Funniest thing ever seen while riding.....
APGUSER
Saw a guy at the end of a desert race crash into his own truck.... Poor
schmuck was so tired and his bike so trashed at the finish check that he
couldn't get stopped and rammed the right front fender of his own truck. He
launched over the bars and landed spread-eagle on the hood! Oh, his wife and
kid were standing right there watching... They seemed concerned...the rest of
us...well... : - )
Doug
Bultaco 350 Alpina M99
Bultaco 250 Pursang Mk7 M120
Bultaco 250 Pursang Mk4 M68
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Tim - fusion1
"Fraser Shortt" <canad...@sprint.ca> wrote:
>I was wondering what the funniest thing anyone have ever see/witnessed while
>riding. Im sure there are lots of good stories out there. For me one of
[snip]
My buddy Bob and I were trail riding in late March.
The temperatures were warming up, and the snow and ice melted
everywhere except where the shade of the mountains kept the sun off.
We came to a snow patch, and Bob tried to ride over it instead of
around it. There was a frozen puddle underneath, and he was down on
the ice in about half a second.
When the bike hit, the throttle stuck wide open. Bob slipped and
scrambled trying to get to the screaming KDX.
As soon as he started pulling the bar off the ice, the Kaw hooked up
and spun around on the ground like Curley from the 3 Stooges.
When it spun, it swept Bob's feet so cleanly out from under him that
his whole body was off the ice for a split second before he slammed
down. He hit the ground with a colassal "OOOF".
The bike, now satisfied, burbled and died.
This whole scened played out in a matter of about 4 seconds.
Once we saw that Bob was OK, we absolutely roared laughing.
It has also become the bane of his existence, coming up whenever talk
turns to riding.
Tim O'Keefe
93 CR250 94 DR350se 94 XR600
http://www.users.fast.net/~fusion1
(trail riding, rat bikes, rental car abuse...)
Tim - fusion1
>"Fraser Shortt" <canad...@sprint.ca> wrote:
>>I was wondering what the funniest thing anyone have ever see/witnessed while
>>riding. Im sure there are lots of good stories out there. For me one of
[snip]
Bob story and this one are pretty much a tie, so I'll post this one,
too.
Chris and I made a little track through the woods. After a few laps,
we started riding faster.
I was having trouble keeping up with Chris, and he was riding a crummy
old 82 YZ250. I finally lost it and went off the trail in a turn right
before a hill. I heard Chris' bike stop abruptly after he crested the
hill. You know the sound, and you know someone fell when you hear it.
I brushed off and got my KDX re-fired, and crested the hill.
The YZ is laying off to the side of the trail, covered with weeds and
dirt beside substantial impact crater it had made. A tell-tale log was
jutting out from the undergrowth, with a fresh whack out of it where
the YZ hit. Chris must've gone a little wide, and hooked the footpeg
on the log.
Chris is off to my right, facing away from me over by a tree.
It looked like he was taking a leak. He was looking down.
I waited a few seconds, but he didn't turn around.
I yelled "Are you OK!?!" He turned his head toward me, and I saw a
horrified look in his eyes.
First thing I thought is that he has some kind of internal injuries or
something. It really was a haunting look.
He gather's himself for a second and says the words forever etched in
my memory... "I pinched the tip of my dick in the bars, and it's
bleeding..." After an awkward pause, he added "wanna see?"
I didn't know what to say. Homophobia took over, and I declined.
He spun around, and inspected his damaged buddy again, giving me a
report... "It's just a little cut. I'm OK..." "Oh-man. It's already
turning black and blue!" Finally, he delivered the zinger of
zingers... "Dude, I gotta hide this from my wife."
--
Tim (fus...@fast.net)
http://www.users.fast.net/~fusion1
(dirt bikes, rat bikes, rental car abuse...)
Ray White
I hope he was OK!.......but I got to tell you that was one of the funniest
story I have heard ...ROFL.
Ray
>
>
>First thing I thought is that he has some kind of internal injuries or
Jason Clishe
That was definitely hillarious! I'm sure something will come to me
eventually, but right now I just can't think of any funny stories.
Well, I was at Bull Gap once, and 2 quads were racing up it. About halfway
up, the rear tire on one of the quads launched about 20 feet in the air,
passing up the rider. The rider stopped, took off his helmet, and just sat
there scratching his head.
>First thing I thought is that he has some kind of internal injuries or
>something. It really was a haunting look.
>
>He gather's himself for a second and says the words forever etched in
>my memory... "I pinched the tip of my dick in the bars, and it's
>bleeding..." After an awkward pause, he added "wanna see?"
>
Greg Berchin
"Fraser Shortt" <canad...@sprint.ca> wrote:
>>I was wondering what the funniest thing anyone have ever see/witnessed while
>>riding.
This happened way back in the early '80's. My buddy, who was
accustomed to riding his very old Husky 250, had just purchased a
used Yamaha 400 and was riding it for the first time.
The Yamaha had undergone some modifications by its previous owner,
and my friend was having trouble adapting to its "toggle switch"
throttle. I was following him up a steep, rocky hill, and I had
to back away because he was throwing rocks at me by spinning the
rear wheel. A good thing, it turned out, because the bike
suddenly hooked-up and spit him off the back. He managed to hold
on to the handlebars, though, so there he was riding the bike
Superman-style with his toes dragging in the dirt. The bike
stood-up on its rear wheel, did one-and-three-quarter pirouettes,
and then shot off the left side of the trail, its front wheel in
the air and my friends feet still dragging on the ground.
The bike ran straight into a tree, CLIMBED UP THE TREE about ten
feet (by which time my friend had finally let go), and then
executed a perfect back-somersault over my friend's head. It
landed on its wheels, again headed for the tree, and ran right
over my friend who was lying on his back in front of the tree.
I laughed so hard that I fell off MY bike.
Brett J H
While riding at the local dirt pit one day I stopped and was talking to a guy
sitting on honda cr80 next to me. He was asking me if I had any duct tape he
could use because his clutch lever had a broken perch and the tape that he was
using to hold it together was coming apart. After I told him I couldn't help
him we spoke for a few minutes longer, then he restarted his bike, shifted
into first pulled in the clutch, chopped the throttle and the next thing I knew
the bike shot out from under him as the duct tape let loose of the clutch lever
launching the bike 5 feet in the air in a backwards summersault leaving the
rider behind still standing as if riding an invisible bike.
WLAboyz
I have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard!!
Only because I know he was ok.
Fred/
> fus...@fast.net (Tim - fusion1) wrote:
Chris is off to my right, facing away from me over by a tree.
>It looked like he was taking a leak. He was looking down.
>I waited a few seconds, but he didn't turn around.
>I yelled "Are you OK!?!" He turned his head toward me, and I saw a
>horrified look in his eyes.
>
>First thing I thought is that he has some kind of internal injuries or
>something. It really was a haunting look.
>
>He gather's himself for a second and says the words forever etched in
>my memory... "I pinched the tip of my dick in the bars, and it's
>bleeding..." After an awkward pause, he added "wanna see?"
