My buddy hit a deer about a month ago on his raptor. Just shifted into third, got a good bit of speed going and the small deer (maybe 75lbs) jumped out infront of him. He just remembers seeing a brown flash. He hit the back end of the deer, spun him into a ditch, broke the back legs of the deer, had to shoot it.

ANyone know a cheap place to buy a front wheel for a raptor?

 

I too have seen someone killed from hitting straight down on the front end (banshee) and NO BUMPER was going to save him. His only hope was to bail and he froze. He was a young man from Tulsa. My group was the first on the scene. Sadly he was riding alone and we have no idea how long he was laying there before we found him. ALWAYS ride with a buddy and when you realize you can't save it... BAIL!!

~HoundDog

 

Any landing that your able to reuse the machine is a good landing.

glad your friend is ok!