We've lost one!

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My friend bought a GSX750R on Friday. He'd been looking forward to this since selling his ZXR400 2 months ago. He rode up to Newcastle to see his missus and on the way home crashed the bike. No serious injuries as such but he did have to go into surgery to have his testicles pulled from inside of his body after hitting the fuel tank hard I understand that something like this is gonna make you think but he's saying he's never gonna ride again. This upsets me greatly, I don't think I could ever be put off by anything other than paralysis (sp) or death. How can I convince him otherwise??

[yambabe]

You can't, and you shouldn't.


This is a common reaction immediately following an accident. If he is meant to ride, he will miss it too much and eventually return to bikes when he is ready.

If he chooses not to do so, his choice, his life, his decision. Respect it.
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[EDBANGER]

I know what you're saying but I can't believe he doesn't want to ride again. It was a HUGE passion.

[Keen]

Give him a day or two. He's probably not thinking too clearly right now, once his balls stop hurting he might change his mind
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[bazza]

What state is the bike in? How much does he want for it?
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[G]

Let him have some time.

Later on, some stats/details of car accidents could remind him that there isn't really a truely 'safe' way to travel.

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[killa]

Sounds horrible, to mess up the crown jewels is one way of putting you off.
Maybe when he can pee safely again he might jump back on a bike.
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[EDBANGER]

I'd get a small ice packed cushion to rest my balls on and go fetch my bike if I were him.

[bazza]

[paulthewitt]

a lesson to us all boys. WEAR A CUP/BOX.

after i had a couple of serious offs (should be dead through a broken neck really!) and walking away, i thought "this is it, no more bikes for me".

about a month later i was desperate for a bike.

just give him time. be a support to him, at the end of the day its his choice, and calling him a quitter or pestering him at a time like this doesnt help. be a friend first, one that he can talk too (we all know all other family and friends will be telling him how if he has a bike he'll die, etc...) who wont push an opinion on him. he will respect you for it.

pass on all our regards and get well soons.
Paul

[feef]

when I had my crash, (split pelvis, crushed right wrist) I was lying in bed saying I wouldn't ride again.....


....until I was starting to walk again, got to the windo of the ward and say a gold, T reg fazer 600 in thr carpark..

something went "ping" inside and i KNEW I wanted to ride again...

it's differnt for everyone.

a
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[EDBANGER]

Spoke to him last night, it seems he doesn't want to ride again coz he doesn't want to put his parents and GF through the worry . I gotta respect his decision I suppose and he did say we could come to an arrangment on his bike so thats kind of a bonus, although I feel guilty about being excited about it. Apparantly he was close to having hhis balls amputated I think that may have scared me too.

[Dracan]

After reading your post, I must admit that I was close to being sick (no disrespect meant to your friend). This is probably very nieve of me, but I hadn't really thought before about what the first thing that will collide with the tank in a headon collision is (I'm fairly new to biking). I think I'm going to be trying to find some protection for that very quickly! Did the doctors say he would recover completely from it?

Wish your friend a speedy recovery from us all!
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[EDBANGER]

Yeah, I think he's going to be fine!! Just before he was about be put under the anasthetic the surgeon walked up and said "If your testicles are smashed they will be amputated", & then walked off. Imagine that

[colin1]

i dont wanna lose my balls. id prefer to lose a leg or arm. can you actually get a box or cup strong enough to be able to protect you in a crash or would you have to use something designed for cricketers or martial artists ?
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[fuzz]

It's not Mark by any chance is it? I remember you telling me he had a Kwak.
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[Chriss]

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[fuzz]

It's Craig from the Rock Cafe! Why haven't you been in the Gallows for a while? I can't believe it's happened to him though, I haven't seen him for ages and was looking forward to meeting up with him and yourself for a rideout.
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[fuzz]

Nice one son! What happened to the Yam?
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