2009 Kawasaki KFX450R Owners Manual - Page 76

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74 SAFE OPERATION WARNING HAZARD Improperly turning on hills. WHAT CAN HAPPEN Could cause loss of control or cause ATV to overturn. HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD Never attempt to turn the ATV around on any hill until you have mastered the turning technique as described in this manual on level ground. Be very careful when turning on any hill. Rear brake application will brake the downhill wheels when climbing hills and so will front brake application when descending hills. If the vehicle stalls on a hill, apply the brakes before the vehicle starts to roll backwards. If the vehicle should start to roll backwards on a hill, dismount to the side immediately or apply the front brake gradually. You may tip the vehicle over backwards if you apply the rear brake suddenly after the vehicle starts to roll backwards, or if you try to apply power while rolling backwards. If you are stopped on a hillside, apply the parking brake and carefully dismount on the uphill side of the vehicle (so it cannot roll over onto you). To turn the machine around, drag the rear end of the ATV uphill as far as possible. Remount the ATV from the uphill side if it is not facing straight downhill. then, while keeping as much of your weight as possible on the uphill side, turn the handlebars downhill. Release the parking brake and ride downhill. j

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74
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Never attempt to turn the ATV around on any
hill until you have mastered the turning tech-
nique as described in this manual on level
ground. Be very careful when turning on any
hill.
Rear brake application will brake the downhill
wheels when climbing hills and so will front brake
application when descending hills.
If the vehicle stalls on a hill, apply the brakes be-
fore the vehicle starts to roll backwards. If the vehi-
cle should start to roll backwards on a hill, dismount
to the side immediately or apply the front brake grad-
ually. You may tip the vehicle over backwards if you
apply the rear brake suddenly after the vehicle starts
to roll backwards, or if you try to apply power while
rolling backwards. If you are stopped on a hillside,
apply the parking brake and carefully dismount on
the uphill side of the vehicle (so it cannot roll over
onto you).
To turn the machine around, drag the
rear end of the ATV uphill as far as possible.
Re-
mount the ATV from the uphill side if it is not facing
straight downhill.
then, while keeping as much of
your weight as possible on the uphill side, turn the
handlebars downhill. Release the parking brake and
ride downhill.