Ooops, carnage inside...

[hotrodjrod]

Well, yesterday was great here in ohio. 45 as a high, clear skys, bright sunshine, and 3 of my best friends, and myself riding our quads. It seemed too good to be true.

First we rode some trails in the woods. Got stuck a few times, no biggys. So we decided to go blaze some new areas of my friends farm.

We found a really sweet place where we did wheelies for a while, and then we did some Jumps on this little hill. The picture is not very good quality, but i was getting about 3 foot of air. which was very cool for me, as ive not jumped hardly ever.

Then right after you land theres another small jump, I hit it and got my front wheels up, and to my horror, saw my right wheel dangling from the upper a arm....

My buddy missed the picture of me crashing, as he was reviewing the one of the jump. I basically landed, the right side dug into the ground, I went flying forward about 10 feet, and my bike flipped over a couple times, and landed upside down. We flipped er over, and heres what we found..

So, what choice did i have, but to be towed back by a Suzuki

But, at least I didnt get hurt. And it was pretty funny after the fact. So, looks like i'll need a new lower a arm. Apparently the top of the bolt on the ball joint broke, and caused the failure.

Enjoy

 

[00blasterRESTO]

thats kind of scary, makes me wonder about leaving stock a-arms on for a while now, glad yur alright coulda been worse.

 

[Oldfart1stATV]

Dam!!

Any landing you can walk away from....

A suzki beats hell outta draggin' the pig!!

You are lucky that you came out alright, that's some pretty wicked force!!

No snow in Dayton?

A

 

[hotrodjrod]

its all about melted.

I shouldnt have trusted this a arm for as long as i have. I did the banshee front brake setup earlier, and i do believe a crash earlier in the day (when i wasnt even freakin on it, my buddy was pulling it out of the creek, and pulled it right into a tree like an idiot) i think both of those factors played into the failure.

I'll be puttin another stocker on it.

 

[blasterman312]

oh man, you really seem beat on that thing, holy $hit, never seen that before

 

[tjsdaname]

wow...... thats crazy

 

[xxxxfloodedxxxx]

glad you're ok buddy

 

[regal81455]

yeah, good to here your all in one piece...i posted on your wanted thread about having another stock arm for ya...shoot me an offer if your still interested...

 

[hotrodjrod]

Regal, i may be. I am trying to get one from a guy im buying some nerf bars off of already, but if i cant get his, i'll be hitting you up.

and blasterman312 what do you mean, "you seem beat on that thing"?

 

[blasterman312]

u challenge your limits, sorta speak

u must of really really hit hard to do something like that

 

[hotrodjrod]

haha, i suppose. It wasnt that high of a jump though. I think the wreck into a tree earlier in the day may have caused part of the problem

 

[blasterman312]

yes,...a tree can especially alter the results of a crash like this,..haha

 

[96'Blaster240]

dam will that always happen with stock a-arms? cause i just got a blaster (will post pics when i get camera back later today) i mean when i bought my quad it came with +2 a arms but i don't really want to put it on my trail quad

 

[hotrodjrod]

why wouldnt you want them on your trail quad? Bigger the better so they say. And no, like i said, I do beilve most of the problem was due to the fact that it got PULLED into a tree pretty hard earlier in the day. Ive been running them like that for 3 years, and this is the first time i had any problems.

 

[96'Blaster240]

lol the beginning of most of the trails around my house are soo tight, but i dunno i gotta get the quad running first. (no spark, wiring is all messed)

 

[blaster1]

smash bang boom!!!