>
>I didn't know what to say. Homophobia took over, and I declined.
>He spun around, and inspected his damaged buddy again, giving me a
>report... "It's just a little cut. I'm OK..." "Oh-man. It's already
>turning black and blue!" Finally, he delivered the zinger of
>zingers... "Dude, I gotta hide this from my wife."
>
>--
> Tim (fus...@fast.net)
> http://www.users.fast.net/~fusion1
> (dirt bikes, rat bikes, rental car abuse...)
>
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IJL
A friend of mine with a xl200 was climbing a hill with trees to the right,
trees to the left and a lip at the top that shot his bike out from under him
and over his head to the right where it landed upside down in a tree and the
handlebars grabbed a branch and stuck there over 20 feet above the ground
and 15 feet out from top of the hill.
It took us an hour (once we got a tow rope) to climb to it, tie it up and
lower it to the ground.
Ivan
SP125
(At least I ride)
Fraser Shortt wrote in message <895289093.87544@michelob>...
>I was wondering what the funniest thing anyone have ever see/witnessed
while
>riding. Im sure there are lots of good stories out there. For me one of
>the funniest things was when my spode friend was riding his KX 250 off of a
>5 ft drop off and due to his limp-wristed style he cranked the throttle
wide
>open upon landing and launched himself and bike WFO into a nice slimy
green
>lake.
>
WittSR
My friend and I were racing up a hill. He had/has an XR 75 I had a Suzuki TS
90(crappy bike i know) he had pulled me by fifty feet at the start and was
around a corner where I couldn't see him.After I had gotten up the hill i
declared myself the winner because he was nowhere in sight. I was oasting back
down the hill when i came around a corner and saw pieces of red Fender in a
tree. I looked up and saw my friends bike 5 feet up in the tree and him laying
below it. I went over to help him up afteer he got up and moved out of the the
bike fell and he told me what happened here's what he said: i was coming around
the corner i saw a rock which was the perfect shape for a jump so i jumped it
got the front wheel two high and landed riding a wheelie by that time i was in
the bushes on the way up the tree.
Squeky Lives!
The funniest I have seen was my buddy towing another buddy on a CR500.
The towing bike was a 1970's Yamaha 360 Enduro beast. The guy on the
CR hit the brakes puposely sending the 360 into a spazm and
subsequently sending the towing operator over the handlebars but the
handlebars didn't want him to leave. He busted himself good and was
rolling on the ground in front of his bike. We all found it very
funny and not didn't take long for our stomach muscles to cramp up.
Squeky Lives!
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Corny
If I was riding the bike and looked back at the incident.. I would laugh..
but if that was my bike and you did that.. you would sure hope you died
falling off that drop off :) Only laughing I would of been doing if I was
"jeff" would be... Your gonna die.. mu hahahahaha...
:)
Heh.. I remember once when I had a buddies junk bike out (an 85 RM 125..
curse them yellow turds) .. I went to take it down the rail road tracks.
Well .... the railroad tracks are raised on both sides... its kinda like a
20-30 foot table top .. cept on the so called "downside" of it was a
ravine.... We had a ramp built across the tracks made out of rocks.. and we
would crack the throttle open before the incline and then grab the clutch
and roll over the ramp.
Well... nick is sitting on the tracks smoking a cigarette while I am playing
in the woods and then come down to the tracks to rip down them.. and I crack
the throttle open on that bike and it just goes .. BaaaaBOOOOOG... RaaaaaaIP
.. throttle sticks.. sends me over the ramp wide open.. from what I was
told.. the bike was pancaked in the air... This whole setup thrown me over
the bars leaving the bike on 2 wheels parrallel with the tracks against a
tree... only thing screwed up on the bike was the carb (was like that :))
and a scratch on the tank... It was a nice landing.. would of been nicer If
I landed with the bike.. but no... I didn't get hurt then.. I think I use
to be invulnerable :)
--
Later!
Corny
Email: YZc...@crash.upstatechat.com
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92 YZ 250
89 XR 250
Pay...@webtv.net wrote in message <6jo8rb$ev1$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
> Ok, here is something funny that happened to me, I really didn't see the
>humor in it at the time, but my friend could not stand up he was laughing
so
>hard. Here's the deal: Back around 87 or so, my friend Jeff just got a
new
>YZ125. The bike was soooooo bad (we were 14, ok?), he would tell us all
>sorts of stories about the power it had, suspension travel, etc. Yes, it
>even had a powerband (I think it was the red one :-) Anyway, one day Jeff
>invited me over to ride. About 1/2 way through the day we decided to trade
>bikes. I was on a Yamaha 175 enduro (mid 70's), and mind you I had never
>ridden a bike with a "powerband". We were in a sand pit, just spinning
out,
>doing stupid stuff. Well, I got this bright idea to let the clutch out and
>hold on to the front brake. I was sitting there spinning the back tire and
>Jeff was like "yeah!Yeah!", so I kept going. All of a sudden the bike
hooked
>up and pulled the biggest wheelie in the history of YZ's. I rode the
wheelie
>for about 10 feet and hit a big ole rock. This kicked the ass end of the
>bike into the air, setting the front tire down with so much force I did a
>friggin handstand on the bars!! This lasted about 1 second and I came
>crashing back down on the seat. Only problem was I had a vulcan death grip
>on the throttle, so when I came back down, yeah baby, monster wheelie
again!!
> Rode this one for 15 or so feet and then went off a 8 foot drop off. The
>landing was pretty harsh, as I did a chest-banger on the crossbar. I just
>crumbled to the ground. I was shaking 1) cuz I just had shit my pants
twice
>and 2) was in fear of Jeff's dad if the bike was trashed. The bike ended
up
>being ok, I was another story.......
>
>John and Kim
>88 KX250
>96 XR100
>
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Bob Murphy lying under his Bultaco following a crash, his engine running at a
good clip, in gear, with his helmeted head stuck between his spinning rear tire
and his fender, the tire sawing through his face guard as he fought to reach
the kill button.
We were riding a freeway fenceline trail, three feet on the Nevada desert side
of the fence, heading back to gas up again. As we approached a roadside
dumpster (?) we saw a car stop, wife get out and walk behind the dumpster, drop
her slacks and underwear, squat ... and look at us in horror as we passed five
feet behind her. I don't know who was laughing harder -- us or her husband.
My feet disappearing through the hole in the ice -- following my bike, head,
and body into the stream. A few seconds later my helmet reappeared. I would
have preferred to watch it than to experience it.
The look on the old biddie's face as my hand came crashing down onto her car
hood to stop her from trying to squeeze between me and the curb -- again -- to
get around me at the red light. I guess she had no clue that 1) I had every
right to my lane on a street bike on a city street, or 2) that my street bike
could actually keep up with traffic.
The look on another driver's face after I kicked his outside mirror onto the
pavement at 20 mph and warned him that the next kick was going through his
temple -- to prevent his deliberate attempt to force my wife out of her lane on
her street bike.
The look on the German shepard owner's face as I opened the throttle and
stiff-legged his dog head over heels to keep the shepard from eating my thigh.
