Everything is going great with me. Recovery is going good too. In fact my Orthopedic Surgeon (guy who put my Pelvis, hip and right ankle back together) couldn't believe I was up on crutches already. I don't even use my wheelchair anymore for anything. Its jsut sitting there collecting dust. When we go out I can sit in normal chairs, get in and out of the car normally, So everything is coming along. I got 3 surgeries left between now and June to go and I'll be good to go. My physical therapist said I should be running again by the Fall at the rate I'm going.
Hey BG. Yeah the more it was looked into the more it looks like a mechanical failure on the bike. Everyonce in awhile when riding I would tap the back brake for no reason really, especially when just making a straight line stop. It looks like, and I was told that somtimes the rear brake on bikes can lock up just by tapping it. Also, the police report said there was sand/gravel in the area which caused my front end to wash out when I was trying to stop. Looking back it was a total accident, nothing really I could've done differently. Maybe I should've approached the Stop Sign alot slower than I did, but since I still dont' remember anything that day or even two weeks later, I don't know what was going through my head at the time.
This whole time I never planned on getting back on a bike, but two sunday's ago I saw a Midnight Blue ZX14 at a restaurant we ate at and that old "I wannna ride right now" feeling came back. Even now, logically I'm telling myself not to ride again, but I just can't drop that feeling of wanting to get back on another ZX14. Thank God my wife still has hers, and I'm sure once I'm able I'll at least take it for a spin. The biggest deterant on whether I ride again will be if I get my eye sight back in my Right eye. The Doctors don't know what is causing the blindness there, and don't know if it will come back or not. I don't know how hard it would be riding with only one eye. We'll see I guess.
Anyways, thats the update for you. Doctors can't believe how well everything has healed up and how fast it has all healed. I can only thank God for that.
Also I'm at Calvary Chapel North East... best church environment I've been in.
Anyways, once again, good to be back amounst the ZX14 family here.