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i would like to start by saying a huge thankyou to all those who helped me out at the race on sunday... you all know who you are.
also the EX medics who got me the the air ambulance and the paramedics in the chopper.
i ow you all i pint.
you all should get medals.

i am also very sorry to all that did not do their second runs. i ballsed up ya day and that to me feels worse then my injuries. sorry.

i broke the bottom right 3 ribs and bruised the kidney, as blood was found in the urine test. spent the night in hospital. did try to go home that night, but i stood up and got the biggest head rush you can imagine so promptly fainted.
am currently on every type of painkiller imaginable. thats the only reason i can sit infront of this computer.

all i can say is wear ya body armor, but i no no-one will listen. one day you'll get the idea.

i think a big thankyou to Dave from everyone is needed, it was a great day out for everyone, especially after having such a long period without racing - so thankyou Dave :)

again i offer my appologies to everyone. you'll be glad to know i wont be racing for at least 3 months. so sais the doctor. to be honest i don't know if i can even get on a bike again.

thanks to everyone :)

tom perry

glad to hear you alright[ish]

you did look slightly worse for wear on sunday ;)

get better soon mate!

Glad you are feeling better, drugs are a wonderful thing ;D

Glad you liked the Chopper ride though you looked slightly worried when we lifted you in. lol

But did you spot the female doctor/para medic on the chopper???

Was so tempted to collapse myself , but knowing my luck Jamie from Extreme Medics would have revived me.

Dont worry about the loss of 2nd runs , any racer realises it could be them!!

Look forward to seeing you back racing
Steve   .......Daves right hand man and left lol

i saw you go down mate, was quite a dive you made covering quite alot of ground! take it easy dude.... hope your off the pain killers soon, Aj

your silly Darth you should have been wearing body armor.
if only i had said good luck to you when you said it to me and you might not be in this mess(but from my luck you would have been worse off than you are :-[ ).
J
PS:ops i did not wear my body armor, oh no i just put that down ::) ::) 

ah that sucks bruised kidney. i tore mine in the summer and its bloody sore was on 15 pills a day for 3 weeks. is rather scary when you start to pi*s blood ::) hope your alright ;)

Hey Tom, Very glad to hear youre alright.

Despite the light hearted banter to cheer you up, we were all proper worried about you. And dont worry about the medals, I know you would have done the same for any of us. Wouldnt say no to the pint though :-)

Hopefully see you out Haldon again soon, wear ur armour!

thanks for all the support guys, i do feel a bit of a fraud when it was only the 3 ribs and kidney. but at the time i didnt know what the hell id done.

thanks again everyone. ride safe ::)

Glad you are ok tom,

Will get you a new Royal top as promised!

Wear your armour!

Cheers

yes that means i got 2 and a half pints last day. safe...
why oh why you dint want the morphine i dont know..you fool. ha
unforatly for you Thomas the tree you hit was very close to the one in that video....you know what i mean! ha ha
get well soon and see you at collage.

Darth, i tore/bruised my kidney in september at Myndd du race, v painfull but i was back racing in 6 weeks & its fine now just slightly tender, oh, and i WAS wearing full body armour so that doesnt guarantee not getting hurt.

Have patience, you'll be back!!   ;)

darth tell me when your next up for a ride as i would
tell you in person to ware your amour
J

()

dunno if the pic came up, but you see the bits poking out on each side.

i broke them off on the right side on 3 vertebra.

benn told not to ride a bike again for 3 months!!!

Alrite tom.

Glad to hear it was only your ribs and not ur back.  I cant believe u were turning down free morphine and a helicopter ride.

U got ur new dh jersey off gay bear yet?

Take it easy and dont laugh to much.

good to hear your not dead. i feel a little bit like it was my fault as the bet we made probebly made you ride faster resulting in the crash. i tried ringing and txting you the other day but i didnt get an answer. any way get well soon!

