We all knew it was coming....

[Dargo]

In a slight deviation, I have to talk about the afore mentioned foot pegs. Is I mentioned, if it has wheels, I've either raced it or tried to race it. If you don't push something to it's limit when racing, you're lapped traffic. Anyway, after years of racing when I was younger and having some rocket street bikes, I decided to buy me my first Harley. It was a Sportster 1,000,000; well at least that's what it looked like when you looked at the air breather cover on the side. The "1,000" written on it was shaking so much it looked like it was one million. It was a 1979 Sportster, a complete and total hunk of trash!

If I wanted to ride it, I got to spend an hour or two getting it started and running well enough to ride. Then it seems like something fell off of it every time I rode it. Look up at a mirror to change lanes and the danged mirror is gone. Typical. The final straw was when I was just slowly taking off from a stop light and found out the hard way that the right side foot peg had fallen off. When I went to put my feet on the pegs, my right foot hit the ground and was yanked back and, since I was making a sweeping right hand turn, was run over by the rear wheel! Man, that sucked! Not only did I crash, but it felt like I was used as a pile driver into the ground and it ripped up my right knee ligaments to boot.

The funny thing was the insurance company was asking why the left side of the fuel tank was all crushed in. I'll give you a hint, it's the same reason my helmet was broken. I've heard they have gotten better, but no more Narley Fergesons for me. Everyone I knew who had one then kept telling me that what I experienced was just "normal" when you own a Narley. Not me. If you have to have a Narley to be cool, I just won't be cool. I've since had several additional surgeries on my right knee (the last just a few months ago), and it's never been the same since that stinking Narley Ferguson destroyed it for me.

 

[turbo36]

Like I said I ran the heck out of 3 wheelers when I was younger. Had them go over backwards, flipped over forward{breaking my nose} and all other types of crashes. I did have a friend that stuck his foot down, while crossing a snowmobile bridge, and run over his leg. every,,,, EVERY SINGLE wreck was HUMAN error not the machines. A machine does not know ignorance only the people operating it. Maybe you should stick with big wheels I see they have races with them out in Cali

Yee -Haw! Here's a video for ya.

YouTube - grandma rides A Mini Motorcycle

 

[20 20]

You forgot dozers.- I rolled a D-10 once at work- But I don't think you would even operate a dozer on the side of these mountains.

I forgot dozers{I own a small one of them also} I've seen some real messes with construction equipment, once again operator fault.

I've rode and raced dirt bikes just about all my life, and yes I have wrecked a lot.- I have also raced street bikes.- I have a CBR 1000 RR.- I race it at a local drag strip, and we race on the street on Saturday nights in the summer.- I have never wrecked it, and if I did I wouldn't be typing right now, because were talking about speeds over 160MPH

Owned many bikes threw the years never cared for crotch rockets, personally. Nothing against them easy to handle and lots of power. I now own a VTX 1300 enjoy it alot, don't care for speed racers on the highways.

I have also rode ATVs for about 10 years, and right now I have a Honda Rubicon, but I have never flipped/rolled a ATV and yes I ride in some rough places with very steep mountains.- I have never rolled my Ranger Crew either.- We also ride on the Hatfield-McCoy trails, and it has some very rough places, But I don't guess you would ride that either.- You probably just ride on 'flat ground.'

I've been riding a LOT longer then 10yrs, over 30 now. Flat ground have you ever been to the adirondacks? The crashes I've been in were because I have a habbit of pushing things to the limit. Older now and have slowed down.

I can handle a 'recreational vehicle', so 'you' put your foot in your post on that statement, just like you told 'turbo36' in another post.

Naa you guys are afraid of 3 wheelers plain and simple chicken soup for dinner

I don't even believe you would ride 'anything' on these mountains.- Your statement (above) made you look like an expert that never wrecks.

I never once said I never wrecked, I said it was my fault I wrecked. I never once said I was an expert but thanks for the compliment Again with the hills that you call mountains{just busting I've been down that way}, come on up here, have ya ever been on a snowmobile?

(What are 'you' using on your recreational vehicles, Training Wheels ? )

I have a rhino now, so I don't need training wheels anymore. I have a feeling when you go to the pub you drink from a sippy cup though

The Honda 3-wheeler was the worse thing Honda ever came out with.

Nope Honda has come out with some machines over the years that were way worse. You probably don't remeber the 400 automatic bike{just to name one}. Oh, don't get me wrong I like honda.

Your statement about riding with the big dogs was a real joke.

NOPE seems to be pretty much right on. Scared of a 3 wheeler and using a sippy cup at the pub proves that

 

[20 20]

Turbo36: that was funny, she looked like she was having a blast. I hope I can have that much fun when I get up there.

