Dumb Things with an ATV

[badmaners]

I'm going to come clean with a couple tales of stupidity here.
These are a few years old now...
Friday night drinkin' beers in the driveway, loading the ATV into the trailer, I tell myself I'm only going down the highway a few miles for a quick ride Saturday at my brothers place. Strap the rear of the ATV to the tailgate real quick and continue drinkin'. Saturday morning comes around and off I go with a nice hangover on. I come to a red light. Thank god it was red... Turns green and up a huge hill I go. I feel the truck jump forward and look in the mirror to see my ATV and tailgate boogyin' behind me on the road. A line of other cars from the red light are scrambling all over the road. I,m still watching as the ATV decides to make a turn straight into a gaurdrail post.
There it was, tailgate and all hangin' off the post. My pride was hurt as the drivers of the other cars were callin' me some nice names. The hard part was having to go back and untie the tailgate so I could reload again. Moral to the story...Don't forget to put the pins in the tailgate to hold it on LOL. Never did go riding that day, lots of front end work needed.

[badmaners]

Number 2
A bunch of guys going for a nice afternoon ride, a couple cocktails, private property and we ride together all the time. There was some really long grass, like 3 feet or so, on our way in to where we were going one of the guys rubbed off an old tree stump about 2 feet high. He stopped us and said watch out for that on our way back. Well a few hours later here we go. I,m leading, doing a fair speed and I nailed it with my right front hard. Snapped my left wrist and rolled it right there in front of them all.
End of riding for a while because of the cast and again..lots of front end damage

It kinda makes me laugh now though.

[Bigdog800EFI]

I can beat that.............................................. .....
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No I can't, The first one if funny

[Dirtbmw20]

I can beat that.............................................. .....
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No I can't, The first one if funny


Now you know you can beat it, you just don't want to tell on yourself. lol,lol.

I've got to admit, the first one is funny as hell.

[Turk]

Before I got my trailer I would haul my SP500 in the back of my little ford ranger.The first time I ever loaded it into the bed of the truck I pretty much drove the front end of the atv onto the roof of the truck's cab.I couldnt believe it the atv's front tires climbed right up the back of the cab wall.Luckily my truck's cab didnt get any damage exept a very small dent above the back window where the winch rubbed it.

[PoPoRZR]

That would be soemthing like i would do in that first one....:bounce:

[BOOMERANG]

OK, here's my story. A couple of weeks ago we were taking a break by the creek. The 2 young grandsons and I were playing around flying back and forth to see who could splash the other the most. I parked the ATV to take a break and Boilermaker, my hubby, went into the creek to wash his shoes off.
Well that was my opportunity to splash him. I cranked the ATV, put it into reverse and splashed into the creek right beside him. As soon as I passed by him I turned the handle bars to give him another splash BUT cut them a bit too sharp. The Grizzly tipped over on its side and threw me off backwards into the water. Not just a small splash, but a full back dive, my entire body flying in the air into the creek.
The whole right side of my Grizzly is scratched from the front brush guard all the way to the back bumper. I came out without a scratch but my pride suffered permanent damage. What a Kodak moment that was.

[littlegrasshopper]

I got it for you (I never learn). I got my first ride in 1985 (1985 Honda 185 ATC at 11 years old). Unloaded it off the truck and my dad fired it up and gave me a verbal lesson. I strapped on my helmet, hopped on and nailed the gas! I made it about 75ft and hit the only tree in the yard (broke my visor,stratched my face,broke the front fender, bent the handle bars, and busted the front tire).
It dosen't stop there! Got my last rided 2006 Honda Rincon at the age of 33. Unloaded it off the truck and took it for a spin through the yard. MAde about 1/2 a lap and hit a 2ft deep hole (was a well at one time) and flipped it three times. I will never learn.

[BOOMERANG]

LMAO............Don't ride in the yard.

[badmaners]

A friend of mine came up north with his ATV in the back of his pick-up. He loaded it backwards so he could play Joe Cool by jumping it off the back of the truck. The only problem was he left the parking brake on[polaris] so when it hit the ground it stopped dead. That one cost him a new tailgate. Folded in half.

[B Man]

hey boomerang, i don't like to do anything stupid like that in the water anymore becuase a buddy of mine was fooling around, flipped his quad over backwards and got pinned underwater.

