With modern power sports equipment, it doesn't take much to do a lot of expensive damage.

I hit a rock on a trail with one of my Yamaha sleds...hardly even noticed it, not a large impact...but it got the subframe just right and tweaked it.

I first noticed a problem with trouble going into reverse gear. The mechanism (lever that is pulled out and over) would not keep it in gear; it would grind and pop out of gear.

Brought it to the shop and the labor just devastated the estimate - over 40 hours worth of work to get that subframe replaced and there's no telling what other damage had occurred since I was making it incrementally worse by riding it, not knowing the sled was severely damaged from the rock.

My insurance company stepped up and totaled it for me so I could get a replacement machine quickly. I had a $9200 check in my hand by mid-week.