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kx666:
it is kinda funny hearing everyones story becuase i have done somthing similar to each. and i am sure i am not the only one cringing and grabing body parts that at one time were injered at each story. i guess i should share one? ummmm....

ok, i was 14?? and i was ridding my banshee at the dunes. the sun was starting to set. i went off a jump, nothing big i was probibly only geting 70 or 80 ft. in the air i was blinded by the sun and quickly became disorented... it looked like a helicopter landed upsidedown in the sand. i have no memory of the crash itself. the next thing i know everyone is standing around me and i have no clue why. i get up dust my self off and of corse, if you fail at somthing you have to keep doing it untill you get it right... over 3 hours later (i was in a little pain and wanted to go back to camp) i went into the restroom to take the browns to the superbowl when i noticed a pool of blood. upon ferther inspection there was a hole THROUGH my leg, not into through. almost all of the meat was gone, 2 tendens were still intact and luckly my leg bones were ok. I do have to say Reeds Port OR had THE Best hospital... i dont know how many stiches there were the doc lost track of count at about 300. i am not shure but this wreck also may have contributed to finding out when i was 18 that my back had been broken 3 different times and my neck once.

ben:
Cool thread.  OK, here is my story:

It was 1984 and I had just graduated from high school.  I had a 1983 Honda CR480, and I was pretty good at riding wheelies.  I would start in 2nd gear, get the front end up, and then ride the wheelie, shifting into 3rd, 4th, and then 5th gear.  I could actually ride them pretty far.

Anyways, I had just washed the bike, and a few friends were over, so I decided to impress them with my wheelie-riding ability.  I jumped on the bike, no gear of course, and proceeded to ride a wheelie down the street.  The front end came up, and I shifted into 3rd, and then 4th, and then as I was riding it by my friends, I looped it over backwards!  I slid for a long ways on the road, and I had some serious scrapes on my elbows, back, and legs.  No broken bones, but as I was sitting there regrouping myself, my vision went away, but I never lost consciousness.  It was real weird.  My vision came back, and I went inside the house, and I sent my mom to the drugstore to get bandages and a lot of Neosporin ointment.

I dreaded my dad coming home, and when he did, his first question was whether or not I was wearing my gear.  After hearing me saying no, he just shook his head.

It was funny, that night I had a first date with a girl I really liked, and when I went to pick her up, I had all sort of bandages on.  I didn't want her parents to see me like this, so I didn't get out of my car, and I just honked my horn in her driveway.  Her parents probably thought I was a punk (maybe they were right?) but she came out and we went on our date and she was very sympathetic to my injuries!

Anyways, I am almost 41 years old now, and when I do a wheelie now, it isn't more than 6".  I can look at my left hip, and I still have a tattoo consisting of road tar underneath my skin.  And what do they say about tattoos?  Oh yeah, a permanent reminder of a temporary idea! :-D

--Ben

kx666:
nice one ben... its no fun wrecking trying to show off  :wink:

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