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[fastbysuzuki]

On the 14 th August I was riding the Hardknott Pass Cumbria uk when I had an off it was low speed perhaps 10-15 mph I was airlifted to hospital and the result was an unstable fracture to the top vertebrae in the next and a compound fracture to left thema I am still in hospital.
so for the next 10 weeks I have a halo fitted.
sad to say at this point and my age 75 I have decided to retire from motorcycling but will still be checking in here as this is the best forum I have been on.
The good news is the the Gs 850 is still in great shape as I was on a RF900RW

[GSXR7ED]

Yikes!

I'm glad you're OK.

At 75, you are quite healthy and fortunate to sustain the injury results. Take care!

Ed

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[Rob S.]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[bwringer]

Sorry to hear that!

Heal up fast and get good physical therapy. Keep us posted on your recovery, too.

[TxGSrider]

That's awful. I hope you heal up quickly. I dont know when I'll be too old to ride, but I'll probably find out when I'm too old to heal up.

[Guest]

Speedy recovery, fastby Focus on the next chapter, not the recent past. Godspeed.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Thank you for sharing, and I wish you a speedy recovery.

[jsandidge]

Hope you heal quickly and fully. Keep us posted.

[trevor]

I?m sorry to hear about your accident. It sucks coming to that decision but totally understand. All the best my friend.

[Nessism]

Wow! That sucks! Hope you heal well, and quickly.

You suffered a lot of damage for having a 10-15mph get off. Bad luck it seems.

So sorry.

[Kiwi Canuck]

Thanks for letting us know, that's a tough decision to make and I wish you a speedy recovery.

We were just talking about relatively slow speed accidents, as my friend injured his ribs after a 5MPH tip over.


David

[Grimly]

On the 14 th August I was riding the Hardknott Pass Cumbria uk when I had an off it was low speed perhaps 10-15 mph I was airlifted to hospital and the result was an unstable fracture to the top vertebrae in the next and a compound fracture to left thema I am still in hospital.
so for the next 10 weeks I have a halo fitted.
sad to say at this point and my age 75 I have decided to retire from motorcycling but will still be checking in here as this is the best forum I have been on.
The good news is the the Gs 850 is still in great shape as I was on a RF900RW

Oops, silly sod.
Glad to hear the GS is ok.
Look after that thema.

[steve murdoch]

Terrible news.
Hope you heal up well enough to get on with your life. Fast.

[GS1150Pilot]

Get well soon, and look forward to new pursuits!

[alke46]

Speedy recovery and don't get rid of your bikes just yet. You may have some second thoughts about retiring from riding. Stay away from it for a while and see if the desire returns.
Good luck with the recovery and best wishes.