• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

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Today I came close to severe injury... maybe worse. I think I'm done with dirt.

I havent done the digger latley...but like so many have said...I just ride within my skill set...thats it...oh and I dont have a few beers before I ride...anyway get better soon...youll miss the bike's if you sell...
 
In all my years of riding, Iv'e had some bad one's casts, stitches and water sucked out my of my knee's etc...... But it is like a horse. If the basterd throws ya off, you get back on and ride the sucker! I'm with you. I picked up a Harley XR 1200 and skipped the first race. By not training enough and being in real good shape it is MUCH more dangerous to go at race pace and not risk injury. I may just take the year off, a little burnt out I guess! Dial in your bike for you and try not to ride over your ability. God speed, and a speedy recovery I wish for you!!
 
Motorcycles fuel the soul ! If you quit riding get use to soul searching ! The most dangerous thing on a motorcycle is the NUT connecting the seat to the handle bars ! LOL Keep the faith and keep riding :)
 
Hi Krieg, I hope that you are doing all right and make a full recovery.

I am not a Spring Chicken any more, and couple of years ago I had to finally admit it to myself. My body just can't take as much abuse as it used to, and it takes longer to heal. So I just slowed down I bit and like you said, thank god for good gear.
 
So after reading all these emotional horror stories I have decided to quit riding too! No, just joking, had a great ride yesterday on some really good single track and for a few hours I was able to forget that my father just had a stroke and we don't have money for a nursing home and one of my renters has not paid her rent.....
 
water racer said:
So after reading all these emotional horror stories I have decided to quit riding too! No, just joking, had a great ride yesterday on some really good single track and for a few hours I was able to forget that my father just had a stroke and we don't have money for a nursing home and one of my renters has not paid her rent.....
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Sorry to hear about your Dad Gary. Hope everything turns out OK.
 
water racer said:
So after reading all these emotional horror stories I have decided to quit riding too! No, just joking, had a great ride yesterday on some really good single track and for a few hours I was able to forget that my father just had a stroke and we don't have money for a nursing home and one of my renters has not paid her rent.....
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Check into applying for Medicaid to cover nursing home care for your dad. My dad was eligible for it.
 
Dude, you were on somebody elses bike that was totally different brand than you normally ride. I'd venture to say that if you'd been on your own bike it wouldn't have happpened.

Just hang in there, you obviously hit your head and you'll come to your senses before long. :lol:
 
Heal up, get back on, ride slower but enjoy the trip. You can get killed in a car wrench going to the store but you still do that right? I am hoping for a speedy recovery and change of attitude. At the very l;east get a 449/511 again and start DSing. It is different but can be fun and the exploring part can take up the slack for the speed part. As you can see we all want you back on the bike so thats the way it is going to be. Oh, stop riding Hondas, seriously. I can't tell you how many times i have traded off and almost crashed the first 4 corners as i forget how horrible some bikes turn.
 
Doing something half way doesn't work for me. I gave up street bikes because I like to ride too aggressively. Track days only for my road bike now. If I can't ride the way I love to ride I would rather give it up.
 
Krieg,

Thanks for honestly sharing your thoughts on this subject. There is nothing like an injury or misfortune of friends to get you to think about things differently.

As a professional firefighter, I agree with Kelly. You can get killed in a miriad of ways you wouldn't expect. I've seen it all in terms of accidents that either resulted in death or severe injury and most of them were not doing "dangerous" activities. In fact, a my captain, who rides, just broke his femur 2 days ago loading his wifes bike into his truck. Accidents happen!

BUT, I went throught some similar thoughts a couple of years ago with Dualsporting. I've been riding in the woods since I was 10, but really wanted a Dualsport. I took my endorsement class, bought a XR650L and started riding on the road for the first time. Wow, what a different experience than riding on the trails! I was a bit nervous, but gained confidence over time. But, that summer, 3 accidents occured locally resulting in death. Each incident involved very experienced riders, who were hit by cars. I then went on 2 calls involving street bikes where the victim was killed and the scenes were pretty gruesome. At that point, I decided riding on the road was not for me.

I still ride off-road and feel that is a much safer environment. Yes, there are trees, rocks, etc., but no cars to hit you and speeds are much slower. I've had buddies break wrists and collar bones, but nothing too serious when you are in 2nd-3rd gear in the woods.

I do a couple of events a year for fun and can ride at a fast pace (A/B), but I mostly just ride at a pace that I'm comfortable with which is usually the B pace. I also ride with my sons and my younger ones are just beginners. I really have just as much fun poking along with them as I do pushing the pace at a race.

For me, riding is soothing for the soul and allows me to enjoy time with friends and family while taking in the great outdoors. There is nothing better than being on a motorcycle and slicing and dicing through the beautiful NW woods!

My advice for anyone in the sport would be to find some buddies to ride with and ride at your pace on a bike you are comforable on. Oh yeah, and buy lots of quality protective gear, it works!
 
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For me, riding is soothing for the soul and allows me to enjoy time with friends and family while taking in the great outdoors. There is nothing better than being on a motorcycle and slicing and dicing through the beautiful NW woods!

My advice for anyone in the sport would be to find some buddies to ride with and ride at your pace on a bike you are comforable on. Oh yeah, and buy lots of quality protective gear, it works!
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Bingo.
 
Keep the faith, we all have a n encounter every-so-often. I hit a ditch in northern Quebec cross country racing snowmobiles in 2001, doing about 95MPH when I launched. I busted up the right side of my body (head to toe):eek: . I started thinking like you, but about a month later, I was getting itchy to ride again.:thinking: Now I am just a bit more cautious. I am not as fast as I once was, just wiser (and slower):cheers: . I still enjoy just being on the trail. Oh, by the way, bring a camera and ride in the back, you get some great pictures. Haha.
 
I am going to play devils advocate here, no soft love. I know you love it, I know you will miss it, so suck it up and get back in the saddle. We will have this chat again when you are 80, OK Mate
 
Most important.... get better! Jimi and I'll talk to you about the rest later. I do know that even if you sell your bikes, you'll just buy cooler ones!
 
Its all about the fun and what you decide is what you decide. Keep riding same, ride a little slower and maybe dual sport it, don't ride but maybe retore vintage bikes. Have seeen all options chosen and they all have in common, the fun with dirt bike stays around.
 
Heal up Kreig. Remember..you will never see a motorcycle parked outside a pschyologists office!

Funny, I was avoiding riding street all these years because of how incredibly dangerous it is. Now I want to ride street. What changed? My younger brother suddenly got brain cancer last year and was gone in 6 months. We had always joked that with our genes we would lve to be 110 easy. My grandfather was in guiness book of world records. He turned 100 and had two older siblings alive. My moms side lived into there 90's. No diceases , nothing. And Yet he died of brain cancer suddenly at 39. Point is ...when its your time to go theres not a damm thing you can do about it. Live life and just chalk it up to a life experience.
 
I am usually laying on the ground, a bone sticking out and cursing myself "you idiot, now you can't ride for a month or two!!!" Injuries are simply a forced vacation from riding. Plus we all live vicariously through your bike purchases. And you have been a one man stimulus for Motosportz (we love you but don't take that the wrong way :>) Heal up and ride buddy.
 
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