Her safety was and is my main concern. I made sure not to make her feel bad about it and just tried to point her in the right direction with a couple tips to avoid doing the same thing. She's not at all scared or nervous to go riding again so mission success with just one hiccup lol. Thanks for watching! I appreciate it
I don’t think she such a bad job. She was staying with you guys on aggressive riding and got sucked into that culvert. She did a great job bailing off so she didn’t get hurt. Does she get to watch your video of hitting the pole and give you pointers on how to avoid it? Glad everyone is OK. I miss that ditch riding
It was a blast nontheless and yes, she did do pretty well altogether. Especially for being so long since actually riding. Lol, no she doesn't critique the pole hit but trust me, I was pissed at myself for a week over that. It's easier to get frustrated when it's all my money invested but even then, asked if she was okay and got the sled out. I wouldn't say I critiqued her, I gave her 2 tips to help her stay away from the tipping point that she was clearly frequently in and that was the only critical thing that was said to her. Of course not all the footage made it to the video so it amy appear that i was harder on her than i really was; she knows she wasn't held responsible nor is she nervous about riding more. It was an accident that could have been avoided, just like my pole hit. We live, we ride, we learn. Thanks for watching the video, greatly appreciated!
@@DIPSTICKTV In my early 20’s I snowchecked 1993 440 Indy Liquid. Never had a sled before. I did ride my dad’s Snow Pony a couple times when I was 10 or 11. My older brother was a sledhead and liked aggressive ditch riding with his friends. I often went with those guys and they kept me 2nd to last. In the ditches I was riding way beyond my ability. I felt like my feet and butt were never where they were supposed to be. I was like a cartoon of a guy trying to stay on a bull. The guys said I did well but I knew I wasn’t riding safely. Fortunately I was in great shape and was able to hold on. I never hit anything or busted my sled but after nearly every ride, in the truck on the way home, I went over the many close calls I had and realized I almost died several times each ride. Super fun but now that Im older and don’t have a sled I like to see your GF make a good decision and bail. Its a rotten feeling when you think you’ve let your group down by slowing them down or needing a tow. Those culverts can easily suck you in if you’re not familiar at watching for them or powering away from them. Be safe
@@notsofast5495 aggressive would've helped, at the very least flown over. Some people claim they haven't ever crashed...well its boring to ride at their pace.
@@jwwalker688 When I was younger I thought the same way. Once, my buddy and I went to a Fly-In fishing resort in Canada to stay and ride. I was leading on the trail and running at our usual fast pace. Just ahead of me 2 Lynxes ran out onto the trail and off into the brush. I kept speeding along and when we came to a crossroad I stopped. My buddy said we should slow down so we can appreciate what were seeing. After that we slowed our pace and saw some cool stuff like a fresh wolf kill and a moose. It just depends on what a person wants to get out of the ride.
Thats is 100% my old sled. Still have pics of it and the original mso from polaris to lavallee. It has changed hands alot in the last few years. It was a mod, got the updates the 14s got including the 128" skid. When it was sold it had a stock 600 and original shocks thrown back on when sold by lavallee in 2016
DM me on Insta at dipstick.tv if you can. I have a few questions about it for sure and would love a copy of the mso if possible. Seems like the same story I was told so the telephone game actually held up for over switching hands so many times. Thanks for watching the vid as well!
no, you're very right. Even the little bit of damage to the sled isn't the end of the world. Her getting injured is and remains my concern. We've talked it out and she'll keep getting better. Trails are where she really needs to start but i can't stand them lol. Still, may need to happen for her sake. Thanks for watching the vid!
Grew up a die hard Arctic Cat fanboy. Huge Tucker Hibbert fan. Dad bought me one of Hibbert's mechanic's 2001 SnoPro 440 fan sled (1 of 500) as my first sled when i was 12. He would bring me to races and haydays every year. in 2005 i seen the IQR and literally fell in love lol. When i bought my proX in 2018 there at haydays, i was searching for either an IQR, a F-chassis race sled or a MXZX. Stumbled across the ProX and made the move. Now it's been all Polaris for me. Realistically, although i like to make the typical jokes about the other brands, as we all know, they all have their issues and they all break down lol. Riding anything is better than not riding at all! Thanks for watching the vid!
Another one! lol. Yeah, she's good. Her shoulder is a little dinked up but idk if that happened from the spill or just riding and getting jarred pretty good. Needless to say, she'll be back, she's not scared or anything. Thanks for watching another one and supporting the channel!
😂 well thankfully I only hit 1 pole.... knock on wood .... Let's hop she only hits one culvert............ knock on wood.. lol Thanks for watching and commenting! Hope you enjoyed it. Much appreciated.
