lol careful of the lefty throttle
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Love the commentary "just another documented case of alway where your tether in the deep pow" Buddies probably like STFU!
looks like he was driving a rmk 900. probably still has the vibrations coming from engine.
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Arctic Thunder
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Been there done that
My goldfinger lefty did exactly the same thing. Conditions were nearly identical to what these guys had. Deep powder, cold day. Notice he was stopped just before it happened. My bet is the powder was on the cable that was exposed. He stopped it froze, then the next time he hit the lefty it stuck. Also with his pull to the left he would have grabbed it.
I agree on the tether. If you have a lefty get one. (telling myself to do the same)
PS I held on long enough to hit the kill switch. Or man would it have been UGLY!
Thunder
Where do you get that was due to a lefty failure
My goldfinger lefty did exactly the same thing. Conditions were nearly identical to what these guys had. Deep powder, cold day. Notice he was stopped just before it happened. My bet is the powder was on the cable that was exposed. He stopped it froze, then the next time he hit the lefty it stuck. Also with his pull to the left he would have grabbed it.
I agree on the tether. If you have a lefty get one. (telling myself to do the same)
PS I held on long enough to hit the kill switch. Or man would it have been UGLY!
Thunder
same thing happened to a friend, bent the handle bars and the thing took off like a rocket, since it pulled the cable tight on the left hand throttle
Puzzies need left hand throttles!!!!!
Puzzies need left hand throttles!!!!!
Timber!!!!
That sled KO'd a pretty big tree! It must have been flying when it hit.
That was worth a second look. I wish the moron filming would have filmed the hit.
That sled KO'd a pretty big tree! It must have been flying when it hit.
That was worth a second look. I wish the moron filming would have filmed the hit.
riding without a kill chord is one of the dumber things to do, cheap mod, and can REALY save you some coin elsewere, even without a lefty.
Frozen throttle is why i took my "Lefty" off. OEM throttle safety devices do not work properly, which results in what happened in the video. Would be nice to have a left hand throttle for tricky situations, but I'm afraid of the consequences.
CORRECTION!
What resulted in happening was the nimwit did not use his tether and it ghost rode into a tree.
I bet he still has his lefty, but I guarantee you he wears the tether now... dats fo sho.
Also:
Learn to ride without a lefty, it will make you a better rider.
The title to this thread kills me... HAHA
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Gimpster
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I've never used my left hand other than clutching a toy
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BackCountryBob
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Those ZXs are tough sleds--good thing it wasn't a REV
I had a guy drive over me once--hit the Lefty instead of the brake--dufus
BCB
I had a guy drive over me once--hit the Lefty instead of the brake--dufus
BCB
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Arctic Thunder
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Also:
Learn to ride without a lefty, it will make you a better rider.
You are right, you're a much better rider if you can ride without it. But I will tell you it is nice to have a lefty when you are riding a nice spring day. Downhill side hill on hardpack to the left. Endless area below with a lot of trees. Nice to nurse it across the hill have control of your brake and be able to bump the throttle also.
In this video, as soft as the snow was there was NO reason to use the lefty. Other than the guy never learned to ride without it and couldn't.
Thunder
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mtn mike on boost
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on real cold days, no matter what brand i have at the time, my lefty will stick.its hard to go w/o one though after having one for awhile.especially if your a short sob like myself.
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Adrenaline Revolution
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the lefty didn't cause this at all
It was the lack of
TETHER
It was the lack of
TETHER
