Well sorry to report this, but a neighbor who let his 15 year old blast around on his suzuki quadrunner 500 has had to suffer a hard lesson, they watched him jump that 600 lb monster several feet in the air run fuul bore every where he rode it, all without any helmet or safety gear of any sort.

and know they are at the hospital praying over his broken craninum

 

sorry to hear about it. i am 15 myself(soon to be 16) but i never ride without a helmet and never without all my riding gear when i'm on the track. i have to be thankful for my helmet a few times. i can't stand to see people riding without helmets.

 

Not only has this boy hurt himself,he has not benifited the ATV world one bit.All ATV related accidents are reported to the CPSC [consumer product safety commission].They are the ones that play a large part for STRICTER ATV regulations we riders now have on ATVs.Keep filling up the ER rooms with ATV patients,we all soon will be riding our ATVs in our backyards.
Bill Ciliberti

 

Hopefully he's alright. The only bone in your body that cannot heal itself is your skull, never again will I ride without a helmet, I have a crack going from my eyebrow up over my forehead down to my temple.. dosent bother me but I've gotta be xtra careful, one wrong slam and it could be all over. Dont like to preach but once your head is broken its broken, only thing they can do is throw a metal plate in there or something...

 

sorry to hear that.. yeah helmets are important to wear.. they saved my life 2 times.. the quad landed on my head and luckily i had a helmet.. thank god i only broke my arm when this happened. hope the kid gets better soon..

 

well i hope hes all right. im 13 and i always wear a helmet. Who was the dumb *** who let him ride a 500 two stroke with out a helmet?im glad all the guys i ride with wear helmets.

 

I think that riding a quad without a helmet is not only stupid, its plain retarted. Anyone who rides a quad without a helmet should not even be allowed to ride a quad at all!

 

Lucky day, He is going to be ok, over 200 stitches later, no riding for about a week, I think he is going to wear a helmet now.