news: biker fails to notice missing leg

[mimitabby]

Biker fails to notice missing leg
Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:52AM EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese biker failed to notice his leg had been severed below the knee when he hit a safety barrier, and rode on for more than a mile, leaving a friend to pick up the missing limb.

The 54-year-old office worker was out on his motorcycle with a group of friends in the city of Hamamatsu, west of Tokyo, on Monday, when he was unable to negotiate a curve in the road and bumped into the central barrier, the Mainichi Shimbun said.

He felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was missing until he stopped at the next junction, the paper quoted local police as saying.

The man and his leg were taken to a hospital, but the limb had been crushed in the collision, the paper said.

[onimity]

isn't that horrible!!! :eek:

When I read the title/first line I wondered how he could keep pedaling without noticing. :confused:

I hope things work out well for him.

Anne

[Tiffany]

We have bee discussing this on another board that I belong to. Isn't that crazy. I actually ride/race sportbikes as another extra hobby when I have time. Here is a picture of my latest race bike.

[batsheva]

that is one sexy motorbike Tiffany!!!!

[singletrackmind]

Is it wrong of me to wonder if he noticed at the next stop because he went to put his foot down and..........













fell over?

[Bad JuJu]

We have bee discussing this on another board that I belong to. Isn't that crazy. I actually ride/race sportbikes as another extra hobby when I have time. Here is a picture of my latest race bike.

Hot, gorgeous bike, Tiffany! I don't race, but here's my "other bike":

[margo49]

That's what adrenaline will do for you!

[lph]

aaaaahrk! That's HORRIBLE! :eek:

[Mr. Bloom]

I remember something similar in Nashville about 20 years ago. Late night wreck on the interstate where a teenage girl sideswiped a truck while her arm was resting on the door (with the window down).

She drove a mile before she looked down and noticed that her arm was gone. In her case, it was reported that she felt no pain, but immediately went into shock when she saw what happened.

[singletrackmind]

Now that, Bad JuJu, is my idea of a sweeeeeet bike. :cool:

[Bad JuJu]

Now that, Bad JuJu, is my idea of a sweeeeeet bike. :cool:
Thanks, stm! Shiny, eh? Sometimes, I"m all about the bling. :D

[Tiffany]

Much thanks to batsheva and Bad JuJu. I just love being on anything with two wheels. My philosophy is "two wheels are better than four." :) I have to admit that I don't do much street riding anymore though. Cagers are so unaware of their surroundings that it scares the crap out of me. Plus the streets are A LOT more dangerous than riding on a closed circuit race track. I was rear-ended by a drunk driver at 4:30 in the afternoon on a WEDNESDAY about three years ago. I was lucky to come out with minor injuries ... after that I decided to stay off the streets for the most part.

[mimitabby]

this has turned into a most bizarre thread, half are commiserating with the idea of losing a limb; the other half are in total denial about it and are in an orgy over the beauty of motorcycles.

!!!!

[Tiffany]

this has turned into a most bizarre thread, half are commiserating with the idea of losing a limb; the other half are in total denial about it and are in an orgy over the beauty of motorcycles.

!!!!
Sorry ... :D ... Us motorcyclists can be just as passionate about motorcycles as bicycles. When I get a chance to talk about either I glow with excitement. Just so you know, I also flood my motorcycle forum with bicycle talk. As a matter of fact, I've now turned 7 of my fellow motorcycle riders into bicyclists as well. 2 are doing great in triathlons now and another is well on his way to greatness. I just love bicycles and motorcycles ... what can I say? :)

[maillotpois]

Well, since we're comparing "bikes", here's mine:

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/maillotpois/LX_skyBlue.jpg

:D

(DH has a Buell Ulysses. I can't quite keep up with him. :cool:)

On the story - yikes. That just shows how much of pain recognition is mental.

[Bad JuJu]

this has turned into a most bizarre thread, half are commiserating with the idea of losing a limb; the other half are in total denial about it and are in an orgy over the beauty of motorcycles.

!!!!

But, mimi, motorcycles ARE beautiful, in themselves, just as bicycles are. It's dopey, oblivious, the-road-is-all-mine cagers (motorcyclists' name for car drivers) who can make the activity hazardous. And they make it hazardous for all of us on two wheels, whether motorized or not. Loving our motorcycles isn't much different from loving our bicycles--we know both activities have their hazards, but that doesn't keep us from enjoying what we love.

I'm a lot like you, Tiffany, in that I prattle on about cycling even in my m/c forum. I love ALL my two-wheeled ponies. :D

Love that beautiful scooter, too, MP!

[mimitabby]

Juju i can appreciate that motorcycles are cool and beautiful; but would you rhapsodize about Bianchis on a thread about a lady riding one losing her leg???

[Pedal Wench]

Juju i can appreciate that motorcycles are cool and beautiful; but would you rhapsodize about Bianchis on a thread about a lady riding one losing her leg???

I am so with you on this one!

(Although, I need to add another Bianchi to my roster -- just built up a 928L with 2007 Record. Bella!)

[Bad JuJu]

(Although, I need to add another Bianchi to my roster -- just built up a 928L with 2007 Record. Bella!)
See how hard it is to resist the temptation to talk about our mounts?

Good point, Mimi--I'm sorry your thread got hijacked in an ironic way and maybe even a somewhat twisted way. I may be guilty of springing perhaps too quickly to the defense of my beloved Coyote (my motorcycle's name). But I had no intention of denying the dangers of the road or diluting the seriousness of the incident.

[Pedal Wench]

See how hard it is to resist the temptation to talk about our mounts?



I was (ineffectively) trying to be sarcastic.
:rolleyes: Ooops.

[singletrackmind]

Denial, no. Two wheels are as beautiful as they are potentially deadly. Anyone who's experienced riding one with a motor can tell you trouble's not if, it's when. Losing a limb is an all too real possibility. As the unfortunate subject of this thread found out, cyclists are the crumple zone and when you're on something that well outweighs you...... Dwell on that too long and you'd be a wreck, and the bike's no place to lose your nerve.

Y'all that drive, give 'em room. They can stop and manuever a heck of a lot faster than you can and the sound their body makes as it goes into or under your car.....well, give them room, dammit. :mad:

[Bad JuJu]

I was (ineffectively) trying to be sarcastic.
:rolleyes: Ooops.
Doh!!! :o

[singletrackmind]

Juju i can appreciate that motorcycles are cool and beautiful; but would you rhapsodize about Bianchis on a thread about a lady riding one losing her leg???

Well, maybe if she crashed hard enough to cause herself the excruciating pain of pinching a limb off (which is absolutely terribly horrible) and then jumped back on anyway and rode off while her friends were chasing her down, waving the poor thing's limb around trying to get her attention....
....which, according to the person who found a peach-sized chunk of me stuck to my bike, dealing with another person's misplaced parts is quite traumatic. Funny enough, I'd gotten up and had walked away unaware of missing stuff....




(I am in so much trouble now)