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[Jessesgirl511]

Hey guys- not trying to kill the mood of all these other topics, but I'm just curious of who all was injured from riding dirtbikes? My fiance, Jesse, was riding out at Pismo Beach Sand dunes here in Cali when another rider jumped over him (by accident) and his back tire caught his helmet and flew him off his bike, snapping his neck back. He is considered a C-4 ASIA B Incomplete.
He does not resent the sport at all, we still watch AMA races almost every weekend and watch his 7 y/o nephew practice his new 65. It breaks my heart to see him watch though, he misses riding so much! It was his life. Well anyway, just wondering if there are some similar stories out there and just want to tell him of some so he doesnt feel so alone.

Thanks
Sierra

P.S. Honda riders represent!! LOL

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Edited by Jessesgirl511, 19 March 2009 - 06:20 PM.

[Jax]

I'm not personally experienced in that one, but one of the people I have met since my injury was out for a ride on a Honda CBR1000, when he was injured. Some jackass didn't close his tailgate or tie his stuff down, and something flew out of the pickup bed and into the front wheel of the bike. Sent him end over and into the field on the side of the road (OVER a fence). The driver of the pickup didn't even slow down, just kept on going. It sucks to see somebody miss something that badly. He still has his old CBR cap, and wears it all the time.

[Jessesgirl511]

That would really suck! Thanks for sharing Jax.

[aggzy]

yup another dirtbike crash quad here

mine happened just riding flat out and not watching where i was going
straight into a tree branch and snap, all over

Ag's

[fenty]

aggzy, on Mar 20 2009, 05:42 AM, said:

yup another dirtbike crash quad here

mine happened just riding flat out and not watching where i was going
straight into a tree branch and snap, all over

Ag's

I crashed my XR650R supermoto into a tree on a small back road, shattered T4/5/6 Complete. Coming out of a corner I gave it the berries and the front came up a bit too quick. By the time I got it down I was in the hedge and a highside fired me sideways into the tree.

Since I've got out of hospital I have fitted out a Vmax trike for the road and I'm thinking of a LTZ400 quad for field use.

[Hawkeye]

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I'm just curious of who all was injured from riding dirtbikes?

Close. My dirt bike was at home, but I was run off the road while riding my street bike, 29 years ago. Couple of months later my best friend was seriously injured on his dirt bike, while practicing for a hill climb. He didn't make it.

In the following 2 years 7 additional friends were injured in bike accidents. Injuries were all serious. Amputations, brain damage, etc Our amateur race team was pretty much decimated, and disbanded a year later.

Point is... bikes are dangerous. However... your friend Jesse is not alone in missing it. Riding bikes is fun, and the life style can be addictive. I've been riding 4 wheelers for the last 25+ years, and would be back on the street also, if I had a bit more disposable income. Maybe someday...

Joe

[Jessesgirl511]

Thanks guys for your stories. We really appreciate them. Ag's I looked at your website a few weeks ago and your truely an inspirational person. Since Jesse's injury, I've realized as an able-bodied person we take small things for granted everyday. Things like scratching your face, coughing, and even talking are things that many of you cannot do anymore- you all are very strong in so many ways. Thank you again for sharing your stories.

[atvaholic]

i was injured while training for a race but it didn't slow me down your fianncee can still ride quads or side x sides.. heres a pic of me racing a yfz 450

[a la carte]

Jessesgirl511, on Mar 19 2009, 11:13 AM, said:

Hey guys- not trying to kill the mood of all these other topics, but I'm just curious of who all was injured from riding dirtbikes? My fiance, Jesse, was riding out at Pismo Beach Sand dunes here in Cali when another rider jumped over him (by accident) and his back tire caught his helmet and flew him off his bike, snapping his neck back. He is considered a C-4 ASIA B Incomplete.
He does not resent the sport at all, we still watch AMA races almost every weekend and watch his 7 y/o nephew practice his new 65. It breaks my heart to see him watch though, he misses riding so much! It was his life. Well anyway, just wondering if there are some similar stories out there and just want to tell him of some so he doesnt feel so alone.

Thanks
Sierra

P.S. Honda riders represent!! LOL

I rode at Pismo the week after I gradeatd hi-skool. (just tryin' to be funny!) It was my first dune experience, back in '79...

some 3 years later (and many moto-x and desert enduros later) I was paralyzed from removal of a tumor in my spine...