Dargo; you went and done it now, complaining about those Harley John Deere tractors. I owned a 250 {I believe it was an SX}harley years back, it was a 2 stroke. I drove that straight into a thorn tree and crunched the muffler. I ended up using a piece of curved exhaust and a piece of swing set{pipe} to make a straight pipe. That thing was loud as ______ and would run faster then all getup. I did by my honda because of the over pricing on Harleys. They sell name more then features IMO

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

yeah, i'm glad polaris is trying to fill a niche in the market and thinking outside the box.....it'll fill the bill for some but not for others....

gators and rangers were mainly bought buy mature males, most likely that owned some property or a farm, mainly used them for work and the utility aspect of them.....and drove them accordingly....

rhinos (before everyone else followed) stepped in a direction more towards sport.....suddenly, you have a younger group of males buying a utv with more power, sportier ride, etc, probably doesn't own a farm, wants to use it like they did their atv........many of whom think it's ok to drink and ride (not all of them that got hurt), younger kids have more access to the utv, people riding much more difficult trails and putting the rhino in some VERY tough situations (that's what is fun, though) in places a gator wouldn't dream of going and places that are pushing the very edge of what a ranger can do (i know, i stepped on some toes).......yamaha was entering in to a market that had never been tried, the doors and the hand holds are an excellent idea....they don't prevent rollovers but they help when it does happen....i don't understand the removal of the sway bar but that's just my experience.....

i have a prowler 1000, i have two buddies with rzrs one also owns a rhino......the rhino guy was the first to try a sxs.......we have done some down right stupid stuff and never had it come over on us.....to this day, i don't see how people get them over on their sides without trying hard to do it.....i honestly think their quite stable....i guess i just get a feel for a machine before i try to push it to its limits....

and that's my 10 cents.....

oh, and i've been sucked off of a 4 wheeler before when my leg came off of the peg.....i was climbing a hill that i had to make it out of because there was no other way out....it was a washboard of rock with some faces almost a foot tall.....i hit one and my front end stood up, my foot came off of both pedals, causing both of my shins to ride on top of the wheels......i didn't want to let off of the throttle because i'd have to do it again......so i rode it out.......it ground my skin off of my shins and they scabbed and leaked water for months.......good memories, fun times! i should have sued honda for that one....no, the only thing honda should be sued for is that telly tubbie looking sxs they came out with.....i wanna know who approved that thing for producton, "gentleman, after many years of product development and market research, i'm proud to introduce to you the new honda big red sxs......" "whoah, hats off to your department, when can we get it in to production and get it to market?"

all in good fun, all in good fun.....everyone stay calm.....

tastes great......less filling!
9mm.........40cal baby!
mig........no, stick!
ford........chevy!
the chicken.........the egg!
4 post lift..........2 post lift!
350 chev............351 windsor!
name brand tools..........swap meet hodge podge!
green paint.....orange paint!
do i look fat in these jeans............don't go there!

 

[20 20]

all in good fun, all in good fun.....everyone stay calm.....

I figured that's all that is going on some B busting. I do get a little bent when I read that "oh that one is junk because blah blah blah". Especially when it is an opinion and not fact. ALL,.,.,.,.. of the machines that have been mentioned need to be treated with respect, except maybe for the Harley tractor {needs to move to earn respect} just kidding.

I believe your post was pretty much on the money. I bought the Rhino{mostly because of a great deal}, because I wanted a little from both worlds. A machine that can do work{plowing hauling etc} and a machine that can hit the trails.

Oh and I can go to the pub and not have to drink chicken soup out of a sippy cup

 

[Low Bucket]

Owned many bikes threw the years never cared for crotch rockets, personally. Nothing against them easy to handle and lots of power. I now own a VTX 1300 enjoy it alot, don't care for speed racers on the highways.

Is the reason you don't like 'crotch rockets' is because you 'can't handle one,' or just plain scared of one.- You must eat chicken soup for dinner.

I have not had my rhino long.

Here you have been saying in this thread that a 'Rhino is safe and doesn't rollover easy,' and you haven't had it long enough to even find out.- You will definitely have a rollover then.

I've been riding a LOT longer then 10yrs, over 30 now.
Older now and have slowed down.

I've been riding longer than 10 years.- I have only been on ATVs for 10 years.

You said your older now and slowed down.- Did you ever speed up at all, Chicken?

Naa you guys are afraid of 3 wheelers plain and simple chicken soup for dinner

Never was afraid of anything with a motor.- I would rather ride on 2 wheels than 3 wheels.- They were junk!

