Author Topic: For you mud lovers. (Read 803 times)

markc · « **on:** August 19, 2004, 03:28:16 AM »

Here are some must see videos. Enjoy.

http://www.monsteratvs.com/utility.htm
markc

264 WIN MAG · « **Reply #1 on:** August 19, 2004, 08:04:04 AM »

Those are some pretty good vids Mark. The guys on the 660 grizz's need to snorkel their belts.

markc · « **Reply #2 on:** August 19, 2004, 08:29:59 AM »

that looks like they were having a blast. A few of them appeared to have snorkled their atv's but some didn't. I was impressed with how well the Rhino's seemed to do on the few videos they had of them. Maybe they will post more Rhino video's later on. Didn't care too much to see that kid sitting on top of the ice chest in the bed of that Rhino. Looks like he was having fun, but maybe an accident waiting to happen.

A few of those guys really looked stuck and then managed to get it going again.

markc

264 WIN MAG · « **Reply #3 on:** August 19, 2004, 09:47:46 AM »

Most of the rides we have are like that. Most our holes dont have quite as much water and you have to work the bike a little more. I told you the Rhino was a mud machine. The ones that we saw at Nationals seemed to do quite well in the muck. I think that one video where he went kind of deep with the Rhino he got the belt wet. Sounded as if the motor was reving up but he really wasnt moving that good.

Snorkels are a necessity on a CVT bike if you are going to go in deep water. It said on that one video that the guy on the Grizzly dumped about 3 gallons of water out of the transmission and I believe it because once the front or rear end go under the transmission fills up quick. Last ride we went on I tore a hole in my snorkel hose on the 2nd hole and got about a gallon or two of water in the transmission in about 20 seconds.

The guy should seriously buy one of those bench seats for the bed of that Rhino. I know they make them because the guy I was talking about that had a baby seat mounted between the two front seats on his had a bench seat in the bed and a radio mounted in the dash. It was hooked up pretty good.

The beautiful thing about ATVs is that even though you look stuck you can just move to one side and just come right out. I know on the last ride we went on the first hole I hit I sank down to the top of the fenders in just mud about 3ft. into the hole and I could hear people laughing about me getting stuck in the first hole. I knew I wasnt though lol. I used a little body English and the bike climbed almost straight up on its side and came right out of the hole. I managed to work through the hole and out of the other 30 people we had with us not one person tried to pass in that hole even after I blew it out. Now that is when you know you are doing some good!

My website has been down due to computer virus infiltrating it, but I am trying to get it back going again with a different host. As soon as I get it up I will try to get some good videos from our rides. The pictures are good but you really cant tell how bad it is without a video.