flyingkermit Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Well..... Last Saturday was the first real test ride since i got my motor back from F.A.S.T. . I can't even descibe how well the motor felt. Those of you who have had a motor built and tuned in perfect can understand how good shee was running. I only rode her for about 20 mins myself before tradegy struck. Here's what went down. Saturday, April 5th. I woke up at 6:30 in the morning. I was stoked. First real ride on new motor. I had a big day planned with over 30 friends coming to ride. I had talked the banshee up so much over the last year and it was time to the shit talkin. I had gone over everthing, once, twice, three times already, and was so excited i felt like i was going to piss myself. Finally 10:30 a.m. First group of friends show up at my house. then 11:00 the rest show up. We are on our way. We get to Little Gem Cycle Park in Emmett ID in no time. Unload our rides. I start the Shee to let her warm up while i put on my new riding gear. I tell my good friend Chris to take her up and down the road so i can check the gear oil level. He says ok, and off he goes. Not payin much attentiopn at the time. I continue to get dressed. I haer the shee and look up to find Chris riding without a helmet. HEY!!! GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE! I yelled. Chewed his ass hard for not wearing a helmet. No big deal, no harm done. The oil checked out fine so i ripped her around for about 20 mins. When i came back, everyone was like my turn, my turn, my turn. Cool, i'm feeling pretty good about my ride at this time. Head swelling and getting bigger everytime i see her rip by. Now.... My friend Chris gets on her for the third time. All is good. He has been riding her for about 40 mins around this small track right in front of where we parked. Now Chris is not very experienced on ATV'S or Dirt Bikes at all, but he was not being stupid or trying to be better then he could be. I would not be letting him ride if that was the case. Then it happened. Out of no where Chris comes on the straight away and losses control ont the whoops. He hit the first whoop and lost his balance. Trying to correct he gassed the Banshee over and over. A series of 12 whoops. Going faster over each one. At this point i thinking DAMN!! hes got balls and is doing good. then he hit the last whoop and when he landed i was thinking he was going to dig hard into the burm*. I was wrong. He hit that burm and launched off of it like he was trying to set a record. As soon as he hit the lip it through him in the air and he was thrown from the Shee. Kicking and flapping his arms in the air, we all went running. When we got to him, he was knocked out cold. Snoring like he had been drinking all night with a HUGE gash on his chin. I looked at my other friend and was like, what do we do now?!? I had never seen anyone in this condition before. When he started to come to, he didn't just come around like a normal lights out victim. He was very lathargic* and not with us at all. I called 911 and spent the next 5 hours with him in the hospital in Emmett. He was later transported to ST. Alphonsis Trauma center were he still remains tonight and at least untill this weekend. So the extent of his injury's are as follows, Shattered pelvis= Titanium plate in left front Fractured sacrem ( back side of pelvis ) botls and screws on his left side Broken ancle bruised left lung and 2 inch gash on his chin So i don't have a full on investigation of what "exactly" happened, but here i my interpritation. After he lost controll on the first whoop he was pretty much hanging on for dear life. The new twist throttle i put on screwed him. He froze up and locked his wrist WOT. When i got to the Banshee, shee was in 3rd gear. The burm he launched off of was about 12feet high. Now i didn't have a tape measure, But my other friend Mike is 6'-6" tall and stepped out 22 paces from the lip of the burm to where Chris lay motion less. Now in my book, a man 6'-6" takes "at least" 3 foot steps. Which means Chris flew 66 fett in the air. When he landed he didn't slide, roll, twist or nothing. It was like taking a bag of floul and dropping it on the floor. THUD best descibes it. I feel so bad.... Part of me says he was too in-experienced to be on my Shee. Another part says if i didn't put the twist throttle on.... ( which will be coming off before next ride ). All in all he will recover in about 6 months. We hope. Today i had to help him walk in to the bathroom so he could piss. It hurts to see anyone, let alone a good friend, like that. At this time i would like to apologize for such a long post, but i have never experienced anything like this, and for those who haven't either, i want ya'll to really feel what im going through. Now the Shee... As far as i can see. The light rear rim is bent. The right side if the axel is bent. The swing arm is tweaked and thats all that is visible. The Banshee never rolled. She hit right rear tire first, then slammed on the front right tire. Did a 180 spin and stayed on her wheels. Hell, I think Chris may have been better off trying to ride it out, but its hard to say what really would havr happened. Chris doesn't remeber a whole lot about it. Probably best. So i'm in dier need of some parts. I don't have much to spend, but if anyone has an axel, swinger, or rims for cheap please PM me. If you read this all the way to the end, Thank You very much. All will be fie eventually i'm sure. Your Fellow HQ'er Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooez Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Man sorry to here shit like that. Pm your email address and I will send you some pic's of a axle and swinger. Thanks EZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animalman294 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Sorry about your friend man, sounds like he had a worse day than you. I hate to hear about people that get busted up ridin' but he'll heal up good. Hope you get your ride up and runin' soon............