Unfortunately my sled is not looking this nice today. I decided to travel 3 1/2 hours to the Coloma MI area Sunday for a day of riding. I brought a friend with and my old ElTigre for him to ride. We hit the trails about 4 PM, lots of snow very bumpy trails. I have never been to this area of MI so I was unfamiliar with the trails. About 30 miles into the ride I thought I was approaching a straight area of the trail so I got into the throttle a bit then I saw the sign for a right turn ahead and knew that I could'nt make the turnso I kept going straight. It was snowing pretty hard and I could'nt see anything but white. At about 30 mph the bottom dropped out! I dropped into a 6 foot deep creek bed, the sled stopped immediately, I didn't, I flew over the handlebars and through my brand new windshield and into a mud bank. I'm a little bruised, my sled is a little more than bruised. Right front A arms need to be replaced, plastic ski actually bent up and hit the ski spindle, so the ski is bent up, the hood is'nt lining up right and I either need to put the old stock windshield back on or replace it again. I rode4 the sled for another 70 miles after that, it still seems to handle fine even with 1 ski sitting back 3 inches further than than other.
This sucks!
I guess that I should look at the bright side, at least I was able to walk away. It's hard to think that way with my sled not being in mint condition any longer.
I forgot to mention I did'nt have full coverage insurance on it, I was going to call my agent Wednesday to get it covered. That is double shot of operator error.
RtkatZL8
2001 ZL800
Delta IIs
Power Breather
MBRP Silencer