intended route: KL/Ulu Yam/Awana/ Bukit Tinggi/KL

I waited at the Ulu Yam Petronas at 8am, Andrew was late due to some stuff to do . Ganes was later coz he had to get his licence done first... expired lah.. we headed off 9amish. took the Ulu Yam, Awana route, played wif twisties, i was running at least 2 corners behind Andrew, riding slow in the corners, with some moderate traffic.

Started the run, and the two guys were ahead, somewhere i think on the 2nd or 3rd right hand sweeper after the pondok I took a slow entry into the corner, came thru the apex fine but wide on the exit, my speed was probably 40kmh or so. somehow I aligned on the shoulder, ran about 1 or 2 bike lengths on the cow grass n gravelstones then lowsided. hit the road left thumb first, heard it pop, then
my helmet hit.

I got up off the road, killed the engine, took off my gloves, noticed my left thumb swollen like a chiken drumstick, I slowly pulled on the thumb and heard the bones click out, knew then that I had busted it well n good. using leverage i lifted the bike back up n engaged he side stand, checked it for damage, then happily spent a few mins bending back the crash slider n cleaning the grass from the peg.

called Andrew n sms him, eventually he got the message n they came back down. we checked the bike was running n rideable. so i geared back up, minus left glove and we proceded to ride back to KL.

I had to keep the bike in 3rd n 4th gears n half clutch my way, using my left hand fingers as a clutch hook and elbow leverage to pull in the clutch, luckily it was highway almost the whole way back. filtering thru traffic at Batu Caves was lots of fun, and overtaking too. traffic lights were even better!. finally rode back to my apartment n parked the bike.

called up my insurance agent n maxbabe picked me up to go hospital after the clinic confirmed it was a fracture.

Arrived at Pantai Medical emergency and was admitted, x ray confirmed that i had fractured the thumb, it broke off from the first wristbone and dislocated backwards, doctor scheduled me for surgery the next morning.

operation time: general anestetic and one Titanium plate with 3 securing pins and stitches later, i was back in my recovery ward, broke off a part of my tooth so off to orthodontist for repair work on that followed.

Total bill came to almost RM12K.. damn thats expensive for a busted thumb..Luckily for me, my personal accident insurance covered it. Thanks to Great Eastern, n the assistance of my agent, Raymond

Well looks like no riding for 2 months till the thumb is set n the strength back in my hand.

I would like to thank the following:

Maxbabe & Paul
Andrewhtf & GF
David & Peggy
Ron
Ziniac & friend
Kim Foo & GF
My family & Lydia
Ganes ( hope i got ur name spelt right bro)
Raymond my Insurance Agent

and all the rest who wished me a speedy recovery

And now..... The Pix:

MY CRASH PHOTOS


Ah Tee, u gonna be rich again.... sigh