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The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:52 am
by Flywheels MC
Someone asked me a while ago about my crash last year and I said I would post photos on the forum. Can't remember who it was but here you go:
List of injuries:
Shattered femur
Shattered patella
Broken knee joint
Broken collar bone
Broken shoulder blade
Both hands broken
Result of low side at 140kph on cold road with cold tyres at 3.00am (After the Australia vs Italy soccer world cup game)
I was messing around (Mono) in a 50kph zone (William st, Darlinghurst) so completely my fault. If theres anything to be learned here it's don't push a risky situation like I did.
Nick
Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:22 am
by robracer
Hi Nick.....Do you still squid? or was that another learning curve?
Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:27 am
by Flywheels MC
robracer wrote:Hi Nick.....Do you still squid? or was that another learning curve?
What does 'squid' mean? Sorry for not being up to speed with the lingo!
Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:37 am
by photomike666
Squid is a term refering to someone who rides with little or no protective clothing.
Don't worry about the bike, it's only a Honda
Interesting injury list, esp for a low side - did u stop against something hard?
Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:40 am
by Smitty
Flywheels MC wrote:robracer wrote:Hi Nick.....Do you still squid? or was that another learning curve?
What does 'squid' mean? Sorry for not being up to speed with the lingo!
a squid has no protective gear in nature (unlike a crab or crayfish)
and
neither do riders who wear stuff like shorts or tees....or thongs
hth
Smitty
Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:52 am
by Flywheels MC
Nice. I just used an acronym finder and it says SQUID - Super Quick Until I Die (Motorcycling slang). Which I thought was pretty cool!
Yeah, I still squid (both versions)... I find if I don't wear a jacket I don't ride as fast... If I go for a proper ride though it's the full outfit and I only squid around the city where I'm not supposed to exceed 59kph anyway...

Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:55 am
by Flywheels MC
Look what I found for 'HTH'
How many of these relate to this topic...?
HTH Hope That Helps
HTH Hope This Helps
HtH Haliotis Tuberculata Hemocyanin
HTH Hand To Hand combat
HTH Hand To Heart (I'm being honest)
HTH Hang Them High
HTH Happy To Help
HTH Hard to Handle
HTH Harry the Horse
HTH Have to Hurry (internet chat)
HTH Hawthorne, Nevada USA (Airport Code)
HTH Head to Head
HTH Heart To Heart
HTH Helix-Turn-Helix (Protein Structure)
HTH Hell This Hurts
HTH High Tech High (California Charter School)
HTH High Test Hypochlorite
HTH Highway to Hell (AC/DC album)
HTH Highway Traffic Headquarters
HTH Hill Top Hose (Volunteer Fire Company in Campton, PA)
HTH Hilltop Hoods (Australian hip hop group)
HTH Hit the Highway
HTH Hjälper Torr Hud
HTH Hollywood Tower Hotel (Disney's Tower of Terror)
HTH Home Town Hero (band)
HTH Hoping This Helps
HTH Hotter Than Hell
Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:00 pm
by Flywheels MC
photomike666 wrote:Squid is a term refering to someone who rides with little or no protective clothing.
Don't worry about the bike, it's only a Honda
Interesting injury list, esp for a low side - did u stop against something hard?
It was loss of front wheel traction climbing through a rolling stoppie. Came down from a long way up and hit something hard, the road! Rolled about twenty metres and ended up in the middle of the intersection. the bike meanwhile hit the median strip, launched about ten metres into the air spraying fuel everywhere and bounced off a car coming the other way. Thankfully I was the only casualty in this little debacle, and the mighty, mighty Fireblade of course
Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:18 pm
by MadKaw
Wow... That looks nasty..
That'll teach ya...
Now HTFU.... (search that one..

)
Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:33 pm
by Flywheels MC
MadKaw wrote:Wow... That looks nasty..
That'll teach ya...
Now HTFU.... (search that one..

)
Acronym Definition
HTFU Harden the Freak Up
HTFU Hurry The Freak Up (polite form)
We all know that 'Freak' should be replaced with 'Frig' though. People are too polite these days...
Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:56 pm
by SnypR
They are very polite around here and won't beat around the bush with words like "frig" and "freak".........they will just tell you too HARDEN THE FUCK UP..

Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:03 pm
by Flywheels MC
SnypR wrote:They are very polite around here and won't beat around the bush with words like "frig" and "freak".........they will just tell you too HARDEN THE FUCK UP..

This I know but when I write with the Flywheels name I have to be careful with what I say... Just wait til I open my own account then you c***s will get both f****n barrels right up your a***s!

Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:39 pm
by SoundGuy
Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:48 pm
by Neka79
big oops....
i can shopw the results of flipping a fireblade at 160kph approx... if i can re-size the pics...lol
Re: The agony and the ecstasy (Slightly graphic)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:09 pm
by ozx6r
nice mono!