When the owner started screaming at me, I went back and explained that he'd be
in HUGE legal trouble if his unleashed dog had injured me on that suburban
street. Both he and Fido got the message, and nobody was hurt.
The look on Dick's face as he saw out of the corner of his eye my bike pass him
in the desert -- with me running after it on foot. We had been creeping back
towards our truck in first gear, heads down, blinded by extreme sleet, when I
hit a rock that pitched me off the back of the bike without upsetting the
bike's forward motion. I landed on my feet, running after it.
Mike
Pay...@webtv.net
Cnshr
Well, I was roadracing at Bridgehampton on my CBR900 in 96'.. I came around
the turn at the end of the front straight.. This was about 90-100 mph. Over
on the left hand side of the track are these woods.. Just as I am coming
around the corner this fox runs out of these woods and starts heading for the
track.. Meanwhile I am thinking what the best course of action is... I
decided just to go straigh and not slow down. Fortunately the fox got about
1/2 way onto the track, stopped then high tailed it back into the woods..
That was the thrill for the weekend.
WLAboyz
I took my boys(ages 7 and 8 at the time)camping to Half Moon campgrounds
(located in Frazier Park, just north of Hungry Valley
OHV riding area) they both had Suzuki JR50's.
1st day: they rode around getting to know the area, trails and creek
2nd day: they pretty much had their loop going around camp and through the
creek(the depth was just enough to keep the throttle WFO to keep the speed up)
After a couple of hours we break for lunch.
After lunch: Their ready to start racing, I set up my beach chair,ice chest and
camera on the other side of the creek so I can take pics of them crossing the
creek. after a few laps of both riding the same line the older one goes to make
a pass just before the creek, they both hit the water and SPLASH!! the bike
stops, the kid goes over the bars upside down in the air does a somersault and
then belly flops into the creek! Now both the bike and the boy are both under
water... a few seconds go by and my boy stands up laughing...turns out that on
either side of the line they were using to cross, it just dropped to a little
under three feet.
Fred/'78IT250
Tim/'87KX80
Chris/'77XR75
Wendy/'71CT70H(the one with a clutch)
'96KX100/for sale
'82YZ100/for sale
'85FL350R Odessey/for sale
West Los Angeles.
TMaxel
In article <355d7429...@news.fast.net>, fus...@fast.net (Tim - fusion1)
writes:
>
>I didn't know what to say. Homophobia took over, and I declined.
>He spun around, and inspected his damaged buddy again, giving me a
>report... "It's just a little cut. I'm OK..." "Oh-man. It's already
>turning black and blue!" Finally, he delivered the zinger of
>zingers... "Dude, I gotta hide this from my wife."
>
<LOLROF> Man, I can NOT laugh this loud at work!!!
You gotta feel for the poor sap, but this is SSooooo funny!
TMaxel
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1-800-624-7528
Stan Schweitzer
Fraser Shortt wrote:
>
> I was wondering what the funniest thing anyone have ever see/witnessed while
> riding.
near the Greenbriar Enduro where they had some trails near the pit. I
came around a third gear corner and the ground was gone. On a previos
day they had expanded the pit and I rode off the cliff and landed right
of the cross bar in front of a crowd. At least I didn't say watch this;)
--
"...The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time." --Jack London
Stan "Team Hankey" Schweitzer
stanley.r.s...@usa.dupont.com
Kenneth Murphy
: "Fraser Shortt" <canad...@sprint.ca> wrote:
: >I was wondering what the funniest thing anyone have ever see/witnessed while
: >riding. Im sure there are lots of good stories out there. For me one of
: [snip]
The funniest thing I ever saw happened while trailriding with some
buddies in the Divide CO area about 5 years ago. We came up on a
rather deep creek crossing, and me being the spode, decided to ride
it on the trail. It was tank deep, but I made it across. The more
skilled among us (AA, and 2 A's) decided to take another route. One
of the A guys, muddled through a different way, very unremakably.
The AA rider, just went upstream, and bunnyhopped the 4' wide creek.
The other A rider said "I can do that" After two chicken-out
attempts, he rode up to the creek, compressed the suspension,
whacked the throttle and started to boing up, when the rear wheel
broke loose and he roosted crap 20' in the air. The now spinning
rear wheel provided about 1% of the needed acceleration, and he
went front wheel first into a very cold, and evidently deep,
creek. As the front wheel made it's Titanic like descent, Craig
looked at the other three of us while the bike was standing straight
up and down in the creek. The bike then made a very sloooow left
side crash. Bike and rider went *completely* under water. Craigh
surfaced about 2 seconds later, with moss hanging from his chinpiece
and he had gasp reflex going full tilt. The sight of the water
draining from his helmet, mixed with his gasping, and the moss
haning from his helmet was just too much. The three of us literally
rolled on the ground laughing for 5 minutes. Craig was PISSED,
but he got over it. ;) We'd been 3 miles and had to go back to the
truck for oil change and filter clean. I've never laughed so hard
in my life at a crash.
--
"It's all just a bunch of hippie, tree-huggin' CRAP!" - Eric Cartman
O aka Ken Murphy (kmur...@ford.com) Owner/Operator: 98YZ250
<M>erfman Thanks to: Jen, Erin, Apex Sports, DNA Racing, FMF Racing,
_/ \_ Boyesen/Twin Air, Sprocket Specialists and Works Connection
Disclaimer: Don't even pretend you thought I spoke for Visteon/Ford Micro
Stan Schweitzer
Tim - fusion1 wrote:
snipa see?"
>
> I didn't know what to say. Homophobia took over, and I declined.
> He spun around, and inspected his damaged buddy again, giving me a
> report... "It's just a little cut. I'm OK..." "Oh-man. It's already
> turning black and blue!" Finally, he delivered the zinger of
> zingers... "Dude, I gotta hide this from my wife."
>
similar incident.
Back when I was new to riding (and maintenance) I had this evil,
powerfull bike known as a kawi Tecate (three wheeler around '84) it was
worked to the hilt. Well the rear caliber went bad and back then that
seemed a like a serious I'll have to get a mechanic kind of thing. So
everyones going on a trail ride and the adrenlins kicking in. I grab to
much throttle and start a monster wheely and I have no back brake. I
start to fly off the back and end up grabing even more throttle. One
tire hooks up more than the other, I shoot off the trail and get the
evil pungi stick right between the legs. I start to get up and realise
my AXO's are destroyed! I look down an realize my underwear has been
ripped totally off. I thought the little guy was a goner! I ended up
with a 4 inch gash only a inch from the jewels. I than had to suffer the
3 mile ride back with no pants on;)
Jason Clishe
About 6 years ago there was a really steep hill we used to ride up in about
4th gear, WFO. At the top of the hill you would loft some serious hangtime.
Well, I was going up it on my '71 DT250, and when I got airborne I saw my
buddy was riding exactly where I was about to land. Of course, there was
nothing I could do, and he just hit the brakes and stared at me. We both had
open faced helmets, and I could the "this is really going to suck" look on
his face. My skidplate landed on his front fender. He was on a '71 CT175,
which had a metal front fender that rode about 1/2 inch above the tire. The
impact trashed his fender, but not much else really happened. I ended up
about 10 feet from my bike, and my right shoe ended up about 5 feet on the
other side of the bike. To this day I do not know how that happened.
