Bl**dy arm!

[EX GASMAN]

It's now 3 months since I ruptured the bicep in my arm and it's not healing. I took the Enfield out for a run and the changed the oil, that was the first time I have ridden it since it's MOT. Somehow I strained the arm again and it's back in a sling, I have an appointment with a doctor in two weeks and it may need an operation. So no more riding for months, luckily the car is an auto but I do miss getting out on the bike, especially with the great Autumn weather we are having

 

[husoi]

Don't blame the arm....

Who told you to get on the bike if you're not well?

 

You have just remind me a former colleague.

After seeing me and another guy in the same team having a bike he decided to get one.

Both me and A. advised him against a R2 being his first bike considering how prone he was to road rage and his love to stupid high speed.

Did he listen? Of course not. 3 months after he got his license he crashed badly and had to get a major surgery to remove part of his elbow.

Despite the doctor's advice to be off the bike for the next 6 months, the idiot decided that was a good idea to go for a run still wearing the caster on the arm.

Guess what, crashed again and ended up in hospital for another surgery, got his license suspended for 1 year and his wife sold the bike while he was in hospital.

 

The only good thing he got out of this was the divorce...

The wife was hurricane Ana. 

[EX GASMAN]

I don't think it was riding the bike that did the damage, it was lifting the bike onto the main stand for the oil change. So stupid of me, but the oil change was overdue and I wanted to get it done before too much more riding

 With luck I should be ok by the spring, I don't ride much in the winter these days anyway.

[husoi]

I know the feeling and I'm as guilty as you are. 

Last year I learnt that when my knee is having an arthritis flare isn't a good idea to kneel down and do some work. 

As result I had to wear an elastic band for 2 months, do infrared for several weeks and double the painkillers intake.

All this because "is just a quick job" and I didn't bother to get the knee pads...

[Stu]

Hope it all sorts itself out @EX GASMAN at least we are coming in to winter and not riding season! 

 

Although I think you need to work on the technique of putting the bike on the main stand as you shouldn't be lifting the bike! all the effort is in the legs and pressing down on the stand! if the bike is a struggle to get on the stand then place the rear wheel on a plank of wood it makes it a lot easier 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

Sorry to hear about the arm. But I know the temptation. I had surgery on my shoulder on a Saturday. By Monday I was going stir crazy with boredom so decided to strip down an engine I had in the garage. I figured that so long as I was careful and swapped arms when it came to things like the crankshaft pulley bolt I ought to be ok.

 

On Tuesday I was back at the hospital for a routine check and physio. 

 

The nurse began with the usual routine - producing a kettle and wanting to see if I could make a cup of tea. I took one look at her and said, 'Look, I dismantled a car engine yesterday. When it twinges I just swap arms.'

 

She signed me off there and then.

[billy sugger]

I'm probably just as bad. I sat on the 600 a week after coming out of hospital after the bowel cancer surgery, just to see if I could, and because I was bored stiff. I raised it up off the side stand, and it felt OK so I thought sod it, I'm going for a bimble, so I piled on the kit and out I went. The bumps on the road jolted me a bit, but overall it was OK. 

 

 

 

I still had the staples in from the surgery

[manxie49]

Hope it gets better for you soon mate ..... My wife has come across this condition at work before, and said,  following surgery,  normal activities using that arm can't be done for some three months and sometimes longer, depends on where the rupture is.  You'll need some sort of physio and non strength based exercises, (just flexion and extension to regain a range of movement) for one to two months after surgery.  It's apparently an injury that needs time to heal properly.  I feel for you, I hate being laid up with injuries, and I've had a few.

[Joe85]

A good excuse to park the bike till Spring. By then you'll be full mended and will have the best part of the year to enjoy the bike.