Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Crashing

A Japanese motorcycle rider crashed into a guardrail and amputated his leg at the knee. Although he felt excruciating pain he continued to ride for another mile before he noticed that his leg was missing. One of the buddies he was riding with picked up the missing leg that was crushed in the collision. The biker and his leg were taken to the hospital, but the story implied that the crushed limb could not be reattached.