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General => General => Topic started by: stevie-g1968 on 20 June 2015, 06:05:36 pm
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ok, so im 47years old and falling apart :eek :eek... 2 focced knees and a gammy hip :rolleyes... the knees because when your young you don't think to use knee pads :uhuh ( im a heating engineer so on my knees most of the day some days ) the hip because of 3 offs on the right side 30 years ago, so I can only ride for about an hour before I have to stop for a break... doesn't matter if im riding like a god :sun or just bumbling around. 8) 8) 8)
so who else suffers :rolleyes
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Welcome to my world :rolleyes
:lol
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Just taking another naproxen now.
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Thats it, dont make it hurt, stop often an enjoy it :)
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Old age is a bummer, right leg is focced, I can manage up to 1.5 hours before I have to get off,some days are better than others.
I haven't ridden my FZ1 for 10 days as my knee and calf are swollen that much , kick in the teeth is my doctor reckons that one of the meds I take for high blood pressure is making it worse.
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51 year old former Hod carrier, groundworker general building site donkey,
Now felling trees cutting hedges and doing fencing work.
Just spend 9 hours with a pole hedge trimmer in my hands plus the bending and picking up involved with clearing up.
I can't list the aches and pains, It's easier just to say my whole body hurts.
I find the bike is quite easy, apart from that arse muscle that seems to twist funny and hurts like hell when I first get on sometimes, but getting off and remounting usually sorts it.
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48 and knees shot through over 20 yrs of Rugby plus a service engineer until 3yr ago. Like OP spent lots of the day on my knees.
Can manage 1.5 hrs on the Fazer (need to stretch knees after 45 mins but 6'4") but last all day on the Tiger. Bitch is the Fazer is so much better getting through traffic to work in London.
Forgot - riding a bike sorts out my dodgy back after a bad fall 8yr ago. If I don't ride my back tightns up :lol
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My aches and pains are why I am here :rollin
I had a very nice 1988 NX650 but in the last months I (52) had more and more problems getting on the bike due to problems with my right leg.
So I sold it and bought a 2003 foxeye and everything is fine now :)
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Forgot - riding a bike sorts out my dodgy back after a bad fall 8yr ago. If I don't ride my back tightns up :lol
That's encouraging to hear! Still got all kinds of aches and pains from my recent back injury, just hoping most of it is muscular where I've had enforced idleness for so long, and will improve when I finally am given the green light to start some physio. Was getting some lower back pain before this too, bad after a lot of bending over (gardening, which I'm having to do a lot of before selling this place, washing the bike etc).
Left shoulder is my built-in barometer. I literally know when a low pressure system is moving in from the ache there, and the right shoulder from where it has carried for the left for nearly 30 years. Knees have both seen damage, and am wondering if my house search ought to focus on bungalows :lol Lots of things I can't do because of the shoulder, but funnily enough, it's mostly fine on the bike, although a long day in the saddle needs a few rest stops.
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Knees have gone through years of jungle sex :eek , bikes fine though except I feel the cold more these days :'(
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Hindsight's a wonderful thing ,I think we all would have done things different had we realised but no here I am at 53 had a knee replacement end of Feb and I ache from the nose down every morning when I get up due to too many years doing manual labour and getting up early . I know its wishing your life away but ROLL ON RETIREMENT ! :)
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stevie,what have you started :lol .....ok ,52 worst bit that aches is my feet,tops and soles ache torwards the end of the day,used to do a lot of kayaking which buggered up my back,dont go out much now but still get a twinge now and again....good on the bike and usually go a tank full but depends on what sort of riding if iam enjoying A road twisties i can go all day,stick me on a motorway and num bum creeps in at about an hour or so,but thats easily sorted...a roads only...
had a recent low speed off,just a few small bruises,been 5 days now and still a bit uncomfortable,years ago i would of forgotten about that the following day.......so,as we get older it makes sense to look after ourselves a bit better,ease up a bit and let the young,uns do the hard work ;)
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Yep 58 now and never exactly took care of myself as a young roof tiler/ceiling fixer and in the navy before that. the worst thing i did was drive a taxi as all those hours spent sat on my arse done more harm than good. Still thats the main reason we ride fazers not sports bikes eh.
