Souped Up on the Mountain
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18 responses to “Souped Up on the Mountain”
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Cool. It looks like it came out of a Mad Max movie.
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Those ATVs are fun! I rented one in Durango, Colorado and went on this wild adventure with my wife and daughter. The end of the road was a treat. A gorgeous view of the San Juan Mountains. That is not a toy! Some serious torque and speed packed in there. Nothing more fun than hitting a mud bog at full throttle.
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SW Va is marketing it’s curvy/rough roads as a tourist attraction these days.
See “Back of the Dragon”!
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Yes.
FWIW, the Back of the Dragon is curvy, but not particularly rough. It’s fully paved, so it’s more Ducati sport-bike territory that off-road side-by-side. I used to ride sport bikes on that road before they named it. It is wonderful.
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ORV is BIG out west. Looks more limited in the east.
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Yes. Not as many places to ride/drive off-road out this way.
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We need a Bacon Rally. Winner gets a BLT.
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I immediately thought that WayneS, one of the active BR participants, would appreciate it.
And I do. Thank you.
I don’t have one because I do not own enough property to justify it, but I’ve driven a few and they are a lot of fun. That looks like a Can-Am Maverick, which means it might very well have a 990cc Rotax engine that puts out about 240 HP. It weighs somewhere between 1200-1500 lbs depending upon options chosen. It’s the rough equivalent of an 650 HP F-150 pickup truck, but it can go a lot more places than any truck.
Correction: Upon further investigation, it appears the 4-seater Can-Am Maverick “only” has 200 HP…
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“…more places…”. You can get it stuck in places from which it will never get extracted.
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That’s what the optional winch is for…
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Whatcha gonna hook to?
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Well, now, if it’s stuck in open terrain, 6-8 reasonably fit adults can pick it up and move it manually.
Or, if you’re going to be alone in this theoretical treeless area, you carry a +/-5 foot section of fence post strapped to the roll cage and a small sledge hammer in your tool bag. If you’re really into symmetry, you carry two fence posts, one on each side of the roll cage.
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Oh that. That weighs significantly more than a Can-Am side-by-side. For that, you’ll need one of these:
But if this happens to that, I’m not sure what you do.
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Maybe you look for one of these:
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