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Death of a Viper - Warning - Viper 2.0

wow that sucks... glad you are ok... another good reason to always wear your tether no matter what... could have been a totally different outcome... cool pictures? lol

subaru2006
 

Holy #*$&@!
Good to here you were not heart! I will install a teather cord on my sled! :oops:
 
my uncle had the throttle stick on a 583 skidoo, pulled the cord and watched it take off across the field for .5 mile. then into the woods. they go real fast with now one on them!
 
That's crazy! Glad you are ok and you have a new sled already, that takes some of the sting out anyway. Would have been something if the sled made it all the way up the stairs?
 
Wow! Definitely had someone looking over you. Scary. Have seen runaway twice on Banshees. Only involved trees though!
 
Wavemaster,
That is one hell of a way to get a new sled.
Must have scared the heck out of that poor snow bunje.

Seriously, glad you are all ok.
A bad way to learn a very good lesson on the tether; I'll be hooking my tether up all the time. Don't even want to think of what could happen with a rider ahead...
 
wavemaster said:
Well I crashed my first sled after 25 years of riding. I wasn't on it when it crashed fortunately.

My son and I were heading back to the cabin on Dec. 27th on a feeder trail with snirt and water bars. Normally I throttle a little on the water bars and just hop over but on this trail it was 10-15mph crawl so I was dropping down in and riding out.

How it all went down -

Dropped into a water bar,
Hit rock with right ski came to dead stop (under 15mph) handlebars jammed to the right,
#*$&@ of sled lifted at the same time. I stabbed the throttle (handle bars coming back while all weight was going forward),
The track spun up real fast and when the #*$&@ came back down it jerked,
My weight and hold on the bars caused the bars to fold down and PIN THE THROTTLE AGAINST THE TANK.
Sled wheelied away from under me - I was standing in the trail wondering why the sled wasn't stopping. Like I casually stepped off the back.

3 crashes:
125' full throttle into a standing dead tree took out the left front suspension and tree - kept going
100' full throttle into a yard and off a 10' high stone wall - kept going
150' full throttle into a stairway on the back of the gentlemans garage. Took out the right side.

The good,
Missed sled trailer in gentlemans back yard
Missed 600lb propane bottle behind house by 3 feet.
Missed the house by literally 1 foot.
Climbed half up the stairs behind garage and was launched - flat daisy wheel spin 30' and finally stopped
Missed 2 300lb propane bottles under the stairs

Homeowner is a powersports fan and took it very well.

The WARNING - Check the bolts on your riser bottom and make sure they are tight. One side of mine were not very tight. I don't believe the force involved should have ever allowed what happened if it was tightened.

Murphys law was in play as well. As it was a 2 mile put put trail with my son on the Phazer behind me, I wasn't wearing my tether.


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At the end of the crashes

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How the throttle was pinned

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Uneven tightening
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Glad your ok now to see what 2016 brings
 
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