honda_atc200es
07-26-2007, 08:16 PM
well my dad sold his motorcycle in a trade for a 1999 yamaha big bear 350 2wd with a 2500lb winch.
yesterday he wanted to go for a ride out in the rough trails under the power lines. so we went out in a 2004 xtreme cr107 (my bike that my cousin borrowed) a 1986 honda trx200sx, and the big bear.
everything went perfect, we were crusing at about 45 or so, then we got to the hill, i had been beating on the fourtrax the whole way, almost pinned at wot in 4th gear i think (might have been fith, on that quad i always think i have one more gear) this quad is junk, i bought it for $250 a year ago and jsut got it running, the suspention is shot, the tie rod and left wheel are bent and it has no air filter.
we get to the hill and all of a sudden the bike lost power, i shifted down, and it was like it was in nuetral, i kept shifting and shifting and finaly i was in nuetral, thinking i poped out of gear i shifted back up and still nothing, i was like oh great i ruined the tranny, then i hear my dad on the big bear yell "cut the engine".
it turns out the damn chain that my dad popped off the other month came off again. i figured no biggie, ill just put it on roll, backwards and be fine.
went to go up the hill, got 3 feet and when i shifted it happened again.
my dad tried pushing me up with the bigbear, but with only 2wd and muddy ground he only spun the tires. so now we were in trouble, we sat for 5 min figuring out what to do when my dad said, huh, i guess i will get use out of this winch after all, he took the cable routed it through the racks, and towed me home. that was a scary ride back, i had no goggles and i was wearing shorts so, not only did i have to stear stright but i had to mind the brakes, watch the rocks flying up and pick up my legs when we ran over large branches, doing about 30 mph. i learned something that day, quads over 20 are not worth keeping.
yesterday he wanted to go for a ride out in the rough trails under the power lines. so we went out in a 2004 xtreme cr107 (my bike that my cousin borrowed) a 1986 honda trx200sx, and the big bear.
everything went perfect, we were crusing at about 45 or so, then we got to the hill, i had been beating on the fourtrax the whole way, almost pinned at wot in 4th gear i think (might have been fith, on that quad i always think i have one more gear) this quad is junk, i bought it for $250 a year ago and jsut got it running, the suspention is shot, the tie rod and left wheel are bent and it has no air filter.
we get to the hill and all of a sudden the bike lost power, i shifted down, and it was like it was in nuetral, i kept shifting and shifting and finaly i was in nuetral, thinking i poped out of gear i shifted back up and still nothing, i was like oh great i ruined the tranny, then i hear my dad on the big bear yell "cut the engine".
it turns out the damn chain that my dad popped off the other month came off again. i figured no biggie, ill just put it on roll, backwards and be fine.
went to go up the hill, got 3 feet and when i shifted it happened again.
my dad tried pushing me up with the bigbear, but with only 2wd and muddy ground he only spun the tires. so now we were in trouble, we sat for 5 min figuring out what to do when my dad said, huh, i guess i will get use out of this winch after all, he took the cable routed it through the racks, and towed me home. that was a scary ride back, i had no goggles and i was wearing shorts so, not only did i have to stear stright but i had to mind the brakes, watch the rocks flying up and pick up my legs when we ran over large branches, doing about 30 mph. i learned something that day, quads over 20 are not worth keeping.