What is it with chicks and motorbikes??

[miss_porcelain]

I was meant to catch up with a friend on Saturday if she didn't make it out to The Golden Slipper race carnival ... we were waiting on an inclement weather report.

I didn't hear from her so I assumed that either;

a) she had a big night out seeing Supersuckers the night before or

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[das]

I show the utmost respect to bike riders.

My family are bike people, afterall.. Although it shits me to tears when bikers whine about damage done to fairings by a cars mirrors.. stop lane splitting then kthnx, jerks..

[miss_porcelain]

I haven't heard any of my friends whinge about that so I can't comment - and I am more than aware that it is a two way street but still ... the odds are stacked against them and they tend to get very broken :(

It's a risk they take I know, but when confronted by an agro driver (who was in the wrong) about the damage to his car when someones bone is poking out of their leg??

Arsehole.

[das]

yeh, that's total Ass. I don't drive much, but a few nights ago (well, dusk), I had a bike rider just merge straight on in front of me. Like he nearly clipped my car. Very bad thing to do around a learner :$

[kharysma]

Ah poor Shelly, give her my love and a thwack for me :-)

[miss_porcelain]

She is fucking amazing. Would 'thwack' but her back has no skin on it either :(

[kharysma]

Best time to do it then :P

She is indeed amazing :-) Even a small accident on a bike can cause a lot of damage.

[goldfishgeorge]

I know we don't have a bike at the moment, but I know we'll be getting another one. This post has made me physically ill.

I'm so sorry for your friends.

And I probably shouldn't be saying this here, but I hope it never happens to me...

*healing thoughts to both of them and their partners*

Thanks hon :)

[miss_porcelain]

Fortunately they are two of the strongest women I know but something like this leaves a permanent mark - both physically and mentally.

Shell's partner escaped with 3 scratches on his shin and will spend the next few weeks looking after her - they don't live together as the relationship is only 4-5 months old so this will be an interesting turn of events for both of them :)

flamingo_1210 was on the back of friends bike and he is still recuperating from more minor injuries after 8 months :(

It's a tough one. I remember the exhilaration from my early years as a Ducati pillion - but it only took one accident to put the fear in me. I got back on a few months later but I was completely terrified and the joy was gone for me.

My friends are the sort of people to jump straight back on though :)

[flamingo_1210]

I am so please to know that Shell will be OK and that the injuries she sustained are repairable.
It's hard to know what to say at the moment because I have such a hard time dealing with hearing about someone that I know being injured in a bike accident. To say it brings back memories for me is a bit of an understatement.
Regardless of type of vehicle that you drive or ride please remember that a lack of care and attention could change or end someones life forever, including your own.
Take care my love, talk to you soon
Sarah

[miss_porcelain]

*hugs you*

(ok, that felt weird!)

Thanks for the comment and call love - I just passed on your message to Shell. She is just now realising how long 6 weeks will be and is bored already (can you imagine her holed up for more than 3 days? I can't!)

I told her to step away from the online ordering that she seems to have embraced :D

I knew it would bring back memories for you and I am sorry if they were unwelcome but the new you is all about helping others remember? And don't you rock even more for that? :)

Love you!

[trashtastika]

Poor Shelley! How's she doing these days?

[miss_porcelain]

She's doing ok. Leg is taking longer to heal than anticipated (it was a seriously BAD compound fracture)

She is back at work part time this week but I think the company sponsored taxi bill will bite - she is recuperating at her BF's place out west :D

She has calmed down a lot over the past 6 months ... I guess true love was bound to bite her eventually :)