Reid was almost paralysed after being thrown from the bars and hit by his competitors after leading early in the fifth round of the Australian Superbike season at Winton Raceway.

Racing then for Suzuki Ecstar in the 600cc class, Reid said it was one of the "craziest crashes I've ever had".

"I had got the hole shot into the first few corners, but I was overtaken and hit on the inside by another rider that made me sit up and lose the rear end," he said.

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Reid, 17, was thrown over the bars, but was also collected by other riders as they tried to dodge the falling race leader.

Reid said adrenaline kicked in and he was able to run off the circuit, but increasing back pain led to a hospital visit where it was learned he had L3 and L4 verterbrae breaks and a broken sacrum bone at the base of his spine.

Reid had gone to the hospital in the hopes of finishing out the race weekend at Winton, but was told he would be hospitalised for months with doctors fearing he could have been made a paraplegic.

"When I was told that my sacrum bone was broken and unstable was pretty scary," he said. "The recovery was one of the toughest mental challenges in my life as I was stuck in a hospital bed laying dead flat for almost two months without being able to get up to go to the toilet or sit up to eat."

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Then began intense physical therapy to get back on his feet, let alone a bike.

"The doctors told me I would never be able to walk the same, or run again, but I was so determined to get back on the bike ... after getting out of hospital I had to learn to walk again.

"Now it's eight months later and I am 100 per cent back to normal and fitter than I was before," he beams.

With Suzuki pulling the pin on a tilt at the 2020 championship and Reid not pursuing any team offers as he was laid up in hospital, it left him without a ride.

"I wasn't going to give up that easy so I sold everything I owned and bought myself a bike to run as a privateer in the ASBK," Reid said.

He was setting the pace in the opening round practice at Phillip Island in March, but a gearbox seizure locked up the back wheel and threw him from the bike at nearly 300km/h, leaving the youngster with a broken foot.

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Reid said he grateful to Steeline in Pambula who had been supporting his return to racing where he has also been picked up by the Yamaha Australia development program.

The race series has been suspended since the opening round, but Reid said the lockdown had been productive to repair the bike and continue maintaining his mobility.

"I've been able to get into a good routine of training and I'm feeling really good for when the racing gets going again," he said.

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