Crashes when your engine siezes...

[rattlerviper]

first please forgive my writinh I vant make it out of bed to my pc so i am posting from my cell.

My motored bike was a well maintained china girl with about 500 miles on it. I was riding at 30 mph when the engine seized. There was no time to pull the clutch, I went downhard and NOW.
Results? Second degree burn to to left calf, lots of road rash and bruises , and lastly a few broken ribs in the upper part of my chest.
Urgent care doc wrote me off work for three weeks. I am truly lucky to be alive and just in a ton of pain.

Please folks be careful out there ridimg these thinhs cause the umexpected can happen. We dont wanna lose anyone to a accident. Be careful out there.

 

[thuginfc]

wow sorry to hear that .... i had mine sieze not long ago while riding with one hand lucky for me ive been riding bikes my whole life and kept in in control

get better and fix the motor so you can ride again

 

[kerf]

Best reason I can think of for riding a rack mount with a freewheel on the drive chain.

 

[Pablo]

Standard bolt on sprockets are just evil. Just too many negatives.

Hope you heal quickly!!

 

[robin bird]

Wow that's scary --awful to be off work too !

 

[adb140275]

i pray that mine doesnt seize. im just gonna gear up and keep the rpm down.

 

[rattlerviper]

Thankfully it was just injuries to me...I just don't wanna hear that anyone dies because of something like this.
Get than engine fixed? LOL...NO WAY. Have a BMP friction drive and a engine on the way. Saving a few bucks isn't worth the pain or more serious consequences to me.
To everyone still riding these things (including my buddy) I hope none of you ever experience what I did.

 

[unior]

Get than engine fixed? LOL...NO WAY. Have a BMP friction drive and a engine on the way.

What flavor engine did you choose?

 

[Skyliner70cc]

Centrifgual clutch, freewheel hub, shifter kit all eliminate this from occuring in my ride. sorry to hear you got hurt. I did have a single speed freeze up on me and i was fortunate that I had been the n'hood skidding champion as a kid. My freeze up caused me to skid about 30 feet or so when my engine seized on me.

if you have a single speed, practice skidding...go up to 20mph and lock your rear brakes. practice maintaining control until you stop. it isn't hard and when it occurs you'll be better prepared.

 

[mbatl]

Get that engine fixed? LOL...NO WAY. Have a BMP friction drive and a engine on the way. Saving a few bucks isn't worth the pain or more serious consequences to me.

Very wise that you learn from accidents the first time around.

I had a HT/China Doll bike and it was always one thing after another, carb, broken studs(inside the engine case), chain tensioner, finding a tool to cut the chain, mixing the gas (I hate that), ...

I put alot of carefree miles on my Full suspension Staton friction drive 4 stroke robin-subaru 33cc bike now. I trust it. The only real complaint I have is the gas tank range isn't big enough.

BTW, why do the HT motors seize in the 1st place??