My dad called me one day with a similar story about getting launched over the handlebars.
“Hey, I bought a Suzuki ATV for the kids, (my younger step siblings and some of his grandkids), it’s a little bigger than the one you’ve got, but it’s hard to start.”
“Did you try jump starting it? Maybe the battery is junk?”
“It doesn’t have a battery, or a pull starter either. Just a kick starter and it threw me off the bike when I kicked it.”
“I’m on my way, don’t let any kids near that thing!”
I pull in at his house and he’s got a damn Quadzilla 500 sitting in the yard. “I’ll give you my Suzuki, just rebuilt the engine, for that! That’s not safe for the kids to ride!”
I ended up trading him my LT185 for the Quadzilla.