Gimpy Crash Norton status

[ducdude]

Well  I have finally made it up stares in my own house.  I ate lunch and dinner at my own table rather then sitting in the Hospital  chair. So that is good.  The Docs has another look at my knee and decided that they wanted to cut into that as well to fix the patella tendon.  Truth be told the commando back fired the day I bought it and did the damage there but WTH I still have a few weeks on my butt may as well let that get fixed and heal at the same time.  The knee surgery was a piece of cake compared to the foot.  I should be able to stand on it around the 15th or so ..


All along the recovery though I have been collecting bits for the commando  so I will have plenty to do once I can actually stand on my own.:
  a..    Gearbox rebuild to freshen that up and replace the lay shaft bearing to the upgraded one 
  b..    Head steady to replace the isolastics  rubber mounts to the frame up top 
  c..    I also bit the bullet and bought a set of the  Cosentino fork cartridges to help me dial in my front end  for compression / Rebound dampening 
Perhaps it would be fun to have a tech day here to get plenty of eyes and hands on the projects to learn and teach? When it comes to these Nortons I am still the new guy..

Just thinking out loud here ..


Cheers Mates,

Eric



From: David Behnken 
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 10:43 AM
To: Ducdude 
Subject: Re: Orlando’s

Just let us know if we can do anything to help!

On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 10:24 AM Ducdude <ducdude at verizon.net> wrote:

  hi David, so as expected the recovery is slow but steady. There are good days and there are days that are not quite that good. By and large the recovery is on schedule I remain amazed at how much muscle tone I have lost in only the ensuing for five weeks. It looks like I’ve been sitting in that chair for years. Just taking a shower requires a two hour nap. I’m sure my stamina will return once I can actually get back to some regular activity but we’re still three or four weeks away from that. Slowly but surely I am replacing the damaged gear from the crash as well as investigating the replacement of the nail totaled GS. Time will tell how that all works out. Many thanks for your concern, best regards Eric


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  On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 09:40, David Behnken <davidebehnken at gmail.com> wrote:

    Hi Eric, 

    Thought I'd drop a quick note to see how the recovery was going.  

    David B

    On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 9:43 PM Ducdude via DVNR <dvnr at casano.com> wrote:

      Thanks Todd. I know it was bound to happen and I feel blessed that the injuries are recoverable but man what a pain in the backside. See you guys on the road soon enough ride safe. Best regards Eric


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      On Monday, May 31, 2021, 20:28, Revere Robertson via DVNR <dvnr at casano.com> wrote:

        Well after 52yrs of riding and racing been there done that many times Eric.....Hope you heal well,  I remember trying to get to the bathroom too.....
          Todd


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        From: Ducdude via DVNR <dvnr at casano.com>
        To: richard casey <saxmanrich at gmail.com>; DVNR Norton <dvnr at casano.com>
        Sent: Mon, May 31, 2021 8:04 am
        Subject: Re: Orlando’s


        thanks much ‘Rich. I’ll do my best to keep everybody in the loop. Surgery on the foot and ankle happens on Wednesday evaluation of the damage to the knee happens on Tuesday no idea what any of this means in the long run. The doctor seem to think I should get 85 to 95% mobility back in the ankle. Time will tell. 

        I wish like hell I could blame somebody else for this but ultimately to be honest I could have been more careful. 
        At this point when the surgery is over My next concernI is to somehow to exercise these bikes because none of them are winterized and all of them are just sitting with that shit ethanol gas in them, And I don’t want my first motorcycle related work to have to be rebuild and ultrasonic clean a bunch of carburetors.

        I also have still been thinking about how to improve the front end suspension of the 850. The stock suspension components are all new and freshly rebuilt and while  they seem to operate perfectly I cannot get over that knocking sound on full extension. I’ve heard a rumor of cartridges that could be installed As a replacement for the stock rebound dampening set up at the road holder’s Offer. Anybody have any luck with Front suspension cartridges or have any recommendations? my understanding is the aftermarket cartridges offer both rebound and compression dampening which can only help. As things sit now all I can do is dream about wrenching and riding updating the iso elastics on the front to the modern variant so that I can adjust them without spacers and rebuilding the gearbox to update that faulty lay shaft bearing.

        As things sit now my biggest struggle it’s getting to the bathroom before the pain overbruns me. It’s an interesting race See you guys on the other side I’ll be back.

        Cheers, Eric




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        On Monday, May 31, 2021, 07:33, richard casey <saxmanrich at gmail.com> wrote:

          Hey Eric, Really sorry to hear of your mishap! Damn, does that ever suck! Let us know how you are progressing in your healing process. Wishing you a speedy full recovery!
          Rich Casey

          On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 8:28 PM Ducdude via DVNR <dvnr at casano.com> wrote:

            greetings all from the new guy, well I haven’t had a chance to meet all of you my name is Eric on a new to me black and gold 74 850 interstate. Unfortunately one of my other bikes impacted a left turning fender at a fairly good rate of speed in Asheville North Carolina last weekend. What this means is the next 10 to 12 weeks I’ll be sitting on my butt having surgeries and trying to heal. I just didn’t want you to think I was ignoring y’all. 

            The way I look at it at 56 years of age it’s somewhere around a half 1,000,000 miles on my butt this is my first significant accident that’s not too bad. Talk to y’all soon ride safe remember the sons of bitches are out to get you. 

            Cheers, Eric


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            On Sunday, May 30, 2021, 17:38, bob Katz via DVNR <dvnr at casano.com> wrote:

              After  a wet weekend anyone interested in a bike ride to Orlando s. At  10 am  breakfast 


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