[Donut Slayer]

OK, I'll tell on myself. I was hunting with my daughter. She had shot a doe and we had it across the front of the ATV. I had laid the ramp on the tailgate of my truck but didnt hook the safety cables. When I tried to load the ATV(by myself), the deer started sliding off the front rack. I stopped the ATV halfway up the rack to catch the deer and when I started back up the ramp, instead of going up the ramp, the ATV just kicked the ramp away from the truck. The front tires were already in the bed of the truck. Needless to say the deer was on top of me, on the ground and on the ramp with my popo700 sitting upright by my feet. What kept the thing from turning backwards onto me I'll never know. I guess I had someone up stairs looking out for me. I learned my lesson that day.

[800Stealth]

Here's one I did just this weekend. I took the 800 into the woods behind my house to get my dog some play time at the resevoir I live on yesterday. On the way back I'm just puttin along cause the dog is walking on the trail in front of me. I lean over the bars to pull a small branch out of the grill, and the wheeler just dies. I got no power, no headlights, no gauges, nothing. I scratch my head for a few and the procede to pull off the front box and plastics to look for a wire off or something, no luck so for the next hour and a half I push my 850 pound Sportsman about a thousand feet through the woods nearly having a heart attack and droppin my nuts on the trail. I get to my driveway and plop down on the floorboard for a seat, I look over and see the little red switch on the left bar and what do ya know it's in the off position. I have never touched the switch since I bought the wheeler so I sorta forgot it was there. Can I have my crown for the king of stupid now?

[PoPoRZR]

HERE'S YOUR SIGN AWARD.....:frusty:

[BIG_T]

Stealth, I'd laugh at you if I'd never done that before.

[choPppps]

should have roped the dog and had him pull you out.. LMFAO

[Turk]

I look over and see the little red switch on the left bar and what do ya know it's in the off position.


That happened to my cousin,he was going crazy cause his machine wouldnt start.I asked him if the switch was on and he said he didnt know cause he never touched it and it had gotten switched off.

[800Stealth]

should have roped the dog and had him pull you out.. LMFAO

She's a 12 pound beagle, I probably wouldn't get to far. lol

[torkmonster]

No more new ones??? These are funny!!!

[Mole]

The worst thing I've ever done on an ATV is throw myself off while water wheelying. I had a '04 Rancher 350 and was riding in the water and put my butt all the way to the back of the rack and nailed it. Well I hit a hump under the water that I could not see and straight UP she went. I managed to hold on to one of the handle bars and never let go of it. There were about five or six of us riding that day and everybody said they happened to look over where I was and all they saw was my bike standing straight up in the air and I was in the water. Soaked from head to toe but luckily it was like 95 degrees that day and I dried out quick. Needless to say I haven't pulled that stunt since then.LOL

[torkmonster]

Now thats funny right there..
I had a similar one to yours and more like BOOMERANG's...
It was when I had that 300 honda 2wd and My brother had been getting me good with splashing.... Well he had almost stopped in a GOOD size water hole. So I was already moving pretty good and I "THOUGHT" I was in 3rd gear, well, I hammered her and hit that water and that thing slid around a bit and the left side lifted up, I thought it was gonna stop then it got almost straight up on its side and I jumped off... Right into the water, which we were all soaked anyway.... BUT, my dagum SPLASH, or wave as we called it, MISSED him by about a good 5 FEET!!!! Turns out I was in 4TH GEAR!!!! I dont know how fast I was going on that 300 but it was scootin'!!! Least now with the popo I know the MPH before I hit the water!!! It was a big ole splash....

[OnlyPolaris]

i have a couple.

one year i had my quad in the garage. i went to put it out on the driveway. we have to garage doors. i pressed the button to open the door. i went to back my bike out and drove it right into the garage door. put a big dent in it. i then realized that i had opened the other door.

ok now before we got our trailer we stores our quads in the back yard. we have a fire place in our basement. so the exhaust from the fire place sticks out the side of the house about a foot. to get the quad out of the back yard you have to drive right past the stack. there is just enough room to fit the quad in between the stack and the fence. well i was backing up down the side of the house. the stack is on my left and the fence on the right. i look over my right shoulder to see how much clearance i have from the fence. i forget all about the stack and next thing you know i drive into it and rip it off the house. anyway. 100 bucks later and there was a brand new one installed.

[torkmonster]

Sounds like you may need to get those handguards with the MIRRORS on them!!! LOL

[PoBoy800]

I did the same damn thing on a sport bike about 5 years ago. Don't know how I hit the kill switch at 70 mph but I did. I was on reserve so I just assumed it was out of gas.

