mykez69 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 had this accident a few years back, not car related but thought i would post up used to do dirt jumping back in the day, one particular jump, only bout 20ft in the air, as i landed front forks snapped resulting into smaching my face, losing a tooth, tearing my lip apart, tearing inside of my mouth from front to back along side of my cheek, smashed and bruised windpipe, very slight hairline fracture on eye socket http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/mykez69/accident%20bike/day20120monday.jpghttp://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/mykez69/accident%20bike/day201.jpghttp://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/mykez69/accident%20bike/day20320wednes.jpghttp://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/mykez69/accident%20bike/Image161.jpghttp://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/mykez69/accident%20bike/Image162.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tez162003 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 christ thats nasty! glad your okay nowdays! it all heal properly or you got any scars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykez69 Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 i got a small scar but my lip bar hides that, and just scared on inside of my mouth which no one can see, so a lucky escape really, was in hosptial for 3 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escortjas Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 If your gonna do it, do it properly! lol Glad your alright, i used to do this sort of thing too, but had one or two near misses (as well as a mate having a large one) and thought i best stop or something bad's gonna happen. Do you still ride after that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykez69 Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 yes i tried to ride after, but couldnt get anywhere near to how good i used to be, so i sold everything, before i got rid though this is one of the bikes i built from scratch, took me ages to save for the frame alone let alone all the parts lol http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/mykez69/Copy20of20Picture81.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escortjas Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Yea, i had a go a couple of weeks back and found i was comparitavely Shite. lol Nice bike, rear shock looks like a fox jobbie to me (nice), anyhoo, i'll stop spamming your thread now! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykez69 Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 the front shocks are morrozchi shivers, upsidedown forks, 550 pound they was back in the day lol also did a bit of this http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/mykez69/YETI20BIKE202.jpg now just got a scott mc40 retails at about 1,700 pound lol now owrries about spamming, its all good oh sorry you was on about rear shock lol yeah it was a fox one, cant remember which model though, gave me 6 inches of travel, not bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC_Bob Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 fcuk THAT! Ouch dude, Helmets ftw! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykez69 Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 (edited) yeah if i had a helmet i reckon i would of gotten away with a grazed elbow lol Edited May 22, 2008 by mykez69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny1107 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 friend of mine had some forks snap on him a while back, he got away with afew bruses and cuts nothing major glad your ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo0 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Ouch mike, you never told me about this. Youve healed well I broke my foot and leg doing dirt jumping, was quite high in the air and just before i landed my foot slipped off the pedal and all the weight of the landing was transferd to my foot and leg. I hopped all the way home and then whent on holiday the next day so was in a wheel chair for half of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt86 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Would have had to been a full face covering helmet though to stop that!! Pretty Horrific. I have half a fake front tooth after a incident where my head argued with a kerb. Also have 3 scars under my hair from biking incidents.... nothing quite that extreme though. I dont even have a bike now because some skumbags thought they would vandalise it 3 or 4 times.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escortjas Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 (edited) Sounds like we all like a bit of adrenaline then! lol Think it (the shock) looks like a Talas R (think thats what it was called anyway), cant make it out from the pic. Edited May 22, 2008 by escortjas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottSummerhayes Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 If your going to jump "20ft" at least have a decent set of forks! I'v seen knives and forks thicker than that.... Glad you got better tho, dont let it put you off (even tho it sounds like it has) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykez69 Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 cheers scott, the forks were ok, we just didnt quite get the landing ramp at the right distance lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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