ice..... water... atv... ohh sh*t!!

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went for anew years eve ride with the wife and a friend of ours.. was having a great time!!.. tell we found some small open water spots on a creek, my trie went threw but only about 3 inches in.. w/e no big deal.

so do some screwing around on the channel by where we unloaded, wheelies, roosts drifts donuts. speed runs. and went for a pass down the river as far as we can go, came back, wife was drag racing me, and we slowed down to go under 2 train bridges, and i let her ahead of me.
come under road bridge by where we were parked, next thing i know i see water flying up from the wifes wheeler, and see her front end dip down , so i down shifted and leaned back, right as i hit the water i see her go ass over tea kettle, i get out of the water, hit my kill switch and bail off to go help her.
She is layin almost face down in 3 inches of water!!!! i wipe my gloves off and helmet, she was complaining her arm hurt. she had her helmet on so it kept her face outta the water, so i made sure her neck/back didnt hurt and i grabbed her coat and drug her out of the water!

my buddy and i helped her up, my buddy flipped her wheeler back over which was upside down in 4 inches of water,

TURNS out this partucular water discharge trickles water al the time which is no big deal.. they built a new one across from it and this one never ran last year... well it ran this year.. 6-8 inches of water on top of the ice!!!


wife is ok.. her right arm hurts but nothing is cracked or broken... and the honda is fine except for the clutch being frozen, throttle frozen, seat and tank are solid ice now!!... and nothing is broke BUT she has a sweet custom clutch lever now lol!!

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good thing shes ok...but i dont see how it happend...was she like going over the water spot and i guess u could say she like hydroplained and spon out and flipped? i just cant like picture it on how she wrecked? could u explain more or did u no see enough of it to no? sorry im kinda interested on what hapend
 
yeah ... i felt bad for her cos she was laying it water.. she didnt care though

You're wifes a trooper! Glad she's well.... Tell her that nxt time she isn't allowed to F things up! :D How dare she worry you like that!!! I:I

Wish her well for us!
 
damn aric thank god shes ok.. shes not gonna be scared to continue riding now tho is she...... hopefully not..

hell no!! she said i better get her a new clutch lever I:I

and blaster01



the way that trike went over is simaler to how hers went over EXCEPT she didnt notice there was water on the ice and it was to late to stop, her front when she hit the waater she wasnt leaning back so the water slowedher momentum and make the machine 'feel' like the front end dived down.
this water discharge hasnt fully ran like that in years, and we went for a 3 mile ride down the river and back and there was no water there when we came threw, so it discharged well we were on the river , iv never told her what to do when you see water and cant stop,

iv never put her in a situation where she needed to know..

btw i did fall threw the ice lastnight on a smaller chrrek that we ride normally, seen a small water spot so i canned on it, than another, turns out why were bigger than i thought, i stopped off to thr side of the creek and my trike fell threw, only about 3 inches down on one side and 4 on the other.. both feet fell threw but my feet stayed dry (thank you good boots)
 
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