Topic: 1 armed 1 legged motorcycle racer.

[Flying J]

Pretty inspiring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ1vVD6iP-w&feature=player_embedded#!

[Retro Rocket]

Inspirational indeed...

[Terry in Australia]

That's the problem with modern bikes, you can lean them over so far that everything scrapes. Enter enough races, and you scrape everything right off.............

[750K]

That's great, someone was tellin me about this guy last month. I dig the hand control set up he's made work.

[Flying J]

That's the problem with modern bikes, you can lean them over so far that everything scrapes. Enter enough races, and you scrape everything right off.............

Terry... ....

[simon#42]

thats great , he has arfer man written on the screen hes got that wrong  it should read supper man .

[Terry in Australia]

thats great , he has arfer man written on the screen hes got that wrong  it should read supper man .

Because he really like his supper?

[Flying J]

Terry is on a roll!

Hey Terry, you know how much that custom motorcycle setup cost him?

[simon#42]

thats great , he has arfer man written on the screen hes got that wrong  it should read supper man .

Because he really like his supper?

ok , ok !   you know what i meant .

[fmctm1sw]

Terry is on a roll!

Hey Terry, you know how much that custom motorcycle setup cost him?

I'll field this one....   ah...  I can't   

[BobbyR]

That's the problem with modern bikes, you can lean them over so far that everything scrapes. Enter enough races, and you scrape everything right off.............

Terry, that was very cold. Obviously you did not pay attention during sensitivity training. 

[Terry in Australia]

Terry is on a roll!

Hey Terry, you know how much that custom motorcycle setup cost him?

$3.50?

Terry, that was very cold. Obviously you did not pay attention during sensitivity training. 

Ha ha, 35 years in the military will do that to you Bobby, as my old SSM (Squadron Sergeant Major) would say, "If you're looking for Sympathy, it's in the dictionary between "Schidt" and "Syphilis".



 

[scrapvalue]

Pretty sure "Sympathy", was the last thing that dude was looking for when he built his bike.
Don't believe he could care less what anyone thinks,(or doesn't think).

[dave500]

i think its fantastic he can ride a bike at all?about a year ago i spotted a guy filling up his bike with a missing left arm,it was a late model thing and high power naked,i didnt pay too much attention to the bike but i was curious to  his right lever set up,i wandered over and quizzed him and what not on his clutch lever(it had a lock so it could be locked disengaged hands free),i didnt ask about how it happened or such,i was going in to pay as he confidently powered away,ive thought of that from time to time,,your a heartless bastard terry!

[Flying J]

Terry is on a roll!

Hey Terry, you know how much that custom motorcycle setup cost him?

$3.50?

An arm and a leg terry! Come on..

I have tried riding a bike through turns and use only one arm to push and pull the handle bars. Its not easy, i can only imagine how hard puling on the handle bar going through a turn on a track at speed would be.

[BobbyR]

Terry is on a roll!

Hey Terry, you know how much that custom motorcycle setup cost him?

$3.50?

Terry, that was very cold. Obviously you did not pay attention during sensitivity training. 

Ha ha, 35 years in the military will do that to you Bobby, as my old SSM (Squadron Sergeant Major) would say, "If you're looking for Sympathy, it's in the dictionary between "Schidt" and "Syphilis".

Disgraceful!!!!!

Our Motto was "LOVE THY NEIGHBOR" which was written on the Missile Pods.

[Terry in Australia]

Hey come on guys, don't be like that, I've got feelings too............... 

[BobbyR]

I tried to ride around turns with one hand yesterday. You have to admire this guy. He has my respect.

[LesterPiglet]

Ever tried using a screwdriver with one hand? Respect.

[simon#42]

there was a bloke with one arm that raced at the manx this year , that looked difficult enough but with a leg missing as well how the hell does he even stay on the bike .
i stopped racing when i hurt my arm , he makes me look bad !

[Terry in Australia]

I tried to ride around turns with one hand yesterday. You have to admire this guy. He has my respect.

I've got a Kiwi (New Zealander) mate who was a cop in NZ, but got pensioned off and moved to Oz when he lost his right arm in a car crash. His arm was amputated at the shoulder joint, so he doesn't even have a stump to fit a prosthetic limb to, but that doesn't seem to bother him, he built his own house, and he rides a Moto Guzzi 1100cc sports bike. (sorry, I can't remember which model)

He chose Moto Guzzi's (he's had a few since I've known him) because of their linked brakes, basically the foot pedal operates the rear caliper and one front caliper, so he doesn't have to worry about having both levers on the left bar. The throttle is weird, because he's just taken it from the right bar, he has to push it forward to accellerate. I tried to ride it once, and I gave up after a few hundred yards, but Kiwi rides his bike more than he drives his car, and he's a better rider than I am. 

He takes all the "He's (h)armless" jokes in his stride, and is a great guy to hang out with. The one thing that pisses him off is people who treat him like an invalid, he believes that he's just as "able" as anyone else, and I reckon he's proved it. Cheers, Terry.