Its hard to learn the capabilities of you and your machine without moments of dumbass behavior [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] Just have to hope you don't get hurt in your dumbass moments [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

yeah i got a recon and me and my freind also on a recon were going trough the creek going trough some pretty good holes.So then i was leading him and did not see a drop off which was like 2 and half feet deeper then the alredy foot deep water we we riding in.any way all of a sudden water is coming up over my handle bars and by the grace of God i made it out quad intact.And this other time my freinds on a 450r and a 250 kawi dirt bike were going up some steep hills wich there is no way in hell i was going to make it up.well i find this hill none of them have seen before and say "hey guys watch this"!!! The hill was like a 70 degree angle so i get a running start and take it about in 3rd gear then all of a sudden the front end lifts up and i ride a wheelie all the way up the hill i was allmost srtaight up while riding the wheelie. If you want to see the pic of me in water go to

http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=4/11221115473.jpg&s=x402

 

i should have....i'm still paying for it.

Last year in the middle of may I was riding my 2004 rancher 4x4 (see my sig) in a gravel pit with friends. I had JUST gotten the thin paid off, my gf helped pay for it and i was paying her back. I had just given her the last of the money when i got my tax return. Anyways, I spotted a hill about 50ft high, not that big but steep enough to pay attention. It looked like a hill of black dirt, but halfway up I realized it was dried asphalt. I kept going afraid to try to turn around, my rear wheel hit a rut, spun, then grabbed again, and the whole machine bucked sideways to the left. I couldnt keep it balanced, and i was still in like 2nd gear. It was a foot-shifter, so i couldnt dismount it just yet, i was gonna try to save it by putting it in neutral and reversing back down if i could. I went to shift it down into reverse and shifting my body that little bit was enough to send it rolling. It rolled over me and all the way down the hill, landing on all 4's right side up.

The plastic was scratched pretty bad, the bars were bent. It didnt look bad at first, but we kept riding after I shook it off. I came out ok, i had a helmet on and just had a few scratches on my back from the ashpalt. The machine didnt handle right after that, and I noticed that it sat lower on one side. So i called my insurance company, they said i bent the frame and they totalled it...

couple weeks later i got the check and bought another one.