Bring on the hurt!

[martyfair227]

I didn't know where to put this, so if this is not appropriate please move. My nephew riding down the blacktop road, NO SAFETY GEAR! after me telling him to stay off the road with dirt bike and a friend riding double!

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[Zman457]

Glad it's not any worse than that.

[biguns]

It hurts now but wait till tomorrow, road rash is the worst. how is he gonna walk without breaking open the scab, he`ll be down awhile.

[WingAdmin]

A lesson he (hopefully) won't soon forget.

I've never done it on a motorcycle (thankfully I was wearing gear when I went sliding down the road at 17 years old) but I have done it on a bicycle as a kid, and left a bunch of my knees and elbows behind on the road. I spent a couple weeks holed up in the basement in front of the TV trying not to move, to avoid breaking the scabs.

[martyfair227]

Well he came over yesterday and he's moving slowly, I asked him if had Learned anything? He said yes I was stupid for not wearing my gear! I said well it was a great lesson if you learned something from it!

[michaelb]

My son was wearing full gear off-road (helmet, neck brace, chest protector, gloves, boots) and went over the handlebars on asphalt at about 40mph (he passed me on my dual sport, I looked down when passed me and I was doing 35-36). The bike did two forward flips over him while he slid. He broke three ribs, a wrist, and a thumb, stitches in his leg, and a little road rash. The doctors and nurses at the hospital looked at the equipment and at him and nodded, "that equipment saved his life."

[bad2thebone55]

EXPERIENCE is a TOUGH TEACHER; first, YOU are given the LESSON, then next, YOU LEARN the LESSON(s). It could have been worse glad only abrasions for the young man.

[Bike...and Dennis]

I'm dedicated to never learning anything from a crash again!