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58 :eek :eek :eek................cheers BRI :D :D :D
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By the time I turned 50 I was waking up with a crick in my neck most mornings and had stiff joints everywhere.
I tried Glucosamine with the expectation that it was a waste of money… and was soon proved wrong. It's worked wonders. :)
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Sons of Arthritis Unite, I've got my teeshirt. :pc
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Another supplement for all yous old farts.........rose hip......really good stuff.
Walking is also one of the best gifts anyone can give themselves as a means to keeping pain free......hour a day......get a dog.
Weight training is also proven to be good for bones, joints & general wellbeing.....dont listen to all the endurance freaks who say it has no place......if more old folk went to the gym they might still be able to get themseves up & down the stairs instead of splashing out on bungalows.....much cheaper too.
& of course as frosties says......riding is the best cure for everything coz when youre grinning you're relaxed.........ok im lying.......maybe FZ1 isnt the best bike if you have any pains.......id still rather be shitting myself on a tight corner than shitting myself while sat watching bowls :lol
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You young upstart noggy, one of the things you must do when you are older is moan to all and sundry about all your medical problems :)
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You young upstart noggy, one of the things you must do when you are older is moan to all and sundry about all your medical problems :)
^^This. Mandatory.
I laugh when young (unqualified) folk try to advise older folks about how to deal with aches and pains. There'll come a day when you'll know what we're on about Noggy ;)
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You young upstart noggy, one of the things you must do when you are older is moan to all and sundry about all your medical problems :)
^^This. Mandatory.
I laugh when young (unqualified) folk try to advise older folks about how to deal with aches and pains. There'll come a day when you'll know what we're on about Noggy ;)
Nick it's just as well you're not a bike or you'd definately be Cat D'd by your insurance :lol
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A.............. :lol :lol :lol
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i'm always a bit stiff first thing , but i loosen up after a little bit .
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Well you lot have just made me feel better. :lol
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hey, I had to do something to brighten up a dull day :rollin :rollin
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You young upstart noggy, one of the things you must do when you are older is moan to all and sundry about all your medical problems :)
^^This. Mandatory.
I laugh when young (unqualified) folk try to advise older folks about how to deal with aches and pains. There'll come a day when you'll know what we're on about Noggy ;)
Nick it's just as well you're not a bike or you'd definately be Cat D'd by your insurance :lol
:rollin :rollin Maybe a Category C :rollin
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I'd comment if it Diddnt hurt so much
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ok, so im 47years old and falling apart :eek :eek ... 2 focced knees and a gammy hip :rolleyes ... the knees because when your young you don't think to use knee pads :uhuh ( im a heating engineer so on my knees most of the day some days ) the hip because of 3 offs on the right side 30 years ago, so I can only ride for about an hour before I have to stop for a break... doesn't matter if im riding like a god :sun or just bumbling around. 8) 8) 8)
so who else suffers :rolleyes
approaching the ripe old age of 31, fractured L5 vertabrae that healed/fused incorrectly......
i can ride well and through most pain, but sometimes the pain in the hips is the one that causes me to pull over, and if i cannot then its time to ride home quckly......when you have your helmet on no one can hear you scream.....
lol
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I'm just gonna take this thread as a guide of what not to do over the next decade or two - I'm still a young'n by your standards at having recently turned 25 :P
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Am I the oldest one that is knackered on here 66 been unable to ride for nearly 3 weeks now. I cannot get my left foot on to the foot rest now even if I do manage it cannot change gear. I had x rays last Thursday and report back this Thursday for results. I have already been told I need a new knee but also been told to lose weight as, on my own admission I am a fat git. Hoping come Thursday she will give me a Cortizone injection. If she does that it will give me some temporay relief.
