Has anyone been quading? I go everytime I visit my Grandma in Scotland (UK) and it's great 👍
But if you like to feel safe with metal wrapped around you, plus a roll cage, this sport is not for you
On the dry stuff it's great with plenty of grip, yet last week (the first time I've gone in winter) it would be an understatement to say the treck was wet
The first half an hour
or so was good fun with only a few incidents of wheel spin
where I learned that how to get out of such situations. Then I had a minor accident (My first
Picture this: I'm riding along and the back end is very loose, my quad has worn tyres and the whole treck is basically a mud swamp, steering to counter this was frequent (locking in the direction of the rear). Then ahead is a steep climb which I make. And what comes with this steep climb but a very steep decent.
So I lean back to hold the rear down, and am prepared to brake strongly (To go down without braking is dangerous) I was ready to use an ABS pumping effect on the brakes as the wheels were bound to lock with the lack of grip....But no matter how prepared you are it's all slightly useless if your brakes don't work
Guess what? 💡 Yep my brakes failed, with no response what so ever..building up
speed very quickly and have 3 options:
Option 1: Go down, get the Quad sideways and hope to slow without flipping (Highly Likely and could end up with the quad flattening me)
Option 2: Go down straight turn for the corner and with the excess speed slide into a barbed wire fence
Option 3: vere off the track
into a large bumpy field to my left. This seemed safest as the bumps would slow me down. I chose this option and after a few bumps I stopped >>>> Instantly
(The bikes front end had jammed into the field) I went flying off the bike and did a forward roll from mid air onto my back....
What would you have done?
Unharmed and pretty excited and perhaps alittle shaken if I'm honest that I'd had my first fall on a quad the supervisor rider came running accross. I explained what had happened with the brakes and he said (In a Scottish accent), 'Are you alright I thought you killed yourself'
Though I thought I'd made it clear my brakes were 🤬 we continued coming across some smaller hills, no brakes again but I stayed on. Then we went back to the Centre
and all the other 100cc-125cc quads were faulty..So I got on a 150cc with new brakes 
(Look forward to riding a 250cc, though they are more expensive to hire
)
If I hadn't had that better quad to compensate for the brakes on my first one I would have demanded a refund
, but it all ended well :smilewink
So anyone else got any motorsport accident stories?
But if you like to feel safe with metal wrapped around you, plus a roll cage, this sport is not for you
On the dry stuff it's great with plenty of grip, yet last week (the first time I've gone in winter) it would be an understatement to say the treck was wet
The first half an hour
Picture this: I'm riding along and the back end is very loose, my quad has worn tyres and the whole treck is basically a mud swamp, steering to counter this was frequent (locking in the direction of the rear). Then ahead is a steep climb which I make. And what comes with this steep climb but a very steep decent.
So I lean back to hold the rear down, and am prepared to brake strongly (To go down without braking is dangerous) I was ready to use an ABS pumping effect on the brakes as the wheels were bound to lock with the lack of grip....But no matter how prepared you are it's all slightly useless if your brakes don't work
Guess what? 💡 Yep my brakes failed, with no response what so ever..building up
Option 1: Go down, get the Quad sideways and hope to slow without flipping (Highly Likely and could end up with the quad flattening me)
Option 2: Go down straight turn for the corner and with the excess speed slide into a barbed wire fence
Option 3: vere off the track
What would you have done?
Unharmed and pretty excited and perhaps alittle shaken if I'm honest that I'd had my first fall on a quad the supervisor rider came running accross. I explained what had happened with the brakes and he said (In a Scottish accent), 'Are you alright I thought you killed yourself'
Though I thought I'd made it clear my brakes were 🤬 we continued coming across some smaller hills, no brakes again but I stayed on. Then we went back to the Centre
(Look forward to riding a 250cc, though they are more expensive to hire
If I hadn't had that better quad to compensate for the brakes on my first one I would have demanded a refund
So anyone else got any motorsport accident stories?
