Jeez are those pegs or frame sliders?
I am a left leg below knee amputee and that knee is trashed and will not bend past 90 degrees, so I have a cruiser highway peg on the frame rail to accommodate my leg. But it's high enough to where it doesn't drag on left turns. It's an odd riding position, but I am able to make it work.
Folks who are completely able bodied who say “I can’t” should be required to spend 30 minutes with you. I know you’re not seeking any praise, but man that is drive overcoming adversity all day long. Pretty inspirational. My best friend is handicapped, pretty significant disease, and I forget sometimes because the SOB never slows down. Reminds me a bit of what I’m seeing here.
I always say that you view things differently when you're faced with it and have no other option. I may be an outlier, because I have very little issues from it. My knee is the biggest problem, not the partial missing limb. It's mostly just annoying that I can't bend it and don't have a shifting foot. But as for 99% of everything else in life, I am able to do it all. Hell, I worked 14 hours at work yesterday, and could have kept going. Few months ago, I hiked the Walls of Jericho trail, which is a moderately difficult 6.5 mile round trip. It's all uphill on the way out and was probably the most physically challenging thing I've done in my 12 years being an amputee.
I had the DCT version & had some problems with the riding position. With the DCT your legs were on a angle, not strait down, & the cruise control never worked. Took it back 3 times, the dealer was waiting to hear back from Honda. After 2 weeks I picked the bike up , not fixed. The dealer said they would call me hen they heard back from Honda. I traded the bike for a NC750X
My wife has had about 30 procedures to try and fix her heart and circulatory system. She has more grit than 3M to have made it through this far. She just got out of a 6 week hospital stay last week. The heart problem started congenitally and some well meaning surgeons muffed it up from there and Covid tried to finish her off this year, though vaxed and boosted. Anyway, she can't walk very far but she looks like a million bucks. The State of Florida has given her a handicap placard to hang from the mirror if parking is not convenient for her so I can relate to people making comments "hey, you don't look handicapped". All I can say is those folks are handicapped between the ears.
Wow, she sounds like a trooper! I truly hate to hear of her consistent battle with the condition and the struggle with things like Covid. That's rough! I'm not sure I knew if you were married or not, but I knew if you were, she had to be pretty darn tough to put up with you! Haha, only kidding. You're one of the good ones.
Can you get a handicap placard for your NC? That would really get some folks going
No question about my buddy's handicap so we don't get any side eyes. He has duchenne's muscular dystrophy and has to use a scooter in venues like that. That said, I would have guessed that you would rarely use the handicapped reserved parking! He used to ride before the disease progressed and he lost too much strength and balance to be safe.
Hoping she recovers fully and quickly from all of her ailments.
Peg Risers - first thing I noticed.
Sounds about right. I scraped the toe of my boot once on a fast right hand turn but that was it. I kind of figured if they don’t advertise the lean angle you likely won’t have to worry about it.
