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[boboneleg]

I decided to wash my Suzuki today but didn't even get as far as the garage, as I was approaching there was a loud crack and then some very crunchy noises coming from down below. After a quick sit-down I discovered that I had snapped the foot on my prosthetic leg

An emergency call and then a trip was made to the clinic but they cannot get a new foot until Monday. Bl**dy carbon-fibre is not as strong as you might think

 

[nigelphoto]

I'm very sorry to hear about your misfortune. I don't want to be facetious but can't you make a temporary repair with a glass fibre kit just to get you through 'til next week?

 

[hotbulb]

Just as well it wasn't while you were out on the bike, stopping for traffic lights
But it's not good, and makes you question the "wonderfulness" of some of these modern composites. Do you still have the spare you pictured in your top-box a while ago, ready to confuse following traffic?

Perhaps the moral is.... don't wash the bike

 

[Lord Vader]

I decided to wash my Suzuki today but didn't even get as far as the garage, as I was approaching there was a loud crack and then some very crunchy noises coming from down below. After a quick sit-down I discovered that I had snapped the foot on my prosthetic leg

An emergency call and then a trip was made to the clinic but they cannot get a new foot until Monday. Bl**dy carbon-fibre is not as strong as you might think

How about a old kitchen table leg?
You could look like your avatar :lol-015:

 

[Boris]

You could look like your avatar :lol-015:

He does

 

[boboneleg]

I'm very sorry to hear about your misfortune. I don't want to be facetious but can't you make a temporary repair with a glass fibre kit just to get you through 'til next week?

I think the carbon shards would just tear through it.

 

[boboneleg]

Just as well it wasn't while you were out on the bike, stopping for traffic lights
But it's not good, and makes you question the "wonderfulness" of some of these modern composites. Do you still have the spare you pictured in your top-box a while ago, ready to confuse following traffic?

Perhaps the moral is.... don't wash the bike

I am wearing my 'spare' at the moment but it's like walking with a plank of wood for a foot compared to my everyday one

 

[boboneleg]

I decided to wash my Suzuki today but didn't even get as far as the garage, as I was approaching there was a loud crack and then some very crunchy noises coming from down below. After a quick sit-down I discovered that I had snapped the foot on my prosthetic leg

An emergency call and then a trip was made to the clinic but they cannot get a new foot until Monday. Bl**dy carbon-fibre is not as strong as you might think

How about a old kitchen table leg?
You could look like your avatar :lol-015:

Thank you for your suggestion Peter but my wife likes the table the way it is

 

[boboneleg]

He does

Pay attention Gordon, I haven't got a beard

 

[hotbulb]

I wonder if this is what Pete had in mind?

 

[Ian Porter]

I am wearing my 'spare' at the moment but it's like walking with a plank of wood for a foot compared to my everyday one

I can see it now

 

[Barftone]

Did u tell them u were out greenlaning on wed??

 

[OhJ]

Bob was it the KTM leg or the HRC leg which failed. Should get a BMW one.

 

[Ian Porter]

Should get a BMW one.

Imagine the looks he'd get when his final drive spings a leak :-o

 

[Rubberchicken]

Would be weird though, to have toes stick out on either side...


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[boboneleg]

Did u tell them u were out greenlaning on wed??

After a consultation with an engineer apparently I fit into the 'heavy user' bracket so they're giving me a 'higher rated' foot. It's a bit like tuning your suspension

 

[boboneleg]

Bob was it the KTM leg or the HRC leg which failed. Should get a BMW one.

Try to keep up J, I have a 'Marco Simoncelli' leg now :respect-047:

 

[hotbulb]

Classy

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[Boris]

Try to keep up J, I have a 'Marco Simoncelli' leg now :respect-047:

He may have a Simoncelli leg but I have it on good authority he has a Jenny Tinmouth foot

ANyway I thought you might have been over in Sochi for the Olympic (winter apple) cider drinking

 

[Whealie]

After a consultation with an engineer apparently I fit into the 'heavy user' bracket so they're giving me a 'higher rated' foot. It's a bit like tuning your suspension

So we need to be on the look-out for a cider-drinking Wurzel who's taller than Chad?