Today an unfortunate event happened. While riding in Zephryhills one of my buddies Fiance fell off her quad when trying to climb a steep embankment and lost control and off in the lake it went. Luckly right before this we had seen quite a few of the SunCoast FlatLander members out there and rushed for some help to try and get this submerged quad out of the water.
Thanks to all of you who helped and those who took pics. I owe one of you a six pack of beer as we broke your tie strap on the tow back to our trucks.
UPDATE: The quad still runns. after draining all the fluids and running a bunch of oil through it and new gas, she runs like new....
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Quote from: MPTonyT on June 24, 2007, 08:05:08 PM
Today an unfortunate event happened.
actually you were fortunate. couldve been alot worse. thank god she wasnt trapped underneath it. material things are replaceable.
awesome pics.
something like that happened when we went riding to sebring with miaxtremeatv.com
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been there done that twice lol, once with one of mine while my dads friend was riding it and i helped another kid when he drove his dads brand new rancher i think it was into the canal at holylands, he was so scared lol luckily i seen him from the parking are and was able to help him flip it over and my ds 650 and banshee, and blaster had enough power to pull it up and out. luckily everyone was ok in both your situation and mine
yeah glad to see she wasn't hurt.
i am very sorry to here this happened and glad everyone is ok ;D
i know what you went thru a couple months back i had a bad landing on my track in my backyard and got throw off the bike (i live on the canal) and my bike kept going once i fell off splash there she went right in completely under...the bike was ok after a good flush and new liquids but i fractered my knee....point of my story is i went and bought a tether kill switch the next day LOL
yes luckly everyone was ok (shes a tough chick). and yes a tether would have saved going scuba diving.....
Quote from: Hondabeefast on June 24, 2007, 08:24:36 PM
i am very sorry to here this happened and glad everyone is ok ;D
i know what you went thru a couple months back i had a bad landing on my track in my backyard and got throw off the bike (i live on the canal) and my bike kept going once i fell off splash there she went right in completely under...the bike was ok after a good flush and new liquids but i fractered my knee....point of my story is i went and bought a tether kill switch the next day LOL
[/quo Thanks for everyones help that was there and for condolences on here as well. I told her as we were leaving no more riding until BOTH of our Quads have kill tethers on them. It would have never went into the water if the engine was killed. She is OK and helped flush her bike out and all is good except for the hours of cleaning and her wonderful headache from hitting her head on that wonderful hard ground. But headaches beat roadrash any day compared to her spill on her Streetbike(Kawi 636) a couple of years ago. Lesson learned to all BUY A KILL TETHER and for the guys dont make the girls ride beyond their abilities. Well now time for some rest I'm beat but will be back out next weekend for sure...Thanks guys and gals from Suncoast Flatlanders if any of ya are on this board as well. Kevin n Amanda......: )~
WOW.....that is like a 20+ fall where that is. Crystal clear water in there though. Very lucky!
Quote from: Kawa3 on June 24, 2007, 08:54:16 PM
WOW.....that is like a 20+ fall where that is. Crystal clear water in there though. Very lucky!
Yep its a LOOOONG way down..hahaha Your snorkels wont help there..SORRY lol Its clear seeing how it is Spring fed lake...But the bottom is DEEP. Its in Pasco County...Our fun spot heehee
I want to see a pic of the steep embankment that caused it. I love steep embankments.
Quote from: Chillinthemost on June 24, 2007, 09:21:08 PM
I want to see a pic of the steep embankment that caused it. I love steep embankments.
nothin big enough for you out there, it would be like a kiddie track
Quote from: Chillinthemost on June 24, 2007, 09:21:08 PM
I want to see a pic of the steep embankment that caused it. I love steep embankments.
It's steep but only about a 10-12ft embankment. If you walk up it you can put your arm out straight and touch the embankment easily. If that makes any sense to you.
I made sure to login to the Suncoast Flatlanders website and I thanked them for the pics and help, they e-mailed me copies of the pics. I'm glad to hear that her quad is running again.
I logged into the Flatlanders site as well. I have went on rides with them before as she also has a lifted Jeep and have been a member of their site since 2004. Thank goodness they were there and we got it out. It's running and we are ready for some more ridin. We have a funny one for ya all next weekend when we go riding. Your all gonna die laughing...LMAO
did you deck the Raptor 350 out with some of Jerry's snorkles? hehe, or maybe a home made tether? a rope on the spark plug wire should work if it tied to her ankle...!!!!
Cant tell ya you will have to wait and see..... ;)
btw kev im out for next weekend my parents will be in town so im gonna spend time with them.... we need to ride the track
No problemo, yeah we need to hit up the track but not til I get my nerfs on. OH AND A TETHER LOL
ME and QT have discussed this and have our final answer!!!!!
A Quad sized life jacket????? LMAO :R
You hit the nail on the head LMAO She was gonna bring one of the goofy lookin Orange ones and put it on and say OK LETS GO! :P
nice!! seems last time we went i lost the trailer keys and this time i lost my quad key..... i need one of those tethers just for my keys!!! i feel like such an ID
that sucks
Wow, very lucky she wasnt hurt. I couldnt imagine knowing the outcome if she was trapped underneath. And I think that ATV Lifejacket idea would be a good thing to invest in ;)
Well, I hope your buddy was smart enough to get his engagement ring back and call off the wedding.
Actually, she shouldn't feel so bad. I flipped a quad once and submerged it trying to hydroplane across a lake after watching the Carpe Diem video. Luckily it wasn't mine.
Hell no I didn't take the engagement ring back. Now if she would have cleared the climb and landed it perfectly and out rode me then yeah but since I still ride better I'll keep her for now...HEEHEE Would't trade her for anyone else in the world...Yep she is lucky could have been worse but she is a tough one.
Holy crap the same exact thing was so close to happening to me on Sunday in the same spot. I went up that hill and 12 o clocked the quad, fell backwards, luckily the quad didn't keep going over that edge.
Glad she turned out okay and you pulled it out.
Badass girl.
Deff don't take the ring back lol.
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dayum Sara...you had to go WAAAY back.... :P
And no one tossed her in the water after this. She should have at least gotten wet, and I don't mean, pissed her pants.
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dayum Sara...you had to go WAAAY back.... :P
Actually Kevin messaged me the link to this on Facebook to tell me about it once I told him what happened lol. I found it quite hilarious that its the SAME EXACT spot and apparently he did too. Luckily Nick grabbed the bars and kept it from going over the ledge.
thats crazy!!! i know where that is....glad the 400 survived unscathed....
TBRD in da hizzy!!!!
yeah me too!
TBRD woo woo!
When the lake aint got quads in it, iz da fishing good???? ;) ;D ;D ;D
was that one of those new warrior submarines everyone ravin bout never had my quad like that but had an ol cj5 renegade in similar conditions