good idea to NEVER ride with out helmet
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Never ride in shorts, either. Your knees are always the first thing to hit the ground.
Superbike riders crash harder than that all of the time and actually get back on their bikes to finish the race. Just because he wasn't wearing leathers and a helmet, he'll never be able to ride the same again.
Superbike riders crash harder than that all of the time and actually get back on their bikes to finish the race. Just because he wasn't wearing leathers and a helmet, he'll never be able to ride the same again.
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Well I know my boy discovered why I make him wear full gear ( including the chest protector and the kidney belt ) he went full speed on his CRF70 and slamed the short jump ( a jump I use to practice hopping the bike over ) going the wrong way on the track. I told him do not go the wrong way. And he is argues about wearing all the gear.
Well he hit the jump and did a major discovery last thursday. I came around the turn and found him laying on the ground crying. he told me what he had done. the chest protector vents were fill with dirt and grass and what not. I remined him this is why he needs to listen, and this is why we wear the gear we do. He was very lucky. Now he listens and dosen't argue about wearing it. He's ok. We now have a sit down discussion before we ride and a reveiw after were done for the day. I support the helmet + the riding gear...
Well he hit the jump and did a major discovery last thursday. I came around the turn and found him laying on the ground crying. he told me what he had done. the chest protector vents were fill with dirt and grass and what not. I remined him this is why he needs to listen, and this is why we wear the gear we do. He was very lucky. Now he listens and dosen't argue about wearing it. He's ok. We now have a sit down discussion before we ride and a reveiw after were done for the day. I support the helmet + the riding gear...
xsnrg
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I can't believe there were fireman, EMTs, & a film crew there participating and he was riding without a helmet ON PAVEMENT. Maybe this is inappropriate, but better it happened to him, "an experience stunt rider" than some kid that watched the video they were in the process of producing. I can see perhaps a farmer putting around tending his fence line with a utility quad not wearing a helmet, and maybe there are other similar situations, but riding wheelies on concrete on a sport quad without a helmet is evidence of brain problems BEFORE the accident.
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Chili that's just down right frustrating to me. Your cousin was in a situation that there really wasn't a huge amount of circumstances under his control and he ends up like he currently is. Then on the flip side some twit that is stacking the deck against himself and he gets away with it in the end. It's just not fair.
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he wasn't wearing a helmet cuz quads r safer, duh1!1
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knowiam
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CRASH39 said:
That is good advice.
I have a picture of me and the boy in Parker AZ. The one who is to lead by example is not wearing a chest protector.... :coocoo: We never ride [now]without full gear~ even when just chasing after the boy... But, there I am "just that one time" :bang:
We talk about safety prior to the ride(we also pray for safe ride/landings :laugh: ).
I will probably show my boy this video-thanks for posting it.
Ken
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I always have at first it was because my parents made me now it's because I remember some of others wrecks including mine the could have been really painful if it wasn't for protective gear.
Now you can't pay me to ride without my gear even if I'm in the back yard my knee shin pads are on along with elbow gaurds etc.
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My dad taught me at the very beginning to always wear and tie the helmet and never did I complain against his instruction. I know of a guy here, in Quebec, who played with his pit bike during a party and banged his head on ashpalte; he died.
Talking about helmets, did anyone hear about the Moose M1 helmet? It meets all DOT and Snell M2005 standards, is very attractive, and sells for only 139.95$. I seriously consider buying this helmet unless someone advises me against doing so.
Talking about helmets, did anyone hear about the Moose M1 helmet? It meets all DOT and Snell M2005 standards, is very attractive, and sells for only 139.95$. I seriously consider buying this helmet unless someone advises me against doing so.
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I don't feel sorry for him......given the fact that it was a photo shoot for a video, and not even the producer(s) of this video had the balls to tell this guy he had to wear some safety gear - at least a helmet - in order to participate. Smart enough to hire EMT's, but dumb enough to let someone ride without a helmet.......the guy that got hurt isn't the only idiot in this story.
It's always a shame to see someone get hurt, but when they get hurt being stupid, I have alot less sympathy for them. That's why they say "Stupid Hurts"......
It's always a shame to see someone get hurt, but when they get hurt being stupid, I have alot less sympathy for them. That's why they say "Stupid Hurts"......
knowiam said:
I went on and added to the chest protector because when I did go down, there be some kind of rock or someing that would jab me or the impact was isolated to a single location wich put me down. got tired of that. since I wore it it the most so far is the wind knocked out of me. I plan to add elbow gards and knee gards..of course the ideal is to try not to crash...
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ya dont forget your brain bucket (lol) last year in my 8th grade scince class we had a guy come in and he told his story about how he was riding a motorcycle and half of his brains where scattered all over the road... so ya that scared me a bit so i where a helmet if i go riding...
yep, lifes a bitch, so wear a helmet! Pretty much. I sometimes take a ride up and down the block to fling the water off the chain and heat the engine to dry it off. I usually grab a old helmet I have on the shelf in the garage. I know a lot of guys how have messed themselves up while do that. None seriously, but hurt none the less.