A few years later, three of us were cruising up a hill in a gravel pit that
we had never been to before, with me in front. I was flying up it on my '84
KX125, and when I got to the top, all I saw in front of me was the sky. (I'm
sure we're all familiar with the gut-wrenching feeling that is associated
with such circumstances). There was about 15 feet of ground on top of this
hill, then a 50 foot INVERTED cliff. (Gravel pits can be dangerous.) There
was no safe way down this cliff. Anyway, I grabbed the brakes and skidded to
a stop with my front tire about 2 inches from the edge of the cliff. Right
about now the next guy behind me was getting to the top on his '85 CR125. He
too grabbed the brakes and skidded to a stop next to me. We turned our heads
to watch the last guy get to the top on his '84 YZ80. When Chris got to the
top, saw the sky, and then saw us sitting on the edge of the cliff, he
reacted a little bit different than would be expected. Instead of hitting
the brakes, he decided just to get off the bike. WHILE ITS WFO IN 5TH!!. His
bike laid down, then proceeded to do a power slide into the back of my bike,
which lurched my bike forward and dropped the front tire over the edge of
the cliff. I stopped it from going any farther, but I swear to you I was
shaking for a good half hour after that.
Then, last year, the same guy that had the YZ 80 was taking my buddy's 5
hour-old KX500 for a ride in another gravel pit that he had never been in.
He flew over the edge of a hill, not knowing what was on the other side.
Well, there was nothing on the other side. Just a 30 foot drop to a lake.
Needless to say, he ended up submarining the KX right into the middle. The
owner was PISSED.
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Mal
One day one of my friends told me there is a wood near his home where I
could go to ride and brought me there. He loved war movies, in particular
those with airplanes. It was already night (he had not time during the day)
and he was riding his heavy modified Vespa scooter (first owned by his
granfather who gave it to his dad who gave it to my friend, who replaced the
original 50cc engine with a 125 wich allows the top speed of about
90mph!.....and the front brake doesn't work) in front of me very fast when
on the top of a hill in the wood he cried: "EJECT EJECT EJECT!!!, jumped
away from the bike and landed in a bush, while his scooter was flying down
the hill and crashed against a tree. On the top of that hill there was a
right turn.
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WittSR
My friend who has the XR 75 from an earlier story and i were riding our bikes
last February down a snow covered road. Me on my new XT 200(new to me anyways)
got about a mile ahead of him and decided to stop. When he got there he asked
if He could ride my bike.I let him ride cause i thought he could handle the
very little powerband there is on the bike. I was riding his XR looking like a
clown in one of those cars. He got into third gear about 200 feet in front of
me. I started counting to see how long it would start to roost snow and rocks
everywhere as soon as he hit powerband he immmediatley got into a wheelie and
flipped the bike. When got up to him was sitting flat on his a$$ looking at me
saying $hit this and that and started yelling at me for letting him ride it.
It might not seem funnny to you but you would have to have ridden my bike to
really see how funny this is.
Shawn
XT 200
sTeVe?
On 18 May 1998 14:55:35 GMT, kmur...@chip1.uucp (Kenneth Murphy)
wrote:
>side crash. Bike and rider went *completely* under water. Craigh
>surfaced about 2 seconds later, with moss hanging from his chinpiece
>and he had gasp reflex going full tilt. The sight of the water
>draining from his helmet, mixed with his gasping, and the moss
>haning from his helmet was just too much.
He must've got a good chuckle out of the "tree story."
; )
Steve
pcl...@my-dejanews.com
Okay, here's my funny story. During the early 80's a friend of mine had just
bought an XR 350. He and I and another friend wanted to do some riding but we
only had the one bike. (We were all about 16) To get the most bang for the
buck, we found an old motorless go cart frame and took turns towing it around
on a 15' rope. The go cart had no brakes, and no steering wheel except for a
small 4" metal disk where the steering wheel use to be. So here we were,
towing this thing around. We found an area to ride and the odd man out would
sit against this big oak tree patiently waiting his turn to tow or be towed.
At one point I was towing the go cart past the oak tree where my friend was
sitting when my friend on the go cart decided to scare my friend who was
sitting against the tree. Big mistake! The steering disk/wheel slipped out
of his hand sending the go cart around one side of the tree and the motorcycle
around the other with the rope connecting them. The rope nearly cut my friend
leaning again the tree in half. Fortunately he was able to drive away
sustaining only a severe rope burn to the abdoman. My go cart friend spun the
go cart around the tree like a tether ball eventually hitting the tree and
breaking his tail bone on the steering column. I was oblivious to the whole
thing until the bike stopped instantly sending me flying over the bars. So
there we were. All three of us laying on the ground in pain. I would have
love to have that one on tape!
Peter
Pay...@webtv.net
In article <35604C...@xxx.xxxxxx.com>,
Stan Schweitzer <schw...@xxx.xxxxxx.com> wrote:
(Snippage)
> tire hooks up more than the other, I shoot off the trail and get the
> evil pungi stick right between the legs. I start to get up and realise
> my AXO's are destroyed! I look down an realize my underwear has been
> ripped totally off. I thought the little guy was a goner! I ended up
> with a 4 inch gash only a inch from the jewels. I than had to suffer the
> 3 mile ride back with no pants on;)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! You wern't the nekid guy in Crusty 2 were you? This
reminds me of something that happened to me a couple of weeks ago. We were
riding at this fella's track down in Hartland, and all had been going well.
There was one jump I was having trouble with, and another fella there named
John offered some advice on how to tackle it. So on the next lap I took the
advice, and ended up looping out. I knew I was gonna bail, so I tried to get
rid of the bike in mid air. I got as far as the back tire, and actually
landed on the back tire with my behind, then crashed to the ground ass first.
Ouch! I left an ass print on the track too. Well, we rode for a couple
more hours, and when we were changing to go home I noticed the entire ass of
my pants was ripped out!! Thank God they were my junky JT's and not the new
ones. I had to ask why noone told me, they said it was too funny to see a
guy rippin around the track with his drawers hanging out. Now I know why I
never got passed for the rest of the day. Friggin preverts :-)
John and Kim
88 KX250
96 XR100
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DirtCrashr
> We turned our heads
>to watch the last guy get to the top on his '84 YZ80. When Chris got to the
>top, saw the sky, and then saw us sitting on the edge of the cliff, he
>reacted a little bit different than would be expected. Instead of hitting
>the brakes, he decided just to get off the bike. WHILE ITS WFO IN 5TH!!.
Typical mini-rider.
DirtSolidFuelBooster - '97xr400
Erich Coiner
Pretty gutsy move by a guy who needs a ride back to camp. If somebody
pulled that stunt on me they would be pushing that CR500 home.