[OnlyPolaris]

Sounds like you may need to get those handguards with the MIRRORS on them!!! LOL

i just avoid riding around the house now.

[torkmonster]

Heck yeah... Prolly the best thing to do..

[Turk]

I forgot about this one.I was backing the atv out of my tightly packed garage and as I backed out my handle bars caught onto my airhose and pulled over my 3 month old standup husky air compressor and broke it,there went $279.00.I took off any salavagable parts and took the loss.

:dizzy:

[geonc]

That little red switch ahs caused more embarresment ---and laughs!--
Our crew likes to have a couple cold ones and usually during a break while the more "aquatic" of us ride deep and what not, the rest will just stop and rest or try and shell the onlookers with mudd showers.....I have taken it upon myself to try and hit every switch I can reach while the rider is other wise engaged either in BS or relieving them selves by some bushes.......the look of "WTF?" is pricless when they try and start up!

One of my more memorable "OH CHIT!" moments was dragging a bridge to one of our off level creek crossings so all can cross without being so adventureous going all but vertical to cross....drug the bridge almost in place and me and my bud Steve were adjusting it as true as possible when I decided to try and "tweak" it with my machine still attached....FIRST mistake!

Got hung on some roots that were exposed form me churning to get the bridge inplace and went tits up with me still on--er--under!
Folded my exh stack over just missing my noggin and Steve had to toss the winch cable up over a branch to raise that hulk off me......

The bridge somehow caught the back box just right to avoid a full crush.

Yea I know....stupid is as stupid does :twitch:....and there was NO alkyhaul involved !

All good stories! At least we know we ain't alone :):crutch:

[torkmonster]

They are all good...
Geonc Hittin all the switches is funny also... we got my brother pretty good with the fuel switch... That way it starts upbut not very far down the creek it just dies on 'em!!! I wasn't fond of it when my dad did that to me. But it sure was funny watching my brother trying to figure out what happened!!! Ofcourse if he rode in real deep stuff, I don't think we would do that to him... That mught not be good if say the exhaust was under water!!!

[geonc]

yea...the fuel switch is not all that funny of a gag...like you said if someone goes deep and flames out--:boxing::boxing:

Good practical jokes offer humor and no real harm.....altho there are some folks who can dish it out but cannot take it so choose your victims wisely or at least have some backup !

[torkmonster]

Yeah... No my bro IS NOT one for the deep stuff!! More times than not on even a MEDIUM deep hole he will stop and turn his quad off and wait for everyone to come back!!! If theres not a place to go around, which most the time there is not...
My dad and abuddy got me on that 04.5 the very same day I bought it, first ride in the creek with it... At first I didn't know what the crap it was, but didn't take me long to figure it out... It kinda took the "FUN" out for them cause they didn't even get to see me switch it back on!!!
And I can still whoop my big bro anyways!!!!

[torkmonster]

But I don't get into that chit anymore... Mainly cause I don't want anyone messing with mine anymore... I didn't mind it really with that lil300 honda, but, These things keep getting more expensive and its not all that funny anymore...

[mm800]

A couple years ago several of us went riding around on our sport atvs and we decided to start playing tag, you get close to the other person and try to slap them on the back. Well, I ended up being it and was in hot pursuit. I went to go for the tag and my front wheel got into his back wheel. I did my best reverse superman and skidded across the pavement into a ditch and slammed into the embankment. Ended up with road rash on my right elbow and hip, a broken right collar bone, and 5 staples in my head.

[geonc]

OH yea...kinda forgot about riding close and scrubbing tires!

stock tires are bad enough but you start messing around with some agressive mudd tires and that's when most scrubs turn into flips or crawl up and overs!


kinda along the same lines as locking horns.....get straight on front bumper to front bumper and gag the gas and watch the front ends rise up together...."some of the time"....not the smartest way to bang up you and another persons machine!

we have all done some stoopid chit LOL:twitch::twitch:

[torkmonster]

Yeah, When we were at bucks there was two people that did that "LOCKING HORNS".. It didnt turn out so well... One guy ended up with TWO quads on top of him!!!! He never did go get looked at by doctor.....

[Rebel64]

That stunt was friggin nuts.

[torkmonster]

Yep.... CrAzY!!!!

