pop goes the weasel

[Evil_Weasel]

was pitched off the buell by a 120+ mph tankslapper on the highway sat morning. just got in from 3 days in the hospital. not sure what caused the slapper. i tried everything to save it. accelarating. light on the bars. nothing worked. bike has damper but i didn't think to try to reach down and crank the setting to max. i was wearing full gear but still managed to crush/mangle my right foot. broke 4 bones in the foot and 1 in the ankle. right now it's held together by a bunch of pins and external rods. hurts like a bitch. slide seemed to last for days but my leathers held up great (i love my vanson). gloves and boots are wasted. helmet has on tiny nick on the chin bar, my head really didn't hit the ground. more info/pictures to come in sometime tommorrow.

looks like i won't be racing again this season either. fucking sucks.

[daviid]

damn aaron. glad to hear you are ok! will you still be comming up to the races this weekend?

[wookie]

holy shit

I'm glad you are okay. Were you in full leathers.

Sorry to hear you are going to miss the season.

[Evil_Weasel]

damn aaron. glad to hear you are ok! will you still be comming up to the races this weekend?

depends when my next surgery gets schedualed and if i can find a ride. i can't drive seeing as it's my right foot. maybe i can poke the gas petal with a cutch?

[DuncanMoto]

Dude!!! That's why they put electronic cruise control in cars these days.

[Evil_Weasel]

holy shit

I'm glad you are okay. Were you in full leathers.

Sorry to hear you are going to miss the season.

thanks, i was in full gear. other than the mangled foot i could have dusted myself of and walked away without a scratch.

[wookie]

Damn that is just f-ing nuts. There are things you worry about on the road and things you don't. A tank slapper on they highway....you had a damper.....probably not something you even considered.

[OreoGaborio]

HOOOOLY SHIT, LITTLE BRO!!! THAT AIN'T COOL!!!

Faaaawk dude

I take it you're back home now? Heal up quick, homie.

... PS... I want pics of the external shit

[Evil_Weasel]

HOOOOLY SHIT, LITTLE BRO!!! THAT AIN'T COOL!!!

Faaaawk dude

I take it you're back home now? Heal up quick, homie.

... PS... I want pics of the external shit

yup, back home and healing as fast as i can...i'll have pics up tommorow so don't you worry. you should see this thing, looks like a crazy erector set with carbon fiber rods

[BLACK SQUIRREL]

Yikes Glad your OK,

Holy shit.

You will have plenty race seasons, Just get better.

[OreoGaborio]

yup, back home and healing as fast as i can...i'll have pics up tommorow so don't you worry. you should see this thing, looks like a crazy erector set with carbon fiber rods

SICK! See if you can keep it! Save me some CF for my Tuono... I'll see if I can make a CF Shifter Rod out of it

[Evil_Weasel]

I'll see if I can make a CF Shifter Rod out of it

dude, i so bet you could....how cool would that be

[Rossy83]

Glad you're ok man. Hope a speedy recovery for ya!

[CMG241]

That sucks! Good for you being all eared up though. I am surprised, my 8 year old Buell has never had head shake or hi speed wobble. I never thought I needed a damper on it, thanks for the wake up call!

[taxonomy]

[QUOTE=Evil_Weasel;486136]was pitched off the buell by a 120+ mph tankslapper on the highway sat morning./QUOTE]

I am sorry to hear it. Are you back to work now? Three days is a long time. Thy don't keep you in there for nothing now.

Can I ask what was happening? Was the bike leaned over, were you accelerating decelerating when it started? What was going on?

Really, hope you're doing well.

Adam

[nt650hawk]

This sucks.

I know how much you were looking forward to this season. Heal up brother. Glad to see the outcome was not worse than just the ankle.

[Doc]

FUCK!!

I was SO looking forward to Danny Pedrosa crushin people on the HAWK!

Son of a bitch! OUCH! Glad your ok man, sorry about the ankle and the Buell.

What track were you at while doing this 120 mph high speed run?

Heal up bro! Take Lots of calcium

[DucDave]

Wow...good thing you were only going 120+

I don't mind crashing if I learn something from it but I had a highside at Summit Point last spring that's still a mystery. Those are the ones that piss me off.

Heal up...post pics.

[BMFR6]

ahh that sucks aaron. heal up quick bud.

[tls25rs]

Sucks to hear about this Aaron, hope I get to see you at the track this summer anyhow. Heal up and do what the docs say with the external fixator as far as keeping it clean.

Joel

[Daytona440]

Heal up Dude...

[klepsta]

Heres to a speedy recovery! Heal up quick.

[TheIglu]

Oh man. I'm gunna be the only little guy up there AGAIN. Damnit!

Sorry to hear that mean, you are taking all the bad luck from all of us on the chin.

[Kitt]

that sucks dude... don't be a stranger though, we'd still like to see ya around the pits when u can make it

[dhuze]

Sorry to hear that dude. It sounds like you got very lucky though. Sometimes I think higher speeds hurt less. That is as long as you dont hit anything. Heres to a quick recovery.


P.S. Broken ankles suck. I broke both bones on mine 15 years ago and I still limp every morning. Oh and colr or rainy weather hurt too.