Erich
Brian2
Early one morning me and a buddy were flying down the whoop
road in the morning at Croom when we flew around a big right handed
sweeper and man not 10 feet from us was a big deer. We broke left
it broke right and it ran right into a tree. Then it turned towards where we
had stoped to die laughing and staggered right buy us like we weren"t
even there man it was hilarious.
Chris F
CR 250
MX Tuner
>Pretty gutsy move by a guy who needs a ride back to camp. If somebody
>pulled that stunt on me they would be pushing that CR500 home.
My thoughts exactly. I would've bought him a beer..... or twelve!
MX Tuner
Grizzly31
When I was 14 I traded in my KE 100 for a new KD125, and, compared to the KE,
it was a rocket. Anyway, about the 1st thing I did was to head down the road to
the gravel pit to climb a few hills.
I entered the pit off of a gravel road and immediatly headed for 1 of my
favorite hills. In the past there had always been about 30 or40 feet on the
back side of that hill, and the water (see where this is going). Well, being in
a high state of excitment about the new bike I really charged up that hill,
intending to catch some air at the top.
Well, to my great amazement as I flew over the top of the hill the 30 or 40
feet of runout was now a big fat zero, and on top of that there were two
completly shocked looking fishermen sitting in a boat directly in front of the
(still in the air and half way down the hill shitting my pants me)
To this day I still can't do it on purpose, but somehow I got the bike kicked a
little sideways while still in the air, and when I landed I was able to
slip,slide and gun my way down at an angle to just miss going in the drink. As
soon as I realized that I'd made it I went WFO across a gravel flat , flew
over the next hill and got the hell out of there.
I bet those fishermen are still telling that story!
Andy
Grizz. ( 97 XR400)
Stan Schweitzer
Okay, I have one more that I will repeat for tne newer readers of the
group. As everyone knows South Jersey enduros are all about sand and
whoops. Back in the eighties I was the spodeliest of riders (that
hertfelder guy had nothing on me) riding in the C class and never pre
entered so I was always way back. Well there is one other feature we
incounter (not counting mud) called cranberry bogs. So we come out to a
dyke about a yard wide withe the trail going down the middle. Thier is a
sweep rider directing people around a typical looking rut filled with
water. I start to go around the rut to the right and I get to close to
the edge and the bike starts to slide into the bog, well I jump off on
the high side and go feet first into this narrow rut. Only problem is
there is no bottom!
So I start to go under except my left elbow catches the edge of the rut
and holds my head above the water. Mean while the bike completes its
fall right onto my head. So there I am using my elbow to keep my head up
while my other arm is holding the bike up. It was hilarious to the
people standing around and I was so scared I actually yelled for help!
I'm not sure how long I would have lasted with the XR600 on top of me;)
TreeBeater
> Pretty gutsy move by a guy who needs a ride back to camp. If somebody
> pulled that stunt on me they would be pushing that CR500 home.
>
> Erich
>
And pushin one of those things SUCKS!!!
L8r
TreeBeater
T&K
I don't know about the funniest, but one of the most amazing things I've seen was
watching Bob Hannah climb a big maple tree with his works Yamaha. Somehow he got
planted and probably climbed 15 feet up that tree. Another one was watching Steve
Bauer cross what looked like a little foot deep stream that turned out to be 6
feet deep. The bummer was I was too close to bail out and followed him right in.
We were breaking in a works Suzook so guess what I was doing all that night?
TB
Stan Schweitzer
Now thats what we like to hear! Don't let are opiniated atttitudes scare
you away!
Gary M
On Thu, 21 May 1998 09:21:17 -0400, T&K <Wata...@one.net> wrote:
>I don't know about the funniest, but one of the most amazing things I've seen was
>watching Bob Hannah climb a big maple tree with his works Yamaha. Somehow he got
>planted and probably climbed 15 feet up that tree. Another one was watching Steve
>Bauer cross what looked like a little foot deep stream that turned out to be 6
>feet deep. The bummer was I was too close to bail out and followed him right in.
>We were breaking in a works Suzook so guess what I was doing all that night?
>TB
Doesn't a moment like that lead you to one of those
"This is my normal brain. This is my brain on dirt bikes" kinda
moments? Does for me! :-)
Gary M
Team Cheesy Poof #3
TCP home page!!! http://killer.its.calpoly.edu/TC/sp/tcp.html
Erich Coiner
Pushing an XR 600 sucks even more. Don't ask me how I know :(
Erich
Pay...@webtv.net
In article <35642A4D...@one.net>,
T&K <Wata...@one.net> wrote:
>
> I don't know about the funniest, but one of the most amazing things I've seen was
> watching Bob Hannah climb a big maple tree with his works Yamaha. Somehow he got
> planted and probably climbed 15 feet up that tree. Another one was watching Steve
> Bauer cross what looked like a little foot deep stream that turned out to be 6
> feet deep. The bummer was I was too close to bail out and followed him right in.
> We were breaking in a works Suzook so guess what I was doing all that night?
> TB
LET ME GUESS!!! Was it: A) Getting ready to break in your works Trojan
condom on Roger D? B) Sucking off Hannah? C) Trying to duplicate the
maple tree incident while having your seat replaced with a works dildo? or
D) Generally trying to suck anyone's ass who you could drop their name later
in life? I'd guess D myself. You probably met Hannah for 2 seconds at some
race in the 70's and are so dilusional now you think you actually rode with
him.
T&K
I feel sorry for this guy. Sounds like a pretty angry guy who lacks some self serious
self asteem. Are you that fustrated of a wannabe MX'er? Sorry that my personal
experiences get to you.
My suggestion is GET OVER IT.
TB
PS. How does Kim feel about you dragging his name into your miserable attitude.
MX Tuner
>LET ME GUESS!!! Was it: A) Getting ready to break in your works Trojan
>condom on Roger D? B) Sucking off Hannah? C) Trying to duplicate the
>maple tree incident while having your seat replaced with a works dildo? or
>D) Generally trying to suck anyone's ass who you could drop their name later
>in life? I'd guess D myself. You probably met Hannah for 2 seconds at some
>race in the 70's and are so dilusional now you think you actually rode with
>him.
Web TV strikes again!!
MX Tuner
MX Tuner
>I don't know about the funniest, but one of the most amazing things I've seen was
>watching Bob Hannah climb a big maple tree with his works Yamaha. Somehow he got
>planted and probably climbed 15 feet up that tree. Another one was watching Steve
>Bauer cross what looked like a little foot deep stream that turned out to be 6
>feet deep. The bummer was I was too close to bail out and followed him right in.
>We were breaking in a works Suzook so guess what I was doing all that night?
Two questions, what year would the Suzuki incident have happened? And
pardon my ignorance, but who the hell is Steve Bauer?
MX Tuner
Dave Dude
MX Tuner wrote:
snip
> And pardon my ignorance, but who the hell is Steve Bauer?
I heard he was a good rider out of Timbucktoo. <G> Sorry I couldn't
resist.
Dave Dude
96 YZ250
Jay C
Gary M wrote in message <356451ce....@news.wizard.com>...
