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Reading the thread about the most common MX injury and the laundry list of injuries some you guys have had makes me wonder how many soil samples you'd guess you'd have had if on average you went riding once a week for a year at a track(s) with its/their share of decent sized 80'+ hits on race or practice days when there's other riders on the track.
Obviously it's a random occurrence that can come in waves so it's just a guess.
Obviously it's a random occurrence that can come in waves so it's just a guess.
Averaging 1 big hit every year or so. read as (concussion or knocked out. Haven't broken anything in years, knock on wood)
Aint crashing you aint trying?
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I'm being too timid, especially on some jumps that I know I am capable of. In fact, every time I clear a new jump I pretty much audibly say "All the build up for that?!" or something similar.
None of them ever came from riding over my head or doing something ultra risky. I’ve never been a big jumper. Mainly from riding while tired or pushing it a little farther (or faster) than I should have. A couple broken bones were just bum luck.
If you ride a lot and push your limits you will crash and get hurt. I always felt like I rode better after I came back from an injury.
I don’t mind breaking a bone now and again. I do mind compromising my friends fun and cutting their ride short when they have to haul me to the hospital, or having to rely on family for help post surgery. Riding a motorcycle is a very selfish endeavor so relying on others when you get hurt kinda sucks for them.
I've had small crashes the last 2 or 3 times I've been out, before that I hadn't had a tip over in ages. No big crashes for a long time, being a father and business owner does that to ya
LOL....I thought about jinxing myself as well.
After about a 14 year hiatus ive been back on the bike for about a year now and the crash above is the only time ive gone down.... although I've had a couple of close calls that could have easily gone the other way.
My old man said "you're upside down so often you should change your number to 66".
Normally I may slip out , or tip over everytime I ride atleast once . Sometimes I dont . So normally every time I ride I put the bike down in some way shape or form atleast once .
Pit Row
In this sport though.....shit can happen. Just have to ride within your means , and make sure your saving's account is stocked up for that ill timed vacation. ( Knock on wood it doesn't happen! )
On topic, I always try to stay smooth and keep her on two wheels. I'll slide out here and there and I've had some big crashes, but I always try to ride smooth and focused. I'm almost 28, manage a store for the company I work for and have a family so my days of trying super hard to get faster are behind me. If I get to ride more and get faster that way, then cool, but if not it's no big deal to me. I have friends that go out and push passed their limits and they end up with a broken bone a year usually. I don't want that. I'd rather come home safe and be able to ride again next weekend. I'm not out there to win practice(JM485 reference). I have no want to be the fastest guy out there, I'm out there to have fun no matter how fast or slow I'm going.
Crashed this weekend while racing Vet beginner class and hopefully only an ankle sprain. Only been riding 2 years and racing 1 year. I average 1 big crash a year that keeps me from riding for 4-6 weeks while recovering. I average probably 1 tip-over/washout per day but pick up my bike and keep going.
Definitely feel that the extra comfort is what encouraged me to push....and it bit. As much as it hurts now, im still pumped on that race, even though i didn't finish.
At this point tin my life I try to stay within my limits, however I am not immune to a tip over every once and a wile!
i still do, but i used to, too
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