No more quading =[
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that sucks for sure and im sorry to hear. hopefully somethign good comes of it for sure.
from a parents point of view, i couldnt imagine turning my 14 year old son loose on a banshee. he's reckless enough on the blaster and it has half the HP. i taught my 3 kids that yes they can go fast and it sure is fun, but they dont have to prove it to themselves or anyone else at any time. Kids will test the limits of any machine you put them on, why give them a machine that will out preform their childs limits is beyond me.
from a parents point of view, i couldnt imagine turning my 14 year old son loose on a banshee. he's reckless enough on the blaster and it has half the HP. i taught my 3 kids that yes they can go fast and it sure is fun, but they dont have to prove it to themselves or anyone else at any time. Kids will test the limits of any machine you put them on, why give them a machine that will out preform their childs limits is beyond me.
^^^^^^ Well said^^^^^ My sentiments exactly.
I put off responding to this thread not knowing what exactly to say, but you said it perfectly. Its very sad to see someone get hurt, but its good to hear although you both are banged up pretty badly that you lived to pass on your new found wisdom to others.
Hope your friend recovers well, and while bones will heal you will both have to deal with the emotional scars, and the hard lesson learned that day for the rest of your lives.
My kids are really good riders, but every time they hop on a quad I get a light chill worrying that something like this could happen. My sentiments also go out to both your parents who also have to live with the decision to allow their kids to ride beyond their limits.
Take this experience, what you went through, and how it affected you and share it with as many people as you can. You may have an effect on someone, and it may possibly save someones life in the future.
All in all its a blessing that you guys lived through this. Im sure you and you friend will be a lot closer from now on, and appreciate life on a whole new level.
I put off responding to this thread not knowing what exactly to say, but you said it perfectly. Its very sad to see someone get hurt, but its good to hear although you both are banged up pretty badly that you lived to pass on your new found wisdom to others.
Hope your friend recovers well, and while bones will heal you will both have to deal with the emotional scars, and the hard lesson learned that day for the rest of your lives.
My kids are really good riders, but every time they hop on a quad I get a light chill worrying that something like this could happen. My sentiments also go out to both your parents who also have to live with the decision to allow their kids to ride beyond their limits.
Take this experience, what you went through, and how it affected you and share it with as many people as you can. You may have an effect on someone, and it may possibly save someones life in the future.
All in all its a blessing that you guys lived through this. Im sure you and you friend will be a lot closer from now on, and appreciate life on a whole new level.
^^^ Both very well said.
This story reminded me of some of the facts I stated on the stickied thread about legalizing quads on the highway. I stated that in order to safely ride on a road that a atv would need street approved tires! Every time I take my quad to its max speed I gamble with my own safety, I'm 24 and made the decision so I am prepared to deal with the consequences if needed. One thing I dont do no matter what is travel that fast or faster than a posted speed limit if there were one on a paved road. Thats why they talk about it on the safety stickers we all love to take off our quads when we buy them.
Our tires are not ment for that rate of speed on that type of surface. Remember those tires affect everything including suspension, turning, all the things you need to be functioning properly in that situation.
And remember, accidents like that make it hard for our government and local state authorities to even think about investing money in this hobby for new local state owned land for us to use. Thank god you were wearing a helmet. Please dont make the rest of us suffer with this hobby anymore than we already do.
After all that, I am really glad you both walked away from this with your brain still functioning properly. you may be a little timid to ride again but at least you arent buying flowers for your buddies funeral. Oh and pay your fines to get your bike out of impound those fines shouldn't mean anything to you when it comes to still being alive.
This story reminded me of some of the facts I stated on the stickied thread about legalizing quads on the highway. I stated that in order to safely ride on a road that a atv would need street approved tires! Every time I take my quad to its max speed I gamble with my own safety, I'm 24 and made the decision so I am prepared to deal with the consequences if needed. One thing I dont do no matter what is travel that fast or faster than a posted speed limit if there were one on a paved road. Thats why they talk about it on the safety stickers we all love to take off our quads when we buy them.
Our tires are not ment for that rate of speed on that type of surface. Remember those tires affect everything including suspension, turning, all the things you need to be functioning properly in that situation.
And remember, accidents like that make it hard for our government and local state authorities to even think about investing money in this hobby for new local state owned land for us to use. Thank god you were wearing a helmet. Please dont make the rest of us suffer with this hobby anymore than we already do.
After all that, I am really glad you both walked away from this with your brain still functioning properly. you may be a little timid to ride again but at least you arent buying flowers for your buddies funeral. Oh and pay your fines to get your bike out of impound those fines shouldn't mean anything to you when it comes to still being alive.
dude that is one of the worst accidents i've heard of in a long time, you are so lucky that both of you are still hear. although driving at those speeds on a paved surface with off road tires its not that surprising that your mate crashed and he may not of really been driving way above his limits, all of us crash even the pros We all take part in one of the most dangerous sports, and crashes happen thats the risk we all take every time we start up our quads and that is why we should all respect them and what our abilities are.
Look at the foot peg, and no the nerf isnt made like that..and yes his shoe was stuck like that
His shoe was stuck on the brake lever, the lever was imbedded in his shoe
joe is 13- goin on 14 and hes been racing quads sence he was 9, hes had his banshee for 3 years now..never crashed once, he raced MX at a local track
ive smacked a tree before but nothing like that thank god, your friend is extremely lucky it could have been worse
found out his quad is stuck in 6th gear, and he said he was full throttle ready to blow up when he hit the tree so he was doin well over 100mph
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im afraid to get back on my quad..ive had my share of scars but being with my friend in the middle of the road, bleeding to death..that tops it
im afraid to get back on my quad..ive had my share of scars but being with my friend in the middle of the road, bleeding to death..that tops it
they had to use a 5ton wrecker to get it out of the tree...and his quad never touched the road...
it flew over the road and down the road 20 feet...and took out a tree..and he never landed till 40 feet from the tree
it flew over the road and down the road 20 feet...and took out a tree..and he never landed till 40 feet from the tree
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