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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + Ambulance Ride
« Reply #250 on: September 22, 2015, 10:10:33 PM »
Good to see you you are home.   Sit back and relax and get better.  Possibly check the motor mags for a new blue!   :grin
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« Reply #251 on: September 22, 2015, 10:26:16 PM »
Good to be home Gary .. after such a horrendous end to a brilliant ride...

Rest up, heal both body and spirit.............
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« Reply #252 on: September 22, 2015, 11:24:55 PM »
Arrived home late this evening with wonderful assistance from QANTAS staff and family and friends.

Great to see you are home Gary  :like
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #253 on: September 23, 2015, 05:29:32 AM »
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #254 on: September 23, 2015, 07:16:15 AM »
Good you are home. Ther is no place like it. Rest up and recover quickly. :like
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« Reply #255 on: September 23, 2015, 07:48:40 AM »
Wow. Spend a couple of days away from the forum and all goes to pot.  :fp Thoughts are with you Garry. Glad to read of a relatively positive outcome for yourself.
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« Reply #256 on: September 23, 2015, 05:19:20 PM »
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #257 on: September 23, 2015, 07:52:39 PM »
Cripes, what a mess. Get well soon Gary and get a lotto ticket. You are one lucky bloke. all the best, Denis Diane.
 

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« Reply #258 on: September 23, 2015, 08:48:31 PM »
Video appeared on Facebook of the Wall to Wall ride through the heart of Canberra. Check for Gary at about the 1:30 mark. He's the one on the left of the video. Hopefully this is a better memory for him.

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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #259 on: September 23, 2015, 09:00:34 PM »
Which video.... ???
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #262 on: September 23, 2015, 09:11:02 PM »
Video appeared on Facebook of the Wall to Wall ride through the heart of Canberra. Check for Gary at about the 1:30 mark. He's the one on the left of the video. Hopefully this is a better memory for him.

https://www.facebook.com/Wall-to-Wall-Ride-for-Remembrance-220459004716239/timeline/


Thanks mate.  Nice to have good memories of such a beautiful bike.
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #263 on: September 23, 2015, 10:13:45 PM »
Hope u are up and about soon mate
 

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« Reply #264 on: September 23, 2015, 10:59:55 PM »
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #265 on: September 24, 2015, 04:44:43 AM »


And that is Sean on the ST1300 in front of me. ++
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #266 on: September 24, 2015, 04:02:33 PM »
In the same video closely look at the black bike at 0:37. It is a covert bike from Queensland. It includes a few extras not from the factory, including lights and siren. Now you can say that you have been warned!!!!   :law
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #267 on: September 24, 2015, 04:30:07 PM »
In the same video closely look at the black bike at 0:37. It is a covert bike from Queensland. It includes a few extras not from the factory, including lights and siren. Now you can say that you have been warned!!!!   :law
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #268 on: September 25, 2015, 01:35:26 PM »
Just do what the general public does- treat white helmetted riders with suspicion.  I see it often, even riding a red bike.
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« Reply #269 on: September 27, 2015, 09:54:17 PM »
How's the recovery coming along, Gary?
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #270 on: September 28, 2015, 07:14:51 AM »
Slowly. I'm off to see the Orthopaedic Surgeon this afternoon to find out what happens with the left hand. I expect an operation, but not sure when.
In prepared it is going to hurt more when he has finished.
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #271 on: September 28, 2015, 09:35:31 AM »
Good luck Gadget, I hope all goes well......
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #272 on: September 28, 2015, 02:13:04 PM »
All the best mate, I hope it goes well :thumbsup
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« Reply #273 on: September 28, 2015, 02:23:29 PM »
All good mate, keep us up to date with progress... we worry about you, ya know? :thumbs
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Re: Gadget's Big Ride (4 States and a Territory) + 2 Ambulance Rides and 2 flights
« Reply #274 on: September 28, 2015, 02:45:35 PM »
All good mate, keep us up to date with progress... we worry about you, ya know? :thumbs
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