What was your worst wreck?

[3WheelsOva4]

Hey, I just thought it would be interesting to see what some other people have done. My worse wreck was when I was a little younger and not very skilled. I was maybe 11 as im 15 now. I was riding down our old country roads and was going a little to fast for my skill and ended up going off a 5 footdrop right on top of a sharp fence. I was more afraid of my mom getting mad about me recking it that I tried to push it out on my own but couldn't. After someone saw me they told me I need to get my arm cleaned and I looked down and realized there was a chuck taken off the elbow area of my arm. My mom was called and they pulled the little Honda 110 out and started it right up. My sister drove it home and I went to the hospital.

[knsmodels]

My worst happened a little while after getting my new 86 200X. I had gotten together with a buddy of mine and went riding unfamiliar trails near his house. We got to a real steep hill (25 ft.) and I decided I was going up it. At the top of the hill I was met by rocks protruding out from erosion. Needless to say the trike rolled over on top of me and down the hill it went solo....I didnt get hurt but my buddy said the trike rolled like two times mid air and luckily landed wheels down so damage was minimal all the way around...there where plenty of others but that is the one I always remember first....

[atctim]

#1 - Me getting thrown off - Circa Fall of 1992

There's this woods trail be my house wide enough for a truck to drive on. It was a high speed trail - like maybe 40 - 45MPH. As I was headed down in in the fall - real fast I came around a slight bend and their was a tree down. The tree was a mighty oak of about 2.5 feet diameter. I locked up my back brakes, but in wet fallen oak leaves, I got no traction. As my trike hit the tree, it was imediatly stopped, but I was not. I was flung over the bars about 15 feet then probably slid in the wet leaves about 15 feet further. I was not hurt and believe it or not, neither was the trike. Was kinda cool after my blood pressure stabalized and I realized what had happened.

#2 - The Trike was Hurt - Circa Summer of 1993

I was hill climbing on the 200s. My rear original tires had NO tread on them whatsoever. As I reached the top of the 50 foot hill, I began to spin. as the tires could not push me anyfurther up the hill, I dismounted and quickly got to the front of the trike and grabbed onto the front forks. I was young and could not hold the weight anymore. I let go. The trike rolled down the hill like an old car tire, bouncing for what seemd like an eternity. it had to have rolled 15 times. when I got to the bottom to meet the beat up machine, the handle bars were wrapped down around the tank. no brake levers were in tact. She started right up and I rode it home (about 4 miles). On the ride home I couldn't believe what had happened to the trike. The bars resemmbled that of an 883 Sportster with their funny bends. I learned a lesson from that day - if you don;t have the right equipment to do the job - don;t do the job!!!

[ATCWRENCH]

on my 200X I was riding up a dirt hill that no one else was riding over, I'd get over it ride for another 20yards or so and turn around a tree then head back over the hill. I did this probably 10-12 times with no ill effects. the last time I went over someone followed me and I noticed them as I was leaving the turn and goind back over the hill. well what I didnt know was the guy that was following me, his sone was following him in his go-kart but he was way behind. I came out of the turn, ran it hard until 3rd gear, backed off to go over the hill and the second I hit the top, the go-kart was there and I had no where to go. we hit head on, I went over the bars, my head went in between the uprights of the roll cage after smacking the top cross bar, my right shoulder caught one upright, my left elbow caught the other, the top of my head was probably inches for this kids face. I had my helmet on so I sustained no head injuries. my legs go up over my head, I thought I was going over the backside of the this damn go-kart. I rolled back down the front of the kart and was dragged by the kart down the side of the hill it came up.

I laid there for a minute, got up took my helmet off and looked at my X that was lying on its side. the front end was trashed. rim/tire was bent back in to the frame. rim was toast and nothing happened to the go-kart.

the real kicker to this whole story is I knew the guy that was following me, I knew his kid, and they both know my parents. it was definatly a story to tell to my parents.

[farm mike]

came hoofin it around the corner of the barn maybe 45 mph.Somebody had parked an old 3/4 ton 4wd where it shouldn't have been. woke up in the hospital about 14 hrs later w/ a concussion and 16 stitches in my head.
I have no recolection of the accident but I've been told I slid the truck 18 inches...
that was about 25 yrs ago and I have yet to find where dad put my wheeler. he was a bit P.O.'d

[darrel632]

This winter I was clipped in the left rear tire on one of my T-3s ice racing by a kid on a new Honda 400ex I'll post pictures Monday of the Trike in the rebiuld stage as is. I bruised a lung and spleen, fractured a wrist, dislocated shoulder, sprained ankle, other minor injuries to go with it, fractured 3 panels in the body of a brand new FX body armor (spleen /kidney, rib and sholder). Trike destroyed an axle, carrier, rear sprocket, rear brake caliper, swing arm, shock, top suspension pivot, 2 rims, 2 tires, front and rear plastic (Maier), fuel tank,seat cover, levers and head light.

That bad enough?
I was back to work 5 days after the accident.
The T-3 will be back to running by Easter with original abet painted plastics, an original fuel tank, Kawasaki, complete rear suspension and brakes, and for now an 85 250sx front fender.
cost of the rebuild ---- more than a new T-3 in 1984, not unloading or parting out the first 2 stroke trike I ever owned -- everyone on the board knows the answer to that.

Darrel

[bigb9582]

mine was climbing this hill ive climbed many times before on my 250sx. i made it to the top and got a little air. while in the air the trike turned a little bit. when i landed the front tire turned and the end of the handle bar hit me in the ribs knocking me back. my foot sliped off the foot peg and my leg got cought between the tire and hot muffler ( i have no rear fenders). i suffered a bruised rib and burns on my calf muscle. i still have scars from it on my leg. needless to say a few weeks later i was riding up another hill (not very steep) and hit a bump and my foot sliped of the peg again because i was wereing sneekers with no grip and i ran over the same leg ripping the scabs and what not off, causing it to get dirty and infected again.

