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Title: Why you should wear boots
Post by: KB on December 22, 2006, 01:43:05 PM
Not to gross anyone out but thought it might be good for people to see so that it won't happen to them. Aloot of kids are prob. gettin bikes for Christmas, THEY NEED TO WEAR THERE GEAR .


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: KB on December 22, 2006, 01:50:57 PM
I wish i made pics. bigger(maybe a moderator can do that for me) this is the first time i ever put pics. on internet.
 The 1st pic is in the E.R., the 2nd is at the follow up visit a few days later.( i took pics w/ my phone)
 Notice how the skin is black. they did skin graft's to make it heal quicker. I'm glad I got insurance cause the bill's came out to about 22,000.00
 


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: dnigels on December 22, 2006, 02:16:49 PM
Uh, ur gunna probly loos that nail!


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: KD 428 on December 22, 2006, 02:33:34 PM
heres a lil bigger


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: mrbones on December 22, 2006, 02:35:58 PM
That's a good reason to wear boots. The pic is nasty, please don't post bigger pics of that on here. Thanks.


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: gery350 on December 22, 2006, 02:37:11 PM
dude how did it happen.
man that looks painful as hell.


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: Moose on December 22, 2006, 02:38:03 PM
OUCH

Going to make walking fun for a while.


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: dnigels on December 22, 2006, 02:40:07 PM
Don't tell me, chasing stumps, right?


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: KB on December 22, 2006, 03:03:26 PM
It happened 1-11-04, Was wide open on my cr500 goin down a trail & here comes my friend haulin azz on the same trail (head on)
 I tried to get out of the way but my pinkie toe got chewed up by the back tire of his quad. if i was doing 40 & he was going 40 that's 80 mph impact. After it happened I said to myself "we just hit,sh;t" i down shifted,turned bike around and went the truck were he was "like dude you alright" i said ya just hold my bike, let me walk it off. walkin around in circles i seen my shoe laces were torn apart so i sat down, took my shoe off, my sock was blood red. i was thinkin maybe i just tore a nail off so i took my sock off and said "gotta go" i thought i was goin to loose my toe cause the cut went around the bottom the same way the top, i just couldnt take pics of it. sad thing is my surgeon (Haedicke) lost his son on an atv last year. When i found out i coulda cried thinkin all the people he was able to fix & heal &his own son was takin from him doing the same thing. SUCKS. luckily i got some good guy's workin for me &was able to get thru work.( I was only down for 4 weeks.) ANYWAYS KIDS/ people WEAR YOUR GEAR


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: KB on December 22, 2006, 03:08:59 PM
         
That's a good reason to wear boots. The pic is nasty, please don't post bigger pics of that on here. Thanks.


        Sorry Mr. Bones. I won't


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: klutchbuster400 on December 22, 2006, 03:11:38 PM
wow, thats just nasty. I never ride without my boots, regardless the terrain.


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: KB on December 22, 2006, 03:19:31 PM
Ya, I was the one in the E.R. al the EMT's were coming to look at &sayin ooohhh, ouch.
  A very nice nurse came to me & gave me 2 Vicodin 750's & a cup of water. 1/2 hr. later she came back to see how I was,I said I'm fine thanks.


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: dnigels on December 22, 2006, 06:31:30 PM
A buddy of mine and I were riding dirt bikes in the woods he was leading, while making a turn around a bend he used his foot to balance like you do, and his foot hit a stump.  He was wearing tennis shoes and the one shoe disentegrated.  Split his foot about halfway down between the big toe and the toe next to it.  He had to ride on the back of my bike about six miles to the ER.  This was prior to cell phones.

I hate when that happens!


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: MOTOCROSS MAVERICK on December 22, 2006, 06:44:44 PM
OUCH!!!!  :'( that looks nasty! but a nasty reminder why you should wear the Right gear. hope you have a speedy recovery!  :-*


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: Thrumud on December 22, 2006, 07:47:49 PM
I had an incident where my quad flipped and my left foot got caught between the shifter and the net on the nerf bar.  My ankle twisted so bad I thought I snap it off my leg. It was so swollen I could not walk for 2.5 months.  Still I wake up every moring and it takes me a while to get going. The doc said If it wasn't for my boots, my ankle would have broken.  SO KIDS, WEAR YOUR GEAR, IT MAKES YOU LOOK COOL ! 


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: 1FasterBlaster on December 22, 2006, 10:15:38 PM
  When I first got my quad,I saw everyone wearing gear and thought they were trying to look like pro's; just pimpin gear.
  While riding behind someone-I had no goggles, only sunglasses- going uphill, he roosted me.I rode up a wall on one side and my quad shot up 8'ft, and came down on my ankle with no boots on.I couldn't walk for 8 months.
  Needless to say," I now look like the pro's!!"


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: Fox17 on December 23, 2006, 09:59:22 AM
yea i have had some close encounters too. luckly i wear all that too. that will be your head too if no helmrt is worn.


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: exrider on October 02, 2007, 10:11:37 PM
Thought I should bump this to the top.


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: Young Gun on October 03, 2007, 07:49:19 AM
I remember seeing this pictures when this happened.  Nasty.

Why must you refresh my memory? :'(


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: mrbones on October 03, 2007, 02:09:21 PM
I removed those pics as they made feel a little sick (yeah I'm a wimp when it comes to real life gore, don't mind it in the movies though, lol). But, a reminder to wear safety gear is always a good thing.

KB has his account marked for deletion. Not sure why, I sent him an email about it.

I hope his foot healed up ok.

For those who didn't see or remember the pics. They showed a pinky toe almost removed from the foot. It was stitched back in place.


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: exrider on October 03, 2007, 05:05:41 PM
Those pics were pretty nasty. I brought this post back up because I heard he hurt his ankle this weekend riding without boots.


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: atvrob on October 03, 2007, 05:34:18 PM
he had on work boots,theyre not the same as riding boot .also,bones you must be married lol


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: big-daddy on October 03, 2007, 05:37:52 PM
Those pics were pretty nasty. I brought this post back up because I heard he hurt his ankle this weekend riding without boots.

did he hit a moving tree?


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: atvrob on October 03, 2007, 05:44:28 PM
he killed a tree ???....nothing that bad


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: big-daddy on October 03, 2007, 06:00:48 PM
run KB the leaf licker are coming. ;D


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: quadracer1992 on October 04, 2007, 03:37:13 PM
Why am I not seeing any pictures?


Title: Re: Why you should wear boots
Post by: KD 428 on October 04, 2007, 04:45:24 PM
Why am I not seeing any pictures?
I removed those pics as they made feel a little sick (yeah I'm a wimp when it comes to real life gore, don't mind it in the movies though, lol). But, a reminder to wear safety gear is always a good thing.

KB has his account marked for deletion. Not sure why, I sent him an email about it.

I hope his foot healed up ok.

For those who didn't see or remember the pics. They showed a pinky toe almost removed from the foot. It was stitched back in place.


DE DE DEE   :K  As carlos Mencia would say....