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Mid Season update There haven't been any racing updates lately, and only two race reports from me for all of 2006. The short answer is that my right hand just doesn't have enough flexion backwards to turn the throttle full in one turn, or to trailbrake. It isn't painful, the scar tissue around the scaphoid pin stops my hand from moving back any further. After surgury and a cast for 8 weeks, I went to physical therapy three times a week for months and months, but it didn't help much. I got a bunch of metal out. The rod that was put in my right leg in 2003 (scroll down), and the plate that was put in my collarbone in 2005. That rod looks a lot bigger sitting on the table than in the x-rays....
I did have my hand doc come in while I was knocked out and manipulate my hand to break up scar tissue. It helped a lot, I can use my hand and wrist much more, but it isn't enough for racing. He is going to do it again in a month, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. So it has been over a year since I have really been able to race. I think about quitting every weekend. It's awful going to the track for two and three days to sell tires and watch the races when you want to be out there. What's worse though is actually being out there: I have been 5 seconds slower at every track I have ridden this year, consistently. Because of my hand, and because I also have a demon in my bike. I dynoed my bike and it made a whopping 38 HP with a flat spot at 8-10k RPM. I mean a complete dead spot. THAT was a wiring harness. Then I got a big dent in my pipe, repaired it, still the same. Played with jetting, replaced the entire engine, and still a flat spot. Throttle pinned at 9k and the bike will not speed up. At momentum tracks it isn't SO bad, but at tight tracks it is hell. So, I am not posting any of the weekends I try to race at or much else for that matter, since nothing is happening but me going home frustrated. I hope this will all change soon. |
