D ucati ’ s former racers and bicycles don ’ t mix it would appear , with three-time World Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss the latest to fall victim to a bicycle . The 52-year-old Australian was involved in a bicycle vs bicycle accident on May 14 , with the impact of the crash leaving him with a fractured C4 vertebra and corresponding spinal damage that will see the Ducati legend on the sidelines for several months . “ I ’ m OK and I ’ m home , but the crash means I won ’ t be riding a motorcycle until I regain full movement in my arms and hands ,” Bayliss said from his Gold Coast home . “ I really just wanted to let everyone know what ’ s happened , that I ’ m OK and that I ’ ll be back in leathers as soon as I can . It ’ s been an intense weekend for me and my family , but luckily I ’ m OK and I will recover . My doctors have been really positive , but there ’ s no firm indication of how long it will be until I can regain enough control to get back on a bike – maybe a few months , maybe longer ; it just depends on how the recovery goes once the bones heal up .”