RIPPEN Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 I finaly purchased my own banshee mid may of this year. By June 6th I found myself in a hospital reciving morphine and preparing to go under the knife. A friend and I figured we would take advantage of the nice day and go for a ride. We heard of a place close to home so we figured we would check it out since finding good places to ride in Northern Colorado close by can be tricky. We unloaded the machines and started to check the place out. After about 20 minutes or so I became a little more confident popping up over these little jumps. I wasn't going that fast but I popped up over one of these jumps to find that the otherside droped off at about the same rate as the side I had come up (like a small table top). Well some how when I landed, it pitched me forward and my right foot slipped off my peg. Leg got wedge between the peg and hard pack dirt... Not sure exactly what happen then but I just remember pulling my leg out from under the peg and my foot hung loosly. Knew right away that it was broke but wasn't sure how bad. The friend I was riding with took me to the hospital and I found out that I had broke both bones in my lower leg about four inches up from my ankle. So about $18,000, 6 weeks of physical therapy, one rod, and three screws later Iam able to finaly walk on my own.... Moral to the story.... This made me respect how easly you can get hurt and made me a little "smarter" about how I ride. Anyways ALWAYS know the terrain your riding, try not to ride alone and KEEP YOUR FEET ON THE PEGS. . However I didn't post this to sound like your father.... Actually I wanted to hear about some of your war wounds cause I know there are lots out there RIPPEN Quote
347cid Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 ouch! sounds like no fun invest in some good riding boots Quote
Wallrat Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 Exact same thing happened to me. Well pretty close anyway. I was riding dunes a little too fast and I came up on a small dropoff that turned out to be pretty big. Basically I froze up instead of staying loose so when I landed I pitched forward and my foot slipped off the peg. Fortunately it landed on the nerf and I rode it out. But what happened to you flashed through my mind. Nerfs have saved my feet so many times its scary. Quote
RIPPEN Posted October 20, 2004 Author Report Posted October 20, 2004 (edited) Yeah I got some nerf bars and put them on as soon as I was able to get around. I also took my seat to a local shop and had them put that gripper material on so the damn seat isnt so slick. I just wish I hadn't been such a cheap ass and got those before cause in the long run the 200 bucks would have been better than the 18,000 . RIPPEN Edited October 20, 2004 by RIPPEN Quote
Klotzban1 Posted October 30, 2004 Report Posted October 30, 2004 Glad your ok ,..Rippin! Roost on! Quote
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