Red Cone Merit Badge
#11
Geez! There are limits to these ALL TERRAIN vehicles. The marketing department should have called them SOME TERRAIN vehicles seems to me. Let's see, I figure about 25 degrees of side hill tilt, about 45 degrees descent and maybe the same for ascents, about 2' of water crossing, about 1' of wet, sticky mud and about a foot of snow are the limits of an ATV. I know, I know, most of you have done more as Spectra's photos show, but I enjoy walking back in the house after my ATV ride, not a ride to the hospital.
Thanks for the tip on "more throttle" to get the front wheels to bite when crawling over a rock and down into a hole while turning. That's hard for me to comprehend but I will try it.
David
Thanks for the tip on "more throttle" to get the front wheels to bite when crawling over a rock and down into a hole while turning. That's hard for me to comprehend but I will try it.
David
#13
Geez! There are limits to these ALL TERRAIN vehicles. The marketing department should have called them SOME TERRAIN vehicles seems to me. Let's see, I figure about 25 degrees of side hill tilt, about 45 degrees descent and maybe the same for ascents, about 2' of water crossing, about 1' of wet, sticky mud and about a foot of snow are the limits of an ATV. I know, I know, most of you have done more as Spectra's photos show, but I enjoy walking back in the house after my ATV ride, not a ride to the hospital.
Thanks for the tip on "more throttle" to get the front wheels to bite when crawling over a rock and down into a hole while turning. That's hard for me to comprehend but I will try it.
David
Thanks for the tip on "more throttle" to get the front wheels to bite when crawling over a rock and down into a hole while turning. That's hard for me to comprehend but I will try it.
David
#15
I understand powering through a turn. And I understand applying the "right amount" of power when my car is slipping on a slick road. Hitting the brakes in either situation almost guarantees trouble.
I almost always ride in 4wd-Low. My speeds are less than 30 mph, usually around 10 mph. Applying power in 4wd is different than 2wd. I certainly haven't mastered the dynamics of my ATV. It's a different motorized animal for me so far.
David
I almost always ride in 4wd-Low. My speeds are less than 30 mph, usually around 10 mph. Applying power in 4wd is different than 2wd. I certainly haven't mastered the dynamics of my ATV. It's a different motorized animal for me so far.
David
#16
In time you will master your throttle.
You can see by my average speed I'm not really a "fast" rider either.
There are time I will cruise 45 mph for miles on graded gravel roads to reach the trail that I want to ride. That's one of the nice things about living where I do.
There are lots of trails where I use low range probably 75% of the time but there's always stretches on every trail where low is just too slow.
ATV's are pretty capable machines. Learning their limits sometimes comes at a cost.
In close to 30,000 miles on ATVs this is the most damage that I have ever inflicted on myself.
I highly recommend always carrying a good first aid kit.
I've dumped them on their sides but never rolled one.
A winch should be your first add-on accessory.
#17
I go for merit badges showing trail riding experience. Looks like you got an ATV "purple heart". I hope to keep my machine upright. I do have a winch on the Can Am, and just installed a synthetic rope on it. I like your skid plate and need to get something for mine, especially in the front where I bang over big rocks occasionally.
Trail riding can be just as dangerous as road riding in my view. I submit your photos as evidence. Here is another photo of a wrecked Can Am due to a side hill rollover, he jumped clear of the machine and was not hurt thank goodness.
At Red Cone, we were making our way up the trail going around a tight, blind switch back, or "hair pin" turn. Suddenly a speeding ATV comes the otherway and nearly hits us head on. He was trying to "ride the banking" like a NASCAR driver. Hormone to brain ratio all out of whack on that guy.
Danger lurks, ride safe.
David
Trail riding can be just as dangerous as road riding in my view. I submit your photos as evidence. Here is another photo of a wrecked Can Am due to a side hill rollover, he jumped clear of the machine and was not hurt thank goodness.
At Red Cone, we were making our way up the trail going around a tight, blind switch back, or "hair pin" turn. Suddenly a speeding ATV comes the otherway and nearly hits us head on. He was trying to "ride the banking" like a NASCAR driver. Hormone to brain ratio all out of whack on that guy.
Danger lurks, ride safe.
David
#18