Broken Collar Bone Club BCBC

[zipbyu]

Post here if you are cool and have broke your collar bone from a motorcycle crash.  I am intrested to see how many of us have attacked this worthless bone.

[zipbyu]

Broke my right one twice, at the age 16 and 31.

[Justin]

I'm rolling into surgery any second. Count me in.

I wouldn't call it a worthless bone so much as it is poorly designed. Team gorgonzola told me Ducati makes a carbon fiber upgrade.  Spendy, but stronger and lighter than oem

[Justin]

Myron,  let's create a poll. 
Who's broken it and did it get repaired or did it heal over time. 
Apparently, in the last 10 years there have been studies that illustrate the success of surgical repairs for fractures historically left untreated. 

What they didn't operate on in 2000, they would today.  Interesting. Shorter period of pain and quicker recovery time.   I'm down

[scotinexcile]

Today I think it is more to do with how much closer you can get "back to normal" after the incident.

When they were allowed to heal and you have a bump you also lost range of motion. The main thinking behind the surgery and repair is to get back to full range of motion. I am sure Beth will have way more input on this that I do 

Good luck, hope your bones are not as difficult to drill as mines were 

[n10sive]

do ribs count?

[scotinexcile]

do ribs count?

Only when you get them from the Oakland BBQ place on Wells 

[MotoPutz]

do ribs count?

Only when you get them from the Oakland BBQ place on Wells 

A whole block from my work...  I tend to go there often, I even saw Alberto taking a break from pasta there last time I was there!!


No broken collar bone for me. Just broke a bone in my foot once... 

[urvaius]

broke Left one, ccs race at thunderhill.  guy t-boned me and blammo.. and i have a bump. no plate, kinda wish I did. sometimes I get pain in the right collar bone haha weird..

[99 900ss duc]

didnt break collarbone in either of my 2 crashes, and never broke it riding bulls or racin sprintcars either. other bones not so lucky.
i wonder if that carbon fiber upgrade from ducati is available in a shoulder joint?

[scotinexcile]

didnt break collarbone in either of my 2 crashes, and never broke it riding bulls or racin sprintcars either. other bones not so lucky.
i wonder if that carbon fiber upgrade from ducati is available in a shoulder joint?

Probably, but it will be twice as much as anything else and work only half the time 

[jlavallee]

I've broken the left one in 99 on a GSX-R 750 and again in 05 on my DR650.

[Oneup]

Broke both. Left one I let heal and the right one got surgery. Surgery was definitely faster and less painful but still has a couple of issues from having the plate. I lost no motion in either. The bump goes away after time and if you excersise it then you can keep all motion

[XIII]

I broke my femur (it was the meat to the car and bike sandwich) does that count?

[RedLeader]

I wouldn't call it a worthless bone so much as it is poorly designed. Team gorgonzola told me Ducati makes a carbon fiber upgrade.  Spendy, but stronger and lighter than oem

Funny enough, they actually make them... check it out. Apparently Lance Armstrong got one (not sure if that is true or not)
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1849098