PhilPhilippines
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Great sight lines for wild animals. Go for it!I can tell you the traction control light stops flashing a little bit after 100mph. View attachment 79538
Great sight lines for wild animals. Go for it!I can tell you the traction control light stops flashing a little bit after 100mph. View attachment 79538
That's an awesome choice if you still have the inclination and the access to ride off road. Honestly the most fun I've ever had off road was on 4 wheels. I loved my sporty and massively powerful ATV. The RS1 type ride combines the best of everything. Crash an ATV and it will hunt you down and try to kill you. Crash the RS1, get out, roll it back on it's wheels an go. I bet it's going to be great fun. Hope you'll tell us about it.I did put down a deposit on a Polaris RS1, but the earliest I will see that is July...
Maybe for slow, or stationary animals. I'm guessing you don't get many deer. 'Cuz, they will wait 'till the last second, and come out of those trees. Surprise!!Great sight lines for wild animals. Go for it!
I would be at (probably) 30mph max Sierra. I always enjoy being stationary when antlers cross.Maybe for slow, or stationary animals. I'm guessing you don't get many deer. 'Cuz, they will wait 'till the last second, and come out of those trees. Surprise!!
Someone has to keep this motley crew in line!Glad you still hang with us.
I've been riding the SoCal sand dunes since I was 3 years old, and really took it to another level when I started riding an ATC 90 when I was 14.That's an awesome choice if you still have the inclination and the access to ride off road. Honestly the most fun I've ever had off road was on 4 wheels. I loved my sporty and massively powerful ATV. The RS1 type ride combines the best of everything. Crash an ATV and it will hunt you down and try to kill you. Crash the RS1, get out, roll it back on it's wheels an go. I bet it's going to be great fun. Hope you'll tell us about it.
If your sight lines are good, go at any speed you're comfortable - on road or off. It's your life...just do not endanger any other.I have ridden 45 to 50 miles per hour on well maintained gravel roads with a fully loaded bike for a two week trip. Those roads were in South Dakota and Nebraska. Very wide roads and I could see a long way. I have also ridden my FJ1200 and my FJR1300 that fast on gravel. Just had to really slow down for the wash boards and holes the Super T didn't seem to notice nearly as bad. Those are technically roads so is that considered off road? Now when I was really off road on the Super T it was first and second gear. I have no idea on the speed. SLOW! Ha ha. As a matter of fact even on my old yz 250 there just isn't enough open room to stretch it out where I live. I guess I have had it close to topped out but only 55 or 60 i guess. I have it geared pretty low for the woods.
They look the part!Someone has to keep this motley crew in line!
I've been riding the SoCal sand dunes since I was 3 years old, and really took it to another level when I started riding an ATC 90 when I was 14.
My first power sports vehicle I purchased for myself was this beast:
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Which led to this :
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But I missed riding a quad after selling the Banshee to the person I bought the rail from, so I bought the YFZ, and rode it for the last 16 years. This is what it looked like when I sold it:
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We get deer, once in a while. They usually hang out in the same general area. We also have moose. Big ones. The danger with them is usually at night, where I absolutely do not partake in any speed shenanigans. I've been in the fire service long enough to have gone to many car vs. moose, and a handful of bike vs. moose. Some were lucky, some broke up pretty bad, some didn't make it. Striking a thousand pound animal broadside with a motorcycle at 45mph can be fatal.Maybe for slow, or stationary animals. I'm guessing you don't get many deer. 'Cuz, they will wait 'till the last second, and come out of those trees. Surprise!!
Agreed...take heedWe get deer, once in a while. They usually hang out in the same general area. We also have moose. Big ones. The danger with them is usually at night, where I absolutely do not partake in any speed shenanigans. I've been in the fire service long enough to have gone to many car vs. moose, and a handful of bike vs. moose. Some were lucky, some broke up pretty bad, some didn't make it. Striking a thousand pound animal broadside with a motorcycle at 45mph can be fatal.
Everything you said is true for this area of the pnw. Those fire roads are far more dangerous than they look. Especially after a rain. Its like riding on marbles even in the dry.40 ish for me ... the fire / access roads around here are either covered in various size gravel or just dirt, which turns to slick mud after any kind of precepiation. Oh, those gravels, they're like riding on ice! I changed my tires to the Dunlop Missions & it seems to help a bit. Definetely better than the stock once.