Smokes Down...

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douw

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Smokes.. Riaan Smook... wiped out heavily on our "Last ride for 2011" on Tuesday.

We planned a 2 day trip with a sleepover near Marken on day 1.  On the second day we had done a wide loop next to the Botswana border line and we just got on the road between Thabazimbi and Rooiberg when Riaan had his off.

We were traveling on fairly badly rutted roads after all the recent rain... HSK and Gryshond were out front with Riaan in the middle and myself and the Orange Assassin bringing up there rear..

Suddenly Hein slowed down and we turned back... he had just caught a glimpse of Smokes lying behind a bush nex to the road.  

Smokes was doing just over 100km/h when he got his front in a bad rut and with it a good old "tankslapper"..   he tried to correct the situation for a few meters but was flung over the pile left by recent grader activity...

He and the bike went about 25 meters through grass and bush and ended just next to a gate in the veld.

He was a bit dazed when we got to him and his wrist was a bit mangled.  After checking him over as well as we could it seemed that everything else was still in regular shape..

We washed and cleaned him up as best we could and as luck would have it our mate Francois... who farms 3 km down that very road was en route from Thabazimbi by car.

Francois picked Smokes up and took him to the farm only to return to fetch the bike.

Below are pics of the crash...  Hein fixing Smokes up.... and Smokes chilling in the pool after a few Myprodols and a beer.

His Missus and boys came to get him and the bike and he was operated on today to sort his wrist.

He was in a good lot of pain but seems to be ok now....  doctors will let him go home today as soon as the drainage pipe is removed from his wrist.
 

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