tell me what your worst crash, flip or accident was on a quad i bet i can top it.

 

I didn't have the wreck, but my Brother in law was on my old 95 Timberwolf going down a mountain side, when he accidently hit a rock where the rear brake springs are. Broke the connections to the rear brakes, also at the same time the bump caused him to hit the shifter and put it in neutral. He flew by me probably going about 25-30mph downhill. Hit a tree, flipped over the handle bars, flew about 10 ft, he hit a tree, broke the jaw protector of his helmet, broke his nose, was unconscious for about 30 sec, broke both knee caps. The Timberwolf had to be retired from duty. The front suspension was folded under the engine, handle bars were broken off where he hit them with his knee caps. He hit the front left tire on the tree, that rim was flat on the edge he hit. Too much $$ to fix, so I took the engine out, and sold it to my cousin for his kid's racing go-cart. My bro-in-law is fine now and ended up buying an ATV anyway. He paid me 1000$ towards my Big Bear. He was an unexperienced rider and he said his mind went blank about what to do when he started to fly down the hill. Guess that explains why he didn't at least try to use the front brakes or put it back into 1st gear. At least he was wearing a helmet, things might have turned out different otherwise. Ever since then, I never ride without a helmet! Hope if your wreck is worst than this you are OK! Chris

 

2 years ago on my bro's big bear. Climbing a steep bank about 30 feet up. Shifted at the top and came tumbling down. Quad flipped about 8 times, and i was hung up by my jeans. Cracked my skull, Broke : right wrist, tail bone, big bone in left leg right below knee, 3 top teeth and 1 bottom. Dislocated my right shoulder and tore cartilage and ACL in left knee. Just kidding! Had you sweatin about beating that one huh. Ive been lucky enough to make a leap off every time.

 

I was riding my bike on day with a friend on a quad. There was a turn that we could not see around. I was running at the turn when he popped around it from the other directon and we hit head on. I got a pretty large hole ripped in my leg, and felt like it was broken. After I realized I coundn't get up I had some friends who were there to call 911. Bone was not broke but there was alot of skin and tissue missing from my leg, I had to have a skin graph, had the surgery a week and a half later and spent another 1 month recovering. They took the skin from my hip. Now I have 2 big scars. Other then that I was fine. That was my worst. Have pics if anyone wants to see em [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I am sure that there has been alot worse, so i am not planing on winning this one! The part that hurt the most was the $15,000 in bills that followed the accident [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

so far i think i screwed myself on this one. BigBearChris's brother in law has got me beat.
Well here's my story:
me and my buddy were headed to my house on the quads after a night of camping with a few of my other friends. on the way there we decided to mess around in the gravel pits for a little bit. as most of you probably know, there is always some showing off to be done. my buddy went off a jump with his quadrunner 250 and stupid me had to say that i could get better distance off it. as i was lining up i could tell that the jump was pretty crazy but it was too late to back down. Sure enough i went for it in about 3rd gear and just before i came to the jump i froze. went off the jump got about 6 or 7 feet in the air, my front end started to come down and before i knew it i was doing a nose dive into the ground. my warrior fell on top of me and rolled to its side. i stood right up after the crash, took my helmut off and threw it because i was pissed for what i had done to my quad. i just put a new rear rack on and now it was gone, my front end was a little bent, had a flat tire and a few gauges in the plastic. As for me, i had a good size gauge taken out of my shoulder,and my helmut was really mangled, but no serious damage.

it wasnt too bad of a crash but it was my first and hopefully last.
i would like to see someone beat Bigbearchris's response!![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

going alond in 3rd my foot got caught on the rocks i was going over (jumping) pulled me off my quad broke my right leg broke(more like crushed)my right ankle broke my left wrist and now i have 2 pins in my ankle 6 pins and a metal plate in my leg

 

I bet I have the most pathetic crash...

I was riding in the desert one day, and I came to a series of ditches. I would roll into one, and jump out of it, then onto the next one. At about the 4rth one, it was too steep and I was going too fast. I flew right into the other side and broke my arm. I wasnt even having much fun, or even riding hard, but I was off my quad for 6 weeks and in a cast. That really sucked.

 

i was riding along a trail on my first quad (trusty ol majove), and there was a jump up the trail i always hit wide open, well, i come to the turn right b4 it and hammer down on it,, i come aroun the last set of trees, and right as i get to the jump i see somethin shiny goin across the trail... someone had put up a strand of barbwire. i was doin about 50-55 easy, and caught the barbwire, it tore the front plastic off the quad, ripped up my arms really bad (17 stitches), i could see my bone in my right forearm and the inside of my muscle on my left arm. it ripped the vents out of the mouthguard on my helmet, and ripped the padding out of the front of it. it also pulled me off the mojave and i landed right on a rock. i was goin fast enough that the quad still made the jump,,, i never found out who put the barbwire up tho....

 

Just so ya'll know there is a thread just like this one in the honda forum, about 30 posts in it. i will bring it up to the top.

 

on october 8 2001 i was on the wrong side of traffic tryin to get around a guard rail that was on a sharp turn. well a car came around the turn at about 55 and hit me on the right side. i laid in the grass for about 25 min while they decided if i was gonna die or not. i was taken by hellicopter to westchester medical center where i found i had a broken leg and collar bone, i also did a lot of internal damage. i was off my quad for 4 weeks before i would take my walker to get on [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

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