dirtbikes vs quads: saftey

[ttoks]

this topic recently came up on a bike forum i frequent, and of course the predominant answer was bikes.

my opinion is a bike is safer in the event of an accident, and less likely to have an accident when riding near the limit, jumping, hill climbs, rough terain or simply trying to get the most through a corne ron a quad, it's much easier to get crossed up on a landing, or if on a hill and you fail to make it to the top, there only one way to go, no option of laying it down stopping at that point, and for cruising, hunting, farm work ect a quad i find is much less likely to have a roll over, but in the event of a roll over, instead of washing out, sliding out the thing roll's on top of you, of course bad.

what's the quad section of our shared outdoor sport think?

[quazymoto360]

i think bikes are safer beause if a bike lands on top of you it wont crush you compared to a 650 work quad thats not a pretty sight

[yfzgirl]

So far I have not seen a quad fall on top of any one since I've been riding & racing.I've seen people fall off of them but never on top of them very rarely.It usually happens when ppl try to climb a steep hill the quad can't handle.Now, I've seen many dirt bikes fall on top of ppl on the track where I go & other tracks I have been to.Youtube has about 17 vids with dirt bikes accidents like that.What happened to Jeremiah Jones was a freak accident.Watch the vid yourself & you'll see how it happened.Don't get me wrong I am not a Dirt bike hater cause besides the 2 quads I own I also own a cr125.

[panaman]

I own a quad and a couple dirt bikes....
Quads are easier to ride for beginners but more dangerous for the intermediate.

The problem is that people flip quads on top of them selves... i've flipped my quad on my self a few times... thank god for my chest protector and soft mud :-)

when i crash my bike i the worst is the bike lays down on your boot....

[yfzgirl]

It all comes down to how you ride! If your aggressive & ride full throttle this is when accidents happen.The truth is any motorcycle is dangerous.In all of the 20yrs. I've been racing & riding it's never happened to me, Why? cause I don't do stunts I can't handle.

[Demon Rider]

In my experience I would have to say the quad is safer. I own a polaris outlaw and I have had my share of horrible landings and other O MY GOD moments but where I don't have to worry about the bike washing out on me I am yet to actually fall off the bike. Also one day up in the pit I seen someone on a dirtbike wash out on some loose gravel and he went over the bars and the bike landed on his back. He is now paralized from the waist down.

[yfzgirl]

Exactly what I was talking about! Damn! I see it all the time.These kind of accidents are frequent with dirt bikes.

[Demon Rider]

Whats this, Is yfzgirl actually agreeing with me for once?!

[yfzgirl]

Ha Ha Ha, Yes I am agreeing with you.:D The breakdown problems I was talking about is on the 2008-sportsman XP 550.My friend had just headaches with this thing if it wasn't busted shocks & broken A-arms in the front suspension just to name a few.Polaris fixed those problems for 09 obviously because they new it was problem.Now the Outlaw I don't know to much about it so I can't say anything.My friend Cody rides the sportsman XP 550 really hard & that's why these things are happening.To tell you truth that's a trail quad it's not made for a motocross track & the (nut job) that he is, he's always riding that thing like it's a race ready quad.Go figure!

[Demon Rider]

That explains a lot. Of course if you take a utility out to the track, especially something as heavy as the sportsmen, then you can only expect to put her back on the trailer in pieces. Unfortunately these "nut jobs" are not only found in N.J. as I have seen quite a few amazing things performed on a big bear in a local pit that I go to.