| Author | Message | ||
     Buellfart |
Almost two months ago I had a detached retina and surgery and everything is only slightly distorted in my right eye.From this damaged eye everything appears slightly smaller and darker and this may only improve slightly over time.At least I can read now without getting a headache. I rode my bike for the first time yesterday and it freaked me out-I tend to be a little nervous in traffic anyway preferring Sunday mornings. My question is:does anybody else out there ride with one bad eye,or even one eye period and if you once had two good ones does it take a long time to get use to one? | ||
| Chadr81 |
The hardest part to get used to is not having depth perception. My dad only has one eye, the other is glass. He is unable to ride any longer due to that reason. He's been that way for about 30 years now. He says you get used to it. Just takes a little time. He's got lots of really nice 4 wheel toys now instead.  Most of them well out of my price range... | ||
| Buellfart |
My 3d vision is there its` just "different".You gave me an idea though,side car outfit,if this persists. | ||
| Diablobrian |
I have a semi-functional (lazy) right eye. I've had it since birth and it has never kept me from doing anything I wanted to do. You just have to adapt and overcome. It's all about your attitude. You just have to be willing to be that much more alert in order to ride. It's a price I've paid for so long that until I thought about your question here I didn't think much about it any more. It's the same old story....Life is all about the RISK:REWARD ratio and where you find your balance point. Some are comfortable with a higher level of risk for a given reward than others are. That's all. | ||
| Dentfixer |
Agreed, you will adapt but you won't ever be "fully functional" in that area again. When I lost my hearing at age 18 my sense of balance went with it. Scared to death I might never be able to ride again! But after learning how to walk again, (you need your balance you know), I got right back onto my bikes. 30 years later my balance still isn't perfect, But I have adapted and pretty much do whatever I used to do, even take my XB to the track. I sure can sympathize with you though. And I will say this, you will find out how amazingly adaptable the human spirit is. Be confident in yourself and your capabilities and you will succeed in all you set your heart on. | ||
| Ford92 |
I had a friend that lost an eye in a motorcycle accident. although I never ask him about it never seem to stop him from riding anywhere. although my wife doesn't ride a bike she drives any where with one eye. most times it is all about attitude. I hope this helps. | ||
| Triman023 |
I had a small stroke and got double vision. Its mostly cleared up now but I got a small supplimentary wide angle mirror and stuck it under my left mirror. I got used to figuring out where cars were in my blind spot with this mirror, now I still use it so I don't have to take my eyes off the road. I did a lot more looking around and stopped lane splitting. Riding was a bit more work but totally doable. You will do fine. |
