Tether or no tether

arff

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Well 2 years ago riding my brothers sled. Going down from mountain riding I hit a tree branch it twisted the gold finger around to wot. No teth it tossed me off. Sled into trees 50 yards down and 6000.00 damage.
 

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Just do, some claim its restrictive i personally have never had a problem.... and if you think it will be restrictive get the "teth air" a remote expensive version. And well if you dont want to shell out the cash or get a regular tether please post pics of the wreck if your throttle sticks and you fall off.
 

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Pro- prevents having throttle stick and hit a tree/rock (or worse a person) at Max speed writing off your sled thus ending your season, or it laying upside down at W.O.T causing the motor to pop.

Con- it costs $30 or so


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I've never used one, but that'll change this year. You hear plenty of horror stories about sleds coming down on you WOT. Last year I was scrambling to get outta the way of my sleds track while spinning WOT, actually the track started chewing on my leg one time, scared me a bit, so next time I go to my dealer I am picking Up a tether!!


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Get one all sleds should come on them from the factory it's just another safety procedure that will save the sled and/or other people or yourself just go get one they are worth it
 

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Pros - minimal cost and really easy installation
Cons - none for me.

Used to have a lefty throttle. Jumped a little berm, handlebars were loose and slid down which cranked the lefty wide open. Took everything I had to hit the kill switch.

I got rid of the lefty and installed the tether.
 

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With todays EFI they will run upside down, carbs would usually sputter out fairly quickly and was not an issue. I run them on all my sleds. Also turbo sleds will take abit longer to unspool and the tether is a must.
 

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I would invest in a tether or your sled could end up like mine. I always where mine,,i had just helped 1 buddy get unstuck and was gonna boot around for a min and help my other buddy that was stuck,,,until my incident..leason learned

 
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