I just flipped my foreman going up a huge hill in the woods. I am thankful that I only have minor scratches and almost no damage to the bike, but this whole thing really has me torqued off anyway. I am new to this sport by the way.

Why did I flip it? I had a really hard time the first two times up the hill. barely made it in 2nd gear with 4wd on. Tires spinning near the top, fighting for traction, front end rising, etc. My pals on a 400ex were flying up it no prob. The SP700 with us made it first in 4wd then in 2wd. No prob. I even saw a 250 Recon make it one time.

This is a hill you need momentum to make it up and there is only a short area to gain speed. It gets very steep on the top 1/3. It is a serious hill, I saw no one try it without seriously sizing it up. Some of my pals have ridden 20+ years. I no my prob is not enough speed at the bottom. In 2nd gear I can't go fast enough at the bottom so near the top the quad is biting and all the wheels are spinning and the motor is revving high(scary). I'm afraid I will run out of power in 3rd. Any ideas? Surely if a recon can make it a 450S can, right? Should I downshift mid-hill? Please help.

 

start in a higher gear then mabey downshift as you go up? better tires might help!

 

ok if you have enough room hit 4th gear 1/2 throttle and QUICKLY down shift getting the revs up. So u have enough revs to get to the top and momentum. and down shift agian in the hill just make it fast so u dont start rolling backwards. If you start spinning in the hill you can GENTLY push down so you can get traction. If it dosent make any sence then let me know ill try to calabrate on it. and let the tires wiggle around for traction, just dont let them get out of controll.

hope i helped

 

That reminds me of the time my dad was goin up a short but steep hill on his 99 400cc foreman and wanted to wheelie a little at the top but went to high and fell WAY to the bottom of the hill and the large utillity landed on top of him, i was scared cause he wasnt even wearing a helmat, but about 5 guys pulled the beast off of him! now we just laugh about it [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]