Knee injury

[lv929]

Originally Posted by Loctite

I too had a bad bike smash.


The bend in the knee will return, just keep practising, do it in the bath when it's warm and use tiger balm. Basically the bruising, swelling and lack of bend is down to fluid/blood in the joint. Work it out by keep bending.

I just returned to this thread after a trip away: Your injuries were a lot worse than mine.

I can bend my knee to nearly 90 degrees now and joy of joy I can now get my foot on the foot pegs of my mates Honda Hornet - just! Up til now I've been borrowing a cruiser to get and about on.


I have been told it could be 12 months, or more, knees take AGES to recover. I keep trying to remember what I could and couldn't do 2 months ago to cheers myself up. And my knee did hit a car at about a combined speed of 60-90mph, we reckon......

I am going to go to our pool and see how we (bf and I) can cope with getting me in, and particularly out, of the water. Only things is, I might scare everyone with my scar (which is not neat and tidy!!!!)

Thanks for all your replies. Yes I am daft enough to do it all on Nitrox on air tables..... (to whoever suggested that) it actually seems a very good idea.

[Loctite]

Just be carefull when you return to the road.

The night I returned I got taken out again and broke my pelvis.
28mph in a 40 some woman was doing a uturn on a blind bend

[lv929]

I've already been out on a borrowed Triumph Speedmaster

First time I was very very timid, memories/flashbacks and things, but I'm fine now. Your smash sounds so very unlucky, I hope they threw the book at her.....

[Loctite]

Nope, she admitted liability then withdrew it 2 months later. The Police said I couldn't have been doing more than 30 mph due to the bend of the road. But she is saying I hit her car doing around 80 - 1900 mph.

The solicitors are having to do a locus report etc. Thing is the police pictures say it all. Tell me, if I hit a car pulling out of a drive at 80 - 100 mph. Would my bike be two foot from the door and me eight feet from my bike??

The must have been some height I got if I did!!