Active Riding How to handle the ATV Active Riding Techniques) Active riding involves moving your body. You must learn to lean and shift your weight into your turns to maintain control. Your safety depends on using safe riding techniques. Statistics from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) say that in- experienced riders who don’t use safe riding techniques are 13 times more likely to have an ATV accident than riders who have over 1 month of experience. ACTIVE RIDING Safe riding techniques include:
• Riding Riding Downhill • Leaning, Weight Shift, and Balance • Riding Uphill • Wide Turns Sidehilling / Traversing • Sharp Turns Swerving • Quick Turns Crossing Obstacles • K-Turns Riding Once the engine is warm, the ATV is ready to go. 1. Keep your feet on the footrests and both hands on the handlebar. 2. Apply the brakes releasing the brake lever lock. 3. Move the shift lever from N and select a desired gear; then slowly com press the throttle lever while releasing the hand brake. ATV-0012 37