Man guys, I don't know what I did, but I was just out in my garage trying to pull my Raptor out(by hand). I pulled sideways on it and I felt a "POP"/"CRICK" in lower right part of my back. Darn it hurt!! I think I pulled a muscle or something. I'm only 15!! I thought this stuff only happened to old people. I hate this. I tried to go riding but that hurt like heck, so I came in and am now writing this. That makes me mad. I wanted to ride!!!

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ahah

yep thats gotta suck

yep thats gotta suck

At least it wasnt down LOW. ouch

You think you have it bad, check out what happened to me. I was racing motocross or gravelcross as we call it at IOK gravelrama. I raced my raptor in the open 4-stroke against 13 400ex's and 1 other Raptor. I was side by side to my buddies TC built 400ex coming into the first turn, when I accidentally shifted down into neutal instad of 2nd. I was in 4th place up the big hill and was doing pretty good, I knew this track pretty well and this was the 4th time I had raced here. When we hit theobstacle corse which is filled with sharp turns, sweeper turns jumps, and dropoffs. I was still in 4th but closing in. I jumped off of a drop off andwas a little sideways when I hit my foot fell off the peg and hit the ground, just that quick the reaer tire ran over my leg and the quad rolled. I felt a pain in my leg and looked downto see my whole foot was at a 90 degree angle sideways to my leg. I climbed up on the bank so I wouldn't get hit and my ankle and foot fell back into place. Needless to say the paramedics cut my new riding boots and pants off. Well 2 hospital visits and 1 surgery later I am doing pretty good. I have a screw ran through my ankle bones into my leg bones to hold everything togeather while it heals. I ended up breaking my tibia and dis-locating my ankle. But hopefully in 6-8 weeks I will be as good as new and ready to ride. All have to say is be careful I consider myself a pretty good rider but accidents can always happen.

Dang Shollz! I'm sorry to hear about that.... It's a wake up call for safety to the rest of us.

Why didn't you just drive it out?

I too have been ‘Bit by the Raptor’. I was doing a blind ‘S’ hill climb behind a few other quads in Western PA (Hillsville – old strip mine). Nothing major until someone decided to stop over the crest of the hill. I was left hanging 2 feet from the top. I laid on the brakes and proceeded to slide back down the hill. I made it about half way down and then struck the side of the trail and rolled. I tried to jump clear but I wasn’t quick enough. When it was all said and done I had slightly bent handle bars and a broken arm. I find out tomorrow if I have to get a screw in my arm. I’m out for at least 6 weeks. I have to say though I’m pretty proud of my first broken bone. I almost made it to 30 yrs. without an incident.

I got a blue cast to match my raptor….. sweet!!!

Ride fast, take lots of chances, and keep your lid on!

sorry to hear it dude. same thing happened to me. if it doesn't get better in a while maybe try a chiropractor. that is the only thing that helped my back although it still hurts sometime.

Ha ur weak ....u must be a twig if u cant pull your Raptor out of the garage