I was working on my dirtbike today, was inside of the airbox trying to troubleshoot some stuff, turned it on to see how it reved open carb, and well...

Stupid me forgot that the bike was in gear, and holding the clutch while starting is just second nature for me. So, clutch held, I started the bike, gave it some revs to see how the top end sounded, SLAMMED THE CLUTCH SHUT WHILE REVVING IT (because I thought it was in neutral), and the bike SHOOTS out while i'm still holding the bars, I drop it and hope the engine stalls, and well, murphy's law kicks in, and the tire spins up and rips the skin off of my foot, and does so till my friend pulls the key.

My foot's stopped hurting, and is all dressed up, but no LFS for me now . It hurts to bend my foot, as the skin ripped off right at the joint. Don't you just LOVE road rash?

Hopefully this heals soon, so I can get to practicing for the next Gentlefoot Cup race. This'll be my second one missed too

Wouldn't have been so bad if my bike had street tires :ashamed:

EDIT: Btw, wasn't sitting on the bike when this happened, which is why I lost control of it.

What's the issue??

Walk it off!

(get well soon!)

Well m8, have to say, don't ever just "assume" everything is ok. I hope you get well but make it a lesson so that you check that everything is ok and there is no risk of danger.

Quote from Leprekaun :

Well m8, have to say, don't ever just "assume" everything is ok. I hope you get well but make it a lesson so that you check that everything is ok and there is no risk of danger.

Yeah, it really was a stupid mistake of me to make. Really kicking myself about it.

Well, I would be if I could :P

Sinko I'd just like to point out the Irony that you want to heal up for the "GentleFoot" Cup, with your foot so tender and ouchy you need to be gentle with it untill its all healed.

I am assumeing that you cant race due to having a wheel and peddle set up yes.. Try going back to mouse and keyboard.. you might not place but you will still be in it. Who knows there might be a massive pile up and you end up winning. It happened to an Australian Speed Skater in the Olimpics.

Hope you get better soon

I broke my right foot a couple of years ago, this was the time, when I was playing GPL every day.

So what to do ?

If you still got your one foot, just practice, practice and practice.

I've became pretty good with the wrong foot for accelerating, even so good to race against a mate of mine on the Nordschleife

So get well and just try it.

Quote from sinkoman :

I was working on my dirtbike today, was inside of the airbox trying to troubleshoot some stuff, turned it on to see how it reved open carb, and well...

You silly sod. Get well soon!

I can't play LFS either at the moment, hence this thread:
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=26808

Hope it helps while the hours away until you can play again.