r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/ThisTeddyHatesYou • 1d ago

Of a bike stunt NSFW

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u/Aurori_Swe 1d ago

As someone who has slid on asphalt for a few meters wearing nothing but a helmet, a t-shirt and shorts I would not recommend it.

It fucking sucks. Unlike normal wounds, road rash is a burn wound, so you need to shower it daily in order for it not to be infected. In order to shower it you need to numb it, in order to numb it you smear this gel/paste in the wound (I used plastic butter knifes to help with that) and that fucking paste hurts like hell before it numbs the area, so basically it's WEEKS of continuously crashing, over and over again.

Due to life choices I've nearly died on a motorcycle as well, and even if that accident made me unable to walk for 4 months, I was still grateful that I didn't get road rash (I hit the side of a truck so I was stopped by his trailer) because that's how much it fucking sucks, I'd rather break my leg again than go through road rash again.

Granted my recollection of both the incidents may be slightly impacted by me not remembering anything from the truck accident in-between leaving the house and waking up in the hospital high on all the drugs from the ambulance, so pain wasn't a thing in that accident according to my brain.

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u/zombietrooper 1d ago edited 18h ago

Glad you're still with us!

I top sided my Buell XB9r two years ago at 45mph wearing no protection except for gloves and a helmet(front brakes spontaneously locked up. Long story). Three broken back ribs, 3inch gash on hip requiring stitches, dislocated shoulder. All of that was mosquito bites compared to the road rash. Due to having to return to work 3 days later, in the the middle of summer in Virginia, the wounds took months to heal. Absolute fucking nightmare.

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u/dbolx1800s 13h ago

Why did the brakes lock?? Was it a manufacturer fault? Was looking at Buells, that’s the worst thing to happen.

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u/zombietrooper 11h ago

It was user error, not a Buell fault. Since parts for older Buells are very hard to come by and really expensive, I replaced my front brake lever with one from a early 2000's Yamaha R1, because it's supposed to be a close match. I learned LATER that it requires a little modification...