[badmaners]

Loaded the Atv on the trailer and proceeded up north a bit to go riding. Went to unload it and the key was gone. Freaked out for a bit then remembered I set it down on the back bumper of the truck. There it was, still on the bumper....Brain Fart at best

[torkmonster]

Dang, LUCK was wth you that day!!!! I always take mine out of ignition... Also Just in case I've been indulging and FORGET to take it out I have it attatched to a key holder like strap that has the quick release clip on it an attatched to the handle bars!!!! I've seen one guy left his key in ignition and the "WIND"??? I guess blew it out, cause it was GONE!!!! We both saw it there before he took off....

[badmaners]

Thought I would bring this thread back up as we have alot more members now.

Oh ya...the memories LOL

[badmaners]

Wisdom at it’s best here LMAO. Recently had to install a cam and rocker set on my 400sp. The job went relatively smooth although a bit of a bear to get at with the engine still in it. All done and it fires right up. Took it for a short spin down the road. Seems good until a loud snapping crunching sound echoes the neighborhood. It’s dead now.
Hmmm, what the…. Push it back in the shop for another tear down.
Surprise, what a moron. It would seem that in my ultimate wisdom I forgot to torque the cam chain sprocket on the cam. &*%$ what a dick. Sheared the bolts off the cam, the crank sprocket pulled the chain through the bottom disintegrating the chain and lower sprocket. Cam tension guide is gone and the worst thing…banged the valves off of the piston. So much for a quick fix LOL

I’ve now installed a 500ho with 600 miles on it…a lot more work then needed.but…
400 motor for sale cheap LOL
Looking for 500 clutches now
I hate learning lessons the hard way……….

[hampster_rancher]

I hate learning lessons the hard way……….

That the only way I do it too!! LOL

[badmaners]

I think it was meant to be LOL. Had the 500 anyways but just didn't feel like a complete tear down. Could've been alcohol related...hmmmmm LMAO

[hampster_rancher]

500 should be a fair increase in power too, wouldn't it?

[badmaners]

Yep considering the exhaust lobe was pretty much gone on the 400. Problem is going to be clutching at this point. Can't use the 400 clutches. As long as I can kick Froogles arse I'm good LOL.

[850PoPo]

Don't have any stories of my own to share guess that's a good thing
But on the other hand I went riding with abunch from town I used to live in growing up and one guy showed up with a empty trailer aparently he forgot to strap bikes down lost 2 Hondas and a Yamaha found them in a ditch 2 miles from his house
Still find it hard to believe kept asking do you not use your rear view mirrow

[badmaners]

Now that's funny. Hate to be behind him. Guess he didn't feel the trailer getting lighter LOL

[BIG_T]

I hate trailering in the dark when I can't see it in the rearview mirror.

[Atomic_Sportsman]

Hahaha. I hit that stupid button this weekend wile plowing snow. Had no idea why the bike quit. Stipid button.

[njrincon]

The night i got my rincon we had to go riding,it was a great time. when we got back to the truck it went bad. I never had to use ramps with my sport bikes,so I'm hooking up the safety straps,and my girl is telling me that the guy at the dealer didn't use them.so after our little conversation i told her to go sit in the truck,and proceeded to drive my new bike right threw the back window,very long ride home that night(january)first payment went to my new slider window,after driving about a month with a duck tape window.

[hampster_rancher]

I was hooking my trailer to my truck hitch when the dog took off down the street. After dragging his ass back home, I proceeded to drive my Popo onto the trailer. It wasn't until I was staring at the sky that I remembered to lock the trailer onto the ball. The best part was, when I drove the bike off the trailer, the tongue came down in a different spot on my tailgate leaving me with a nice matching pair of racing stripes right down the middle!!

[badmaners]

I was hooking my trailer to my truck hitch when the dog took off down the street. After dragging his ass back home, I proceeded to drive my Popo onto the trailer. It wasn't until I was staring at the sky that I remembered to lock the trailer onto the ball. The best part was, when I drove the bike off the trailer, the tongue came down in a different spot on my tailgate leaving me with a nice matching pair of racing stripes right down the middle!!

Your new truck or old one? LMAO

[froogle]

I was hooking my trailer to my truck hitch when the dog took off down the street. After dragging his ass back home, I proceeded to drive my Popo onto the trailer. It wasn't until I was staring at the sky that I remembered to lock the trailer onto the ball. The best part was, when I drove the bike off the trailer, the tongue came down in a different spot on my tailgate leaving me with a nice matching pair of racing stripes right down the middle!!