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downNdirty Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 damn, sorry to hear your friend is banged up. sucks hearing about people getting hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClimbAnyHill Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Sorry about your friend and your new build man. Good to hear both will make a recovery. I have a mint lookin swinger with no scrapes, yamaha mettalic finish & can help you & it's yours dirt cheap. PM sent, please return PM.. I don't get email notifications here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shee4speed Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Damn dude that blows. That is the same reason i got rid of my twist. Tell your buddy the HQ is behind him and get healed up quick. Good luck with the repairs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTOYS Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Oh wow Aaron, this is terrible to hear. I sure hope he heals up soon and takes care of himself. GIve me a holler and i will gladly sell you some rims at cost to get you back on the road. Sounds like your F.A.S.T. motor was worth the wait! Hopefully we can ride together at Idaho this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajogejr Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Sorry to hear as well. I had a buddy ride my bike on the ice, my chisel tires ran up the back of his leg....he was ok luckily. I'm always a little nervous about letting others ride my bike...but, as I'm sure a bunch of people are going to tell you...you didn't do anything wrong. Anyone that rides knows the risks they take. Hope your friend gets better...I wish I had some parts to help ya out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingkermit Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Thanks for all the reply's everyone. Yes both will make a full recovery and the Banshee faired alittle better then my friend did. 3-6 months full release. Could have been ALOT worse. The doctor said the 85% of people who shatter their pelvis the way he did, usually end up with an amputation or death because it severs the main artery* that runs down your leg. 66 feet is a long way to fly LOL. My friend told my in the hospital last night, that as soon as he can walk good enough, he wants to go back and see it. Crazy fucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerShee99 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Wow, sorry to hear about that Aaron. It sucks having a day of fun interrupted by something like that, but it's one of those things that happens... here's hoping your friend and your quad both make speedy recoveries. I wish I could help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DallasGDub Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Tell your homie good luck on the comeback. Sorry to here he crashed that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin8r Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Tell your homie good luck on the comeback. Sorry to here he crashed that bad. Sucks to hear, although its great to hear that he'll make a full recovery. Like was mentioned above, we all assume a certain amount of risk when we jump on one of these thigns, and we make our own decisions. My friends sometimes get pissed when I have a new toy, or a newly revamped one, and I won't let them ride it for a while--but I like to wring something out myself before I let them anywhere near it. It really is both for their protection, and to make sure I've ironed out any bugs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingkermit Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Oh wow Aaron, this is terrible to hear. I sure hope he heals up soon and takes care of himself. GIve me a holler and i will gladly sell you some rims at cost to get you back on the road. Sounds like your F.A.S.T. motor was worth the wait! Hopefully we can ride together at Idaho this year! Thanks Jeff, Hell ya it was worth the wait :biggrin: There were a few other quads out there. A couple YFZ450's and a Troy Lee predator. All three of them came up to me later asking what the hell i had in my machine LOL. Apparently they were behind me at one time and iu didn't know. They said i left them so fast they had to slow down and follow my dust trail HAHA. Anyways, I'll be calling you in the next couple oof days for some rims. I really appriciate it. As for everyone else, Thank you very much for your support. Those of you who have offered parts rock. I may be needing some front end stuff as well. Not sure untill i straighten out the back. Thanks again, Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingkermit Posted April 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Sucks to hear, although its great to hear that he'll make a full recovery. Like was mentioned above, we all assume a certain amount of risk when we jump on one of these thigns, and we make our own decisions. My friends sometimes get pissed when I have a new toy, or a newly revamped one, and I won't let them ride it for a while--but I like to wring something out myself before I let them anywhere near it. It really is both for their protection, and to make sure I've ironed out any bugs... Ya its a tough deal but not much i can do at this point. He wasn't even trying to jump it. LOL. He was just along for the ride. I asked him last night why he didn't just let go when he first lost control. He told me because he didn't want to wreck my Shee. OH WELL! I can sit back and laugh about it now because he will be alright, doctor says he can go home as soon as he takes a crap HAHA. I had all the bugs worked out prior to Sat. Shee was mean. That woods port Jeff did REALLY opened up the bottom end. Shee was sick! Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerShee99 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Now that you mention it, I do still have some stock A arms, I'm trying to get them cleaned up and they're not in the absolute best condition, but I could let 'em go for cheap... they might be good enough to get you by for awhile. Let me know if you need them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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