What was the worst accident you guys ever had?

**soon2becomeaowner** · 05-06-2003, 07:34 PM

What was the worst accident you guys ever had? how can it been prevented? post some pics...

**CHAINSAW** · 05-06-2003, 07:57 PM

I had a kid on a go cart come out of some trees in front of me. No pics, but here is the story and result.
I had just got my new motor in my 85 250R. I was showing off on some jumps for some kids watching across the road. I didnt even know one was on a go cart riding around (not really a go cart, it was more like an odyssey) Well he pulled out of some trees on the trail, and stopped. I was going wide open 5th gear.. Im guessing 55-60 mph. When he pulled out, it was to late for me.. I couldnt turn, just slam on the brakes. I T-boned him and I went flying over the top of the go cart. My R did a flip in the air, and landed on the other side from the side that I hit him.
Damage: Totalled out my forks, front rim, tire, brand new FMF pipe, broke the mounting on the silencer, bent my handle bars, bent my grab bar, broke my back plastic and scuffed up my gas tank, bent brake and clutch levers, bent the foot brake pedal, and tweeked the right foot peg.
The people who saw it, said i did 2 flips in the air before I landed, and my R did one and a half in the air (landed on its top)
Looking back now, I wish I would of taken pics, but at the time I couldnt believe it happened. Oh, and the kid on the go cart walked away without a scratch. I bleed at home for 3 days and couldnt walk for a week.

**punkbek3886** · 05-07-2003, 09:56 AM

the first time i rode a 3wheeler i ran into a fence and the back tire was spinning out against my leg. then one time a kid on a 4wheeler shot dirt at my face and i swerved to miss a tree, it started to flip and i jumped off, the 3wheeler tumbled and the back tire bounced off my head and the trike rolled over me. it could have been a lot worse cause i got back up and kept riding

**kyle** · 05-07-2003, 11:20 AM

i think the worst crash i ever seen on a trike was my buddy. he was climbing a hill we called big bertha, very huge strait up hill. i told him not to climb it cause he wasnt very experienced on trikes. but he just bought it and you cant tell him anything. it wqas a yamaha 225 DX. well anyway, he got almost to the top and the bike didnt have enough to make it to the top. so hes sittin there on the hill with his brakes held. he yelled down, "what do i do?" i told him to slowly back off the back brakes and keep a hold of the fronts and inch yourself down the hill. well he did just the opposite, he grabbed them back brakes and let go of the fronts. his trike went backwards he jumped off and his trike did like 5 flipps backwards down the hill. he was ok, but the bike...snapped the handlebars in half, blew one of his rear tires, bent the forks, and ripped the plastic to shredds. he was very upset after that. it was the 1st day he had the bike.

**whiteman350x** · 05-07-2003, 11:41 AM

Time:April 20, 2002
Place:Rocky Creek ATV Trail
Bike:85 Honda 350x
Story(the part I remember): We showed up at 9 a.m. and started the first loop. I was on my 85 350x and my friend was on my 85 250r. The other guy in our group was on a 84 trx200 quad. We rode slow for about 5 mi. so the guy in the quad could get used to riding (it was his first ride). Then he said go ahead and run, so we took off, he was just going to follow along. We had pretty much outrun everybody on the trail except a Polaris scrambler 400. He put the r into a stack of tires so we really left him. The r fould a plug so I gained on him. The whoops section was coming so I really poured it on. Took the first 3 o.k. Pinned the throttle in 4th and took the 4th. Too hot, landed on top of the 5th one and the rear came up so when I hit the 6th one I pitched it in. Busted my helment. Trashed my nose, broke a tooth below the nerve, busted my lips so bad a tooth came through the bottom one, concusion, left elbow dislocated with nerve damage (still can't extend my arm all the way), along with assorted other scrapes. Then came the chopper ride (I hate flying) and 3 days in the hospital. Still riding though. Just take it slow through that set of whoops.

**FullBore** · 05-07-2003, 12:44 PM

Ouch you guys, those are nasty accidents there, especially for you whiteman all that pain and then having to go in a chopper too!
I've never really had a bad accident, my worst was when I was in my backyard and I was pulling a wheelie on my Yamaha TY250, I didn't get the front wheel down in time to miss the tree, so I ran into the left side of the tree the right handlebar caught on the trunk of the tree and I hit the right side of my face on a low end of a brach that had been cut off, it fairly tore my face open along the cheekbone and bruised the rest, luckily i haven't got any scarring at all, the bike forks ripped all the bark off the tree and the only damage to the bike was a broken brake cable adjuster!

Nat

I have taken some photos of the tree today, the accident happened about 2 years ago and look at the damage!

In the top left of this one you can see the end of the branch that hit me in the face, the one growing out of it to the left wasn't there!

I suppose I'm lucky that i didn't lose an eye, It could have been worse if I was wearing my helmet as I think it could have caught on the branch and possibly broken my neck.

