mountain_man
New member
Hey guys, I just wanted to tell everyone how much I have appreciated the advice on my SRX. This weekend a friend and I headed to Cadillac, MI for the season start and to break-in my refreshed engine. Day one went very well, to motor started great and ran strong all day long. We did 118 miles and I did my best to baby her for the break-in. Got back to the cabin, pulled the plugs and everything looked great, no weird noises, no leaks, everything dialed in just right. Day 2 we were the first ones out, left early for breakfast, temps in the high teens low 20's, let her warm up really good, we left the cabin, ran to breakfast, on the way felt really confident in the motor so I let her rip... hit 90 mph like it was nothing and would have broken 100 but ran out of room lol... after breakfast we were headed back enjoying the twisties through the woods, buddy was in front with his nytro, maybe 50mph at first, but I was gaining ground on him so i backed off to 30 through some tight turns when all hell broke loose, I hit an iced corner. The base was decent, a little snirt but not bad. I did everything I could to turn but the sled pushed through the turn, right over the side into a tree I went. It happened so fast I am still trying to sort the mess out. I hit left ski first, and was thrown over the bars into the tree. My helmet saved my life. The left ski was pushed into the left belly side, bent the radius arms, steering arm, sway bar, left shock, trailing arm, ruined the belly pan, cracked the hood, the tunnel is tweaked bad, the ski was curled back like a "c" pushing the belly pan into the primary stalling the motor. Went headfirst into the tree, knocked me on my back. Outside of being sore, I am alive Thank God! It took my buddy a minute to figure out something was wrong, and he came right back. I pulled the ski out from the side pan and miraculously the motor fired right back up like nothing happened. we pulled it to the road with his nytro, looked at the gps, lucky us, 2 miles from the cabin. The steering was hung up really bad, but with a helluva lot of manhandling I was able to turn the skis. That SRX has never stuck me anywhere guys, I rode that sled sled back, and back up onto the trailer. We thought about screwing the transfer rods so it would pull the skis and just ride a wheelie back lol... Riding it back put a lot of pressure on the right track rail, destroyed the hyfax and cut into the track. The sled is pretty well totalled. Thought I would mention that 2 cats rode past us while we pulled it away from the tree and didn't bother to stop to help, they did slow down to get a good look though. Anyway, after 4 years on this sled I don't have it in me to fix it up again. Going to get a brand new sled. I want to thank everyone for the help and advice over the years, and I hope that what I have learned I will be able to pass on to fellow riders. Here are a few pics of the sled...
