General Discussion

Hi All,

Many of you have expressed concerns and requested updates to my motorcycle induced medical condition/s. Dwelling on aches and pains is not my forte, that’s an "old person" thing, however because my injuries are “Motorcycle related” not “age related,” I think! … I chose to efficiently disseminate information in our forum.

My first episode was on my dirt bike (KLX250) in November which contributed to my injury called “Maisonneuve Fracture” for those medical nerds who want details can look that up. I had a stabilizing plate installed in my ankle in November and a surgery today to remove it. The surgery went very well. No therapy, just need incision healing time before shopping for new motorcycle boots.

P.S. I sold my dirt bike last weekend 😪

Episode two, on February 6th while side-surfing my Concours coming back from Bagdad, I injured my shoulder. The week before, at our Advanced Rider Training I jested, “you don’t know how far you can lean until you can't lean no more”. Now I know! Hopefully there are lessons learned here, "it's best to learn from others than you’re your own hard knocks, RIDE SAFE! Good news is my ankle held up well to my impromptu impact stress test. However, my shoulder did not. Again, for those medical nerds, my shoulder MRI shows, “a comminuted displaced fracture on the scapula”, “complete full-thickness retracted 1.6 cm tear of the supraspinatus tendon at the rotator cuff”, “High grade partial-thickness tear of the infraspinatus tendon” with a myriad of minor tears, scrapes and contusions. Unfortunately, the retracted tear will require arthroscopic surgery, lengthy healing and therapy just as any rotator cuff surgery does. I will utilize those several months to repair my bikes body, so it is ready to ride when my physical body is.

I am hoping to stay engaged in the BMMC activities when I can and where appropriate on four wheel and/or two feet. I’m amazed and blessed on how medicinal the BMMC comradery is.

I want to thank all my BMMC brothers and sisters for the on the scene support, well wishes, encouragement, thoughts and prayers.

Special thanks to John Robey, Alan Wheeler, Matt Alagna and others on scene that are foggy right now due to shock.

Yours Truly,

GT Sideslip