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I've been telling myself to go out and buy riding pants with pads for weeks now and have never plunked down the money to do it. After hearing your story I'm eager to go shopping on Saturday.

CNF2002 wrote:I've been telling myself to go out and buy riding pants with pads for weeks now and have never plunked down the money to do it. After hearing your story I'm eager to go shopping on Saturday.

Hell ya! i was actually referring to the knee pads by themselves but if you can afford the pants, go for it!

i'm considering the pants too now....gonna run down to cycle gear today & see what they got.

Sevulturus wrote:If I find myself in neutral through a turn I just coast until upright and then kick it up into second, or down into first based on how the engine sounds. The bike carries a lot of momentum, so you should be able to keep it going pretty easy.

i'm asking you since you seemed to know about 1st aid stuff...you know the think you said about a warm lamp? shuold i do that with the cloth on or off?

You saw my pics, so you know I've been throug this before. My problem was that whenever I had the bandaging on the bleeding was bad enough that it would bleed through anything I put on there, then dry and harden. This meant that my bandage was part of the scab. Every time I went to change the dressing, I peeled off the scab as well, so the damn thing wouldn't heal. After 3 days of this
I ended up leaving it unwrapped, layed down in bed with two full seasons of the Shield and pointed a regular 60 watt bulb at my knee. Stayed like that for about 8 hours getting up to use the washroom and stuff. By the time that was over I had a nice hard scab formed, that promptly tore off under the bandages the next day when I started walking around again. Though the heat helped dry out and form the scab, moving the skin under a scab is the sure way to ruin it. The warmth on the wound also felt really good.

If you can avoid it don't get roadrash on your knees. I sure as hell learned my lesson.


Oh, and make sure to keep putting polysporin on it. The nurse gave me a bunch of Tylenol 4s, but I didn't take them, because I wanted to know if something I was doing would hurt my knee more. Pains a message that warns you when you're damaging your body. Learn to listen to it.

Sevulturus wrote:You saw my pics, so you know I've been throug this before. My problem was that whenever I had the bandaging on the bleeding was bad enough that it would bleed through anything I put on there, then dry and harden. This meant that my bandage was part of the scab. Every time I went to change the dressing, I peeled off the scab as well, so the damn thing wouldn't heal. After 3 days of this
I ended up leaving it unwrapped, layed down in bed with two full seasons of the Shield and pointed a regular 60 watt bulb at my knee. Stayed like that for about 8 hours getting up to use the washroom and stuff. By the time that was over I had a nice hard scab formed, that promptly tore off under the bandages the next day when I started walking around again. Though the heat helped dry out and form the scab, moving the skin under a scab is the sure way to ruin it. The warmth on the wound also felt really good.

If you can avoid it don't get roadrash on your knees. I sure as hell learned my lesson.


Oh, and make sure to keep putting polysporin on it. The nurse gave me a bunch of Tylenol 4s, but I didn't take them, because I wanted to know if something I was doing would hurt my knee more. Pains a message that warns you when you're damaging your body. Learn to listen to it.

Sevulturus wrote: Pains a message that warns you when you're damaging your body. Learn to listen to it.[

wise words

same here, i can't even bend my leg because it stretches the skin and it hurts....doctor said to take tylenols or mortrin which is a bit stronger, but i didn't....for the same reason.

i'm gonna try to stay home tomorrow for as long as i can and use the lamp....or even better, i have a heater in my room, i'll just sit down next to it........so i'm still a bit confused....do you recommend that i take the bandage off? or will it form under the cloth........i heard that there is something in air itself that helps the scalp form....true?

I'll assume you meant scab rather then scalp.

Yes, keep it bare, otherwise the blood will seep(seap? I dunno) through the cloth and get torn away when you change the dressing. The whole idea is to form a good thick scab without anything there, then bandage it up.

A scab is basically dead and dried blood cells that form a solid layer to keep germs out, and promote healing. By applying gentle heat to it you can promote the drying.

Good tips but honestly if you're having problems I would just call the hospital and ask them what they recommend you do.

Sevulturus wrote:I'll assume you meant scab rather then scalp.

Yes, keep it bare, otherwise the blood will seep(seap? I dunno) through the cloth and get torn away when you change the dressing. The whole idea is to form a good thick scab without anything there, then bandage it up.

A scab is basically dead and dried blood cells that form a solid layer to keep germs out, and promote healing. By applying gentle heat to it you can promote the drying.

okay, i've been under te light since 1 p.m....around 5 hours now....i can't see any scab yet but i can definitly feel it getting thicker...and it's not all juicy anymore.....yes!i think it's working!

Dirtytoes wrote:

SuperRookie wrote:My query to you is how did you go from first gear to neutral? Didn't kick hard enough, or what?

i.e when i stop towards a red light in first gear and stay in first OR stop, put in in neutral, and then pop in back in first, i rev it and notice i'm not moving.

I've had a few (but very few) times where it wouldn't go from neutral to first at a stop; I've had that problem in my car, too. I can usually roll the bike/car slightly one way and it'll go into gear. I've never had it pop out of first, though.

The EX500 has "Positive Neutral Finder" where it won't go into second gear from first if the bike isn't moving. This allows you to just lift up the shifter when stopped and you get neutral every time. I don't know the mechanics of how it works, but I wonder if this played any role in the crash (maybe it's faulty?). If your bike is popping out of first at a stop, sounds like a problem worth checking out.

If you have trouble getting into first from neutral release the clutch pull it back in and try again.

is this something that would take alot of money to fix?