm 45 years old and have never been know to be considered a "loose canon". I always ride within my ability. I have never been booked for speeding since having my full licence on or in any type of vehicle.
The incident (with more clarity, now the pain has gone).
I had actually slowed down, backing off the leaders tail about 200-300 m
off the sealed road, due to the amount of dust obscuring my visibility and consequently was riding considerably slower than the leader just before rounding that fateful corner. It was a fairly open corner and I simply hadn't seen the camouflaged 4x4 vehicle. The residue dust, broken light (the vehicle's headlights weren't on) and it was obscured by trees and bushes on either side of the road. All of these factors contributed to the ex Army vehicle, blending into its natural environment. Surprise, surprise; that's what it is designed to do and it did it's job well!!
When I finally did see the vehicle, it was moving towards me looming out of its environment. Suddenly appearing on to what I had previously assessed as a hazard free section of road.
I reacted instantly decerating applying the breaks dropping a gear and doing all I that could to avoid impact. Unfortunatelyhough I couldn't manage to avoid it all together. The road was particulary dry and lacking of any grip ( on that part of the ridge/saddle) compared with other sections of road we had ridden earlier. The back wheel locked and I was in a controlled slide using both brakes but I wasn't slowing down much at all. I clipped the edge of the bull bar with my lower right leg, while still upright on the bike as I didn't want to drop the bike and slide into the bull bar risking head or torso impact.
I was dismounted on impact and didn't contact any other part of the vehicle (lucky for me), it seems the impact fractured my Tibia, in 2 places and my Fibula. There are apparently no marks on the plastics of the bike in that area of the impact zone, so it seems my leg bore the entire collision
I had surgery at about 0830 yesterday morning and have no other injuries ( appart from a swallon testicle that was completely healed by Fri afternoon) I'm sure you all can appreciate the pain they can cause lol.
I am sorry for ruining everyone's afternoon of riding. I owe everyone a beer or what ever your poison, post another day on another AMTRA ride soon.
Thanks to you all so very much again.
Justin & Marcia
I know Plenty of Loose Canon's ME INCLUDED don't take it the wrong way, Loose Canons are to me a bit out there and that's a good thing , keeps us ride leaders on our toes. I spoke to Marcia yesterday and she said you were getting out Today or Tomorrow, don't let them push you out the door, ya better to stay for a Week, so if any problems happen with your Leg your in the right Place. Unbelievable effort from all the AMTRA Crew everyone did the Job like Clock Work and Justin was soon on his way to the Meat Factory for a Reconstruction. Thanks Boys for the Combined effort, but for the Driver "Theo" of the 4x4, he was a bit rattled at what was going on around him. |
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Rodney
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« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2013, 06,28:29 AM » |
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I would like to know being one of these unfortunate people, how many members have broken there legs in the last six years or so?
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nathanstott
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« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2013, 07,06:41 AM » |
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Broken Femur, right leg. 1st December 2007 in the same area as Pete's ride last week. Pete was there for that one too. A KLX 250 has never been the same since!  I also got to enjoy a ride on a door! I could have done without the complaining from those carrying the door. |
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Rodney
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« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2013, 08,36:26 AM » |
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nathanstott
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« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2013, 08,48:59 AM » |
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Garne when i broke my my leg, dont fall into the blame the boot rubbish, no boot would have helped me.
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sandra(bob)
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« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2013, 09,16:51 AM » |
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Garne when i broke my my leg, dont fall into the blame the boot rubbish, no boot would have helped me.
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Nathan - please re - read my post - I said no malice or anything like that intended - it's not rubbish - it was a curious question as i have heard it raised in the past on the trails just in conversation- as I said just curious- wasn't blaming the boot!!! |
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« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2013, 09,21:16 AM » |
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Hey! Nath, Be thankful that we found a bathroom door, Paul wanted to hog tie you to a bush pole . |
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