>On Thu, 21 May 1998 09:21:17 -0400, T&K <Wata...@one.net> wrote:
>
>>I don't know about the funniest, but one of the most amazing things I've
seen was
>>watching Bob Hannah climb a big maple tree with his works Yamaha. Somehow
he got
>>planted and probably climbed 15 feet up that tree.
I have done that. I wasn't nearly as funny for me. Wasn't killed though
so...
BRAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
o_
Jay O\-O
'98 xr400 - '84 mx250lc - '86 xv1100 - '93 klr250
Pay...@webtv.net
In article <35656CF8...@one.net>,
T&K <Wata...@one.net> wrote:
>
> I feel sorry for this guy. Sounds like a pretty angry guy who lacks some self serious
> self asteem. Are you that fustrated of a wannabe MX'er? Sorry that my personal
> experiences get to you.
> My suggestion is GET OVER IT.
> TB
> PS. How does Kim feel about you dragging his name into your miserable attitude.
KIM IS A GUY?!?!? Ohmigawd!! Call off the wedding!! :-) Dude, I do not
have esteem problems, you can ask anyone in my support group, they'll tell
ya. You might be a cool guy, but you're really coming off like a pompus ass
here. BTW, just what is a wannabe mxer? Cuz I race C class, does that make
me a wannabe? Cuz I'm not a *supposed* hot-shot like yourself, does that
make me a wannabe? Fella, let me tell you, I'm fulfilling a lifelong dream
to race, and I'm having the time of my life. Am I fast? Compared to who?
Does this make me a spode? Heck yeah. Does it make me a wannabe? I think
not. Also, to answer your ps, Kim thought my post was very funny. She
especially liked the works condom comment. It's ok, you can admit you
chuckled when you read it. My support group says it's ok to say how you feel
;-)
Pay...@webtv.net
In article <356aa0b1...@news.mindspring.com>,
mxt...@mindspring.com (MX Tuner) wrote:
> Web TV strikes again!!
>
> MX Tuner
Sorry Tuner, just couldn't help myself. I kind of feel I need to apologize
to the group for that post, it was a *little* out of line. I just think this
TB character is either a major troll or a pompous asshole. Sorry guys, try
not to do it again.
Cam Mitchell
T&K wrote:
<snip>
> planted and probably climbed 15 feet up that tree. Another one was watching Steve
> Bauer cross what looked like a little foot deep stream that turned out to be 6
> feet deep. The bummer was I was too close to bail out and followed him right in.
> We were breaking in a works Suzook so guess what I was doing all that night?
A yellow turd, you say? Must have been trying to figure out how to
make it get out of its own way. ;)
> TB
--
MX Tuner
>Sorry Tuner, just couldn't help myself. I kind of feel I need to apologize
>to the group for that post, it was a *little* out of line.
Hey, it's okay. Just remember the "internet" already has a black eye
of sorts when it comes to the rest of the dirt bike industry.
>I just think this
>TB character is either a major troll or a pompous asshole.
He is new to RMD and is "learning the ropes". Personally, I don't care
who shows up here, they need to earn a little respect and credibility
(of which he didn't). So I sorta agree with you but not your methods.
Which I guess really doesn't mean shit since you don't need my
approval anyway.
MX Tuner
Pay...@webtv.net
> Which I guess really doesn't mean shit since you don't need my
> approval anyway.
>
> MX Tuner
Yeah, I don't need it, but sure I'd like approval from my idol.....*oh, one
day to have the wisdom and know-how of the tuner!!* I am like the young
jedi....teach me yoda.
Ghost Rider
B&B mode on:
HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH- this guy's a real Butt Munch!
B&b mode off:
Ghost Rider
96'KX 125 #81
Special thanks to Sunstar sprockets,TcF sports<fantasy moto>,UFO plastics,
Smith Goggles, Jeff@mxsouth, and MxMikeeep<the man!>
MX Tuner
>HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH- this guy's a real Butt Munch!
Umm, GR. If I were you, I wouldn't be calling ANYONE a buttmunch.
MX Tuner
Ghost Rider
On Wed, 27 May 1998 02:47:28 GMT, mxt...@mindspring.com (MX Tuner)
wrote:
>
>>HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH- this guy's a real Butt Munch!
>
>Umm, GR. If I were you, I wouldn't be calling ANYONE a buttmunch.
>
>MX Tuner
I am not calling "ANYONE " a buttmunch...... just who ever i posted
about...... you wanna be a buttmunch??
MX Tuner
>>>HUH HUH HUH HUH HUH- this guy's a real Butt Munch!
>>Umm, GR. If I were you, I wouldn't be calling ANYONE a buttmunch.
>I am not calling "ANYONE " a buttmunch...... just who ever i posted
>about...... you wanna be a buttmunch??
The person you posted about would be included in the word "anyone".
MX Tuner
IJL
This ain't funny... it was the scariest thing I saw riding.
It was 10 years ago when I was a Sophmore in high school and I drove by the
high school track field to show off my RM125 that I just traded a used 83
chevette for. As I was riding off there was a guy about to do a pole vault
and he held on too long and went over and bent the pole the opposite way and
when it came back up he was on the way down with his legs spread wide. The
pole shot up into his mid section and he fell limp into the mat. I stopped
as the coaches surrounded him then drove off. He was a senior and rumor had
it that they had to remove a testicle. Of all the things I've seen (riding
and not riding) I have to say that was the scariest (if you don't count
snakes).
Ivan J. Liechty
SP125
(at least I ride)
Glenn W. Warner
Finger Lakes St Park, Mo,
Riding tired & stupid in a mud race,
Rode up the face of a long uphill with a rolling crest with too much
speed,
The scariest thing was having a long look at my impact point.
Never did crash. Just had a sore chest from hitting the crossbar for a few
weeks.
It was nothing compared to the kind of impacts I see in SX, but
It was 15 yrs ago & it still gives me the willies.
Corny
I don't think I ever seen scary things while riding. But ... I have been
scared...
I remember when I got my RM 125 a few years back... I just started riding
and I decided to go to a friends house. Well.. to get to his house you have
to go down what we call "Pump house road" which is completely posted land.
I know someone who got a 500$ fine and had his quad impounded for riding on
that property. Well.. I am riding up the road and I come to the gate.. it
was open .. so I say ..
"Cool, I don't need to go around the side trail" because I wasn't too good
at using the clutch then.. and I went through and as I was doing this a town
truck pulled into the road.. I locked up my brakes and just sat there stupid
for a couple secs.. then the guy opened the door too the truck and I
freaked.. ripped a half donut and whizzed down the hilly road.. I came to
the very small field where the pump house is and I had 6th wide open through
there.. And I whipped through the trail finally realizing the lake was
straight infront of me.. So I slammed on my brakes and layed the bike out.
I quickly got up fumbling all over the place and lifted up the bike when I
saw the truck coming around the back side of the trail.. luckily there was a
small dip in the trail that a truck couldn't get past.. but I stood the bike
up.. tried starting it... it jumps.. dammit.. trying to find neutral I kick
it again.. dammit.. it wouldn't start.. It just wouldn't get out of 2nd.. so
I finally realized I should start it with the clutch and I got the bike
running and the guy came running out of the truck and I just let go of that
clutch and I did one hell of a wheelie out of there....
