The Rodding Roundtable
Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: enjenjo on April 22, 2010, 09:56:13 AM
A car did a left turn in front of a Harly dresser yesterday just down the street. Fortunately he had enough warning that he was going slow enough to excape serious injury, but he still got a good dose of road rash. The reason I no longer ride.
this is kinda off thread.. but really important...
road rash.. and burns...
do not use peroxide to clean them.. the peroxide oxidizes the edges of the skin.. confuses the skin cells.. they don't know which way to grow so it leaves a scar.. alcohol does similar things...
regular tap water to clean them if distilled or bottled spring water is not available.. then distilled water. let the plasma fill any openings and dry.. once it hardens in a few hours.. use triple antibiotic ointment on the surface to keep it soft.. 5 or 6 times a day.
letting it dry... then keeping it soft with the ointment. reduces the need for bandages.
you will notice that scab stays soft. does not shrink tight and amazingly ... gets smaller day by day.. until it's gone..
i had 20% of my left hand burned with second degree burns.. i figured this out and don't have a scar at all.. i was also able to use my hand after a few days ..
Quote from: "wayne petty"this is kinda off thread.. but really important...
road rash.. and burns...
do not use peroxide to clean them.. the peroxide oxidizes the edges of the skin.. confuses the skin cells.. they don't know which way to grow so it leaves a scar.. alcohol does similar things...
regular tap water to clean them if distilled or bottled spring water is not available.. then distilled water. let the plasma fill any openings and dry.. once it hardens in a few hours.. use triple antibiotic ointment on the surface to keep it soft.. 5 or 6 times a day.
letting it dry... then keeping it soft with the ointment. reduces the need for bandages.
you will notice that scab stays soft. does not shrink tight and amazingly ... gets smaller day by day.. until it's gone..
i had 20% of my left hand burned with second degree burns.. i figured this out and don't have a scar at all.. i was also able to use my hand after a few days ..
Wayne,
You never cease to amaze me. :D
Also a reason I don't ride anymore in addition to just plain lack of awareness now on my own part.
Just wait till the individual jetpacs and flying cars get going with drunk drivers.
Won't be safe anywhere from falling objects.
Quote from: "Carnut"Also a reason I don't ride anymore in addition to just plain lack of awareness now on my own part.
Just wait till the individual jetpacs and flying cars get going with drunk drivers.
Won't be safe anywhere from falling objects.
That lack of awareness is one of the reasons I don't ride too. That and I've lost my balance. I'd probably be trying to deide if I should shift and just fall over with too many things to think about. Those are all good points Wayne but by the time I woke up I was all healed. One of these days I'll see a big motorcycle that's been wrecked but not totaled so that the neck and forks still have a title and I'll start planning a 3 wheeler with that 4.3 . GPster
I sold my bike a few yrs ago but kept my wizzard. it's fast enough for me now
We have had two guys killed on bikes in our area during the last month when they collided with deer. Pretty ugly. I'm thankful I don't ride a bike.
i'll keep ridin'
gotta die from something...
kinda surprised crosley ain't bought another 2 wheeled accord yet :P
We had a truck driver on meth that ran over 9 motorcyclists, killed 4 of them as I recall. I hope the basssturd is killed in prison
The f- up economy has ruined any hope I have of early retirement and another Goldwing for several years
I had a young lady probably on the phone roll into me at a light and a bunch of people pull out in front of me but its not going to keep me from riding as I enjoy it too much to give it up because of the idiots.
I haven't had a bike in years. Didn't really make a conscious decision to stop riding, just sold the bike and never bought another. That said I'm not entirely comfortable with it anymore. The only time I ever went down on the street it was because someone cut a right angle corner so short there was no room for me. It didn't stop me from riding at the time, had 2 more bikes after that, but these days it just seems a little too exposed for my taste.
I gave up riding about ten years ago when I decided I was no longer alert enough to ride defensively enough. I find driving a Corvette with the top off is almost the same feeling but feels safer.
I've been building a bike in my mind but admitted recently that I don't actually intend to ride it...
