Anyone know a good knacker's yard?

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flatlander · #16 Post by **flatlander** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:48 pm

Ge a tens machine for some of the pain too. I have to get on mine like John Wayne in true grit sometimes but you won't get much better than Oswestry for medical help for osteopathic treatment IMHO

randomsquid · #17 Post by **randomsquid** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:50 pm

Lower, wider, big wheels, Difazio front end. Like a can-am spyder but pointing the other way.

HowardQ · #18 Post by **HowardQ** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:06 am

I can only sympathise Mart, I've had arthritis problems for 30 years, similar to you, knees, feet, hips, hands, wrists, elbows, back etc., and it ain't gettin any better as I get near retirement age.
My mate Dave, who bought Tweaker's Falco last year, has similar problems, and it came to a head not long after he bought it. His back took a turn for the worse, and it looked like he might not really get to ride it much, if ever. In his case the worst part was his lower bike, and the consultant suggesting "welding" 3 or 4 joints up for him, It would mean he lost a bit of movement, but it was in an area where he did not really have any because of the pain in this area anyway.
He had the bone fused with bone grafts taken from his hip and it was also plated.
Was a bit scary as he had been told it was possible that the spinal cord could be damaged if it went wrong, but it would probably happen anyway if this was not done as the damage was getting worse.
He was also told it would take some time to recover!
It did!
For weeks after he could not sit up or lay down and was initially on morphine. It only improved gradually and some weeks it seemed to get better then worse again, and he ended up in a really black mood.
It got better slowly and we eventually get him out on the Falco, (after raising the bars over the yokes), and he managed to ride it gently.
He then made some new footrest hangers from duralamin plates and got even more comfortable. His back has slowly improved and we have managed some runs of 200 miles or so, plus he is now up to "speed " again. It took about 9 months and for part of the time he thought the operation was a big mistake. He still gets pain, but like with me, getting out on the bike makes him happier. He has also had heart bypass surgery and a number of other ops, but the pleasure we get from biking helps keep us all going.
Keep the bike as long as you can and see how you go!

flatlander · #19 Post by **flatlander** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:20 am

I am starting to get an image of Falco rider skeletons being exhibited in the natural history museum with the latin plaque saying something like

quomodo tam diu superstites

maybe we should get a hold of someone who can not only professionally lower the seat but insert all round gel and deep heat packs at the same time LOL

D-Rider · #20 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:45 am

flatlander wrote:I am starting to get an image of Falco rider skeletons being exhibited in the natural history museum with the latin plaque saying something like

You can probably use them to map the evolution to Falco riders from Sofa Surfers (Futura Riders) like Mart

Samray · #21 Post by **Samray** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:45 am

BikerGran · #22 Post by **BikerGran** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:47 am

HowardQ wrote: like with me, getting out on the bike makes him happier. .........
....... the pleasure we get from biking helps keep us all going.

My thoughts entirely! Been triking it since 2004 through necessity but it's way better than the car which I have to use for longer trips. My (comparatively) sensible maximum now is 100 miles but I'll be doing 150 to a rally later this month - why? Because I need the smiles!

Good luck with it all Mart - hope the leg holds up but there are worse solutions than a trike! Not like a bike but sooooooo not like a car!

D-Rider · #23 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 12:35 pm

BikerGran wrote: Good luck with it all Mart - hope the leg holds up but there are worse solutions than a trike! Not like a bike but sooooooo not like a car!

.... and if you want to think about how this may pan-out ......

flatlander · #24 Post by **flatlander** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:13 pm

actually that looks so frighteningly like a certain norfolk chef its scary surely I can't be the only one that noticed that!?

Aladinsaneuk · #25 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:20 pm

just nice to see that the futfut boys try to comepete with the falco modders by modding their bones....

randomsquid · #26 Post by **randomsquid** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:32 pm

flatlander wrote:actually that looks so frighteningly like a certain norfolk chef its scary surely I can't be the only one that noticed that!?

Unless you all want to spend the rest of your lives shaped like a frog I'd be careful about annoying the wizzards.

randomsquid · #27 Post by **randomsquid** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:35 pm

When they dig up skelingtons with a big arm they assume he was an archer.
I wonder what sort of fanciful theories there will be to explain Aprilia owners.

D-Rider · #28 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 1:46 pm

randomsquid wrote:
flatlander wrote:actually that looks so frighteningly like a certain norfolk chef its scary surely I can't be the only one that noticed that!?
Unless you all want to spend the rest of your lives shaped like a frog I'd be careful about annoying the wizzards.

..... and this is what you might look like ......

randomsquid · #29 Post by **randomsquid** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:24 pm

That'd be a marked improvement for some of us.

WIZZARDS ARE SHIT - WIZZARDS ARE SHIT - WIZZARDS ARE SHIT

flatlander · #30 Post by **flatlander** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 2:28 pm

ROFLMAO