Amazingly, the bike only required ~$400 (US) to put it back into pristine condition. I wish I'd been as strong as the bike! Triumph makes a good cruser. Great work, Brits!
The guys I ride with all ride HD's. Yesterday one asked me how my "Trumpet" was. I replied, "Great! Back to pristine condition. How's your Hardly Ableson?" Regards, Bob... -----Original Message----- From: Doug Brewer Subject: Re: I'm Back! On Mar 9, 2007, at 1:39 PM, Bob Blakely wrote: > You folks haven't heard from me for several months (and a good > thing too, > some will say). I was in a motorcycle accident. I was in the #2 > lane on the > 22 fwy in Garden Grove CA at rush hour when guy clipped me from > behind at > about 50 mph. I bounced off two SUV's and landed in the #1 lane > where a > light pickup ran over the left side of my body. Left shoulder > broken in two > places, left forearm broken in two places, 4 broken ribs, broken > left femur, > broken left hip, left hip socket busted into small pieces and > pelvis broken > in two. Intensive care for 2 months, formal rehab for a month and a > half and > now continued rehab at home. I have more high-tech metal in me than > the 6 > Million Dollar Man! I finally got my weight bearing on my left leg > to 100% > and threw away the walker and got a cane. That walker made me look > like such > a geezer! Progress is slow but continuing forward. I almost have > enough > strength back in my left leg to get my bike off the kick stand! > > I broke down and bought a K10D last week. It's fun, but I'm still > pissed > that the format isn't 24x36. It's going to take me about a month to > learn > how to use all the little beastie has to offer. > > Regards, > Bob... so...um....how's the bike? glad to have you back. Been wondering where you went. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