Again with the hills that you call mountains{just busting I've been down that way}, come on up here, have ya ever been on a snowmobile?

I've been up your way.- Those are little mounds of dirt.- Have you ever been on the Hatfield- McCoy trail?- You need to come down here and ride the gas lines that go straight up the mountain.

Oh, and I have done a lot of riding in Richlands, VA.

Yep, I've been on a snowmobile.- I also do A LOT of skiing!- Have you?

Scared of a 3 wheeler and using a sippy cup at the pub proves that

You are repeating yourself on the 3 wheeler statement.- Nope I don't go to pubs, and don't use a sippy cup.

SINCE you are name calling members, and acting like a 'child'.

I believe you are 'effeminate' and carry a 'man bag' to the pub.

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

i couldn't even get the ranger guys to bite on that stab i took at them.......oh well, they know what they ride......

I figured that's all that is going on some B busting. I do get a little bent when I read that "oh that one is junk because blah blah blah". Especially when it is an opinion and not fact. ALL,.,.,.,.. of the machines that have been mentioned need to be treated with respect, except maybe for the Harley tractor {needs to move to earn respect} just kidding.

I believe your post was pretty much on the money. I bought the Rhino{mostly because of a great deal}, because I wanted a little from both worlds. A machine that can do work{plowing hauling etc} and a machine that can hit the trails.

Oh and I can go to the pub and not have to drink chicken soup out of a sippy cup

 

[20 20]

Is the reason you don't like 'crotch rockets' is because you 'can't handle one,' or just plain scared of one.- You must eat chicken soup for dinner.

Naa venison is much better for dinner. Like I said I have nothing against crotch rockets, just not my cup of tea{design/looks{so to say}. Some of the yoo yoo's that ride them I do have issues's with, but there are cow chips in every pasture.

Here you have been saying in this thread that a 'Rhino is safe and doesn't rollover easy,' and you haven't had it long enough to even find out.- You will definitely have a rollover then.

I've had it long enough and gone on crappy trails, if it was so prone to roll it easily would have. I've had it rock climbing mud bogging hill climbing and of course running chores etc... Plus all any one needs to do is read up on the BS lawsuits that were filied and they'd know it was nothing more then a salem witch hunt.

I've been riding longer than 10 years.- I have only been on ATVs for 10 years.

Well then, 3 wheelers were done in the 80's so that is why you are scared of them. You started rididng when all the fancy safety stuff came about. Probably never road in the back of a PU either as a kid {just kidding}

You said your older now and slowed down.- Did you ever speed up at all, Chicken?

Yep back in the day there was not much that I would not attemped. Anything from driving off a bridge into a river to hill climbing the impossible hill, that the only way down was to wreck and fall back. Our machines were allways in need of welds and repairs. I even broke a bone in my back from flipping a 4 wheeler over on top of me in a dry river. Infact back then if we didn't get hurt then that ment we weren't ridding hard enough. The days of being young and dumb are over {atleast for myself} now I sit back and take my time. wounds don't heal like they use to

Never was afraid of anything with a motor.- I would rather ride on 2 wheels than 3 wheels.- They were junk!

Junk? or just scared stiff at the site Honestly all joking aside I would also rather be on my bike then anything. What makes me worry sometimes is not what I'll do while ridding{highway} but what the other morrons on the road are doing. You ride so I'm sure you know what I'm saying here??

I've been up your way.- Those are little mounds of dirt.- Have you ever been on the Hatfield- McCoy trail?- You need to come down here and ride the gas lines that go straight up the mountain.

mounds of dirt, hey

I'd love to ride down there sounds like fun. The problem we have in this state are the d___ registration laws .

Yep, I've been on a snowmobile.- I also do A LOT of skiing!- Have you?

Not sure if anyone could live in upstate with out having doing both or atleast one. I've done both, quit snowmobiling because of idiots on trials and health issues

You are repeating yourself on the 3 wheeler statement.- Nope I don't go to pubs, and don't use a sippy cup.

SINCE you are name calling members, and acting like a 'child'.

I believe you are 'effeminate' and carry a 'man bag' to the pub.

That's a good one Not sure if I called anyone a name though. Just said ya 3 wheeler chickens use sippy cups. You said you don't use a sippy cup so I quess your still using a pacifier and on the bottle

 

[20 20]

i couldn't even get the ranger guys to bite on that stab i took at them.......oh well, they know what they ride......

All in good fun, like ya said Ford vs Chevy Dodge vs Toyota John Deere vs New Holland. And of course the bigdogs{men} vs pups{children, or as Low Bucket puts it the effeminate's}