Daredevil experience with Yamaha Rhino ATV

Hitting the road in the late 1980's is a new style of off-road utility vehicle. It was designed to operate off-road. They have inside a rollover protective structure or ROPS which is equipped with seatbelts. This gives space for a seating arrangement which allowed operator and passenger to sit side-by-side. Another feature of this type of vehicle is that it contained a cargo bed which increased its utility usage.

With the revolutionary and updating of technologies and vehicles, Yamaha diversified its product. In 2004, they entered the market introducing their own version of ATV called Yamaha Rhino. This vehicle appears have a merge of design between the Rhino and the Yamaha Grizzly 660 ATV. Noting that the components and characteristics of this type of Rhino vehicle are similar.

In their tests, it was found to have achieve speeds over 40 mph with much higher acceleration rates than other utility vehicles. I guess this speed has given every driver a sense of excitement and adventure, unleashing that daredevil side of them.

Soon after their entry into the market, there have been some flooding of reports regarding the Yamaha Rhino Rollover. As written in the news there were lateral upsets with injuries that began surfacing with the Yamaha Rhino 660 and Yamaha Rhino 450 side-by-side machines. It was then discovered that these Rhino vehicles were rolling over to the side. These rollovers takes place when speed steps up from low to moderate which leads to maneuvers on essentially flat level ground.

There were reported cases that either the operator or passenger received a serious leg or arm injury when their limb came out of the ROPS. I can only imagine and that really makes me feel weak! What's worst is that it was pinned between the vehicle and ground. It is indeed a daredevil experience that I sure wouldn't miss!