CROSSINGASLOPE
TraversingaslopingsurfaceonyourATVreuiresyou
toproperlypositionyourweighttomaintainproper
balance.Besurethatyouhavelearnedthebasicriding
skillsonflatgroundbeforeattemptingtocrossasloping
surface.Avoidslopeswithslipperysurfacesorrough
terrainthatmayupsetyourbalance.
q
Asyoutravelacrossaslope,leanyourbodyintheuphill
direction.Itmaybenecessarytocorrectthesteering
whenridingonloosesurfacesbypointingthefront
wheelsslightlyuphill.Whenridingonslopesbesure
nottomakesharpturnseitherupordownhill.
IfyourATVdoesbegintotipover,graduallysteerinthe
downhilldirectioniftherearenoobstaclesinyourpath.
Asyouregainproperbalance,graduallysteeragaininthe
directionyouwishtotravel.
POTENTIALHAZARD
Improperlycrossinghillsorturningonhills.
WHATCANHAPPEN
CouldcauselossofcontrolorcausetheATVtooverturn.
HOWTOAVOIDTHEHAZARD
NeverattempttoturntheATVaroundonanyhilluntilyou
havemasteredtheturningtechniqueasdescribedinthe.
OwnerManualonlevelground.Beverycarefulwhenturning
onanyhill.
Avoidcrossingthesideofasteephillifpossible.Whencrossing
thesideofahill:
AlwaysfollowproperproceduresasdescribedintheOwner
Manual.
Avoidhillswithexcessivelyslipperyorloosesurfaces.
ShiftyourweighttotheuphillsideoftheATV.
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