Pro Stock Motorcycle icon George Bryce had a little more cut in his strut walking through the pits at SGMP during the recent CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com in Valdosta, Georgia. With his baseball cap turned backwards, Bryce was walking a bit quicker than usual although he sported a substantial knee brace.

Bryce had off-season surgery to repair some knee damage.

“I had to get me some new parts put in,” Bryce said. “I got me some new ligaments and tendons installed.  Since I'm getting old I had broke one a long time ago and my leg was getting kind of wobbly.  Ken Johnson got mad at me for whining about how bad my knee hurt and he don't even have a knee.  I told him that I've been sympathizing with him over his knee for 2 years and I love how he handles it and I think he's the man.  My knee was hurting so I went and got it fixed.  They put me some new parts in and I know one thing, they wouldn't use any of my parts because I'm too old so they got me some new parts.

“They asked me what I wanted and I said some 22-year old, somebody who can run fast and jump high a basketball player or somebody like that.”

 

Pro Stock Motorcycle icon George Bryce had a little more cut in his strut walking through the pits at SGMP during the recent CSR Eastern Spring Test Nationals presented by Torco's CompetitionPlus.com in Valdosta, Georgia. With his baseball cap turned backwards, Bryce was walking a bit quicker than usual although he sported a substantial knee brace.

Bryce had off-season surgery to repair some knee damage.

“I had to get me some new parts put in,” Bryce said. “I got me some new ligaments and tendons installed.  Since I'm getting old I had broke one a long time ago and my leg was getting kind of wobbly.  Ken Johnson got mad at me for whining about how bad my knee hurt and he don't even have a knee.  I told him that I've been sympathizing with him over his knee for 2 years and I love how he handles it and I think he's the man.  My knee was hurting so I went and got it fixed.  They put me some new parts in and I know one thing, they wouldn't use any of my parts because I'm too old so they got me some new parts.

 

I did some research and found out on the Internet. I got me a cadaver implant. I had to look up cadaver because I didn't know what that was but it's a dead person. I got me some parts off a dead person. - George Bryce

“They asked me what I wanted and I said some 22-year old, somebody who can run fast and jump high a basketball player or somebody like that.”

So where does a person get a fresh set of ligaments? Certainly, a person cannot go down to the local story and place and order.
 
“You know that's a very good point,” Bryce said. “I did some research and found out on the Internet. I got me a cadaver implant. I had to look up cadaver because I didn't know what that was but it's a dead person. I got me some parts off a dead person.”

Bryce pointed out the new parts came with a steep price.

“They charged me 10,000 for that rubber band,” explained Bryce. “I did some research because I wanted to find out why that rubber band cost me so much. They said that it's hard to find one that's clean, one that has no HIV issues, and that has had a good lifestyle. I found out that it's young people that are clean, don't have HIV issues and they have a good lifestyle and don't have vascular situations, they don't usually die so they don't have a lot of parts in stock so they charge a lot for it. It's like a high dollar crank shaft.”