You need the Morphine in your life! And helicopters!

indeed!

duno wat id do without em!

again thankyou lads for ya help!
ill try and catch up with ya sumtime sharman, duno wen though, not allowed to work till mid march for insurance reasons... so am skint!
how much dya want for a new top aswell, wudnt mind a new one seeing as mine is in shreds!

Yeah all meet up soon? Are you racing/watching birds hill?

Sucks about ur top and I hope you enjoyed the morphine?

Will

wont be at birds, mums birthday...

may be racing the march 16 at avill, if my parents will let me! have been told no dh till march 15.... hmmmmm, what to do..... and tis at avill!!!

defo guna do the finals at combe though... thats my target for the future.

morphine felt like id just been deked in the face!!! got given it in the chopper.... when its worse then being drunk + stoned at the same time!!!

ahhh so your the dude whos bike i took to the bottom of th track

Lets not make him feel any worse than what he already is thankyou people!
Armour is a good thing my friend however, i wear it even when I'm sessioning my local spot just messing around! You never know what can happen(I managed to plough through a 180 degree berm, breaking my nose and knocking myself out for 10Min's!)...
I wish you a speedy recovery mate, take it easy!  :)
Rick Edit:read the date  ::) Hope your fully recovered now!  ;)

am better now thanks ;D

raced combe the other weekend, did so bad i may as well have not gone!!!
crashed the first run (riding blind) then punctured in the final run... gutted!

anyway.. cheers wazar for taking the bike down dude ;)

riding on...

your faith is mint

and i built it. sorry just thought id say...

it is well nice though i admit i had a quick go on the way down and it just felt so nice and set up well

im bloody glad i had the shock tf tuned. it makes a huge difference. wish id kept it before i sold the frame to tom!

did you sell the frame or the complete bike

thankyou henry...  ;D

got my new love now though... the mini!!!

thanks wazar, ive changed the spring from a 550 to a 450 now thogh, was set up a bit freeride for me... no offense henry  ;)  forks were stock out of the box. got 729s on it now to. rides like a gem and no longer nose dives over any jump...


frame, headset and seatclamp, and a rear wheel, red bulb on 721, now 729.

cool

your mini looks cool too (if its the one in your pic)

yep!

im gona get some new arches in white and space out the wheels, beauty!

that will look cool    are you going to drive it too races

maybe, if the bike fits in it when in pieces! i hope, might marshall and drive to a race then.

smartie tube exhausts forever!!! ::)

i was gonna say where would you put the bike
wouldnt you rather race than marshall though

that mini looks lush! o and i just sold him the frame with shock and a headset.

the mini looks in good cond for the olders style ones   (old ones are the best the new ones dont look nice)

that mini is the dog's darth
J

cheers boys :)

shes a 91 with a 998cc engine and the front disc brakes of the cooper model. pickin her up friday so ill see you at work with it henry...

was proper funny, ma dad took her for a test drive (i didnt cos they would have charged the earth if i totalled it!), he pulled away from a junction, started spluttering a bit as hes used to driving diesel, pulled the choke up and it went like a rocket!

for the first time in my life the bike comes second (excluding my girlfriend - shes tops)...

oh and back to when you crashed at avill your reaction was pretty different to mine

reaction to...?

i cant really remember much now, remember how i did but from then till next day tis all pretty hazy.

when you crashed and the medic guys were asking you questions were not really that helpful to them but they were good

and it looked like you were proper hurt

sorry! i wouldnt have been thinkin too well then. i am very gratefull to the medics, they did a STIRLING job!

which is a good thing

and by unhelpful i mean your answers were making them laugh a bit

thats alright then tom you can give me a lift to the shops, so long as you don't make me pay for petrol!

tom are you gonna race the summer series or marshall

ill race it if there is one.

i wont ask for petrol henry :)

is there going to be a summer series then or not?

dave morgan says there will be.

ooooo coolio  ;D

i hope ive got my new bike by then

what you getting?

solid mission 9