Well, I was out on my Kodiak, and I was jumping. The jump was small, but I was getting some air. When I landed, I nosedived, and now the gear selector is off. When it says I am in reverse, it is actually in neutral. What use to be low is now high. Anybody know what is wrong? If you don't nosedive is it bad to jump on a utility? I need a 400EX or Warrior to jump, don't I?

 

""Anybody know what is wrong? """

Ya....
Kids have no respect for anything when Mom and Dad keep paying!

 

first thing is you don't jump a utility. they arn't made for that if you are going to jump anything get a sport because they have the right suspension

 

i put some hair line cracks in my 88 4trx300 4wd's frame i jumpped it fairly offen ofcourse i hit the rear of a xr100 at like 25mph too

 

JESUS CHRIST, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH KIDS THESE DAYS? OR SHOULD I SAY WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE PARENTS?
Mom and Dad buy little AtomicAustin a quad a brand new kodiak none the less and he jumps the thing.
They probably bought it to keep you out of their hair.
Errrrrrrrrrrr, were is the respect?
Let's see when I was 16 mimimum wage was 4.25 per hour, you take a 5500.00 kodiak and divide it by 4.25 equals 1294 hours of hard work to earn that bike if it was me. the last thing I would do is rag on it.
But mom and dad were gracious enough to buy you one and you RAG ON IT!

 

I hope you didn't bend the frame[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

Honda's utes can be jumped a little, stiff suspension ya' know [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img] . On the other side, stay on the throttle when hopping, the sure way to nose dive is have the engines wound up high let off and have some damb EBC system kick in as you take off, just stay on the throttle and don't break your neck. I've been known to mix it up on the dirt bike hillclimb jumps at the local off road park, lively utes can do it, even if more suited to raptors and dirtbikes.