"Hi, I'm Dargo and I'm an ATVaholic".
Group "Hi Dargo".
Until a couple of years ago, I had a Honda 4X4, and 3 Honda Pilots (not the cars either). Oh yeah, and a JD 4X6 diesel Gator. One of my Pilots had a trick setup and long travel suspension. It would run a little over 70 mph, and the other two Pilots would run around 60!
My son flipped the ATV over when I was teaching him how to operate it and I broke my right femur keeping it off of him. That was the last ATV. I kept the Pilots for a while, figuring that with a 5 pt harness, wrist restraints, and a full cage that they were much safer. It just became a PIA to find parts (1990 was the last year for them) and I had a throttle cable break on my fast one and went rocketing into the woods at around 70 mph before I could manage to yank the kill switch out. Fortunately,
I wasn't hurt, but I can't say the same for that Pilot.
I only had 1 wheel still attached when I finally stopped moving.
Anyway, that only left me with the JD Gator 4X6 I'd had for years. It was a work horse, but not really any fun. I sold it and bought an RTV. It was a compromise between the work and fun. All the Pilots went bye-bye as well. (those I sort of miss, but they bring
big dollars now). Then I made the mistake of test riding the Yamaha Rhino. Oh yeah! With a few mods, as fast as any ATV I've been on, and it has a roll cage and you can take people with you!! I'm seriously considering adding another Rhino to my stable. The one I have now will climb hills that even the most experienced ATV riders in our group simply passed on trying. I climbed that hill with a guy sitting next to me
and with another guy hanging onto the roll cage and screaming his lungs out in the back.
Yeehaa!!