Man down - rubberchicken

[Ian Porter]

I'd be daft if I wouldn't at least put some fresh powdercoat (and a few mods) on the new frame

I'd heard you'd booked a German to paint it for you

glad things are starting to come together, both with you and the bike

 

[Rubberchicken]

I've seen his paintwork... Maybe some other German.

 

[Lowflyer]

Nice one,

Good luck with the build.
You are really now the "flying Dutchman "

 

[Rubberchicken]

Elbow's improved quite a bit already, shoulder's still lagging a bit.

Wee update:

First of all, it's amazing how this stuff wears you out... Energy wise I've gone to one of those peanut style chopper tanks that hold about a pint of petrol.

Bicep looks like it'll be fine, physio has me practicing at lifting a water bottle. Still no stamina whatsoever, I can lift it 15 times before collapsing, but that's a matter of training.

Shoulder is worrying me a bit. What real movement I have in there is by using the wrong muscles and the physio wasn't actually 100% sure I had anything happening at all in the big muscle. He thinks there's some but not much. Muscle's visibly atrophying too. I think I'll go bother the neuro again this week, see about another EMG or something. I want to be sure the bloody thing is actually going to work again...

 

[Whealie]

What's the point of lifting a water bottle? Use beer.


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[Rubberchicken]

Pretty sure I wouldn't make it to 15 then.

 

[Lowflyer]

Pretty sure I wouldn't make it to 15 then.

try lifting a wee dram instead


Works for me

Good luck Michel, keep your chin up

 

[Rubberchicken]

Hmmm. I'm off the Tramadol by now so lifting one isn't a complete waste of effort... Cheers.

 

[Lowflyer]

Hmmm. I'm off the Tramadol by now so lifting one isn't a complete waste of effort... Cheers.

That's the spirit

 

[Rubberchicken]

I should still have half a bottle of glen moray 12 stashed away somewhere...

 

[Lowflyer]

I should still have half a bottle of glen moray 12 stashed away somewhere...

Nice one

But ---- is that a bottle half empty ??

Or ----- half full ???

Sunny side up Michel, enjoy your wee dram

Mind, no water

 

[Lord Vader]

Especially now that your bike is on its way back Of course the 7.5t which was supposed to pick your bike up turned into a full size multi car transporter
Thank god he had the sense not to turn into our street, a tight twisty deadend. So we pushed a a wrecked GSPD down the road like we just stole it and crashed

So, as soon she is back with you you can start ordering parts

So,Decided yet what she is gone look like?

 

[Rubberchicken]

Nope.

I'd love to go for something like this, but completely different ofcourse. But for this level of perfection you're talking about dropping some serious money... And it'll get (ab)used anyway.

Given that I don't care about pristine paint, it'll probably end up looking much the same as it did, so red/white with a few battle scars. Saves me the heartburn of putting the first scratch (back) on it a la Chad... The fairing parts still looked (miraculously) intact on the pictures, might as well reuse them... But all options are still open. The new frame will get some powdercoat at least because I'd be an idiot not to while it's all in bits. Other than that, dunno. Depends on time, budget, exactly how bent everything is and my own recovery schedule. I could do a straight no-budget rebuild just to get back on the road, I have most of the parts I need for that. I still have the original forks in the shed in case the DRZ frontend is beyond recovery. That was only a month old dammit... Or indeed go for gold, along the lines of the above picture. 1100 swingarm, DRZ frontend, bit more ground clearance... But I'm not in a hurry. The way my shoulder is going, I'm certainly not going to be back on any bike before spring. Even if only because the dead of winter is hardly the time to be taking the first fragile steps back on two wheels after being out of it for months...

Meanwhile, this is nice stuff! Cheers all.

 

[Whealie]

That is a nice looking bike. Get working ASAP. Your shoulder will suddenly improve and then you'll be miffed the bike isn't ready.


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[boboneleg]

Just get it back on the road Michel, like myself I don't think you really do 'pretty'

 

[Lutin]

In my non-professional opinion the twirling of spanners is wonderfully therapeutic and I'm sure that your physiotherapist would approve.

Now, where's the spannering smiley?

 

[Rubberchicken]

The risk with spannering is to overdo it. These bikes aren't that complex, before you know you're trying to get the engine out of the frame.

 

[Lutin]

The risk with spannering is to overdo it. These bikes aren't that complex, before you know you're trying to get the engine out of the frame.

Unfortunately, this is all too true. It is very easy to get carried away all right.

However, I would be very surprised if you can keep away from the bike - even if it's just to see what exactly needs doing.

Anyway, some gentle spannering could be most beneficial to overall muscle exercising.

 

[Rubberchicken]

Oh yeah, checking out which bits are bent will commence as soon as the bike is in. I haven't seen it in weeks... But the actual spannering will wait a bit, it's not just the heavy bits, some of those nuts haven't moved in 23 years and are likely to need some encouragement.

 

[Lutin]

some of those nuts haven't moved in 23 years and are likely to need some encouragement.

In that case, I'd invest in some PlusGas and spray the offending nuts and bolts liberally. Think of it as part of your exercise regime.