Arthritus is a bitch. Doctor has taken me off Norproxine as being on them to long can be bad for your heart. I did point out while on them I was still reasonably pain free and mobile. I would have thought being a fat bastard was just as bad for me heart?? cannot win , fecken doctors eh!!!!!
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Reading all these threads doesnt half make me grateful that ,apart from my much abused lungs, I have no mobility issues but I am still only 67 :lol
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Forgot - riding a bike sorts out my dodgy back after a bad fall 8yr ago. If I don't ride my back tightns up :lol
Damn, you were right! That's the most pain free I've been since the off :D
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Forgot - riding a bike sorts out my dodgy back after a bad fall 8yr ago. If I don't ride my back tightns up :lol
Damn, you were right! That's the most pain free I've been since the off :D
Nice one Nick, pleased for you fella. That's a few aches now sorted since the off :D
Now, what about this cheeky fecker below
Another supplement for all yous old farts.........rose hip......really good stuff.
Walking is also one of the best gifts anyone can give themselves as a means to keeping pain free......hour a day......get a dog.
Weight training is also proven to be good for bones, joints & general wellbeing.....dont listen to all the endurance freaks who say it has no place......if more old folk went to the gym they might still be able to get themseves up & down the stairs instead of splashing out on bungalows.....much cheaper too.
& of course as frosties says......riding is the best cure for everything coz when youre grinning you're relaxed.........ok im lying.......maybe FZ1 isnt the best bike if you have any pains.......id still rather be shitting myself on a tight corner than shitting myself while sat watching bowls :lol
Now I know I'm right about a few things Noggy but all the advice you give above about keeping moving does not explain why you carry a friggin fuel tank around with you. "Who ate all the pies...........who ate all the pies " :lol :lol
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Errrrrrr......i am but a book........full of advice & useful shit but in essence i am just a big lump of carbon & the most pain i feel is when Morrissons have just sold out of Rottiserie chickens :b
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Don't worry I think tesco do them as well.
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Scary reading this thread and I am probably the oldest! Did have a new hip last year which has proved to be a godsend, need surgery on arthritic shoulder but on a cocktail of meds which keeps it going for the time being, This a result of being knocked off the R1 in Scotland 2009 with an 8 day stay in Glasgow Southern General while they decided what to do.
[/size][/color]However I have two dogs, so do a lot of walking, which I am sure helps, as I too have dodgy knees due to other non bike related accidents but not looking forward to a time when not able to ride my bike, hoping that is still a long way off[/font] :\
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Just been told today to stop riding my bike due to the lack of mobility in my left leg (knee) .If I do not agree to stop riding it until after I get a knee replacement I will have to surrender my licence.
Ah!! well it is to dammed hot here in Spain this time of year anyway. Time to see if I can do a few wee jobs on her.Drop the fork yokes a tad and rear suspension brackets to repaint etc!.
I thought I had found a way out when I went onto Pat's FZ page and located a foot rest lowering kit but sadly the company that made the kit has stopped trading or stopped miking the kits.
Maybe time to look for something with a bit more upright riding position. :'(
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Sorry to hear that Lew, now over two weeks since I could bend my right knee enough to ride , awaiting results from yet more blood tests.
Old age is beginning to truly suck.
If its any consolation my father who is 85 this year had a new knee put in 7 years ago and hasn't had any bother with his knee since, everything else on his body is buggered but at least he has one good knee :)
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try a Raleigh chopper lew they are quite upright, :rollin seriously I am only 49 and starting to feel fu,,d
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Well give her a good wash down this afternoon , bit of a polish , looked longing at it. Said fuckit, something I never do. Banged me lid on , shorts and tee shirt and off I went. Hit the AP7 red lined it all the way for 20 mile or so. Yes the knee is fecked but what a rush.
Will hopefully get the job (knee ) done and take it from there.