I had a '67 Honda 305 Scrambler when I was 15. I live in the country so I ran back and forth to my buddies house. That was until the paperman came around the curve on my side of the road and hit me. I bounced off of him but watched that dent go by every day afterward when he delivered paper. I discovered that people don't care about you or the road and he didn't care enough to get the car fixed so I gave it up. It went in the barn and when I was in my 20s I gave it away.
I'm still a rider but my area isn't heavy populated. We have animals but not as many as places with lots of trees. That said, I don't ride in the dark because of various reasons. I just try to be really careful and act like everybody is out to run over me.
I still ride but a lot less than I used to. I've already barely missed two deer this year and had a texter pull into my lane with me fully visible right next to her front fender. I saw that she was distracted by something and was watching her.
Being alert and defensive is a must but there are still too many idiots to see them all.
if you are not comfortable riding in traffic , do not ride.
You must ride as if you are invisible and watch everything , plus what drivers are doing inside the car too. If you see a hand move for a turn signal , or the hands move on the steering wheel, or the driver is looking down , on a cell phone.
I followed a Beemer last week in the left lane , the fellow had the cell phone in his ear with left hand.... his right hand - arm were stretched out over the passenger seat. I guess his knee was on the steering wheel and driving about 60 in a 65 zone with folks really driving around 72 - 75
Well, I'm still riding. I figure, if you're gonna go, you might as well go doing something you enjoy.
I still ride, been doing it for over 30 years. I ride with a thought in mind from an older guy that was told to me when I first started riding...."You have to ride like everyone is out to get ya"!!! Words to live by...CR
Quote from: "cr55"I still ride, been doing it for over 30 years. I ride with a thought in mind from an older guy that was told to me when I first started riding...."You have to ride like everyone is out to get ya"!!! Words to live by...CR
I was told something similar when I started riding in my teens. Over the decades since I've lost the ability to focus that hard on being defensive.
I now drive cars or trucks to shows and avoid competition because I know my own conditioning is not up to the job. Maybe I could get it back but its not a priority now.
I still ride and have been for 40 yrs. although it's low annual, fairweather mileage. I just bought a new (to me) bike. Big inch V Twin motor, water cooled, shaft drive, 1988 Kawi. Vulcan 1500. It's twice the size I need or would normally buy, but I have a plan.
I too feel, more and more each year, the level of concentration and defensive driving that's required takes away from the enjoyment and sense of freedom. My "advancing years" are a part of it as well, so...
The plan is to ride it for a year or so on 2 wheels then use it to make a 2F1R reverse trike. The image pictured is a photoshop rendering.
Rear suspension grafted to a tube frame with the engine mounted up front under the hood, extend the drive shaft back.
Oh, and Danimal. My second bike was a 1967 (in 1970-71) Honda CL77 305 Scrambler. :D
Ah! The Morgan Plus 3 syndrome. I had the idea for one like that when I first got out of the hospital but when I started thinking about parts to use. The only big bike with an automatic transmision I could think of was a Moto Gussi but they are rare and expensive. I heard that Honda made some 750 Hondamatics but I couldn't find one close. so I ended up with a Honda CM400A. Built a front frame and suspension and used the Honda frame for the rear with the frame neck at the seat's backrest. That way the motorcycle's numbers were still around for registration. The firdt try I took for driver's assesment was not so good with a car so I figured a motorcycle would never happen, so I put the bike back together and sold it. Got to talking to a guy in a wheelchair (not motorcycle related) one year at Bonneville and he was doing his riding with his wheelchair on a sidecar platform. He had been a rider before his health had deteriated and said it wasn't the same. He wasn't sitting high enouh to feel in control and the three wheels didn't give him the lean into the corner feeling. With my limited field of visionI started thinking about that seat height deal so I decided to see if I could drive again befor I started building a play vehicle. Something that looks like fun and is half way between a Harley and a Morgan is the Spider motorcycle. I'd think someone would come up with a kit for conversion to that type. GPster