Riding ATV in seashore

Riding ATV in seashore in a exhilarating experience. With less than 200 feet straight stretch at home, the long beach is a very inviting sight. Boys Anil and Sunil enjoyed it very much. They are able to practice various tricks which was facilitated by long stretch and soft sand.

Someshwara beach is about 50 km from my home. We had loaded ATV into Omni on the previous day and had started early. Finally we reached there at 0930 and quickly unloaded the ATV.

The sinking factor in sand meant constant high throttle that puts tremendous load on the engine. By the time one rider was back another was ready. We could give little time to cool off though it was in my mind. The refueling period was one time when we really switched off the engine.

The engine tuning by a good friend Mohan from kanthila helped a lot today. The running was very smooth with instant starting at first firing. The engine performed extremely well in spite of heavy use or abuse.

Riding in beach at higher speed meant the sand gets sprayed both on us and the machine. It is okay otherwise but I feel sand being dry abrasive material plays havoc on the transmission chain. Sunil took a sharp turn in his last lap and chain jumped the sprocket. The wear and tear in three and half hours session is just noticeable.

Momentum helps considerably in climbing uphill. Failure to climb inclines will induce rear wheels to start digging and within five seconds they will get half submerged. Putting power in opposite direction early will prevent getting submerged and sometimes had to lifted out.

Toppling over in sand means less chance of broken bones. So we could practice correct way of climbing hills by standing over foot pegs and shifting body weight forward. Boys were wearing bermuda shorts and riding without helmets most of the time. Wearing helmets and long pants are always advisable in safety consideration.

We were thinking of leaving at 1.20 PM being both hungry and tired. Then fuse was blown and we couldn’t pinpoint the problem spot quickly. Consulted local mechanic Isubu on the way back with ATV inside Van. I thought it was push button switch or starter solenoid but actually it turned out to be Fuse. This was first time the fuse letting me know its existence.



 

Can we start riding ATV after we get older ?

People keep asking me this question. ATVs can be ridden by people of all age in perfect conditions. It is quite possible to pick up the understanding of ATV riding after we get old but certain tricky conditions may be too difficult to ride when our body fails to respond to our orders.

My wife rides tolerably well in our yard and so have done some of our elderly visitors in their 60’s. Riding in level ground may be pretty safe. While taking a turn while riding uphill or downhill may make one front wheel leave the ground. Even in level paths the trench like in the photo may make front wheel lift four inches above the ground. .

I have been telling friends of my age say around 50 who cannot drive four wheelers that they either learn to drive now and forget about driving in this life. There are innumerable cases where retired people who bought car and learnt driving late involved in serious accidents. Riding ATV in difficult terrain is much more complicated than driving a car. I will never be able to ride as good as my boys. So the answer to the above question has to be NO.

Towing ATV around

 I spent considerable amount of time and energy about taking ATV around. Even tried this option  but it did not work out. Shorter wheel base means the ATV bottom touching road and so had had rule out this  possibility. Finally tried to load inside a Maruti Omni and that was successful.  

Surplus ATV available for sale

I did not know beforehand the quality of the machines I purchased from China and so was prepared for the worst. Web search enables us window shopping. In spite of all precautions and cross checking of facts, we know full details only after getting hold of them.

I bought extra machines partly because company refused to dispatch single piece and also to enable effortless cannibalization for spare parts.

I am using my blue ATV past twenty four months. The quality happens to be good and I am confident of using this for my routine activities for next couple of years. I do not foresee the need of all these extra pieces.

So I offer that warehoused Brand new surplus ATV for sale. The technical details are available in the post – specifications.

  http://atvindia.blogspot.com/2008/09/specification-if-my-atv.html

As  mentioned in earlier post, I   was  not  very  keen  to  sell ATV  as  it  distracts  me  from  my  farm activities  and I  have  no  sales force nor can provide service  support.

This is a very rare opportunity to interested people to get an ATV, tried and tested quality for an very attractive price, much cheaper than offered by dealers.

Interested may get in touch with me by mailing to bhat59@gmail.com
 

ATV carried around in Maruti Omni

Here  my helpers are unloading ATV from Maruti Omni after returning from a trip   LPG tank takes considerable prime space in my Omni and so loading   ATV is bit tricky.

We have  to  lower the handle bar after loosening four bolts. Two people can easily can do loading and unloading.

Not hoisting uniformly it needs some practice. Experiments with ramp for easy loading failed miserably as we have to lift more on side above LPG tank and has to push in slant position.  

Its unladen weight 130 kg is quite okay for this vehicle. The tyres we placed on the floor hold it stable even in high speed and we don’t harness the machine with rope.

One advantage of this 110 cc ATV is it is small enough to be carried in Maruti Omni . Bigger machine cannot be easily accommodated like this.

ATV on Puri beach for relief and rescue operation

Puri beach in Orissa seems to be first in India mobilizing ATV for relief and rescue operation. The joint effort of Police and The Rangers Adventure Foundation(RAF) was inaugurated by Superintendent of Police Soumendra Priyadarshi on the beach on Friday - 16th August 2009. So tourists in Puri beach can now bathe in a carefree manner for the ATV is there on the beach to help them out, if in trouble


The modern four wheeler All Terrain Vehicle (ATV), capable of speedy maneuver on the sandy beach, will now ply on the Puri beach to carry out rescue and relief operation for tourists bathing in the sea. Hope this novel endeavor is observed by tourism and security officials around the country and introduced in all beaches especially like those near Mangalore where tragic loss of life reported frequently.

Looks appealing with three wheels

I badly wanted mobility to go to garden during slippery situations. Many technical institutions around here have demo pieces which are crude heavy and not very practical. I picked this from web and this looks pretty nice. Would have been happy with this.  This looks  like built for kids.