Tag: atv crash

Today’s Friday Funny specimen reminds us all why it’s dangerous to bring one’s wife and a video camera to a favorite riding spot. In this case we have a gravel pit, a Quadracer 250 2-stroke and said video camera in the hands of said wife. What could possibly go wrong right? We’re not positive what […] More »

The setup: A steep sandy incline appropriately named “Banshee Hill”, a man in a lame orange raincoat mounted on a Yamaha Banshee wearing a helmet cam and a quick lesson in physics. Sharp acceleration from a dead stop instantly shifts the center of gravity to the rear of the machine. Add a steep hill to […] More »

Well you know what they say: what goes around comes around. For this week’s internet silliness, we find a hapless camera operator perched on his ATV while his friends circle him on their black sport machines, tossing roost in his direction. Note the lack of helmets, absence of safety gear and the goggles too high […] More »

What we have here in today’s installment highlighting the foolishness that people tend to do when an ATV and video camera enter the equation is a man in ill-fitting shorts and his Yamaha Grizzly, a few rocky hills and the law of gravity. What we don’t have is a helmet (naturally), skill or a whole […] More »

When it comes to Friday Funnies, we usually scour the web to deliver wild wipe outs, terrible tumbles and asinine antics all in the name of humor. Keeping this in mind, one would think that a video clip titled, “Why We Wear Helmets” would take the high-risk cake. However, when it comes to ATVs, helmet […] More »

Dear ATVC: I was wondering if there are statics that identify who is most at risk when it comes to sustaining an ATV-related injury? Logic would suggest young, inexperienced riders would be most at risk. While the hard stats are constantly changing on such matters, we have been able to look back to research conducted […] More »

Sometimes you can tell a lot about an ATV clip and the ensuing high-jinx it contains by nothing more than the setup: 3 generations of guys, the oldest of which is placed on the youngest’s ATV, add a black vest, a bit too much throttle and well, you’ll see. Note how the guy’s presumed son […] More »