He bought a blower and intake manifold from one of the guys on the lightning board, well he ended up going overboard and building the hell out of the motor!
So now hes got a 500 horse wheelchair lift van with hand controls
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 1:00 pm
by MrDude_1
i cant see that from here at work,
but a local friend of mine is in a wheelchair..... and used to drive a heavily modified 2000 transam and later 2002 transam..... he now drives a modified vette.
it was kinda funny at car meets... we would meet somewhere, and all cruise as a group to someplace to eat.
while we're waiting out front, he would pull into a handicap space.. and someone not with us would ALWAYS have some snide comment along the lines of "look at that asshole parking there"
then the door opens.
and a chair comes out.
unfolds
then a wheel comes out, and he clicks it on.
then the other wheel
then he gets in the chair and closes the door.
then... and this is the highlight..
the he comes up to us and starts talking hanging out... and we're right next to the person who just said the comment.
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 1:41 pm
by AlisoBob
Cripple?
Dumbass..... the word is handicapable
David Bailey hasent felt his legs for years.... can still probably out ride you.....
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 1:46 pm
by britincali
Im gonna burn.....
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 2:17 pm
by dannygraves
my uncle is a c5-c6 incomplete quad and used to have a mean-ass lifted and done up f-350 4X4 and we used to go off roading at arrowhead and big bear in that thing!
he just got a new van with kick ass electronic controls instead of the old mechanical ones because he just wrecked his old van. He took out a big palm tree and totalled his wheel chair!
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 5:08 pm
by AlisoBob
britincali wrote:Im gonna burn.....
Its not like this guy can get more paralysed....
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 5:52 pm
by CRMOE500
I think it's great to see David on the bike.
Anybody can do anything with enough determination.
David Bailey Rocks
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 5:55 pm
by ss1
is he riding a 4-stroke?must be i dont see a pipe out of the Y
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 6:15 pm
by AlisoBob
ss1 wrote:is he riding a 4-stroke?must be i dont see a pipe out of the Y
The man needs "E" start
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 6:28 pm
by ss1
i figured someone would of had to start it for him,they would have had to hold him up to get him going or did they have something that held him up to drive away from,i see the cage around his legs,i did see the tv show on speed channel about him but they didnt show him driving around anymore,he was a kick ass racer
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 7:23 pm
by teamdns
he rode that bike around at anaheim 2 2008...he had help to hold up the bike when he started and stopped...but it was incredible to see him riding around again, even though it was just a putt putt round the field.
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 8:08 pm
by britincali
AlisoBob wrote:
britincali wrote:Im gonna burn.....
Its not like this guy can get more paralysed....
Me and me dad did that to a buddy of ours once (by accident) about 2 years after he broke his back (parapalegic) we were out drinking and he wanted to go into the local night club, well its on the 2nd floor up a flight of steep ass stairs! We got him up OK carrying him and the chair, coming down was different tho We dropped him about halfway down and he ass over titted it into the street chair and all
He was all good aside from a few bruises and being worried about the pins in his back!
That vid brought back some funny ass memories man
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 9:06 pm
by dannygraves
shit, my uncle sued deja vu because they didn't have wheelchair access!
of coarse he says he was really only going that far because the manager was a dick and all like "what are you doing here anyway, gimpy" cost that dude his job and now they have an elevator!
Posted: January 28th, 2009, 11:47 pm
by iggys-amsoil
Its not impossible.
Filmed @ Starwest MX, a stones throw from my place. I saw him at Elsinore once too.
Posted: January 29th, 2009, 12:06 am
by ss1
that was cool as hell!!!that guy was flying around the track
Posted: January 29th, 2009, 6:15 am
by AlisoBob
My new hero.... he sits down when he rides... as much as I do!