They also keep you from putting your feet down when sidehilling and you feel like you're gonna roll over down hill. They force you to power out of a sitsuation and learn how to correct it the right way [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Plus what Loki said, totally a safety issue, wouldn't ride without them, of course I'm still a rookie and am learning how to ride the proper way, all out!!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

Larry

 

The reason why I got them is to prevent me from accidentally running over my foot. Didn't feel too secure without them. The scrammys have running boards, which are nice. I rode a couple quads that didn't have nerf bars and didn't feel safe. I know they saved me a few times when my foot slipped/bounced off the peg.

 

I got my first set on the DS650 when I went off a jump and my foot came off the peg and hit the ground. I didn't break any thing but hurt my leg pretty bad and missed two weeks of work. While I was out on injury I bought a set and will not do any jumping with out them.



2mnyToyz

Yes it dose help from getting tangled up. In a race some one try to stuff me in a corner and they would have ran into my leg if I did not have nerf bars.

 

I like the 4x4 Dizzy, and The track video....I think when my Blaster gets enough watering and grows up maybe I will take a couple laps ....

 

Don't worry Happacan'tbethatslow, I'd pick ya. Then we'd both have 'em all looking for us. Maybe they'll have a "slow poke" class for us. he he...

As Sean takes the corner to fast and gets launched off and into the trees, again. Ouch that hurt

 

The work party went well. We had 18 people show up to work/eat/play. I wasn't able to work either! I'm in the process of getting a different job and had to spend time with the wife and caldozer. Trailboss said we collected good hours, ate BBQ chicken, and the weather was good for riding.

To the thread, I'll post how to sign-up for the poker run tomorrow on this site and at the PSAR site.

 

YoDadda,

good to hear from ya........Been hiding out like me huh!!!!!!!!!

 

I stole this from another post.

NCscrambler is a NC bud from other threads (i used to live in NC).

the following is why safety shouuld always come 1st


Well, I have to reply to this post. I thank everyone who prayed for me and my family and thought about me during this time. My wreck was very violent and I am still unclear of what happened exactly. I am pretty sure I either flipped end over end or barrel rolled, either way I had to have been moving pretty quick and I was riding by myself on some pretty bad trails. I was wearing a helment (a very expensive one at that) but it broke at the mouthpiece and surrounding area. I think that is what done so much damage to my face. I had multiple fractures of my nose, my sinuses, and my skull, so much that I was leaking spinal fluid. It took 14 screws and 2 plates to fix the damage. I also had 3 broken ribs and my nose was torn half way off. The rescuers estimate that I was unconcious for 2 hours. It took them 2 hours to get in to the area I was riding and 2 to get me out. I suffered a concussion and couldn't remember anything that had happened. I was in good enough frame of mind to call for help on my cellular, which in itself is a miracle that it picked up in that area. Anyway, the head surgery was really uneventful and on my fifth day of being hospitalized, I was to go home, well that was when things turned for the worst. My pulse shot way up at 175/minute and stayed there and I started swelling up really fast and bad, shortness of breath, etc. They immediately put me in ICU and realized I was dying. They had to do an exploratory surgery in which they found that my colon had ruptured and all of that had poisened my system and I was only given a 10% chance to make it. They had to leave my stomach open due to the swelling and they had to clean my stomach out daily for about 3 weeks. In order to do that, I had to be in a comatose state. They also had to remove 6 inches of my colon and give me a temporary colostomy. During this period I had some other complications also, the lobe of my lung collapsed and my kidneys stopped working. They got all of that took care of thankfully. I remember waking in ICU on the ventilator, I couldn't talk because of all the tubes. I had so many tubes and lines in my body it was awful. I was on the vent for about 3 weeks and then they put in a trach because of the many more surgeries I would face. I pulled through it all because of God's grace and people praying for me. Everyone knows about the wedding and all of that. I was left with my stomach open, because of the swelling they couldn't close it. They took skin grafts from my legs and put over my stomach so it could heal from the inside out. I was told it would be from 6 months to a year before they could close my stomach and reverse my colostomy. I am doing much better now and have started back to school full time. I was very lucky that I had insurance as my hospital bill was around $200,000.00 The only damage to my Scrammy was the handle bar shaft broke, the front bumper layed up against the radiator, and some very small platic damage. (so If anyone has these parts cheap, let me know) I am thankful daily that I made it and I learned to never ride alone again and I hope others will get that from my experience. Also, wear a helment and body protection if you are riding in the woods. I will try to get some pics posted in my pic album of the aftermath of my wreck. I am not sure If I will ever ride again or not, I hate not to, but my wife doesn't want me to. I will probably sell my Scrambler and maybe get more atvs later down the road, but for now I still have a long road to recovery. Thanks everyone for thinking about me and for the prayers, it means alot. I will get on here from time to time and see how everyone is doing. Later, Nathan.


I am happy he is back with us!!!!! Let us try and not find ourselves in this situation.

 

Naw bro, I've just been so busy it's sickening!

Hey everyone, check you e-mails! I sent most of you poker run info.! If you can't open the file (it's in works), or if I missed you, please pm me your e-mail and I'll get it to you. Those who can't open it, pm me and let me know.

Bing, that story makes a good point. If he didn't have a helmet on, he'd be dead! Helmets spread impact so as not to create a gaping hole where you make contact.

 

WTH am I doing posting at this hour?!?!?! Quad4 must have bit me!