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He will have to change his name to @Plumbbob..

But if he goes anywhere near a building site he'll be used and abused to make sure everything is true and level, could be funny to watch though

Bob, Reading your balance thingy on another thread. I fall over backwards if I look up at tall buildings for too long, an age thing I reckon. Same with riding the bike, some days I have excellent balance and other days I can do nothing right. Anyway, screw a little plastic spirit level on to one of you legs, I think you know which one, you've always struck me as the sensible sort. Now you'll always know by looking down if you're leaning to one side without having to rely on your own in built balance.

Not as light on your feet as you used to be? Really, I find that hard to believe.

If you want to walk, get Pete's old GS.

Unfortunately I cannot revert to a younger form of myself as there is a bit missing

That walking is fucking you up Bob!

Take up Tai Chi. I think that it's an age thing, Bob. If I turn my head quickly or look up whilst walking I often veer off to one side, almost like I'm drunk!

If I told you I'd have to kill you.....then we'd be without our leader so....not telling

Pete's new look

If i look up to long the blood gets shut off to my brain. The eye doctor said dont do that anymore something about veins.

loosing your balance seems a bit careless Bob, I mean I loose my keys regularly but still.... other than the piss take: it doesn't sound like a mechanical issue to me, your right knee or hip didn't cause the fall by collapsing or giving way, it sounds more like and eye or inner ear ( or coordination of the two) causing an overbalance, likely made worse by the prosthetic left side not adapting fast enough to catch it and prevent the fall as a fully limbed person of your great age would probably have done. In fairness I know sweet FA about these things, but you asked.

Four times isn't that bad, well not if you see the way I do it Could be any of the things you mention or a combination couldn't it. There are balance tests that can be done to assess you. You'll likely come out of it with a good rating regardless due to all the riding you do but it can act as a baseline observation and then if you feel any deterioration it would show in the next test. I can't remember anything useful about them other than they work by you moving and your eye movements being tracked. We do lose some of our balance as we age but you might just be rusty, you were off your bike for months and months after the op and the new prosthetic limb isn't going to be the same as the last, even a few mm's difference is going to cock things up for a while. But I'd go for an eye test, deterioration in vision is usually quite a hidden cause because it happens so gradually. Also and I hate to suggest this on here but it makes a world of difference try yoga, you'll be shocked how much of it you can't do and how quickly it improves. Balance exercises make a big difference, if you can't find prosthetic limb friendly yoga moves then google balance exercises, thats what a physio would give you to do. Overtime our body shape and weight distribution shifts but sometimes the brain doesnt catch up, thats why pregnant women have to be cautious exercising, they are well aware they're the size of a whale and waddle like a Mr Potatohead but the brain carries on with the old pathways making you prone to falls or worse, exercises can help markedly by laying down right pathways.

I've always prided myself on my balance ever since I lost my leg, it has enabled me to walk fairly well and be able to ride a bike in a decent fashion especially when you need it for off-road riding. On my recent trip to France I fell off four times, the first was definitely a case of my ambition outweighing my skill but the other three manouvers (tight hairpins on loose surface) I was dissapointed with as I'm sure that they wouldn't have given me a problem in the past. Added to this I find myself momentarely losing balance sometimes when walking and I actually fell over in the garage the other day while manouvering the Honda 250. Too add to this without getting technical about it my prosthetic leg doesn't work as good in heat. I have been doing a bit of thinking about this to try and see what the cause might be, is it just an age thing , a lack of concentration at critical times or are their mechanical reasons for it. My right knee and hip are not the best as they have been taking most of the strain for 21 years now. Any thoughts apart from the usual piss-taking ?

Well, the arthritis in my knees is a hell of a lot better since I started biking and walking more, Pete. No mobility scooter for me for a while yet!

I am, I found the way to revert to a younger form of myself....

It is actually on this thread already, quite a few pages ago. I didn't appreciate his voice when I was a kid, but listening to it now and he does a cracking job on this.

I think it’s an age thing as there appears to be bugger all wrong with me and I find sometimes that I lose my balance ever so slightly. If you’re worried though @boboneleg you should get yourself checked out just for peace of mind.

This.

Without wanting to sound alarmist. I would say the smart thing to do is go see a brain guy to rule out nasty degenerative stuff. My dad started having ocasional light lapses in balance, and only after other symptoms appeared (occasional lack of grip strength in one hand) did he take it seriously. The trip in France stuff, might it also have been something simple enough your confidence affected by the first fall and hurt ribs?

Age I'd say Bob......I don't feel as planted on my feet as I used to. Don't get me wrong, I don't feel like I'm going to fall over or dizzy etc.....just not as light on my feet as I used to be.

Age. Inner ear problems?

To their defense, in a proper “adventure” there is no rush. And there’s also just newspapers in there, a Jeep Wrangler carries all the real stuff. It’s an internet trip!

Oh yes, I get that sometimes as well. This is why I had to give up the tightrope walking.

Could your balance issue be just you still sub consciously getting used to the new leg? Though even at my younger tender age I still find myself wobbly from time to time as if my brain has lost itself for a moment. Maybe that's just too many bangs to the head on my part though

Insurance don't want the company van for repair until August so we''ll go in that. Thanks once again for your very kind offer

Very exciting, going to collect it on Thursday

Maybe longer trips are getting too much now? After all, none of us are getting any younger!

With @yen_powell bringing up 'It ain't half hot mum' on another thread it reminded me of this. Don Estelle has one helluva voice.................

No dizzyness associated with it Marcel

We get MOTY and TOTY, since December is pretty harsh riding weather for a few or most of our members why not have December's Bike Of The Month be Bike Of The Year with a picture taken anytime this year? (including December obviously)

I recon its age related Bob, I find my balance is not too good these last few years. I was standing on a kerb in work the other day when a jet flew over, I looked up to see it and lost my balance and almost fell off which wouldn't have happened a few years ago, bloody lucky I didn't. Falling off a kerb no big deal I hear you say well this kerb was an island in a sea of shit could have got messy

No worries. Glad you’re sorted. New bike new bike he got new bike

Not breaking down in a Jeep is the adventure.

I really don't know what to say, but I still watched it anyway.