S**T happens, eh? Hope you can learn to live with vigor and enthusiasm in all you do, even if it's not what you did before.

[Andrew Meddings]

put a tick next to my name to . racing a 2 day enduro in 2000. xr 400 hit a rock at 135 kph then snap
things havnt changed much
cheers andrew

[lissalloy]

Head on with another dirt bike in the bush at around 90kmh each not a good way to meet on a corner but as they say S**T happens just ride quads now

Edited by lissalloy, 11 April 2009 - 07:33 PM.

[rjames]

my son Ricky 4 years ago at 16 years old, there's never a good age but he was way too young. T7 Complete
Ricky's site

Check out the video's under the "media" section

[msg]

I came off my Yamaha 660 just outside my house. It was just back from the garage and i was desperate to test it, and popped a bit too much of a wheelie at about 10 miles an hour and came off the back of it. This was last August (23rd 2008) and broke T12 and L1. Still got it, and not sure what to do with it..........

[yoggy99]

Jessesgirl511, on Mar 19 2009, 07:13 PM, said:

Hey guys- not trying to kill the mood of all these other topics, but I'm just curious of who all was injured from riding dirtbikes? My fiance, Jesse, was riding out at Pismo Beach Sand dunes here in Cali when another rider jumped over him (by accident) and his back tire caught his helmet and flew him off his bike, snapping his neck back. He is considered a C-4 ASIA B Incomplete.
He does not resent the sport at all, we still watch AMA races almost every weekend and watch his 7 y/o nephew practice his new 65. It breaks my heart to see him watch though, he misses riding so much! It was his life. Well anyway, just wondering if there are some similar stories out there and just want to tell him of some so he doesnt feel so alone.

Thanks
Sierra

P.S. Honda riders represent!! LOL

Hey
If you questioning.I have a accident 5 year`s ago @ a supercross practise in germany(crf 450 ;) ).since that im a paraplegic....

[Slowlegs]

When I was going to rehab, one of the ambulance drivers asked me one day "bike or car"? He was really surprised that my injuries were caused at work so I suppose judging by his experience (with regard to New Zealand anyway) a large majority of injuries quite possibly happen as consequence of using motor vehicles.

[RaginTurtleHead]

L-1 incomplete thanks to an "invisible" berm at Ocotillo Wells while riding a YFZ 450

[xmotocrossbum]

I was injured on my bike but I am back on two wheels again I am doing things again that I only dreamed about

[newT12]

Hi, my bf got in an accident in April on his dirtbike... t12, was told incomplete at first, and now doctor is not sure, said it was too early to tell right now. I take a lot of pics and videos when he is out riding, he can only look at a few pics... riding was his life, and hopefully he'll be able to ride again one day!!

[apedeferri]

I was a motorcycle CHP officer. In December 2007, I was actually OFF my bike, standing on the side of the freeway, and was hit by a truck going 74 mph. I am actually completely severed at C8/T1 along with a host of other issues. However, after a few months of trail and error, I have a quad that I have really dialed in to ride. I have another thread that I am going to update with pictures.

Edited by apedeferri, 26 May 2009 - 11:05 PM.

[glamisgirl]

I also crashed at Pismo Beach. In August it will be 4 years. I was riding my 450R quad. Hit a kid berm track went over the bars, then my bike drove over me. Really really miss riding. Still camp though. Any other girls that crashed bikes out there?

[dmac]

Hi, I got hurt racing MX when I was 16 at a local Norcal track in the 80's. A good friend was in the same race. We remained good friends and I got a quad right after I got hurt and we continued to ride together all the time. Like 10 years after I got hurt, we were at Hollister Hills and my buddy when over the bars and broke his back as well, T5 Complete. So now we are both in chairs, crazy. He was there when I got hurt and vice versa. At least he was good at wheeling around in my chair before he got hurt! Here a Picture of what I ride now. Going to Pismo in a few weeks, Can't wait! Brapppppp!!

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[Phyleva]

My husband raced dirt bikes before he got hurt. He was hurt on a street bike, had to lay it down and hit his head on the guard rail when he broke his neck. He and I still watch the races and he loves the sport. He rides a 4-wheeler...a quad on a quad!! He is (c6 c7) We strap his legs to the quad and off he goes. It took some practice but every year he gets better and better on it. We put a twist throttle on it and he wears gloves for grip. Shoot me a msg if you want and I can shoot you some pictures. Tell your fiance' to never give up!!!!