[Air-cooled-R]

One day i was riding a piss pile 185s I had just bought (didn't have a pull case on it so everything was exposed) that i plannned on fixing up to make just a daily beater out of. I hit a little bump and my foot slipped off the foot peg and then i felt something like a wasp sting or ant bite. No big deal. I look down to see what it is and from about my knee down on my left leg is just covered in blood. End of the story i got about a 4 inch chunk tore out of my calf. I had to get around 50 stitches to sew my calf muscle and the outer skin back together. So now I've got a nice scar there.

Another day I was riding one of my 250R's that i sold a while back. I was on a fast trail w/ a burm kind of thing in it. So if you don't turn sharp, you hit a fence. No big deal. I'd been down this spot 100 times. This time when i tried to turn my 250 didnt. So since i was leaned into the turn , i was on the other side of the bike. When it centered a wooden corner post i got thrown off the bike, instead of into the fence. I thought i broke my leg (it hurt like hell), It and my ankle were swolen up pretty good for a few days and now I have a nice burn on my left wrist from the exhaust pipe. (dumba$$, I know)

Last one, One day I was ridin a 250 timberwolf up a hill, not even going fast. I did somethin to make it catch traction all of a sudden and it started to roll, so I try to bail. When i jumped, somehow my foot got caught in the footrack, so down the hill we went. It rolled 3-4 times and I landed on my shoulder and then the 4wheeler landed on me. So, now if I move my shoulder just right it pops and hurts like a mofo.

Thats a few of my wrecks. I think those are the best.

[scooterroo]

too many broken bones to list and to many concusions to remember them all, lol. god, the good ole days.

[1984kxtTECATE]

Mine was on Blazerone22's white 350x, I sldie around a little berm and no more than 12 feet ahead of me was a nice 8 inch log, I had some good speed up and the breaks wernt going to stop it in time, I ended up laying the trike over (with no damagae thank god) and a broken ego. No bruises or scrap's. I swear that log jumped out in front of me That too was the first time I have ever rolled a trike.

[grundlegrabber]

'Bout 12 yrs ago, I was 17, riding down around the freight yards on my XR350. We had a jump set up that consisted of plywood stacked up un railroad ties. I had been going 'round a track and hitting the jump, did this about 10 times, then as I cam around the last time a guy got in front of me on a new 300EX. He went around the jump ("pussy", I thought), then decided to cut right in front of it and stop there. By this time, my front wheel was on the board and I was about revved out in 3rd. Too late to abort. As I saw my life flash before my eyes, I pinned her and hoped for the best. My front wheel hit the quad in the side, right behind the rider on the seat. Next thing you know, I was on the ground and couldn't move. I could see the bars of the bike protruding from a large puddle of water about 50 feet away. Screwed up my back so bad I couldn't walk for 2 weeks. It's better now, but I've had problems ever since. My friend picked up the XR, and the trusty old steed fired right up (bent wheel tho). I had to be jhelped to my truck, managed to slump myself into the seat, and that was it for the day's riding.

Second one happened up at the coal hills a few years back. On my 400EX, we rode out to a set of hills that were well worn and that I had ridden on many times and was familiar with. We hadn't been there in a few months, but everything looked the same as usual. So I decide to tackle one of the more moderate hills, with speed, and pop off the kicker on top. As I crest the peak, I look down and there is no ground below me. Apparently a dozer had come through and cut a 6' deep swath out of the backside of the hill, not visible from the face. To make maters worse, the entire backside of the hill was now terraced, with flats about 12 ft wide, dropping about 6ft each terrace. I managed to land and stay on the top terrace, but I was thrown about like a rag doll on my 400 with stock shocks. My chest was flung down against the bolts for the clutch perch, and they gouged me fiercely. Huge lump across my breastbone , left tit, and bruised heart. The damage was more mental than physical, and I learned a valuable lesson that day. NEVER take the terrain for granted.

There have been many, many more mishaps, but none have resulted in severe injury (thanks god and knocks on wood). I've been hit head on, run myself over, rolled on large hills, you name it.

I hope you have enjoyed storytime with the grundle.

[crd00]

The worst wreck I've ever had was on my 1984 200m. The tracks where I live are up and down up and down, I was flying over these bumps on my 200m and the rear of the bike started to bounce off the ground and I never thought much of it so I just kept going. The bike bounced once really HARD on the back wheels and it flipped right over on the handle bars flicking me off of it I'll never buy another 200m, they have no shock, no reverse, slow as hell, shitty front shocks, and they just look stupid.

[85hondaatc125m]

I have luckily only have 1, I was being kinda stupid and came drifting from the front lawn to the driveway in 2nd with a little too much speed and put it at 90degress and it was icy with some gravel and put the trike on its side, it made 1/4 of a roll, so not bad, no damage to me or it and she didnt even die on me or leak gas.

[dogger]

my trikes treated me pretty well. in the years I've been riding never took any hard dump's just dump stuff like riding a wheelie a little to high and such. now me and my quads are a differnt story I just can't be trusted on one. never broke anything thankfuly, but I did flip my trx r at around 50mph and got bruised ribs sprained my knee and torn a ligament(sp) in my ankle. scary part was I coulded find my helmet and I was just takeing a shake down run after doing so work on it and had to grab my spare. good think to I split teh back of the hekmet in two. trust me it's a good think to always wear your helmet no matter how "short" of a ride your taking.

[crd00]

I totally agree dogger