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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2520 on: 26.09. 2022 09:51 »
Jeez guys, makes my endfloat and Long Covid issues pale into insignificance.

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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2521 on: 26.09. 2022 10:40 »
However if you rush into thongs and dislocate/damage the new joint you will be in a worse mess than before you started, revisions are far more complicated.
Which type of thongs were you thinking of?
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2522 on: 26.09. 2022 11:04 »
G'day Woz.
So how long from surgery to kick?
Failing cancellation (even my quack said they could on the morning) I'm due on Thursday.

I finally got the HD all buttoned up yesterday. This morning took her for a 50Km blat. No leaks  *yeah*
Cheers

G'day Musky...    I broke the bugger on the 17th of last month, so 39 days...
My bum is still a bit swollen where the scar is, & I shift around on the couch to stop it aching..
I had a Hospital appointment this morning for another X-Ray & got the ALL CLEAR to drive again.. *wink2*
The Doc said I'm aprox 3 weeks ahead of most PPL with the same break..  They gave me Physio exercises for 20 mins 3 times a day, but I stretched that to 5 or 6 times IF I felt I could do more...   which I did..
All the BEST with yours mate...   *wink2*

What SAV said about not rushing it is good advice ...  Do what YOU feel comfortable with..   *clap*
 
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2523 on: 26.09. 2022 11:45 »
G'day Fellas.
In preparation for being able to ride the Cafe again in the near future I started to make the bike a bit more user friendly.
Off with the clip on handle bars and on with a set of adjustable Tomaselli bars. A bit higher and further back.
I have a pair of footpeg mounts but still after a pair of pegs and brake lever https://www.a7a10.net/forum/index.php?action=post;topic=17009.0;last_msg=147066
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G'day Woz. Not bad at all. I'm lucky in that it's my left hip so I can rest the bike on the side stand and kick with my right.
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2524 on: 27.09. 2022 06:12 »
Gday Wozza,
Did you say you had a sore bum?
Did they go in through the back?
I had a tin hip installed at the Epworth in about 2004.
They went in through the side.
It took a hell of a time for the muscle to heal properly if it ever did.
I had heard sometime later they were now going in through the front to make healing easier.

By the time musky goes in they will probably be going in through the crotch!!

cheers

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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2525 on: 27.09. 2022 09:49 »
Peehole surgery. *eek*

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Er, shout out to Musky, er ........ soz and good luck mate!  Or in Aussie parlance .......... BUGGA!!
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2526 on: 27.09. 2022 11:58 »
Good one SHM. No thanks I remember them going up that way for kidney stones with a camera. It must have been a box brownie! The old boy felt like a frilled neck lizzard.
Getting off topic.
Today I put all the bikes to bed. Covered them all, packed up the tools and activated the alarm. I doubt if SWMBO will let me near the shed for a few weeks *sad2*
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2527 on: 30.09. 2022 21:48 »
Just come in from the garage, shattered. Managed to change a fork oil seal which i popped recently whilst braking hard and a hitting pot hole. Trying to prep the bike for the Yer Tiz rally in Devon tomorrow. Thinking i might enter it in the bike show. Hoping that there's a " ratty bagger bitsa this and that needs fixing" prize. Got an early start to go via a mate's to get there for the ride out. No way i was going today in this weather! Haven't had time to test the front end for straight so fingers crossed.
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2528 on: 01.10. 2022 08:58 »
Well done mate, hope it all goes well!
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2529 on: 02.10. 2022 04:44 »
Gday Wozza,
Did you say you had a sore bum?
Did they go in through the back?
I had a tin hip installed at the Epworth in about 2004.
They went in through the side.
It took a hell of a time for the muscle to heal properly if it ever did.
I had heard sometime later they were now going in through the front to make healing easier.




By the time musky goes in they will probably be going in through the crotch!!

cheers

My scar starts on the hip & is about 8" long onto my Right bum cheek..   sitting on it for long periods or laying in bed at night it gets sore....   The SCAR / muscle underneath not the replacement hip..
In fact I have just come in from the shed after kicking the bike over checking if I had any pain...   nope all is good..  *wink2*   I've just got to be careful not to twist on it...
Yep your right I watched a video on metube of them going in from the front saying it's less invasive .   *dunno*
My hip snapped at the neck so I guess they had to replace it ASAP..    Sitting side saddle on the toilet the first week or so was a bit uncomfortable..  *doh*  All I know is Phyisio helps ..
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2530 on: 02.10. 2022 13:16 »
Re my hip replacement - our hospital sent a very helpful guy around to the house to make sure everything was fit for my return. When sitting down one must not bend the leg past 90* so I had already put risers on my TV chair and settee. Two items supplied were very helpful - a toilet seat riser, with handles each side to help getting up and a device looking like a loofah cut in half for putting a sock on the foot of the leg with new hip. One puts the sock over this device, puts one's foot into the slot and pulls up on the attached straps. Voila - sock is on foot.
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2531 on: 02.10. 2022 13:27 »
Back to 'what have you done ....'
Today finished off a mould ready to make the cover for the starter drive belt on my M21V2. Will lay that up tomorrow (4 x CSM) when paint is fully cured. Otherwise just waiting on a couple of spares before final assembly of starter.

On another subject - LH steering tie-rod end on my Ford tractor is scarily worn. Been trying for a while to find a replacement but, as it has a Schindler FWD conversion, it's not a Ford part. After hours on the 'net, think I've cracked it - a Mercedes Vario has the same dimensions. Have just ordered one - here's hoping it fits ......
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2532 on: 02.10. 2022 15:35 »
Very nice RD, clever bloke! *respect*
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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2533 on: 02.10. 2022 17:36 »
Just done a 220 mile run with a couple of good mates. My old A10 which I've had for 25 years ran superbly......

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Re: What have you done with your bike/s today?
« Reply #2534 on: 02.10. 2022 17:45 »
Which A10 Andrew?
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