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yogie
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 Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:26 pm Post subject: who has trail ridden or raced without a helmet |
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please answer the poll honestly and I promise no mods can see who voted either way.
BUT PLEASE BE TOTALY HONEST
lets give those in power a real look at where we are.
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PeteW
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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no but ridden on the farm plenty of times.....it wasn't such a big issue back in the 80's when I started riding
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yogie
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| PeteW wrote: | | no but ridden on the farm plenty of times.....it wasn't such a big issue back in the 80's when I started riding |
but what about now ?
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2005 KFX700
With a few bells and whistles
and the twin yoshi's
American Star A-arms, tie rods
elka stickers
Shorty Shifter
I have a Waco
rossco gave me a flexx sticker
honda thumb
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kingquad
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Joined: 26 Apr 2011
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Location: Riverland
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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Voted honestly.
I had a bad stack on an ATC 250r when I was 15 and I was not wearing a helmet.
I was lucky to be able learn from m my mistake.
A broken wrist and shoulder as well as a heap of cuts and abrasions.
100% safety gear for me now.
I see a lot of young teenage kids riding utility quads without safety gear on fruit blocks here in the Riverland SA.
A lot of the machines are full adult size quads and I think this adds a huge amount of risk to the possibility of an overturn or crash. |
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PeteW
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| yogie wrote: | | PeteW wrote: | | no but ridden on the farm plenty of times.....it wasn't such a big issue back in the 80's when I started riding |
but what about now ? |
yeah I probably should have qualified that further. These days I put a helmet on for anything more than just to move a bike out of the workshop or load it on the trailer and always have worn one for recreational riding.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| done it once but ended up with head and back injuries |
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Big Jb TRX450
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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never, even out on the family farm i did, had everyone laughing at me but still had a helmet & always will
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bigjon
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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I answered no, if you don't include riding it from the shed to the trailer. I don't ride it onto the trailer, I just lift it onto my box trailer or roll it onto my enclosed trailer.
I remember a customer riding a quad on ramps onto a ute and the ramps slipped and the quad tipped/rolled. Needless to say he got injured.
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ownage
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yea.. but i was drunk
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wa5
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:22 am Post subject: |
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Have ridden on the sand (fairly slowly) with no helmet, when offered a ride of a mates bike... but wont have a serious go without one these days....
and did come off a CR450 almost 25 years ago... not wearing a helmet..
typically, was only going about 100 yards, did something silly, IE wound it on, throttle jammed, and it threw me... two fingers and a kneecap later..... but didnt hit my stupid head.. |
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feralkid
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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Always ride on the farm bikes with no helmet if I am out hunting or going around the paddocks, also on my 450 too if I am only going down the road to one of the paddocks.
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