Shaun Harris update.....
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Messages from the man himself after the events on the isle of Man, posted on the TT website chatroom. 
To my direct family, Fiona, Petra, Anja, Bevan, Michelle, Nicki,Mum, Gordan and others, thankyou all so much, I am so incredibly lucky to have you guys in my life, it was with the love and support that you all gave me, that has pulled me through this ( Hospital staff were fantastic brilliant !) I cannot thank you enough for what you have all done for me, what I can promise is, to make sure that I try harder than ever to make things all good for all of us, and that I will work as hard as possible to totally over come all my injuries, and to love you all, for a long and good time.
It is quite strange to be sitting here typing this out, a lot of the people that will read this, I do not even know personally, but know you all care, due to all the PM's and post cards and so on, I feel you are a direct part of my racing and what goes with it, and it is an honour to feel this way, as I have always believed in the fans more than any other part of the racing game, it is you people that keep our sport going.
I am really very happy with my current physical mental condition, I am in a wheel chair still , and can not put any weight onto my left leg as yet, but are going for a specialist meeting this Thursday with a view to evaluate my Pelvis and leg, with the view of, starting to put weight onto it again, and basically learning how to walk again on it.
The bone specialist out here, is calling me a healing "FREEK" He cannot believe the build up of bone around all my breaks all ready, Bloody good news, I have always healed quickly, and Fiona really understands me very well, when it comes to food and drinks, so I am eating and drinking a lot of really good stuff which is helping me a lot.
I am mentally frustrated because I cannot go and climb a tree or any thing at the moment, and are the type of person that always keeps very busy, working ands so on. I am a motor cycle racer, and I love our sport, so have been working hard on re developing a race team here in New Zealand that I will be the owner manager of, things are looking very good at the moment for this venture, 3-4 rider team. When it all comes together, I will let you all know, and I am really looking forward to it, as I know, that I can train, advise riders so well with all the info I have, and I am lucky out here n New Zealand, in the fact that I have a lot of Industry support to make some thing like this happen.
The chances are that, with this team, I will be asking a UK/Scottish/Irish/ iom, based rider out to race in one Road race meeting on the 26th of december, the same meeting I got Guy Martin to race in 2 years ago.
So again, just to say thanks very much to you all for caring and sharing for me and my family, it is a part of my life and my racing life that I will appreciate for ever, thank you, Shaun."
The condition I find myself in, is just a part of the job unfortunatelly, most of us do not end up this hurt through out our racing history, it is some thing that can happen obviously, but life itself is a bit of a gamble anyway.
I am realy very grate full to be here still, and very comforted by all the postings from people like your self on here! I know my self very well, and trully believe that a big part of my fast recovery rate is due to your post and well wishes, it makes me feel like I have to fight and return as good as ever as fast as possible, to please you all
Seriously though, it is a big honour to me, to read your postings, it helps me a lot to deal with this crash I had. To see that the fan base and other riders actually respected what I have been doing is a huge reward, as I am really just a true motor cyclist like your selves, but was lucky enough to be fast enough to not be to bad at the racing side of bikes!
Stella and others, thanks very much for keeping al as informed as possible , very good of you.
Fantastic news
Next week on the 30th, I start a Physio programme, where I can attemp to start learning how to walk again, ( Yep, on Both legs) that is such an achievment so early on, and I am so grate full to the Isle of man hospital staff, and Toby Bradfoot and the Leeds hospital for repairing me the way they have, thanks crew.
Hope all in life is good for one and all, stay focused, and make happen what you want to happen with your life!"
Sterling stuff....Best wishes Shaun.
- "hi team, shaun here. sorry i have not read all pages as i get too tired too quick and my smashed body is a wee bit tricky to deal with and i only understand going fast not crawling around like this i have been very lucky with my race career. this can be copied and posted any where by some one please so all cool race fans can read it. there has been some amazing trully humbling things done and said about me and i am so happy to have made such a good impression on the team, thank you all it really helps me fight and find more positives to fight for.
- "Hi all, it has been a long while since I have been on here, and would like to take this opportunity, to say a HUGE Thankyou to all that have thought about me and my family over the past few months.
