hondaATCman
09-09-2003, 10:02 PM
Well, he asked me to ride it, so I said sure why not. Big mistake.
He took off and not 20 yards later he drove off about a 9-10 ft. cliff and down itno a 3ft. deep rocky creek. I have a twist throttle on it and I guess when he turned, he turned the throttle too. I ran over there and found him lying underneath the machine under the water, so I jumped in and pulled him out. The trike was still flipped over upside down but I was worried more about him than I was the 110 at that time. I drug him up to the bank and it looked like somebody took a shotgun and shot him in the face it was so bad. Anyway his bottom teeth came through his lip, 2 in. gash on his chin. , 3 in. gash on his eye, busted nose, so many cuts on his arm I lost count, his leg had a 2nd degree burn from the muffler, and had a lot of bruising. About 10 mins later I jumped back into the creek and flipped the trike over. There was so much gas and blood in the water that it ruined my pants. It took my neighbor's 9-ton tractor to pull the machine back over the ledge and then it was time for me to look over the damage :o :shock: Amazingly, the only thing that happed to it was the forks were bent all the way to the motor;pushing the tire in with it, the gear lever was bent in half, the handle bars were bent, and the fenders cracked. I though there would be more than that considering it took a plunge off a cliff into a creek filled with boulders. When I got the trike back up on land, I still can't beleive it, but it started on the 2nd pull and then let it run for about 10 mins to dry out all the moisture in it, hauled it home, and am going to fix it tomorrow. I'll have to check on my buddy tomorrow and see how he's doing. Hope this doesn't happen to any of you all!! It's a trip!! ;)
He took off and not 20 yards later he drove off about a 9-10 ft. cliff and down itno a 3ft. deep rocky creek. I have a twist throttle on it and I guess when he turned, he turned the throttle too. I ran over there and found him lying underneath the machine under the water, so I jumped in and pulled him out. The trike was still flipped over upside down but I was worried more about him than I was the 110 at that time. I drug him up to the bank and it looked like somebody took a shotgun and shot him in the face it was so bad. Anyway his bottom teeth came through his lip, 2 in. gash on his chin. , 3 in. gash on his eye, busted nose, so many cuts on his arm I lost count, his leg had a 2nd degree burn from the muffler, and had a lot of bruising. About 10 mins later I jumped back into the creek and flipped the trike over. There was so much gas and blood in the water that it ruined my pants. It took my neighbor's 9-ton tractor to pull the machine back over the ledge and then it was time for me to look over the damage :o :shock: Amazingly, the only thing that happed to it was the forks were bent all the way to the motor;pushing the tire in with it, the gear lever was bent in half, the handle bars were bent, and the fenders cracked. I though there would be more than that considering it took a plunge off a cliff into a creek filled with boulders. When I got the trike back up on land, I still can't beleive it, but it started on the 2nd pull and then let it run for about 10 mins to dry out all the moisture in it, hauled it home, and am going to fix it tomorrow. I'll have to check on my buddy tomorrow and see how he's doing. Hope this doesn't happen to any of you all!! It's a trip!! ;)