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bjthompson4821 · 08-26-2010, 08:59 AM

Need some help/advise; I jammed my left leg pretty bad a couple of weeks ago and the surgeon gave me some pretty grim news yesterday. I don't know if I'll ever be able to walk again but not being able to ride is stressing me out. I ride a 2007 HD Softail Custom and it's as much a part of me as this busted leg. Anyone out there got any suggestions? I'm thinking of turning it into a trike but just trying to get my options together at this point.

pushrod · 08-26-2010, 09:36 AM

I'd put some Sta-bil in the gas tank and connect the Battery Tender, and give your leg some time.

If you hit the Physical Therapy real hard, you may heal enough to ride again.

Converting a bike to a trike is a very expensive project. And, assuming you are talking about a 'rear-wheel trike,' you end up with a vehicle that possesses 'ambush' handling characteristics.

Good luck!

acecycleins · 08-26-2010, 09:49 AM

Worry about the PT classes, first. Doctors seem to give you the worst and never discuss the possibility of recovery. As for the worst, I had a buddy lose a leg. Put on the prostesis and he's riding. Work- don't worry.

seruzawa · 08-26-2010, 10:01 AM

A good opportunity to try out a CanAm Spyder.

But stick with the PT for now. And don't put much credence in the predictions of doctors. People recover from "unrecoverable" predictions all the time. Your attitude is most important. Mind is greater then matter.

bjthompson4821 · 08-26-2010, 10:03 AM

I guess I'm having "one of those days", I'll survive, I always do. Again, many thanks...

mscuddy · 08-26-2010, 03:06 PM

It could be worse, believe me.

08-26-2010, 08:59 AM	#1
bjthompson4821 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 2	Biker down Need some help/advise; I jammed my left leg pretty bad a couple of weeks ago and the surgeon gave me some pretty grim news yesterday. I don't know if I'll ever be able to walk again but not being able to ride is stressing me out. I ride a 2007 HD Softail Custom and it's as much a part of me as this busted leg. Anyone out there got any suggestions? I'm thinking of turning it into a trike but just trying to get my options together at this point.

08-26-2010, 09:36 AM	#2
pushrod Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baja 'Bama Posts: 3,478	I'd put some Sta-bil in the gas tank and connect the Battery Tender, and give your leg some time. If you hit the Physical Therapy real hard, you may heal enough to ride again. Converting a bike to a trike is a very expensive project. And, assuming you are talking about a 'rear-wheel trike,' you end up with a vehicle that possesses 'ambush' handling characteristics. Good luck! __________________ You would not understand, this is not how I am... I have become - Comfortably Numb.

08-26-2010, 09:49 AM	#3
acecycleins Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Georgia Posts: 4,125	Worry about the PT classes, first. Doctors seem to give you the worst and never discuss the possibility of recovery. As for the worst, I had a buddy lose a leg. Put on the prostesis and he's riding. Work- don't worry. __________________ "Slack" - a state of being in which everything flows smoothly.....a frame of mind so at ease that the universe naturally cooperates.

08-26-2010, 10:01 AM	#4
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	A good opportunity to try out a CanAm Spyder. But stick with the PT for now. And don't put much credence in the predictions of doctors. People recover from "unrecoverable" predictions all the time. Your attitude is most important. Mind is greater then matter. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

08-26-2010, 10:03 AM	#5
bjthompson4821 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 2	Many Thanks! I guess I'm having "one of those days", I'll survive, I always do. Again, many thanks...

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08-26-2010, 03:06 PM	#6
mscuddy MODERATOR X Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Next to my still checkin the temp. Posts: 5,444	It could be worse, believe me. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.