cut finger off

**yamahaman89** · 08-09-2004, 11:48 PM

Hi this is yamahamans mom. He wanted me to let you all know that on Friday he cut his finger off on the sprocket of his 200x. I was with him. He had to be transported to a different hospital about 40 miles away. They reattached his finger in a 2 hour surgery. He has to keep his arm up all the time. What happened was his chain fell off, he tried to put it back on, but he started his 200x and thats what took his finger. He says he knew he should of shut it off but it was stuck behind the sprocket and he thought it would suck it in.
Tomorrow we have to go see the Doc. Will let you know how it goes.

**Wickedfinger** · 08-10-2004, 12:18 AM

Ouch!!!! ...... I'm glad he's alright and they were able to sow it back on. Keep us posted and good luck to you.

**smokinp** · 08-10-2004, 12:23 AM

Hi this is yamahamans mom. He wanted me to let you all know that on Friday he cut his finger off on the sprocket of his 200x. I was with him. He had to be transported to a different hospital about 40 miles away. They reattached his finger in a 2 hour surgery. He has to keep his arm up all the time. What happened was his chain fell off, he tried to put it back on, but he started his 200x and thats what took his finger. He says he knew he should of shut it off but it was stuck behind the sprocket and he thought it would suck it in.

ouch is right!I hope it heals up and he has use of it... :Evil

**Macs** · 08-10-2004, 12:29 AM

i lost two of mine on a cr125. the rehabiltation is nasty but it will heal up fine. on my pointer finger it sheaded the meat off the bone. i mean nothing but bone left. they had to graft meat off of my forarm and fused the middle finger which was reatached to the pointer finger to get circulation back to it. that was when i was 13. i am 25 now and i will never make that mistake again. luckily i had the help of the hand surgeons of texas which is an elite group of surgeons that did a hell of a job. if yall want i will email pics so you will see how yours will lokk in 10 years

**Red Rider** · 08-10-2004, 01:59 AM

Hey Yamahaman, sorry to hear about your finger. Hopefully you'll be back riding & posting in no time at all. Thank heaven for loving & understanding moms, huh? No pun intended, but we'll keep our fingers crossed for a full recovery for you. Get well soon.

**TrikeKid** · 08-10-2004, 03:53 AM

my dad lost part of two of his fingers to a dirtbike. he crashed and the peg was stuck up and he couldnt get it down with his foot so he used his hand and the tips of his pointer and middle finger ran through the front sprocket. they werent saved though he got to keep all his joints but the part of the finger with the nail was destroyed so they grafted nail from his toes onto it. they dont grow but theres nail there at least. he screwed his finger up again a few years ago he pinched it bad enough to actually make it burst it damaged some nerves and he doesnt have feeling in the tip anymore. get well soon dude.

**petesatc** · 08-10-2004, 07:43 AM

hey dude.....i cut the tip off my middle finger in a lawn mower when i was 12....they sowed it back on....i'm 32 now and you can hardly see it...i have most of the feeling back...
anyway good luck dude....and hopefully back on the 200x soon....
pete

**jeswinehart** · 08-10-2004, 07:50 AM

i can relate ,,,, a 185-s let me know it didn't have a chain gaurd on it 14 years ago.

very nice of you to give us the update yamahaman89's mom ,,, thank you.

john

**Muddy200x** · 08-10-2004, 09:00 AM

Are those what I think they are? (in the bottle)

**Dan Tenn** · 08-10-2004, 09:58 AM

Remind me never to order anything with rum in it at swineharts house.

**Jeb** · 08-10-2004, 10:00 AM

I hope the rehab and healing is speedy and problem free!

Hey John, I was watching Discovery this weekend and they had a program on about the world's most dangerous job which they said is Alaskan Crab Fishing.

Anyway one of the guys had lost his finger after getting his hand caught in a winch. He wore that finger on a chain around his neck!

My dad lost the entire end joint of his middle finger from a roping mishap. I was real little when it happened back in the 70's. I rolled my pinky finger on my right hand into my dirt bike rear sprocket and chain back around 89 or 90. The bike was on a stand and the engine not running. I was lucky and got out with just a small scar.

**yamahaman89** · 08-10-2004, 11:32 AM

hi its me umm its a constant pain but whn it all happend thought it was a deep cut when it was stuck in the sprocket and rasn to get help and i took it out of gear and got it out and put it in my shirt and went to my home i didnt fearit through but i do now everyone told me to go buy a quad that made me very mad cuz it was my stupidity ot the trike well thanks!!!

**84honda 200X** · 08-10-2004, 02:34 PM

Hope ya get better soon man.

**AZ250R** · 08-10-2004, 03:57 PM

WOW, good luck and heal up quick mang!

I can't believe how many people on here have lost or have family who've lost fingers!?!?! Now I definately know to respect thy chained sprokets.

Glad it wasn't your right hand THUMB though, that would be the worst possible digit IMO :Evil

**atcmatt** · 08-10-2004, 07:00 PM

Mate thats gotta hurt, i know it hurts bad enough in a bmx bikes chain! Cant imagine a motorbike

Oh another glory of the old shaft drive

Get well soon mate.

Matt

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