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[cuzo]

Who here would let their child jump on a Quad, two wheeler, pushbike, scooter, billycart.

without a helmet?

Theres your answer, non of us,

Education, im sure non of us would let a child on a 50 without a helmet, why cuase we all have probably had a size nine in the backside from the old man drumbing into us the importance of it.

Unfortunalty, "it will never happen to me" attitude prevales. and accidents will always happen.

Who mows the lawn in thongs? 100dreds loose toes every year - stupid -

Had only a conversation this smorning with one of the GA's at one of my schools who has property and a quad for genral farming and says there dangerous - he had no idea on simple stuff like cornering he assumed you dont have to lean like a 2 wheeler cuase it had 4 wheels.

.Education. Legislation, Fines.
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[ButcherBoy]

Sorry, I didn't even see this thread and I've made a whole new topic for nothing.
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[X-Factor 1]

I was riding last weekend and had guy come over on his new crf 450 he had his 9yr old son on a new 70 Honda he told me what a great deal he got buying both bikes about 1 hour later i had to assist him after he broke his ankle riding into a fence.turned out he had never ridden a dirt bike before and the shop talked him into a 450??? Who is to blame
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[ButcherBoy]

X-Factor 1 wrote:

I was riding last weekend and had guy come over on his new crf 450 he had his 9yr old son on a new 70 Honda he told me what a great deal he got buying both bikes about 1 hour later i had to assist him after he broke his ankle riding into a fence.turned out he had never ridden a dirt bike before and the shop talked him into a 450??? Who is to blame

So you're saying that without training at all you had the cash to buy a F1 race car and decide to just drive it flat out because it was sold to you? I've never been set on fire before but I know it's a bad idea and I'm sure someone would still sell me matches
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Honda 1989 TRX 250r
Honda 1985 "70" 125cc
Honda 2012 "70" 200x

[armco]

Bill Shorten has no idea regarding to quads,and know idea re newstart and here is what he has to say about cost of living,

http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbusiness/8523258/hard-to-make-ends-meet-on-330k-shorten

[Dino]

armco wrote:

Bill Shorten has no idea regarding to quads,and know idea re newstart and here is what he has to say about cost of living, http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbusiness/8523258/hard-to-make-ends-meet-on-330k-shorten

That man is living proof that if you work hard enough at something, you will succeed. He was a junior tosser before, now he's a ministerial one!

Undoubtably, this recent Tassie incident is the quads fault as well:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10830017
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[X-Factor 1]

The most common accidents on farms with quads causing serious injury or death is not rollovers but collisions with or going under farm equipment and getting pinned.rollbars will not stop this and if you have a rollover out in the paddock what's stopping the roll bars from twisting,collapsing etc and trapping you out there.the modern day quads have not got the strength in the frame with the added leverage of roll bars to maintain there position in a highspeed rollover .this is why we will never see bars on quads ..........
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X-Factor Engineering Atv Racing
Canam Renegade / Ds 450

[Dino]

http://www.abc.net.au/rural/tas/content/2012/08/s3579491.htm?site=hobart
There is about 15 minutes of sensible discussion, from ABC radio in Tassie. Some of these people are also making submissions to the Federal Government.
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[slightlydodgy]

X-Factor 1 wrote:

The most common accidents on farms with quads causing serious injury or death is not rollovers but collisions with or going under farm equipment and getting pinned.rollbars will not stop this and if you have a rollover out in the paddock what's stopping the roll bars from twisting,collapsing etc and trapping you out there.the modern day quads have not got the strength in the frame with the added leverage of roll bars to maintain there position in a highspeed rollover .this is why we will never see bars on quads ..........

Interesting thought I've been a dairy farmer for 20 years and have yet to have a collision with another piece of machinery (the odd cow has caught me out though ) I have however had 3 complete rollovers and 3 on the side First roll over had a 50litre sprayer (supplied by my employer)on the front and the shift in weight on the side of a hill tipped me over, the second riding an unfamiliar bike on an unfamiliar farm along the top of a terraced river bank and the bank gave way. The last was again spraying on the side of a hill. All 3 rollovers were 1roll only and I felt it going and bailed off with no damage worth mentioning The first 2were in my first year of farming and riding quads No one had taken the time to teach me how to ride properly The last was last year I really shouldn't have been there I was just getting cocky The on the sides were all on hillsides too
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