Serious question. Has anyone ever died from a bucket crash?

**Buckets4Me** · 22nd December 2008, 10:43

Originally Posted by James Deuce

I nearly died, but that was my wife hitting me with the toolbox after I fell off in front of her.

I think the wife is the most dangerus part of buckets
you spent WHAT!!!! on the SH*T BOX !!! I could have got a new pair of shoes
or my nails done now back to work so I can have my hair colored and foiled

NO YOU CANT BUY A NEW ONE. I DONT CARE IF IT'S FASTER OR YOUR MATES ARE LAUGHING AT YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
can I have a go I wont brake it or beat you

**Rashika** · 22nd December 2008, 10:49

Only one off in my huge bucket career... slid for about 25metres, few bruises and badly wounded pride but body intact. Bike slightly less so, but not too much to fix it, (the other advantage of racing buckets, generally they are cheap to fix).
I 2nd Kickaha's comments: worst i have seen was the major concussion he mentioned and some offs that resulted in a broken bone or 2.

I say go for it, you are never too old to start... tho maybe you are Ixion?

Our 2 oldest guys are in their 70's

**GaZBur** · 22nd December 2008, 11:05

Originally Posted by Rashika

...I say go for it, you are never too old to start... tho maybe you are Ixion?

Our 2 oldest guys are in their 70's

There are guys in thier 60's and 70's who race classics and postclassics and they are not slow. There are plently of people who are close to my age(50) racing Motards and we expect crashes more often than most. I can see two HUGE advantages to buckets. Maximum velocity won't be too high. The bikes are light so having yours or someone elses land on you is not so serious.
Expect it to take 2 weeks for a bruise to come out instead of the few days it took when you were younger.
The harder you try to go fast quickly = the more bins you have, so start off less aggressive and build up slowly rather than test the limits straight away. I did and got injured twice. The saying older is wiser is crap! The red mist comes over as soon as there is someone in front of you you think you can pass.
Just go for it.

**Mr. Peanut** · 22nd December 2008, 11:29

Originally Posted by Ixion

Bugger that. I am fat. I go boing-boing. Also, my modus operandi is not to fall off. And I is an irritating old bugger cunningly disguised as an obnoxious old bugger.

Life imitating art?

**Ixion** · 22nd December 2008, 11:38

Yeah. That's it. See, it's even the same bike as in my avatar.

But winning, or even going fast is not going to be relevant. I don't do fast. The point of the exercise is to have a valid reason not to be able to attend to Mrs Ixion's little List of Things That Need Doing Around the House.

**SHELRACING** · 22nd December 2008, 14:20

The point of the exercise is to have a valid reason not to be able to attend to Mrs Ixion's little List of Things That Need Doing Around the House.[/QUOTE]

Granma here.

Ahhhhhh! now you sound like 90% of the bucket racers at Mt Welly.
I've got a feeling someone told me a short time ago that there misses had been waiting 14yrs for her new kitchen. Kitchen had always come second to racing. So poor man had to give up labour weekend's awesome racing for the kitchen.

**TZ350** · 22nd December 2008, 16:11

Originally Posted by Rashika

I say go for it, you are never too old to start... tho maybe you are Ixion?

Our 2 oldest guys are in their 70's

Riders in their 70's, that's great, I was starting to feel alone, now I know there's a future in bucket racing.

**Buckets4Me** · 22nd December 2008, 17:18

Originally Posted by TZ350

Riders in their 70's, that's great, I was starting to feel alone, now I know there's a future in bucket racing.

ye but they are in post classic racing old TZ350's

**Rashika** · 22nd December 2008, 18:13

Originally Posted by Buckets4Me

ye but they are in post classic racing old TZ350's

they do that as well

but they still race buckets cos its the premier class!

...and they say it doesn't hurt so much when they fall off

**SHELRACING** · 22nd December 2008, 20:09

Originally Posted by SHELRACING

Granma here.

The old man has had plenty of crashes and off's riding buckets. Some of his crashes have been a little more serious than others, but none that required an ambulance.

Hey Granma that's not true. I've had plenty of Ambulance rides. Usually the day after when you insist I go to the hospital. No go fast rides with the flashy lights and sirens tho!