My heart has never pumped so fast in its life.. I paniced so much.. and I
still remember that.. I stay off private property pretty much now...
although I still go down pump house road every other weekend... like they
can catch a Yamaha :) I was on a suzuki then.. I am now on a confidence
inspiring machine.... :) Heh.. sorry to insult suzuki lovers.. but that was
the worst bike I have ever owned..
--
Later!
Corny
Email: YZc...@crash.interwan.net
Remove YZ to reply.
92 YZ 250
89 XR 250
IJL wrote in message <6kndm7$38o$1...@supernews.com>...
WittSR
A bird filling my goggles as I was going up a hill in 5th, full throttle.
Couldn't see anything till i caught some air at the top.
Tim - fusion1
Saw a dude on a Banshee try jumping a sharp "kicker" jump.
He didn't hold on the throttle all the way up, and the back end kicked
so hard he went forward and landed upside down.
He landed right on his head with the Banshee coming down on his
back and pinning him.
The guy was shaken up, but OK. When I saw it happen, I swore he was
going to be paralyzed.
I was also riding up at RobMX91's earlier this week, and saw a really
little kid tumble a brand new 300ex.
He rolled down the hil, and ended up pinned against a tree by the
quad, with his head and back at kind of a skewed angle.
His buddy was further up the trail, and never would have seen him.
Luckily, we were going out the other way, and got him right out from
under there.
--
Tim (fus...@fast.net)
http://www.users.fast.net/~fusion1
(dirt bikes, rat bikes, rental car abuse...)
WLAboyz
Two guys on Quadzillas( Suzuki 500's) .
One guy makes a serious mistake on a jump, floats sideways and barrel rolls,
not having any boots on, the peg rips his pants and continues to penetrate his
calf, the peg turns out to have a nice
1/2lb. of muscle imbedded in the crevices and alot of flesh hanging down off
it. victim then had to be helicoptered out.
This story was told to me by the other guy on the Quad .
when I asked him what happend upon seeing the now covered in blood, peg
bareley visible quad.
Fred/.
Darcy Brockbank
"IJL" <clan...@clancy.fan> writes:
>
> This ain't funny... it was the scariest thing I saw riding.
>
> It was 10 years ago when I was a Sophmore in high school and I drove by the
> high school track field to show off my RM125 that I just traded a used 83
> chevette for. As I was riding off there was a guy about to do a pole vault
> and he held on too long and went over and bent the pole the opposite way and
> when it came back up he was on the way down with his legs spread wide. The
> pole shot up into his mid section and he fell limp into the mat. I stopped
> as the coaches surrounded him then drove off. He was a senior and rumor had
> it that they had to remove a testicle. Of all the things I've seen (riding
> and not riding) I have to say that was the scariest (if you don't count
> snakes).
This isn't something I saw riding, but in my friend's backyard there
was a steel "picket" fence, the kind with vertical cast iron bars
and stylized mediaeval spear like heads on the cast iron bars. If you've
seen the type, you know what I mean.
Said fence was about 4.5 feet tall, the basic thing that you can hop
if you're a kid.
My friend's older brother was playing football in the backyard and
was going out for a pass. He jumped up, and landed on one of
the spikes of fence, impaling himself in the stomach, leaving
him hanging on the fence.
*shudder*
He lived.
- darcy
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IJL <clan...@clancy.fan> wrote in article <6kndm7$38o$1...@supernews.com>...
> This ain't funny... it was the scariest thing I saw riding.
> snip...
>
>
Over thirty years ago, at the tender young age of eight, best friend and I
were riding our 5hp minibikes on the High School cinder track on a Sunday
with no one around. As I rounded the corner, I looked up and saw a law
enforcement officer on a Harley waiting at the end of the track. I locked
the rear (and only) brake, did a perfect 180 degree slide, only to look up
and see another law enforcement officer pulling into the parking lot
driving a... PADDY WAGON. OHMIGOD! Best friend was so scared he fell off
his minibike. I reached down and shut mine off. Very polite gentlemen,
those law enforcement officers, but still the scariest thing I've ever seen
while riding.
James Ray Crenshaw
At a race in Anderson, SC... I believe it was a July 4th special at Lake
Secession MX park. A fellow who had badly broken his arm (about one year
before) chose this race to re-enter the MX wars. Tangled with another bike
over a 4th gear drop-off and went down hard. His throttle was augered into
the mud... and stuck wide open in 4th gear.
Meanwhile, his leg was stuck between the sprocket, mudflap and swingarm...
steadily sawing meat and shooting red juice everywhere. The EMS guys blocked
the track and allowed no one down there while they unbolted the shock and
undid the chain to get out what little was left of his leg. No chopper, just
a long ride to the hospital in an ambulance.
They needn't have worried about ME going down there.
Ray Crenshaw in SC (USA)
EMARPLE
My riding buddy Bill ('91 KTM 250 EXC) was riding near a creek one day. He was
off the main trail, riding along throught the weeds scouting areas to cut new
trails. He was cruising in probably 2nd gear. Suddenly, his front wheel gets
caught up on a stump and the bike pitches hard to the left throwing him right
into a bed of punji sticks. Beavers had gnawed off dozens of trees and bushes,
leaving a patch of sharpend sticks pointing skyward. Bill got impaled by one
right in the thigh, barely missing the jewels. Vietnamese guerrillas couldn't
have done a better job of setting up this booby trap. He was bloody and sore
and had a nice hole in his new riding pants, but wasn't hurt too bad. It was
really frightning for a moment though.
Everett
'91 KX301...(tree-finder)
'74 BMW R90/6...(gentlemen's express)
'75 Kawasaki 400 S3 two-stroke triple...(basket case, project bike)
JOKERKX250
>Scariest thing ever seen while riding.....
Couple years back.....friends first mx race.....hanging on to 3rd position
first lap....then...on the second lap...he tries to jump a BIG
double....supermans off the bike....breaks both wrists and an arm...nasty
too....got over it year later...raced again....but havent seen him lately...
for me...it was my bike walking up the inside of the open door on our pickup
(dodge powerwagon)....throttle was pegges..it launched on me....then did a
bunch of 360's on the ground and was getting damn close to the wifes towncar
....had to dive on the bike before that happened!!!!.....it was like jumping in
the ring with an angry wrestler for sure!!!...
JOKER....(Steve)
'98KX250
'88KX250
Bonus Sock
In article <199806010529...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
tma...@aol.com (TMaxel) wrote:
> One of my scariest...
>
> Anyone that is a Father can say it makes you sick to your stomach (to say the
> least) to SEE your child get hurt. Well, MX is a pretty tough sport. ;-)
>
> My kids have had some wild wrecks, but children seem to bounce back SOooo
> easily. Kenworthy's, last year, Tyler goes over a tabletop and is
clipped by a
> lapper. Well, they both go down and bounce to the bottom of the tabletop, of
> course the flagger is starring to the sky, stroking his flag and not paying
> attention.
