Noob from SoCal

[LADave]

An intro huh?
Well, lets see...
I "used" to ride an 87 FXRS-SP. That is until some idiot pulled a left turn in front of me. I'm in the process of healing my body and my bike. Broke my femur in two places and the coil took a huge hunk of meat out the inside of my left calf.

Now I hobble around with a cane while I work on getting my FXR road-worthy again. I'm building it for me. Makes me the only one I've got to satisfy with it. Nice huh? More on that later, somewhere...

I'm not a "billet and bling" kind of guy. I like function over form. Rattle-Can black works as well as chrome for me. I hate the term "old-school". Love shovelheads, would love to own one someday. Do most of my own work.

I'm currently unemployed, thanks to the cuts in the defense industry. I'm also a Navy Veteran (1975-1979 and 1981-1983) shows I'm also a little on the old side.

Got a wife and an ex-wife, two kids and two grand-kids. All (except the current wife) live in the KCMO area.

Been sorta lurking here for awhile. Looking at the FXR section more than anything. I belong to several different HD and Chopper-Building site/forums. So, I'm not new to this stuff.

Here's a shot of my bike, before the accident...

[trucky911]

Welcome to the forum...

Trucky911

[kerrycorcoran]

welcome aboard!!

[Thinblueline0_1]

Welcome to the Neighborhood,

Hope you feel better

[LADave]

Thanks for the welcome ya'all...

I'm healin' up just fine. Just takes time. Somethin' about a gash the size of your fist in the calf...

FYI - The spark-plug wire terminals on a coil can do a lot of damage! They look good facing out. But, don't do it! Trust me on this one...

Lots of changes goin' into my bike. Hung up on getting the wiring finished. (Doin' it myself) Complete rewire is easy enough, just a time-consuming PITA. Lots of different ways to do things...

[DR_DEUCE]

Welcome to the forum. I am sure you'll enjoy us.
I'm nursing a broken tibia and have spent hours on here, not even noticing the pain.......

[Antonio Pendejo]

Welcome aboard. Heck with the pictures of the bike, I wanna see pics of where coil tore your leg up. Hope you are healing ok.
AP

[LADave]

Originally Posted by Antonio Pendejo

Welcome aboard. Heck with the pictures of the bike, I wanna see pics of where coil tore your leg up. Hope you are healing ok.
AP

Since you asked. This is in the Emergency Room. Its pretty ugly...
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k..._leg050909.jpg

This is a shot a couple of weeks later...
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k..._leg052009.jpg

This is the last shot I took, back in August...
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...zed-082609.jpg

Yeah, I'm healin' up fine. Slow process. Leg is weak as hell. Guess the busted femur tore up some muscle inside my calf. The wound (shown in the above links) is almost gone too. Got a helluva dent in my calf from it though.

Bike is on its way to gettin' back on the road. Gotta wire it and figure out a few things. Lots of changes as a result of replacin' the front end.

Here's a shot of the bike, after the accident...


Its now got a wide-glide on it, 16-inch spoked front wheel, Fatboy style fender, dual headlights, 16-inch ape-hangers. Thinkin' real serious about a jockey-shift/suicide-clutch set up too. I still gotta figure out exactly how to mount the seat. Accident tore the seat hinge apart pretty bad...

Gonna play with the wiring today...

[Antonio Pendejo]

Dannngggg!! That had to hurt, glad you are healing. Not trying to be macbre but this is the stuff that "minor" accidents do to you. Now to just get yourself back on the road.
AP

[LADave]

Been down a couple of times before. Nothin' but road-rash then. This was a low-speed thing. Last thing I remember is thinkin' "****, this is gonna hurt!" then BAM!

I'm healin' up. Bike should be back up and ready to ride soon too...

Thanks...