Anonymous
05-29-2006, 05:35 PM
Hello Fellow RiderDown members
My screen name is Fried Neck Bones Racing but my real name is Les Walker. This year I?m racing in the Best in The Desert series and have already had a few mishaps. Thanks to some luck, and a great pit crew "hidesertbomber", I?m currently ranked 3rd in the Ironman expert division. During my last race I injured my right foot pretty badly. It will take some time in rehab to get back to race readiness. Still, I was lucky enough finish. You can read the story if you like at
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135190
This latest injury got me thinking, as I was hobbling around my home on one foot, how do riders who go out and ride hard but crash and injure themselves survive the hardships of missing work, or pay those hospital and doctor bills? And what about the hardships it brings their families? I know most of us run a tight ship and a week away from work can bring the whole ride to a grinding halt. Well there is hope and help for a rider down, and it?s at www.RiderDown.org
Please read their mission statement below!
http://friedneckbones.com/Riderdown/mission.jpg
I?ve talked with the folks over at www.RiderDown.org and their hearts, minds and wallets are in the right place, which convinced me that I needed to join them in helping out our fellow downed off-road riders! This is the idea I came up with, and I hope you can help, too.
I plan to race the Best in the Desert 2006 Vegas to Reno on August 25th. There?s no other race in the United States that compares to it?more than 600 miles of off-road racing adventure! To raise money for www.RiderDown.org I am offering up sticker space on my bike for your screen name. For a $25 donation to www.RiderDown.org I will put a sticker with your screen name on my bike and you can ride vicariously through the Nevada Desert with me. And the bonus is that I will be wearing a tracking system so you can follow my progress online via a satellite hookup! It will be through the Best in the Desert web site come race day at http://www.bitd.com.
http://friedneckbones.com/Riderdown/v2r.gif
August 24, "25 race day", 26, 2006
So imagine your average KTM race ready 525 all sticker?ed up with the screen names of Rider Down members!!
Example:
a. Normal race bike,
http://friedneckbones.com/Riderdown/bike.jpg
b. Race bike with some Rider Down attitude!
http://friedneckbones.com/Riderdown/racebike.jpg
The cool thing is that I would not be racing the longest off-road race in America alone but would have all of you on board with me. What a great feeling it will be to know that we are helping out some of the less fortunate members of our brotherhood. I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
"Fried Neckbones Racing" Les Walker
p.s: I will be updating this thread and showing my progress in prep for the race with photos and commentary, so keep checking back. Plus, I will be doing photos of the names on the bike so you can see where you?re riding at, too
And I want you to know, no money at all goes to me in any way, shape or form, it all goes to RiderDown, someday you might need them!
My screen name is Fried Neck Bones Racing but my real name is Les Walker. This year I?m racing in the Best in The Desert series and have already had a few mishaps. Thanks to some luck, and a great pit crew "hidesertbomber", I?m currently ranked 3rd in the Ironman expert division. During my last race I injured my right foot pretty badly. It will take some time in rehab to get back to race readiness. Still, I was lucky enough finish. You can read the story if you like at
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135190
This latest injury got me thinking, as I was hobbling around my home on one foot, how do riders who go out and ride hard but crash and injure themselves survive the hardships of missing work, or pay those hospital and doctor bills? And what about the hardships it brings their families? I know most of us run a tight ship and a week away from work can bring the whole ride to a grinding halt. Well there is hope and help for a rider down, and it?s at www.RiderDown.org
Please read their mission statement below!
http://friedneckbones.com/Riderdown/mission.jpg
I?ve talked with the folks over at www.RiderDown.org and their hearts, minds and wallets are in the right place, which convinced me that I needed to join them in helping out our fellow downed off-road riders! This is the idea I came up with, and I hope you can help, too.
I plan to race the Best in the Desert 2006 Vegas to Reno on August 25th. There?s no other race in the United States that compares to it?more than 600 miles of off-road racing adventure! To raise money for www.RiderDown.org I am offering up sticker space on my bike for your screen name. For a $25 donation to www.RiderDown.org I will put a sticker with your screen name on my bike and you can ride vicariously through the Nevada Desert with me. And the bonus is that I will be wearing a tracking system so you can follow my progress online via a satellite hookup! It will be through the Best in the Desert web site come race day at http://www.bitd.com.
http://friedneckbones.com/Riderdown/v2r.gif
August 24, "25 race day", 26, 2006
So imagine your average KTM race ready 525 all sticker?ed up with the screen names of Rider Down members!!
Example:
a. Normal race bike,
http://friedneckbones.com/Riderdown/bike.jpg
b. Race bike with some Rider Down attitude!
http://friedneckbones.com/Riderdown/racebike.jpg
The cool thing is that I would not be racing the longest off-road race in America alone but would have all of you on board with me. What a great feeling it will be to know that we are helping out some of the less fortunate members of our brotherhood. I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
"Fried Neckbones Racing" Les Walker
p.s: I will be updating this thread and showing my progress in prep for the race with photos and commentary, so keep checking back. Plus, I will be doing photos of the names on the bike so you can see where you?re riding at, too
And I want you to know, no money at all goes to me in any way, shape or form, it all goes to RiderDown, someday you might need them!