Because you have the $$$ doesn't always mean you should.

[AprilO]

I learned to ride in the mountains on a brand new 800 summit. I loved it cause once I got the hang of things I could follow those guys almost anywhere and climb almost any hill they were. Granted I had good teachers (those crazy guys from Sled Necks and Sled Porn) I bought an 800 not because I wanted the best but because I didn't want to go back to the shop and buy a new one later. You can have all the power between your legs, doesn't mean you have to use it all the time It's about people being responsible about what they have and about being responsible about the others around you!

i replied to a thread in pretty much the same manner about the same type of topic a while back and got bashed for it. if i remember right the kid was trying to decide on a 6 or 800 machine. i recomended the 600 as it was his first machine. to which everyone replied then he will be stuck all the time and won't get anywhere.
learn to ride right first and a 600 will follow an 800+ anywhere it will go but be 10 times the fun. no point and shoot so to speak as it is not a huge power mahine. very well said just hope some people listen to statements like this one.

 

[AprilO]

Love love love this post! I too hate the guys who say, well you're a girl... you don't need that much sled or quad... really? And I did the same thing when I bought my 800.

I wouldn't necessarily agree with what you are saying. My first sled that I bought (and still ride)was an 800 151 track. I went with that because out of the sleds out there to me it was a more "mid-range" sled. I really didn't know much of anything, but I knew that I would out grow a 600 in a season and didn't forsee having funds to upgrade in a year. I had quite a few people telling me to "just go with the 600 because ur a girl" which I can't express how much that attitude annoys me. Keep in mind that I made my purchase having never been in any motor sport prior and basing my purchase on thinking that a 600 would be not enough and a 900 or 1000 would be too much.

I do understand where you are coming from however. But just because someone is young and buys an 800 does not mean they are stupid. I ensured that I had my AST1 updated, all the gear and my first year was mostly sitting and watching and learning and playing in areas that I felt comfortable to do. I never let anyone egg me on to do anything I didn't feel comfortable doing and never tried to show off.

 

[AprilO]

Is he single?? haha just kidding

I see it all the time in drag race cars also. Its not how fast you want to go its how much money you have to go fast. Guys pulling to the track with $250,000 toter homes with stacker trailers that have a hired crew chief to do everything . In all forms of motorsports you have the posers and the die-hards , the have and the have nots . Its hard not to hate on the guy next to you when you pull up in a 1994 pick-up with a clapped out 1998 summit on a modified boat trailer , and buddy has a 2012 jack up pimped out 4x4 with a 4 place enclosed trailer with flat screens and heat . Not to mention a one year old spare sled ( just in case his main sled breaks down )
There are stupid people doing stupid things all around us every day ,and some of them ride snowmobiles and race cars . My hope is that they get a reality check to open their eyes on how fast things can go from fun to fatal

 

[AprilO]

I think working in EMS and seeing first hand what can really happen has made me a bit of a chicken sh!t! Deaths/injuries can happen anywhere, not only the mountains... had an older gentleman in SK area riding a sled at night... rode straight into a tractor that he didn't see, partially beheaded himself... I know, graffic. But I am such a chicken now, even on my quad! Send these young punks my way, I will tell em whats up and what can happen if you're not safe and responsible and respectfull of good ol' mother nature!