Good thing she bailed, because she wasn't going to save it and that would have been a lot worse with her still on the sled. Bruised pride and some cracked plastic is nothing in life.
Health is the key, exactly. She was okay and that was my concern. I had no idea how bad it was when i rode up and it looked a lot rougher from the top of the road than it turned out to be. She'll be back lol. Thanks for tuning into the vid!
I had to gently tell my wife this same thing was stop letting the sled drive her she needs to drive the sled. You cant just hold the throttle and hope the sled goes the right way. Saying this with no negative intent purely out of safety! great video non the less!! Jealous u guys have snow, we got nothing on the east coast.
Ditch banging can be hazardous. I might be riding somewhere near st cloud this weekend. Just did a quick run through elm creek park reserve yesterday morning after and during all that snowfall we got. Usually it's pretty rough so it's not my favorite but it's like 2 miles from me and decent with fresh snow. I'd rather ride groomed trails out in the state forests up north.
The area outside of St Cloud we rode just got 11-12" in the last dropping. Should be solid riding conditions now. Enjoy the rip and thanks for watching!
Just the biggest damn culvert i've ever seen 😑 oh well, could have been much worse and we still had a great day; That's what we ride for. Thanks for tuning into the vid!
Bummer. I just came across this channel and started watching these videos cause I had an 03 440 exactly like that. It broke a trailing arm mount last year so I parted it out. I still have that belly pan and skid plate if you need some stuff!
Hey man awesome IQR you should try and get a set of jaws twins for it, they are rowdy ! Just got mine all dialed in with the twins and a set of ice age 136 rails
I don't know much about the sport, I had like 4 sleds back in the day, the fastest being a 1980s Yamaha ss 440... You guts never talk about like Chaos boost or Lynx, Riot, ect. Is it because mountain sleds have completely different everything, and race sleds have there own models??? Or are those just super new, and expensive?? Just curious
A bit of both aspects; we aren't going to get the full value out of a long track around where we live, you'll have to trailer and travel. When spending $18k+ on a new age sled, it leaves that much less spare funds to go travel. Definitely goals but just out of our league right now.
@DIPSTICKTV oh tru... thanx for the response!! I always thought the 2010ish Yamaha Phazers looked cool asf... ok so final question... Polaris or Skidoo???🤣
man, that iqr looks so sick, i love the no head lights, just the screens love the GoPro riding videos. so glad you got this iqr! glad your gf is ok, and the pro x isn't hurt to bad. poor pro x keeps taking it to the front
Thanks man! Should be a fun sled to have around as a project for sure. The ProX has gotten some abuse, yeah lol. It's a race sled, it can handle it 😆 Really appreciate the support you've shown to the channel; means a lot! Much more to come!
@@EasyMoneyCrew actually been running the MBRP race can on it this season. It doesn’t seem to run as good as it does with the Jaws can but it sounds really unique.
Was going to have my Dad keep an eye out for you over there. We should ride sometime man. You JUST missed the crash 😆 hit me up on insta at dipstick.tv
@@mitchellfruth4483 I hope you approve of the video! Again, dm me on Instagram at dipstick.tv and let’s ride. I got nearly 3 feet here about an hour and a half from you.
yeah... my own fault there i guess. She didn't understand engines enough to get why that's such a major issue. She understands now though. Hopefully no more big issues
She wants to get back into riding and its my only spare atm that she can really ride. Also can't properly store another sled where i'm at and dont want to sell my Proxr
Her crash wasn’t too bad. She did the right thing by bailing off when she knew she was getting sucked in. Looks like everyone has fun despite the crappy conditions when you filmed this. We got about another foot of fresh snow here now. ❄️ 😁
Oh, she does. Ripped it today in a bunch of fresh powder that just fell on us over here. It's well over waist deep in some spots here. Probably 2' of snow in general. If we can keep it around then this is the best winter in quite some time around here. Thanks for tuning into the vid and commenting! Enjoy the snow!
I'll definitely chase him down at haydays this coming September and see if I can get any additional info from him. I'm sure he won't be able to tell me a whole lot more than what we've gathered for info over the last week or so but still, would be cool to get a clip with him talking about it and get an idea of how many identically modified sleds are actually out there from the era. See if he remembers from 10 years ago 😆 I'm sure he's been through a heck of a lot of sleds since then. Thanks for tuning into another vid!
Super crisp and the throttle pressure is extremely light. So far it's been a really good buy. Lots of cool little mods done by team LaVallee that are unique to the sled. Looking forward to doing a couple things to it in time and having a piece of history! Thanks for commenting and watching the video!
Ya, we have a good chunk of info built up on the sled already but I want to chat with Cory here about it more since he clearly seems to have owned it. That's a big missing link going back directly to the sale of it. Would like to know as much history as possible on it.