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RE: Ride for free if you bought 5 year old equipment - Grumpy Goat - 08-04-2020
(08-04-2020, 05:11 PM)36654 Wrote: In the middle of last week, Wednesday or Thursday, I was futzing in the garage and the bike was parked aft of the car's rear bumper and athwartship to the car.
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Somewhere around 3:30P, the ER doc reported the MRI was fine (actually quite good considering my age) and handed me a prescription for muscle relaxers which give me a dull headache but eliminated the morning pain and the groin tingles.
So, yes, motorcycles are dangerous.
Wow! What a shocker that must have been for you ... merely mounting from the "wrong side" caused such a severe strain in the muscles. Good to know. We all need to stretch more so that when we do these occasional acrobatics, we don't cause any injuries.
RE: Ride for free if you bought 5 year old equipment - Lee - 08-05-2020
(08-04-2020, 05:11 PM)36654 Wrote: My doctor's appt was for 8A Monday morning which required a 5A wake-up to be safe. The Nurse Practitioner did the assessment and sent me to the ER for an MRI, fearing to prescribe any PT or exercises if I had herniated any discs or other back injuries. Somewhere around 3:30P, the ER doc reported the MRI was fine (actually quite good considering my age) and handed me a prescription for muscle relaxers which give me a dull headache but eliminated the morning pain and the groin tingles.
So, yes, motorcycles are dangerous.
Ouch, back pain like that is no fun. While taking the pain killers don't forget to eat fruits and get plenty of fluids.
RE: Ride for free if you bought 5 year old equipment - 36654 - 08-05-2020
(08-05-2020, 07:40 AM)Lee Wrote:(08-04-2020, 05:11 PM)36654 Wrote: My doctor's appt was for 8A Monday morning which required a 5A wake-up to be safe. The Nurse Practitioner did the assessment and sent me to the ER for an MRI, fearing to prescribe any PT or exercises if I had herniated any discs or other back injuries. Somewhere around 3:30P, the ER doc reported the MRI was fine (actually quite good considering my age) and handed me a prescription for muscle relaxers which give me a dull headache but eliminated the morning pain and the groin tingles.
So, yes, motorcycles are dangerous.
Ouch, back pain like that is no fun. While taking the pain killers don't forget to eat fruits and get plenty of fluids.
Good advice. I was relieved to hear the MRI results, but waiting for the muscle and nerve spasms to subside is driving me crazy.
To add insult to injury, I purchased a used R1200R/RS seat bag for a good price on eBay a few days before my "ballet" move. It's now sitting on the bike and I'm wondering if I want to dance over that hump each time I mount and unmount the bike....
RE: Ride for free if you bought 5 year old equipment - Lee - 08-05-2020
(08-05-2020, 08:15 AM)36654 Wrote: To add insult to injury, I purchased a used R1200R/RS seat bag for a good price on eBay a few days before my "ballet" move. It's now sitting on the bike and I'm wondering if I want to dance over that hump each time I mount and unmount the bike....
If you can, mount the bag to your rack instead of the seat.
RE: Ride for free if you bought 5 year old equipment - Grumpy Goat - 08-05-2020
(08-05-2020, 08:50 AM)Lee Wrote: If you can, mount the bag to your rack instead of the seat.
That would be my recommendation also. But I am not putting a rack on the S1000R!
BTW - I will have a review of the Rearbag online maybe Sunday. I had it done already but forgot something so it is back to the editing board.
RE: Ride for free if you bought 5 year old equipment - Lee - 08-05-2020
(08-05-2020, 12:55 PM)Grumpy Goat Wrote: But I am not putting a rack on the S1000R!
I don't think you can add a rack to the R or RR.
RE: Ride for free if you bought 5 year old equipment - 36654 - 08-06-2020
The bottom of the Seat Bag (or "Pocket" in BMWese) is curved and flared to match the shape of the pillion cushion. That's a poor match for the RS rack.
Anyhow, mounted as designed, it is not bad looking, just too tall in my opinion for easy rider mounting or unmounting.
View from front:
View from side:
View from top:
G-string under pillion seat:
RE: Ride for free if you bought 5 year old equipment - Lee - 08-06-2020
(08-06-2020, 02:49 PM)36654 Wrote: The bottom of the Seat Bag (or "Pocket" in BMWese) is curved and flared to match the shape of the pillion cushion. That's a poor match for the RS rack.
Anyhow, mounted as designed, it is not bad looking, just too tall in my opinion for easy rider mounting or unmounting.
View from front:
View from side:
View from top:
G-string under pillion seat:
I've looked at that bag and like how the bottom is molded to the seat shape.
I also like how it's very fast to mount and remove.
In the future we don't need to see any more of your G-sting pictures
RE: Ride for free if you bought 5 year old equipment - 36654 - 08-07-2020
(08-06-2020, 05:18 PM)Lee Wrote: I've looked at that bag and like how the bottom is molded to the seat shape.
I also like how it's very fast to mount and remove.
In the future we don't need to see any more of your G-sting pictures
Just trying to keep-up with Grumpy's Bike Babes............
I purchased the bag at half-price, so I have some time to consider its future.
RE: Ride for free if you bought 5 year old equipment - Grumpy Goat - 08-07-2020
(08-07-2020, 05:47 AM)36654 Wrote: Just trying to keep-up with Grumpy's Bike Babes............
That they were, because they certainly did a half-assed job of washing the bike ...
RE: Ride for free if you bought 5 year old equipment - 36654 - 08-07-2020
(08-07-2020, 07:02 AM)Grumpy Goat Wrote:(08-07-2020, 05:47 AM)36654 Wrote: Just trying to keep-up with Grumpy's Bike Babes............
That they were, because they certainly did a half-assed job of washing the bike ...
Trying to get a decent scrubbing motion without using their hands would be hard.
RE: Ride for free if you bought 5 year old equipment - Grumpy Goat - 08-08-2020
Ready for short-range tour duty!