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red08420 · 09-03-2010, 10:12 AM

I have purchased another quad so we have two now. I sold all my other vehicles this winter and we have just had the Rancher for the last 9 months so we've been riding double. Anyway, we have some fairly treacherous terrain here so I figured I would take my wife out to do a little technical climbing practice. She got hung up on one climb and I had to grab the controls to save us.

So, I take her down to the fire road below and decide I'm gonna teach her how to "self arrest" as I call it. You know: Release throttle, throw yourself all the way forward, lock down all 3 brake controls, prepare to possibly slide backwards, and generally get stabilized. Then slowly ramp throttle back up until impending motion and release brakes to begin forward movement again.

We're on a somewhat flat road ~10 feet wide; one side straight up 10 foot cut out face, other side down the mountain at about 50 degrees. I've got her leaned way forward with all the brakes locked as if we were on a hill. I tell her to slowly ramp the throttle up and release the brakes when you feel it get ready to move. Then this all happens in 1-2 seconds: She does exactly that but had forgotten it was in reverse from turning around. Since she's leaned so far forward, when it moves backwards she looses her balance and falls forward and then her thigh hits the throttle and jacks it WFO! We go flying backwards at redline and just as I'm getting to the bars they somehow flick all the way to one side before I can grab them and we do an abrupt 90 degree turn towards the drop off down the mountain. I'm shreaking BRAKES and she's just generally shreaking and she's still face down on the front rack. Just as the rear tires hit the edge I grab the bars. At the same time she grabs both the levers hard and captures my hands. She's finally squeezing the **** out of the levers but my fingers are in them so the brakes don't work and my hands are caught. So there we go, sailing off the embankment, in reverse, on the rev limiter...

Luckily the brush, briars and tree limbs slowed us down. About 20 feet down we hit a 3 inch tree with the rear rack that stopped us. It took a winch job to get my poor quad out, but it was undamaged.

Dawg Fan · 09-03-2010, 10:25 AM

Wow...someone was looking out for you guys for sure. Use that as a lesson of "what not to do" in that case....glad no one was hurt...be careful out there.

TXTee · 09-03-2010, 10:47 AM

OMGoodness!! So I'm going back to re-read that post and learn what not to do out of it. That's scary but glad you're both ok...and the atv too.

2003 foreman es · 09-03-2010, 03:51 PM

Wow... Good your ok..

Kipes · 09-03-2010, 05:01 PM

Thats why I leave my wife home, lol j/k, glad your ok. Some training lesson. I hope both of you learned something.

Merritt · 09-07-2010, 04:07 AM

Hope she don't give you too much of a hard time being that you were trying to give her a safety lesson and ended up crashing, good to hear everyone's ok.

geronimo · 09-20-2010, 02:46 PM

boy,i gotta lot to look forward too,buying my wife a 420,this coming spring.but then again,she about as redneck as your gonna find.

red08420 · 09-21-2010, 03:59 AM

She's a really good rider, I was training her up to climb some pretty treacherous stuff and how to save yourself and vehicle from calamity. If you don't care about your quad or it's too far gone, it's easy, just bail off! The reverse thing during the lesson was just an accident, possibly my fault. Just glad we weren't in a rock quary or something.

wydglide · 09-21-2010, 07:15 AM

Dude that plain scary as everybody had already said, I'm glad you didn't get hurt..well other than the old pride, But Ive had funny things like that happen to me by trying to teach old GF's to ride my Harley like around in a field......it never ended good!

but I like the way your thinking, one never knows what you might run into, and the only way to prepare for something like that is to train for it, who knows you could be hurt or God only knows what could happen.

That is why I try to teach Lisa to do things on her own, as I would say 98% of the time it's just her & me riding in area's that has no communication to the outside world!

Best of Luck to ya
Glide

HondaKid · 09-22-2010, 01:56 PM

Wow, glad nobody was hurt.

09-03-2010, 10:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
red08420 Honda Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 236	Nearly died yesterday. I have purchased another quad so we have two now. I sold all my other vehicles this winter and we have just had the Rancher for the last 9 months so we've been riding double. Anyway, we have some fairly treacherous terrain here so I figured I would take my wife out to do a little technical climbing practice. She got hung up on one climb and I had to grab the controls to save us. So, I take her down to the fire road below and decide I'm gonna teach her how to "self arrest" as I call it. You know: Release throttle, throw yourself all the way forward, lock down all 3 brake controls, prepare to possibly slide backwards, and generally get stabilized. Then slowly ramp throttle back up until impending motion and release brakes to begin forward movement again. We're on a somewhat flat road ~10 feet wide; one side straight up 10 foot cut out face, other side down the mountain at about 50 degrees. I've got her leaned way forward with all the brakes locked as if we were on a hill. I tell her to slowly ramp the throttle up and release the brakes when you feel it get ready to move. Then this all happens in 1-2 seconds: She does exactly that but had forgotten it was in reverse from turning around. Since she's leaned so far forward, when it moves backwards she looses her balance and falls forward and then her thigh hits the throttle and jacks it WFO! We go flying backwards at redline and just as I'm getting to the bars they somehow flick all the way to one side before I can grab them and we do an abrupt 90 degree turn towards the drop off down the mountain. I'm shreaking BRAKES and she's just generally shreaking and she's still face down on the front rack. Just as the rear tires hit the edge I grab the bars. At the same time she grabs both the levers hard and captures my hands. She's finally squeezing the **** out of the levers but my fingers are in them so the brakes don't work and my hands are caught. So there we go, sailing off the embankment, in reverse, on the rev limiter... Luckily the brush, briars and tree limbs slowed us down. About 20 feet down we hit a 3 inch tree with the rear rack that stopped us. It took a winch job to get my poor quad out, but it was undamaged. __________________ 2008 TRX 420 FM -winch -auxiliary front and rear lights -dog water and bowl -chainsaw 2003 TRX 400 EX -Full aluminum skidplates, nerfs, bumpers -Pro Taper bars & clamps, G2 handguards -Supersprox sprockets, gold RK -Razrs Last edited by red08420; 09-03-2010 at 10:18 AM.