[CR_L1]

Hi,
I’m going to put a different light on this topic, a very good friend died 6-7 years ago, he was a well known name in motocross, while practicing hit a lump wrong on top of a jump which kicked the back of the bike in the air throwing him over the bars breaking his neck. (Job done, all over)

[a la carte]

CR_L1, on Jun 13 2009, 09:54 AM, said:

Hi,
I'm going to put a different light on this topic, a very good friend died 6-7 years ago, he was a well known name in motocross, while practicing hit a lump wrong on top of a jump which kicked the back of the bike in the air throwing him over the bars breaking his neck. (Job done, all over)

And that different light would be....?

Don't think there's anyone who doesn't know, and accept the risk, that "you can be seriously injured or killed" when they throw a leg over the saddle....

[CR_L1]

a la carte, on Jun 14 2009, 07:32 PM, said:

CR_L1, on Jun 13 2009, 09:54 AM, said:

Hi,
I'm going to put a different light on this topic, a very good friend died 6-7 years ago, he was a well known name in motocross, while practicing hit a lump wrong on top of a jump which kicked the back of the bike in the air throwing him over the bars breaking his neck. (Job done, all over)

And that different light would be....?

Don't think there's anyone who doesn't know, and accept the risk, that "you can be seriously injured or killed" when they throw a leg over the saddle....

What I meant by different light would be he wasn't lucky enougth to be injured........(If you consider being injured over death lucky, I would be happier with him alive then dead)
& also NO when ever I've jumped on a bike I have never though about getting killed or even injured because when you do that you may as well stop riding.
fact of life in any motor sport, think about the bad things that could happen, you will never give it 100%

Edited by CR_L1, 14 June 2009 - 07:29 PM.

[backwoodsrider2]

apedeferri, on May 26 2009, 11:01 PM, said:

I was a motorcycle CHP officer. In December 2007, I was actually OFF my bike, standing on the side of the freeway, and was hit by a truck going 74 mph. I am actually completely severed at C8/T1 along with a host of other issues. However, after a few months of trail and error, I have a quad that I have really dialed in to ride. I have another thread that I am going to update with pictures.

dang it wasnt even yout fault. Sounds like you have adapted though congrats

[backwoodsrider2]

Jessesgirl511, on Mar 19 2009, 06:13 PM, said:

Hey guys- not trying to kill the mood of all these other topics, but I'm just curious of who all was injured from riding dirtbikes? My fiance, Jesse, was riding out at Pismo Beach Sand dunes here in Cali when another rider jumped over him (by accident) and his back tire caught his helmet and flew him off his bike, snapping his neck back. He is considered a C-4 ASIA B Incomplete.
He does not resent the sport at all, we still watch AMA races almost every weekend and watch his 7 y/o nephew practice his new 65. It breaks my heart to see him watch though, he misses riding so much! It was his life. Well anyway, just wondering if there are some similar stories out there and just want to tell him of some so he doesnt feel so alone.

Thanks
Sierra

P.S. Honda riders represent!! LOL

paralyzed back in 80s practicing for first race of season. Did the quad thing after but it was not the same and i kept comparing to how it used to be when I was doing klickers over the doubles thinking it was never going to end.

So move forward a few years, many actually and I am into street bikes now, Harleys to be exact. This is a drive from sidecar so not going to do any cafe racing but when it is compared to wheeling or riding the Harley, the Harley is heaven!

[AndrewB]

rjames, on Apr 17 2009, 09:35 PM, said:

my son Ricky 4 years ago at 16 years old, there's never a good age but he was way too young. T7 Complete
Ricky's site

Check out the video's under the "media" section

You being the parent of the great Rick James, how did it make you feel whe he told you he wasn't done riding?

[waynejo1]

im a parra too from a dirt bike well sort of i hit a wire strung between two trees by some idiot

[rjames]

AndrewB, on Jun 19 2009, 08:03 PM, said:

rjames, on Apr 17 2009, 09:35 PM, said:

my son Ricky 4 years ago at 16 years old, there's never a good age but he was way too young. T7 Complete
Ricky's site

Check out the video's under the "media" section

You being the parent of the great Rick James, how did it make you feel whe he told you he wasn't done riding?

Happy and nervous all at the same time. It makes him feel so good when he rides and I feel sooo good when he's done.