It is midnight here and that was a few hours ago, fecking knee is a ballon.
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http://www.mfw-wolf.de/en/cart?x88efa=50jp81fgflcn87u4e75ss0rmg6 (http://www.mfw-wolf.de/en/cart?x88efa=50jp81fgflcn87u4e75ss0rmg6)
Anyone had any dealings with this lot. gear looks good and they do the foot rest lowering kits, could be a life line.
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:\ Funny how us 'Old Guys' tend to brag (well just a bit) about our age :\
However ... I'd have to agree that growing old is probably the most difficult thing I've ever done ... and trust me ... I've done some difficult things :eek in my time. The fifteen years of active service in the Navy started the downhill shuffle and slide.
Combat Diver and Underwater Weapons Specialist, etc. Followed up with 40 more years of Commercial Diving and Sports Diving Instruction ... with some HGV Long Haul Trucking thrown in ... talk to me about lugging heavy loads about.
To date ... as far as I can remember ... I have a Port side Artificial Knee, Two Artificial Hips (one each side :( Port Side steel Elbow implants, Two steel 'self adjusting rams' in my Lower Back, A steel upper jaw (with clip on teeth :lol. Serious nerve damage to Upper and Lower Spine resulting in Balance problems plus Hand and Foot control agro.
The Bloody Arthritis Bug and some very Physical Graft have paid me back for my Fantastic Fun Filled Lifestyle and I currently hobble about with a clip on Starboard Side Crutch or my Ivanised Wheelchair if I need to go more than about 200 yards (to the loo).
Yes I'm still an active 'Biker' ... Honda CB1300 and Sports Sidecar ... I'm ok once I get my leg over :rolleyes
Almost forgot (old age probs) I'm also about 75% deaf as a doorpost and I'll be 76 years young in October ... so I think I might still be the oldest Fart on the Forum ? :\
Need to scoot now ... I need another pee :eek Like I always say guys ... live it Now and Stay Safe ;).
Trev The Polar Bear from Brum ... now based in Mallorca.
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I dont know whether to laugh or cry, but great post Trev (remember bumping into you on your Polar white fazer 1000 somewhere many moons ago, may have been Bourton on the Water).
RBW.
:\ Funny how us 'Old Guys' tend to brag (well just a bit) about our age :\
However ... I'd have to agree that growing old is probably the most difficult thing I've ever done ... and trust me ... I've done some difficult things :eek in my time. The fifteen years of active service in the Navy started the downhill shuffle and slide.
Combat Diver and Underwater Weapons Specialist, etc. Followed up with 40 more years of Commercial Diving and Sports Diving Instruction ... with some HGV Long Haul Trucking thrown in ... talk to me about lugging heavy loads about.
To date ... as far as I can remember ... I have a Port side Artificial Knee, Two Artificial Hips (one each side :( Port Side steel Elbow implants, Two steel 'self adjusting rams' in my Lower Back, A steel upper jaw (with clip on teeth :lol . Serious nerve damage to Upper and Lower Spine resulting in Balance problems plus Hand and Foot control agro.
The Bloody Arthritis Bug and some very Physical Graft have paid me back for my Fantastic Fun Filled Lifestyle and I currently hobble about with a clip on Starboard Side Crutch or my Ivanised Wheelchair if I need to go more than about 200 yards (to the loo).
Yes I'm still an active 'Biker' ... Honda CB1300 and Sports Sidecar ... I'm ok once I get my leg over :rolleyes
Almost forgot (old age probs) I'm also about 75% deaf as a doorpost and I'll be 76 years young in October ... so I think I might still be the oldest Fart on the Forum ? :\
Need to scoot now ... I need another pee :eek Like I always say guys ... live it Now and Stay Safe ;) .
Trev The Polar Bear from Brum ... now based in Mallorca.