Been there, lol. But....I don't have a dog to side track me, just stupidity, lol!Had to move the wifes and daughters cars, mine and sons trucks and ATV to get the trailer out to load ATV. Single driveways suck, anyways, I pushed the trailer back into the driveway and backed in the truck aswell. Hooked up the trailer, BUT ...didn't check to see if latch was latched........not! I tried loading the ATV, shot the tongue of the trailer straight up. Scratched a line up the tailgate and hit the open window of the truck cap, scratched a line in the tinting, didn't break window. Tongue came back down dented the top of the tailgate, another matching scratch and a dent to the bumper. Crushed my licence plate and chrome frame. May aswell left the truck on the road, lol. The ATV was on and I still had to hook the trailer back to the truck, lmao......now not then.

[hampster_rancher]

Your new truck or old one? LMAO

The old one.....I'd still be crying if it was the new one!! LOL

[HAWSE700EFI]

Rob, I told you that you would end up going to plan "B". lol

[badmaners]

Rob, I told you that you would end up going to plan "B". lol

Ya I know Ron. I shoulda just done "B" first anyways. Live and learn dude.

[scar_11]

I had a very close call yesterday

Yesterday morning I was loading my quad to go ice fishing. I didn't warm it up enough and it spuddered when I was going up the rams so I gave it a quick shot of gas. O crap I am looking at the sky. I slamed on the breaks and the fronted end slams down about half a foot from the front of the box. I also just about shot the ramps out behind me. I was luckey that could have hurt

[800Stealth]

Done that before, I've got a little Yamaha TW200(dirt bike with a quad tire on the rear) sitting out behind my shed. I was riding up a 2x6 into the bed and spit the board out, landed with the engine case right on the tailgate and cracked the case in half. It didn't fall over but the bike's been junk since. Anybody wanna buy a slightly used TW200? lol

[850PoPo]

Got one for yall....
Ever thought you had the hitch latched to the ball then proceed to load bike to only find out that nope must have skipped that step then up goes the front of the trailer only to bust the back glass out of you SUV wow what was i thinking...lol

[800Stealth]

LOL, I sold a small block S-10 pickup and told the guy I would deliver it to him so he wouldn't have to drive home on drag slicks. The brake controller in my truck had quit so I called up pops and asked to borrow his truck, he had nothing better to do so he stopped by. I told him on the phone make sure you've got a 2 5/8 ball in the receiver. He backs his truck under the trailer, I ask again 2 5/8 on there right? We drive 20 miles to the guys house. I jump in the S-10 fire it up and start backing up and next thing I know I'm looking at the clouds, needless to say pops had a 2" ball in the hitch and the F350 no longer has a tailgate LOL. Good thing the trailer was nose heavy or we would have lost it on the road.

[89lxstanger]

now thats a bunch of hilarious stories man i dont got any cool stuff like that haha

the best i have done is playing slip and slide on the ramps once they get wet but nothing came of it! 00boss has far more fun slipping off the ramps on his tail gate lo

[stricker76]

I have taken out a tailgate and a back window on my suburban with not locking the hitch on once, and the wrong size ball the second time. Since then i have learned to put the vehicle in park and go move the truck from in front of the traile, but of course it hasn't happened since.

Only thing i have done on an atv that i consider stupid is non-stop donuts on ice with the wifes bick right up until it broke throught the ice and sent the bike flipping and me flying.

[06sportsman]

While unloading my atv i forgot to undo one strap on the back. Then I proceeded to wonder why it would just spin in the box of the truck. I was there for about 5 minutes trying to figure it out. Then the gf pointed it out. I still haven't lived it down

[choPppps]

I had a very close call yesterday

Yesterday morning I was loading my quad to go ice fishing. I didn't warm it up enough and it spuddered when I was going up the rams so I gave it a quick shot of gas. O crap I am looking at the sky. I slamed on the breaks and the fronted end slams down about half a foot from the front of the box. I also just about shot the ramps out behind me. I was luckey that could have hurt


According to some stats, 76% of all ATV accidents happen while loading or unloading the bike.

[RinconMudder]

Last winter i was going about 60km/h on top of the snow, every thing went right until I hit an old snowmobile trace onder the snow, i've never got off an atv this fast. It flipped two time and came back on the 4 wheels with me laying 15 feet from it.

[BIG_T]

While unloading my atv i forgot to undo one strap on the back. Then I proceeded to wonder why it would just spin in the box of the truck. I was there for about 5 minutes trying to figure it out. Then the gf pointed it out. I still haven't lived it down

Dude, that's hilarious.

[Rebel64]

Yes it sure is!!