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Knee replacement and getting back into the saddle
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<blockquote data-quote="moto8500" data-source="post: 178491" data-attributes="member: 4798"><p>Thank you very much for the replies and Gary you are an inspiration to us all. Its heartening to know that having a total knee replacement does not necessarily mean the end of one's biking days. The Shadow has a Grosset fitted but without it, it's quite an easy engine to turn over once the valve lifters kick in but as Peter has pointed out the risk of damage to the new knee concerns kick back. Currently I am sitting comfortably half way up the seat and painfully three quarters of the way so I will keep on at those flection exercises and I guess in time it will settle down. Originality is the name of the game but when needs must and I have to say an electric start, providing the engine is properly set up, takes one less effort out of what is an overall enjoyable experience riding a Vincent. Here in the UK we are still in the rainy/windy/salt on the road season so I will not be taking the Shadow out anytime soon so another two months will give the knee more recovery time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moto8500, post: 178491, member: 4798"] Thank you very much for the replies and Gary you are an inspiration to us all. Its heartening to know that having a total knee replacement does not necessarily mean the end of one's biking days. The Shadow has a Grosset fitted but without it, it's quite an easy engine to turn over once the valve lifters kick in but as Peter has pointed out the risk of damage to the new knee concerns kick back. Currently I am sitting comfortably half way up the seat and painfully three quarters of the way so I will keep on at those flection exercises and I guess in time it will settle down. Originality is the name of the game but when needs must and I have to say an electric start, providing the engine is properly set up, takes one less effort out of what is an overall enjoyable experience riding a Vincent. Here in the UK we are still in the rainy/windy/salt on the road season so I will not be taking the Shadow out anytime soon so another two months will give the knee more recovery time. [/QUOTE]
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