>
> I was a little concerned and started to walk towards the two boys down (they
> were getting up, slowly, but getting up) when the leaders of the race (first
> and second) came over the tabletop, cleared the jump and one landed on Tyler,
> the other on Ty's bike. I could have puked right there!
>
> Ty was fine... Bike was done for the day. Sometimes you really wonder if
> basket weaving is as dangerous as some make it out to be. :-|
Basketweaving is dangerous because your arteries will harden and you will
die a pathetic, lingering death (unless, of course, you weave baskets
between motos).
My dad was at the track many moons ago (in the days of 6" of fork travel
and 4" of rear wheel travel) when I went over the bars, breaking my
collarbone and arm. He wasn't too flustered (something of a "hey, that's
racing" attitude), but my mom, when informed over the phone (she wouldn't
come to watch me race), SHE threw up!
I, of course, managed to evoke additional parental headshaking when I rode
my dad's CT-1 to school the NEXT DAY (put the helmet on the floor and
lowered my head into it!), sawed off the arm cast in two weeks (instead of
letting the doctor do it at six) and had a friend release the collarbone
strap after three weeks (again, instead of six) so I could get back to
dirt riding. Oh, yeah, my surgical nurse mother just loved that!
The scariest thing I saw? My wife had broken the front brake cable on her
XL250R during a dual sport ride. She came up to a stop sign, grabbed the
clutch in and the non-existant front brake and rolled right into the
middle of the intersection...very nearly getting centerpunched by a Buick.
I can see explaining that to HER mom.
- Don
TMaxel
One of my scariest...
Anyone that is a Father can say it makes you sick to your stomach (to say the
least) to SEE your child get hurt. Well, MX is a pretty tough sport. ;-)
My kids have had some wild wrecks, but children seem to bounce back SOooo
easily. Kenworthy's, last year, Tyler goes over a tabletop and is clipped by a
lapper. Well, they both go down and bounce to the bottom of the tabletop, of
course the flagger is starring to the sky, stroking his flag and not paying
attention.
I was a little concerned and started to walk towards the two boys down (they
were getting up, slowly, but getting up) when the leaders of the race (first
and second) came over the tabletop, cleared the jump and one landed on Tyler,
the other on Ty's bike. I could have puked right there!
Ty was fine... Bike was done for the day. Sometimes you really wonder if
basket weaving is as dangerous as some make it out to be. :-|
TMaxel
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TMaxel wrote:
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> My kids have had some wild wrecks, but children seem to bounce back SOooo
> easily. Kenworthy's, last year, Tyler goes over a tabletop and is clipped by a
> lapper. Well, they both go down and bounce to the bottom of the tabletop, of
> course the flagger is starring to the sky, stroking his flag and not paying
> attention.
This really seems to be a big issue at the track I go to. They have a bunch
of 12-14 year olds out there flagging the race, and I know when I was 12 I
had the attention span of ~2 seconds. These kids are out there watching the
race, kicking dirt, throwing stones, etc. What they ARE NOT doing is
watching for wrecks to flag. See point below.
> I was a little concerned and started to walk towards the two boys down (they
> were getting up, slowly, but getting up) when the leaders of the race (first
> and second) came over the tabletop, cleared the jump and one landed on Tyler,
> the other on Ty's bike. I could have puked right there!
On Memorial day Kim and I went and watched (instead of racing...whoa...BIG
mistake! I was jonesin' all day), and the cool place to watch is right at
the big double. Well, the 250C class is running, and this guy comes up a
*little* short of the double, cases it, flies over the bars, and lands in the
middle of the track. The flagger never saw it, and didn't get the flags out
until this woman yelled at him. The paramedics were there b4 the flags were
out. If I was down and someone else hit me because a flagger was too busy
picking his/her ass, there would be hell to pay. I'm suprised you didn't
whoop that flagger's arse!!!
> Ty was fine... Bike was done for the day.
Good to hear. Like my dad always told me, we can replace the bike, but we
cannot replace you. I first heard this when I was 4 years old. We have a
QA50 that I learned to ride on, and one day I was cruising down the trail,
and a big old snapper was on the trail. I hit the front brake and snap, the
frame broke in two. It was cracked earlier, and big brother failed to inform
me. So there I sat, on the trail, crying my eyes out, thinking I'm gonna get
my ass whooped for breaking the bike. My dad came back about 15 minutes
later and found me. He was scared I was hurt the way I was crying!! No ass
whooping, just those imortal words above....ahhh..the good ole days.
>Sometimes you really wonder if
> basket weaving is as dangerous as some make it out to be. :-|
Only dangerous if Seth is doing it 8-)
John and Kim
88 KX250
96 XR100(not for long!)
Todd Philipps
the scariest thing I saw riding.
Cedar Rapids Iowa, Hawkeye Downs SX race a couple of years ago.
I was standing in the pits watching the 250 C race. The leader had
been jumping the Leap of Faith all night., (the jumps take off about
10' off the ground, landing was a table top about 10' high also, 65'
from take off to start of table top, jump it all or land in the face
of the table top takeoff..doesn't sound like much but it was a big
jump). The jump was on the other side of the track from the pits. I
watched the guy take off and then he disappeared off the other side of
the table top. He missed the landing and landed on the flat ground.
All of a sudden he was in the air (about 15-20'). then back down to
the ground, head first. People said he did land on his bike but the
rebound pitched him back into the air. the initial impact knocked him
out. He looked like a rag doll being thrown into the air. he did
land on his head. They stopped the race, it was a little over half
done. They had all 6 EMT's working on him. It took about 30minutes
to get him into the ambulance. It was not pretty. He did give the
thumbs-up when be put in the meat wagon.
I saw him the next weekend. Limping around, looked pretty stiff, and
had 2 black eyes, cut up forehead and his hands were black and blue
also. I couldn't believe he was walking.
This jump has claimed many victums thru out the year, broken legs, one
guy broke both ankles, broken arms, etc.
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MX Tuner
>put the helmet on the floor and lowered my head into it!
What a visual.
Thanks, I needed a good laugh.
MX Tuner
HOSEHEAD
This ain't funny... it was the scariest thing I did riding.
20+ years ago.... I was riding in a shale pit in the Catskill Mountains
in Upstate New York. The pit was on the side hill overlooking one of my
riding buddies houses. I see my buddy get home with his parents and
decide to "fly" down there and show off my new '76 KE-175 that I picked
up earlier that day from the Kawi dealer.
I go flying down the dirt road towards his house and into an S-curve.
As I come around the first corner there it was....a newly installed
steel cable stretched between two posts in the middle of the S-curve.
I slammed on the brakes and slid sideways into the cable catching it
just under the handlebars on the bike. When I woke up, the bike was
laying next to me with trashed handle bars, lights, etc amd my helmet
was cracked from being slammed into the shale....my throat was skinned
from the bottom of my neck to the top, apparently from the cable as
there was skin on the cable still.......to this day I shudder when I
think about how close a call that was.....
=Brian.
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'96 KTM 360 E/XC
Ghost Rider
Scarry moment...... glad to see you stuck around , did you know they
just re released that same bike?? THe KE 175..... or atleast i
think that was the bike?