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They are going to sit in storage until spring and before then I am going to send them off to get inspected and new throttle cables installed with either rpm lock or speed governor.
A true story but when I was growing up I had a best friend die. He was 5 years younger than myself and we were the neighborhood kids along with our sisters and others on the street.
His dad brought home two used 3 wheelers, the kind with the fiberglass bodies, not the motorcycle type. His dad was also the owner of a small engine/lawnmower shop. You'd never think what happened next.
His dad didn't fully inspect everything on the 3 wheelers. As a father would do he would watch his son and daughter ride out in their yard when in use.
The throttle was rusted on the boy's 3 wheeler, the throttle stuck wide open, the 3 wheeler and the son went airborne over a driveway and hit a parked truck in a garage.
The handles as you know on those 3 wheelers where the bicycle type. The boy was maybe 70 pounds tops, when the front wheel hit the parked truck the one handlebar hit his chest with such a force that it blew a hole in his heart, undetected.
He complained of extreme cold on a summer day, which indicates internal bleeding immediately. He was shuffled from one hospital to children's and enroute he died.
The horror of that day will never be forgotten. Changed us neighborhood kids forever as well. We all separated and went our separate ways from that point forward.
Definitely a controlled situation, complete maintenance and no chance of them riding were something as simple as running over a branch can kick up and stick them while riding.
Even though it is mostly about fun, I'm hoping to prepare them for the motor skills of driving and being able to control the vehicle they are in.
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