shim sizes and black oil (separate questions)

[Kurt Simpson]

> really scared the shit out of me. My hands are shanking as I type. I > cann't even sleep. Has anyone out there been through this? I cann't get > the accident out of my head! I just keep seeing myself time after time > slamming into that truck. I also cann't stop thinking about how this > could have affected my family if had turned out the other way. I am > sorry for the run on here, just needed to reach out I guess.

Ed, I'm not a trained professional but I'm an active participant. I suggest you find a therapist and do some talking around your accident (and whatever else comes up). You've had a life threatening experience and are suffering emotional trauma surrounding it. This is to be expected but shouldn't be treated lightly...friends, family, and fellow workers can't be of much help. I'm in a men's group that meets every two weeks and it is a great source of equilibrium for me but there are many other approaches. The way our mind and body works is that if we don't listen to what they're telling us they'll force us to listen later. Last fall I was caught in a wild fire while Elk Hunting. I didn't thing I was going to make it off the mountain. Made it and talked to friends for the next few days. A week later my body took over and I started having acute pre ventricular contractions and had to take some time off and have a stress test. Best wishes to you, Kurt

[Ted Palmer]

Ed Lubejko wrote: [splatto!]

> This wreck > really scared the shit out of me. My hands are shanking as I type. I > cann't even sleep. Has anyone out there been through this? I cann't get > the accident out of my head! I just keep seeing myself time after time > slamming into that truck.

Not unusual. I still remember all of my best pushbike gravity attacks as well, including a close call where I thought I'd be a gonner.

> I also cann't stop thinking about how this > could have affected my family if had turned out the other way. I am > sorry for the run on here, just needed to reach out I guess.

You would tend to think that way when you have more responsibilities and obligations than some crazy kid (I wasn't the craziest kid around but had plenty enough silliness to get into some weird, and at least potentially dangerous, situations). Such is life. Now that you've survived the prang you can concentrate on getting the bike fixed, your own pain and suffering compensated and you can think about ways to avoid it happening again. (Preferably, ways that don't involve becoming a cardigan-wearing Volvo driver). Mister_T

[k650dsn@aol.com]

In a message dated 04/30/2000 5:31:59 PM Mountain Daylight Time, ELubejko@... writes: << This wreck really scared the shit out of me. My hands are shanking as I type. I cann't even sleep. Has anyone out there been through this? I cann't get the accident out of my head! I just keep seeing myself time after time slamming into that truck. I also cann't stop thinking about how this could have affected my family if had turned out the other way. I am sorry for the run on here, just needed to reach out I guess. Ed >> First of all, Ed, thank God that you are alive. Second, I think talking about it is the best thing you can do. Talk with your family and take inventory of the priorities in your life. If motorcycling is up there on the priority list, then get back on a bike as soon as you are physically able. I still remember my accident from two years ago. It's something that will stick with you for some time and (in my unprofessional opinion) that is not necessarily a bad thing either. I think it makes you a stronger person and rider. I don't think losing sleep is a good idea and could possibly be a sign of physical injury. Make sure you see a doctor if you haven't already. Gino

[Bogdan Swider]

I just keep seeing myself time after time

>slamming into that truck. I also cann't stop thinking about how this >could have affected my family if had turned out the other way. I am >sorry for the run on here, just needed to reach out I guess. > >Ed >Colorado Springs, CO

Ed, I'm in C.S.CO. W. 389 6373 Please call if you have any reason, Bogdan ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

[Bogdan Swider]

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> >Now that you've survived the prang you can concentrate on getting the >bike fixed, your own pain and suffering compensated and you can think >about ways to avoid it happening again. (Preferably, ways that don't >involve becoming a cardigan-wearing Volvo driver). > >Mister_T

Mr T. as usual comes through. You can be dead but you also can become the living dead. BTW my home # is 632 9233, Bogdan

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[GFV56@aol.com]

Ed, Had a similar experience three weeks ago (ran out of trail at night going 40 mph into a fence - over the handlebars from there...). Now that I'm back on the bike, I have become a little more worried than pre-accident. I guess these things are all a part of the risk involved with this past-time we all try to enjoy. Hang in there and keep on riding as you feel comfortable. Hope the bike made it through OK also. Best regards, Greg V! A14

[Kahiau]

Ed, glad you're here with us. I experienced a scary incident in 1984 back in Japan. I was riding a VFR 750cc. I took a right turn at an intersection full blast with my front in the air. As I was approaching this tunnel I couldn't summons up enough strength to fight the G's and make the left turn into the tunnel. So as I was trying to push left my bike continued to go straight towards the median, which consisted of a foot high curb with lots of palm-like trees in it. I then decided to just follow where my bike was going to take me and went right. Right into the tunnel where cars were coming at me. As I was dodging honking cars filled with the biggest eyes I have seen on any Japanese national I was looking for a chance to turn and go with traffic. A gap in traffic came and I made a U-turn. As I turned my bike fell. The gap, it was closing fast. I jumped over my bike to stop all the cars from hitting me and my bike. After the cars stopped I yelled "Domo!!!" and picked up my bike and made my way out and back towards the other side of the tunnel, shaking and trembling. After that I had a lot of fear going into any left turn on a bike. My friend who was behind me in his car was wondering where I went. He races Harley's on the 1/4 mile. He told me I had to go back to that spot until I felt comfortable again. I did, and now thirteen years later I do feel a lot more at ease. I don't drive the same as I used to any more and that too is a big help. I am glad you are a survivor and you just coming here (to the list) is a tremendous step to recovery. Tuff-guys cry first. I hope all works well with you in your health, your bike, and your life on two wheels. Malama ko kino (take care of your body), kahiau E14 (taking lefts easy)

[Weaver, Mark]

1. gonna adjust my valves in the next few weeks, and i know a couple of em will need adjustment cuz they were at the limits last time. are the shims marked in some way with the size, or do i need to measure em somehow? 2. how long does it take you before your oil turns yucky black. i changed mine yesterday (2000 miles elapsed since last change) because it was pretty black and made me nervous and it only takes a couple minutes. my y2k only has 5000 miles on it. are new parts still wearing in and blackening my oil, or do motorcycles just make the oil black alot more quickly than cars? mw