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<DIV>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 ..</DIV>
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<DIV>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.:</DIV>
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<LI> Gearbox rebuild to freshen that up and replace the lay shaft
bearing to the upgraded one
<LI> Head steady to replace the isolastics rubber mounts to
the frame up top
<LI> I also bit the bullet and bought a set of the <FONT
color=#747474><FONT
color=#000000>Cosentino</FONT><SPAN> </SPAN></FONT>fork cartridges to
help me dial in my front end for compression / Rebound dampening
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<DIV>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..</DIV>
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<DIV>Just thinking out loud here ..</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers Mates,</DIV>
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<DIV>Eric</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=davidebehnken@gmail.com>David Behnken</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 23, 2021 10:43 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=ducdude@verizon.net>Ducdude</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Orlando’s</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Just let us know if we can do anything to help!</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 10:24 AM Ducdude
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<DIV>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<BR><BR><BR><A
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<DIV>Thought I'd drop a quick note to see how the recovery was going.
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<DIV dir=ltr>On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 9:43 PM Ducdude via DVNR <<A
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<DIV>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<BR
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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.....</DIV>
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Message-----<BR clear=none>From: Ducdude via DVNR <<A shape=rect
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<DIV>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.
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<DIV>I wish like hell I could blame somebody else for this but
ultimately to be honest I could have been more careful.
<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers, Eric</DIV>
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<DIV>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!</DIV>
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<DIV>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.
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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