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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 02:58 AM
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one of my buddies was riding last weekend and he went over a table top and nose dived rite inot his new bumper. but is it wasnt for the new bumper he would have died. unlike the stock bumper this one bounced the quad about half a inch away from the ground. then the quad landed on him . and i mean rite on him.if he still had the old bumper it would have landed on his head and he would have died.!
 
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 03:04 AM
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?
 
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 03:09 AM
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he went over the table top, he nose dived into hid new bumper, it flipped over with him still hanging on , his head was half an inch from the ground, the old bumper wouldnt have bounced, and he would have died
 
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 03:20 AM
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Sorry to hear about that. God must have been with him.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2003 | 03:21 AM
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well I've had a Raptor land on me - no fun!
Good thing that bumper was sticking out, eh? Just goes to show ya the stock stuff is not the best stuff!

tell him to keep his skinny azz farther back on the seat next time... if he ever tries it again! hehe

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Old Jul 17, 2003 | 02:03 AM
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Originally posted by: howler666
he went over the table top, he nose dived into hid new bumper, it flipped over with him still hanging on , his head was half an inch from the ground, the old bumper wouldnt have bounced, and he would have died
would have died? maybe he would have been hurt, but are you 100% sure the accident would have killed him?

how do you know the old bumper wouldn't have bounced?

just curious... glad your bud was ok. A good wreck is one you walk away from [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
 
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Old Jul 17, 2003 | 02:07 AM
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yeah i know do you know someone else that that happend to that had a stock bumper and died?
 
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Old Jul 17, 2003 | 02:31 AM
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hes not the best jumper, but he as let the bike go in the air because of nosediving and this time he held on, how do i now it wouldnt have bounched. um i dont becuased it didnt bounch before one.the new won did twicw.
 
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Old Jul 17, 2003 | 02:33 AM
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maybe u should learn to respect the damn thing instead of screwing around on it
 
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Old Jul 17, 2003 | 09:32 AM
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So he has nose dived once with the old bumper and twice with the new? That bumper wont save his life all the time, better practice more on smaller jumps before he really gets hurt bad.
 
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