full throttle in reverse

[catnfool]

my Dad likes to use reverse on the nasty hills to slow down sometimes; he was smokin' down a hill right at some thick trees with my brother and Dad's buddy waiting at the bottom. Well, he hit reverse, cobbed it, and realized it was still going forward He cleared out a nice path until he found a tree that objected

His buddy said the old man screamed like a little girl (you could hear him over a floored rt1000 with a can...)

 

[rev800151]

haha i didnt think i would get a response like this. thanks

HHaaa haa, its like the ol "you did a fat chick" story. Lots of people have done it, but not much tell about it. Yes Ive been riding along thinking WTF. When my sled dies then soon realizing what happend, to the sound of the reverse beep. As for fat chicks no ridin those areas, I like a thin girl. Please no one take offense. I just thought it was funny.

 

[CoyoteGirl]

Back TTT because this is some funnyars chit!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Trenchmaster]

Was backing my new Dragon into the garage, kneeling on the seat giving her some gas. The clutch catches and throws me forward onto the throttle and I almost put it through the back wall. Buddies figure I'm showing off, but I'm just glad I was able to let go before I hurt myself and smashed my sled!!! I'm real careful with the reverse now.

 

[summitchaser]

More, more most I have laughed in a long time.

 

[NWGooser]

Does Polaris have a reverse alarm?

You didnt hear the back up warning beeping.....lol

My buddies M1000 beeps and it sounds like I'm at the HomeDepot. My RMK doesn't beep. I actually wish it did.

 

[ckspeed]

OMG.., this is some funny stuff! I think I pi**ed myself.....

 

[Mikboo]

Lmao!!

This is some funny stuff!

I can't believe noone has videos! Most of these stories would have won the $100000 prize of AFV for sure!

Good times!

Thanks for all the laughs!!

 

[m8magicandmystery]

years ago before reverse in most sleds the wifes prowler was warm and we gassed her up at the gas pumps...started it and parked to the side etc and shut it off..when a bit later restarted it with an easy slow pull..she fired up...went to go and the sleds wants to go backwards...gee we all are getting on this sled and giving her gas and she wants to go backwards..were scratching our heads...shut off and restart with a lazy pull...still wants to go backwards, everyone thinks were stupid and have a machine with reverse and not know it..!!!!...well finally figured out the the gas was contaminated with diesal...the fueling company put some diesal in the gas underground tanks...the flash point of the gas hit after tdc and the engine caught at that point and started her backwards...ha..ha..years ahead of no mechanical reverse l had discovered it..

 

[NWGooser]

Let me tell you about a frightening experience that happened to me. At the start of the season I picked up an '08 RMK. When I finally had a chance to get it out My daughter and I went to 29 Pines for the shake down cruise. I unloaded the sleds and had them warming up as I got everything locked up and put away. My daughter was riding in the trees near the parking spot and getting a little air off the ditches. I asked her if she wanted to give my sled a try while I finished up (keep in mind I still haven't been on it other than unloading). I figured she would go up and down the road a couple times. She jumped on and headed right for the trees & hills, arrggg. I finally got everything ready and flagged her over. She thought it would be a good idea to get the first jump on my sled. She came up to the road and as she was heading through the ditch she gassed it! The sled she rides works great for her. It's an Indy 500 swapped over to a 440 liquid cooled & a 136 track, however, my new sled had a little more pop. She only weighs a little over 100 pounds so when she gassed it, the sled took off and she sailed OVER the road. Great form and nailed the landing but there is a big wood fence post
on the other side. Like I said, "My sled flashed before my eyes." Luckily she got it gathered and stopped inches from the post. She laughed and started to back the sled out of the hole. We had never had a sled with reverse so it w2as a new experience. Standing up she hits the gas. It throws her over the bars, she's pinned against the throttle and heading right for the front of my truck. By pure, blind luck, she got it stopped inches from the truck. In less than one minute she almost managed to bash in both ends of my new sled and I hadn't even been on it yet. She was laughing so hard she was crying. I was crying so hard I had to laugh Turned out to be a great day.

 

[Long Gone]

I went to give my son a ride on the XP one night. As I backed it out of the garage, I thought that I would go a little faster this time. As I turned (in reverse) the skis caught good snow and pitched us on our side. As I stood up (and looked to see if anyone saw) my son said "that was cool, can we do it again?" NO WAY!!!

 

[onlyrotax]

Beep--beep--beep

Beep---beep---beep---beep---beep---beep---beep---beep

 

[Oregongirl]

I can't believe this thread is out here! This is some funny chit!!

So, I'm riding in the middle. The trail is hard PACKED! We religiously wait at intersections for everyone. The front runners see me coming and head off down the trail, I'm a bit a head of the rider behind me, so I simply stop. After a little bit, I realize that I'm pretty far into the turn and the next rider may not be able to see me, cause I'm sure she is hauling a$$ to catch up. So, I figure I'll just back up a bit.

Pull it, throw it in reverse, and hit the throttle. I'm not 100% sure what happened, but I musta caught an icy lip on the trail, because she high sided on me and flipped me up and off.....as the spinning track flew by my face, I just prayed I would miss it!! I did. I landed HARD on my back in the middle of the trail. UGH!! My head bounced so hard off the hardpack I was sure I cracked my helmet.

I was afraid to take of my helmet in fear that it was the only thing holding my head together. That was 6 miles into what turned out to be a 76 mile day. Saw the chiro on Monday....whiplash. No wonder I hurt and felt disoriented all day!!!

 

[tomx]

This thread couldn't have come at better time cause I've been feeling like quite a moron. I managed to accidentally grab my left hand throttle on a reverse on a ridge two weeks back. I had forgot to put the pin back in from earlier in the day. I flipped into reverse and must have grabbed a handful of throttle cause suddenly I full throttle in reverse screaming like a little girl. I only made it about 8ft when I slammed into a tree directly behind me. I got pitched violently into the tree and somehow flipped upside down landing under my sled in the tree well hugging the tree. Upside down. It was quite a peculiar position.

Now I regret I didn't get a shot of my sled wedged six foot up this tree as the track dangled. It was impressive. But I was to rattled and wanted to know the sled damage so we got the sled down from the tree ASAP.

On another note I was damn lucky I only got a bruised ego and arse. I hit the tree hard enough to warp my snow shovel, and explode a beer in my pack! And not from the pop top either, it exploded from the side impact. Damn.

Been waiting two weeks for parts hiding my head in shame.

 

[tomx]

P.S. Notice how the rear of my tunnel is shaped like a tree!

 

[MARV1]

Funny stuff guys, made my day a bit better now.

 

[CoyoteGirl]

So, I was coming down the trail at the end of the day and got behind the groomer. He stopped and let me by. I stopped next to him, I was going to offer up a Snickers bar and say THANKS for all the hard work. My sled was still running. I turned sideways and was trying to figure out how to open his window (I'm sure he thought I was psycho!) and when I couldn't I just gave him a smile, a thumbs up and decided to get on my way............ when I hit the throttle to get going I almost went over the handle bars............. when I turned sideways I must have hit the reverse button!

I've always thought the beep beep beep was kind of gay......... at that moment.......... I would have killed for the beep beep beep! LOL

 

[rev800151]

TomMTX not only did I notice the shape of the tree. I noticed some firewood in the background. Was that the pay back?

 

[tomx]

Lets just say trees are a lot more afraid of me than they used to be.

 

[Mikboo]

This makes my day!

LOL!!

We need to keep this one on the first page somehow.

Mods?? Sticky??

Thanks!