**yyz4208@aol.com** · 05-07-2003, 02:41 PM

NOT ON THREE WHEELER BUT I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE GET PULLED OFF THERE SLEDS BY BARBED WIRE FENCE AT 60 70 MPH ALMOST DECAPITATED FROM THE NECK UP

**3WheelsForever** · 05-07-2003, 04:17 PM

soon2becomeaowner I dont think you can really prevent the wrecks. Sometimes it may be from machine failure. Others it may be wrong driver input. One of the only ways to TRY and prevent it is to use common sense and dont try things that you or your machine cant handle. Slowly work your way up. That is how to get up to the best of your abilities in riding. Just be patient and dont let others force you into climbing a hill that you know your machine is not capable of. Hopefully that helped.

**ATC crazy** · 05-07-2003, 06:03 PM

The worst wreck I ever had was about 2-2.5 years ago on my SX. I went over to my friends house to ride for the first time and he told me to watch out for the little tree stumps on the edges of the trails. They were about 3" in diameter and 5" tall. So I was riding along the side of the hill at about 3rd gear because the trails were tight and I caught something out of the corner of my eye. It was one of those stumps...so I slammed on my brakes and just touched it w/ my back tire. Well it was enough to get me balancing the trike on one leg wanting to roll downhill. My foot was slipping on the dry leaves so I said &%*# it and bailed. The result: Nothing...I got a small scratch on the arm from a thorn and the trike was leaning on its side with the seat against a small tree. Not even a scratch on the machine. I pushed 'er over and continued riding.

Not an exiting story but luckily that was the worst I've had. See, I ride within my skills, and no, that dosen't mean 2-3rd gear putting around. I've ridden everything from a little 90cc quad to a ATC500R, at top speeds and the maximum ammount I think I can do w/out getting hurt, but I always remind myself not to do anything stupid...and doing stupid things is what gets people hurt. (now I'm not saying anything bad about anyone)

**wanta250r** · 05-08-2003, 12:24 AM

I flipped my 200x once. I was trying to do a donut so I wasn't going fast but the rear tire got traction when I was doing it and it went over. I jumped off and didn't get hurt the trike was scratched on the fenders and the headlight is tweeked( where's the headlight guard x ) it was fun.

**J.D.** · 05-08-2003, 10:56 AM

Not too long ago I took a jump, got 8 ft of air, and my front tire landed first(My balace was wrong), then my right tire landed, and it just rolled on top of me. I have a nice scar on my right arm, but the Tri-Z came out ok except for the headlight guard getting bent up. I think it could have been prevented if I balanced myself right.

**Russell 350X** · 05-09-2003, 11:15 PM

the worst wreck i had was not very bad. i was on my 185s. it was winter. i was goin up a hill in about 4inches of snow. my friend was following me on his bayou 220. i was goin good, spinning a little bit and my tires caught somethin (rock or somethin) and the front end came right up over and the next thing i knew it was on top of me!. that was one of many and of which i was wearing my helmet!

**350Xrider** · 05-10-2003, 12:12 AM

The worst accident I ever had was either March or April 2002 and I was hitting this hill by my house down by the interstate,and I got within 3 feet of the top,and the rear tires broke loose then the bike quit and some way or another my feet came off the pegs but I bailed the best I could,the bike came back and hit to the right side of me but somehow my left foot ended up on that side of the bike, I was on my near mint condition at the time 86 350X the whole bike came crashing down right on my left foot I sit up and watched my bike roll to the bottom of the hill it rolled 18 times,I had no knowledge of my problems until I tried to stand up and colapsed. Luckily my rear fenders blew off and didn't get damaged,the bike bounced at least 6 foot in the air as it was tumbling down the hill. I scooted down the hill on my ass and my budies turned mbike over,I put my knee up on the seat and kicked it over with my good foot,rode it home and sat for 2 weeks thinking it was just sprained because I could still move my toes,but I learned that doesn't mean a dam thing now. I went to the hospital and they said you have some pretty bad breaks,then they said this will have to be surgically corrected,and 15 screws and 3 metal plates later I'm still riding,I rode a little when It was broke still,but I had to ride the old mans damned old 425 Magnum. I have the pictures of the x-rays,but just the after one,I don't know how you would manage to post a pic of an x-ray though,so. It layed me up for about three months on crutches to.

**FullBore** · 05-10-2003, 08:13 AM

LOL, I just hit the fence in our yard with the 110 yesterday, I was sliding her around a corner and the rear tyres gripped, the front tyre on full left lock went straight on and we hit the fnece, it wasn't fast and neither me nor the bike was hurt but the fence was rotten anyway and it's just totalled now!

350xrider, that rounds real nasty man, I belive you can scan X rays and they come out nicely.

Nat

**olderthandirt** · 05-10-2003, 09:17 AM

:-D :shock: back in 84,yes i'm old,my buddies and i were riding to a local sand pit,that we rode quite often.
well to access the pits you had to ride up and over this 20' earthen berm that surronded the pits. we had not ridden here for a week,and unknown to us the equipment operator had dug a very deep hole on the down side of our trail over the berm. well,it looked like a pile up on the interstate as each one of us got to the top of the hill and tried to stop as seeing the hole.
we each slid into each other thus knocking the one in front that stopped off and into this water filled hole
total damage= 2 trikes that had to be towed home,bent forks,handlebars,bent axels,flat tires,bruised egos and every other body part. thank god we had helmets,gloves and riding boots. man from that point on we would park and walk up the hill to see what was on the other side. :oops:

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