09-03-2010, 10:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dawg Fan Honda Red Wing Rider Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Jacksonville, FL. Posts: 625	Wow...someone was looking out for you guys for sure. Use that as a lesson of "what not to do" in that case....glad no one was hurt...be careful out there. __________________ 09' Foreman Half Camo / Half Tan Color 28" Outlaws 1-1/2" wheel spacers 2" Perfex Long Arm Travel Lift HMF Utility Exhaust Dyno Jet Kit K&n Filter and Outerware Home Depot Snorkle

09-03-2010, 10:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
TXTee Honda Red Wing Rider Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 4,073	OMGoodness!! So I'm going back to re-read that post and learn what not to do out of it. That's scary but glad you're both ok...and the atv too. __________________ Gone - no time for childish people or games

09-03-2010, 03:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
2003 foreman es Honda Red Wing Rider Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Motor City Posts: 3,687	Wow... Good your ok.. __________________ 03 Foreman ES Too much to list...

09-03-2010, 05:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
Kipes Honda Red Wing Rider Join Date: May 2009 Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan Posts: 2,105	Thats why I leave my wife home, lol j/k, glad your ok. Some training lesson. I hope both of you learned something. __________________ 2006 Foreman 4x4 500s Powermadd handguards 2.5 Warn winch 2" Perfex long travel lift kit High Lifter springs 26-12-12 Executioners on rear 26-10-12 Executioners on front Douglas Rattlesnake rims 3rd Headlight switch Moose Heated Handgrips and thumb warmer Garmin Legend gps Replaced the stock silver engine covers and front skid plate with 07 camo black and painted front brush guard black 2005 Rancher 350ES 2wd 2001 Polaris 325 Trailboss 2wd 1989 300 Foretrax 2wd

09-07-2010, 04:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
Merritt Honda Rider Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: King, NC Posts: 63	Hope she don't give you too much of a hard time being that you were trying to give her a safety lesson and ended up crashing, good to hear everyone's ok. __________________ -James

09-20-2010, 02:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
geronimo Honda Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: winchester,tn Posts: 169	boy,i gotta lot to look forward too,buying my wife a 420,this coming spring.but then again,she about as redneck as your gonna find. __________________ 09 420 rancher sti rims 26" dirt devils 09 foreman 500 itp 212ss 26" reptiles oxlite guards viper max #3500 winch Garmin vista hcx/topo 400 watt audiotube custom rear cooler rack endless budlight non omnis moriar

09-21-2010, 03:59 AM	#8 (permalink)
red08420 Honda Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 236	She's a really good rider, I was training her up to climb some pretty treacherous stuff and how to save yourself and vehicle from calamity. If you don't care about your quad or it's too far gone, it's easy, just bail off! The reverse thing during the lesson was just an accident, possibly my fault. Just glad we weren't in a rock quary or something. __________________ 2008 TRX 420 FM -winch -auxiliary front and rear lights -dog water and bowl -chainsaw 2003 TRX 400 EX -Full aluminum skidplates, nerfs, bumpers -Pro Taper bars & clamps, G2 handguards -Supersprox sprockets, gold RK -Razrs

09-21-2010, 07:15 AM	#9 (permalink)
wydglide Honda Red Wing Rider Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: your Nightmares Posts: 5,171	Dude that plain scary as everybody had already said, I'm glad you didn't get hurt..well other than the old pride, But Ive had funny things like that happen to me by trying to teach old GF's to ride my Harley like around in a field......it never ended good! but I like the way your thinking, one never knows what you might run into, and the only way to prepare for something like that is to train for it, who knows you could be hurt or God only knows what could happen. That is why I try to teach Lisa to do things on her own, as I would say 98% of the time it's just her & me riding in area's that has no communication to the outside world! Best of Luck to ya Glide __________________ P.M. Campbell Co Lodge #778 99Yamaha Wolverine 06 Foreman TRX500 09 Foreman TRX500 25" Big Horn's Mad Dog Rear Bag Body Armor Bash Plate Gamin 76CSx GPS, W/RAM Mount Warn XT25 conversion to XT30 Glide Build Audio System I'm not Frugal, I'm a COB...(Cheap old B@stard)

09-22-2010, 01:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
HondaKid Honda Rider Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Southwestern Pennsylvania Posts: 11	Wow, glad nobody was hurt. __________________ 2002 Honda Recon 250 ES 1987 Honda Fourtrax 250 1987 Honda Fourtrax 125 1987 Honda Fourtrax 90 1995 Honda CR80 2003 Yamaha Grizzly 660 1986 Suzuki LT 185 2002 Suzuki LT 80 1987 Suzuki QuadSport 230 1995 Polaris Trail Boss 250 Yes I wear a helmet. Why? Because a helmet saved my life.

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