To my direct family, Fiona, Petra, Anja, Bevan, Michelle, Nicki,Mum, Gordan and others, thankyou all so much, I am so incredibly lucky to have you guys in my life, it was with the love and support that you all gave me, that has pulled me through this ( Hospital staff were fantastic brilliant !) I cannot thank you enough for what you have all done for me, what I can promise is, to make sure that I try harder than ever to make things all good for all of us, and that I will work as hard as possible to totally over come all my injuries, and to love you all, for a long and good time.
It is quite strange to be sitting here typing this out, a lot of the people that will read this, I do not even know personally, but know you all care, due to all the PM's and post cards and so on, I feel you are a direct part of my racing and what goes with it, and it is an honour to feel this way, as I have always believed in the fans more than any other part of the racing game, it is you people that keep our sport going.
I am really very happy with my current physical mental condition, I am in a wheel chair still , and can not put any weight onto my left leg as yet, but are going for a specialist meeting this Thursday with a view to evaluate my Pelvis and leg, with the view of, starting to put weight onto it again, and basically learning how to walk again on it.
The bone specialist out here, is calling me a healing "FREEK" He cannot believe the build up of bone around all my breaks all ready, Bloody good news, I have always healed quickly, and Fiona really understands me very well, when it comes to food and drinks, so I am eating and drinking a lot of really good stuff which is helping me a lot.
I am mentally frustrated because I cannot go and climb a tree or any thing at the moment, and are the type of person that always keeps very busy, working ands so on. I am a motor cycle racer, and I love our sport, so have been working hard on re developing a race team here in New Zealand that I will be the owner manager of, things are looking very good at the moment for this venture, 3-4 rider team. When it all comes together, I will let you all know, and I am really looking forward to it, as I know, that I can train, advise riders so well with all the info I have, and I am lucky out here n New Zealand, in the fact that I have a lot of Industry support to make some thing like this happen.
The chances are that, with this team, I will be asking a UK/Scottish/Irish/ iom, based rider out to race in one Road race meeting on the 26th of december, the same meeting I got Guy Martin to race in 2 years ago.
So again, just to say thanks very much to you all for caring and sharing for me and my family, it is a part of my life and my racing life that I will appreciate for ever, thank you, Shaun."
- "Hi all, first off, I would like to say, thanks very much for all your support, I trully believe that I am healing as well as I am, due to the thoughts that all are having for me, really appreciate it!
The condition I find myself in, is just a part of the job unfortunatelly, most of us do not end up this hurt through out our racing history, it is some thing that can happen obviously, but life itself is a bit of a gamble anyway.
I am realy very grate full to be here still, and very comforted by all the postings from people like your self on here! I know my self very well, and trully believe that a big part of my fast recovery rate is due to your post and well wishes, it makes me feel like I have to fight and return as good as ever as fast as possible, to please you all
Seriously though, it is a big honour to me, to read your postings, it helps me a lot to deal with this crash I had. To see that the fan base and other riders actually respected what I have been doing is a huge reward, as I am really just a true motor cyclist like your selves, but was lucky enough to be fast enough to not be to bad at the racing side of bikes!
Stella and others, thanks very much for keeping al as informed as possible , very good of you.
Fantastic news
Next week on the 30th, I start a Physio programme, where I can attemp to start learning how to walk again, ( Yep, on Both legs) that is such an achievment so early on, and I am so grate full to the Isle of man hospital staff, and Toby Bradfoot and the Leeds hospital for repairing me the way they have, thanks crew.
Hope all in life is good for one and all, stay focused, and make happen what you want to happen with your life!"
Sterling stuff....Best wishes Shaun.Edited by F.M on Wednesday 29th August 12:57
Good news! I check every week or so on the iomtt forum just to check what the latest forum news is on Shaun. We were in the grandstand for the Supersport race and were gutted to hear about the crash.
He'll be fine (eventually), the grizzly bloke just doesn't know when to give up.
Love the quote about his "anger management" being an issue. I bet it was!
He'll be fine (eventually), the grizzly bloke just doesn't know when to give up.
Love the quote about his "anger management" being an issue. I bet it was!
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