A little fun in the UP of Michigan, Eah! Anyone else ride wheelies

 

Looks like great fun until a mistake is made then listen to the crying in the beer about the damage to that expensive machine!

 

They actually do that better in reverse (not me doing this, I would wear a helmet).

 

While I appreciate the skill it takes to balance a quad doing a wheelie, looking at the first video makes me cringe. If it's not a road open to ATV's it gives us a bad name and we start seeing trails closed with these kinds of public stunts. Even if it is open to ATV's it's kind of like doing donuts in the parking lot at a trailhead. Someone who's not an ATVer that sees it will think that this how we all behave. Just my .02 worth. Seen way too many trails closed.

 

You are right sir. This was out in front of my friends Cabin (house) he purchased in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to for riding Snowmobile and ATV's. It is pretty much up in the middle of no where. Much of the U.P. is open for snowmobiles and ATV's. The few small towns we do run into have just as many ATV's parked in towns as they do cars. It is not a highly populated place.

They guy driving I am pretty sure is one of the most capable riders of anyone I know. He can ride just about anything and do things you didn't even know where possible. I have seen him drift a 1000 mud quad on dry pavement. He is pretty much nuts.

 

I have a neighbor that is 62 years old. Everywhere he goes on his Grizzly, he's either doing wheelies or doughnuts. Easy to see where he's been. He likes to stick his empty Bud Lite cans on broken branches at eye level. Makes it handy for me to retrieve for recycling. Seems to leave a herbal smoke trail as well, haha.

 

I have a neighbor who must have a brain to hormone balance problem. He has been known to do stunts on our rather isolated dirt road at 1 am. It does not help my street legal cause. Sometimes these stunt riding videos as shown in this thread go "viral" and many folks get the wrong impression of ATVs.

I agree with Moose. Leave the stunt riding to the pros on private grounds. It has no place on a public road.

David

 

I'm sure people have done crazier stuff than this. All in fun. Disclaimer. No one was hurt during this stunt. Please do not try this at home.