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67 and getting a new bike--Foc the aches and pains :pc
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At 56 I should know better. Going to see the specialist on Monday with a left knee that sounds as though it's full of sand. Done it in playing five-a-side 22 years ago. Then I was overweight, I'm still overweight but now in pain. Even after two operations. I have a few medical problems that I don't want to moan about. One thing I do know is I love motorbiking and as I tell my wife I will continue to ride my bike until a doctor or the DVLA tell me I can't.
On a lighter side the young uns laugh at us but we know what's coming to you. :lol
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I get cramp in my hips every time I get on the Fazer, I thought coming from a FZR the fzs would be more comfy but somehow it doesn't work like that! And I'm a mere whipper snapper at 46. Martial arts focced my knees, plus running (no not for when the martial arts didn't work lol!) Got a dodgy lower back as well but nothing that would keep me off bikes. Maybe a different bike at some point but gotta keep riding.
Mate sent me a video of that mountain biker Martyn Ashton is it? Had a crash doing a stunt and is paralysed stomach down. Even he got back on his bike, but can't pedal so downhill only and his mates have to catch him at the bottom cos his feet are sellotaped to the pedals FFS! The guy is a total legend. I'll post the link if I can find it. Puts aches and pains into context.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX_hn3Xf90g&list=PLXWBBaEdFtbKJJ-VnVuJ6l5amx9Il8jwU&index=3
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People like that certainly make you rethink your own position.
I actually find that riding the bike is good for the aches. I don't know if it's because it keeps everything moving just enough to stop things seizing up without actually being strenuous enough to aggravate them, seems like that.
Had a review of my back injury at the trauma clinic today. The consultant seemed concerned that I turned up on the bike :lol I just told him, this is what I do, that's all there is to it :D His concern was more about what could happen rather than it being a problem in itself, but you can't live your life worrying about maybes.
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Live not long turned 30 and have just had an Mri this week for back pain that has been getting worse for the last 6 months. Gp thinks may be a disc problem, ah well hopefully not long till the results come back
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please take this thread off, I don't want to know whats around the corner. :eek
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This guy didn't let anything stop him riding either. Racing motorbikes with one arm and one leg.
https://youtu.be/TNKuesBVmYs
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Amazing but sorry no way should he be allowed on a race track he is a liablity to himself and the safety of others.
Another handicapped rider who should never have had a racing licence returned to was Robert Dunlop. If his racing ban had been enforced likely as not Robert Dunlop would still be alive.
I do admire the guys get up and go attitude but!!!!!!!!!!!
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There are enough able bodied riders who are a liability to themselves and everybody else too though.
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Very true, that is why for now I have stopped riding my bike because I am not physically able too. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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The Yanks use the word awesome to describe any old crap. This fella is truly awesome. A true inspiration to everyone. I hope he's successful, he certainly deserves to be.
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Amazing but sorry no way should he be allowed on a race track he is a liablity to himself and the safety of others.
Another handicapped rider who should never have had a racing licence returned to was Robert Dunlop. If his racing ban had been enforced likely as not Robert Dunlop would still be alive.
I do admire the guys get up and go attitude but!!!!!!!!!!!
FFS why not, just because your handicapped should not stop you doing what you love if you can. :rolleyes
Live life to the full, I would rather die doing something I love doing rather than waste away sitting around and dying of boredom.
After my accident in 2002, having spending 3 months in hospital and 9 trips to the operating theatre, which for 3 weeks they did not know if I would survive, I arrived in to the consultant 2 months after being released from hospital for a check up in my bike gear, his comment was "Your back on the bike I see". I replied "Yes" and expected a lecture, but his reply surprised me "That's good, going back to what you always did before the accident is good for your recovery, mentally and physically, just be careful" :)
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There's a thin line between each side of that coin - I don't think I would go out if I thought it likely that my conditions could cause harm to others
It's all fair game when you are putting only yourself at risk
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And one armed one legged bike racer should not be allowed on a race track. Due to my current issues with my knee I should not be allowed on a bike and if I had to go for a medical I do not think I would pass it either.