How many times have we done something really stupid. It didn't start off that way, but from this to that and before you know it, you wish you could turn back time. The part that hurts the most, was the father's words " The bike accelerated and he was calling "dad, please help me"". Those words alone, would bring the toughest father I know, to his knees. They were doing some orientation, then started the bike, maybe drove slowly with the father next to him, anyway, one thing led to another and this is the outcome. I really feel for the parents as this is a horrible shock to their system, especially as they know it was their fault.
Guns don't kill people, neither do quads. My kids have both had quads from the ages of 3. They love their quads and Fabian is now 7 and never fallen off his. I was told I was stupid, rather get them a mx bike. News flash, a kid on a pee wee, at 40 km/h into a tree can also be fatal. It doesn't matter whether it's a quad, mx, bmx etc, kids need to be taught to respect what they are using, understand bad judgement and to wear protective gear as sh*t happens in any form.
Windblown, if you still feel like keeping the quad, go for it. Go down to your security shop and ask the sales person for a remote and receiver that has a longish range. These are what you use to open and close automated gates. Then take the kill swith wire to the n/o pin and then a wire from the common to the bike's earth. (if you have hassles, I, or any competant workshop can do it for ouy). Connect the receiver to the bikes 12v and your done. Basically, if you see your son is in trouble, abusing the bike, panic stricken and can't close the throttle or even just riding too fast, you hit the button on the remote and the motor dies. Before you go riding, just test limit of the distance that the remote works at and keep your kids closer. Our latest quad comes with this remote already. I can even start the quad with the remote.
Derrick, I hope you have a full recovery my little freind...
