It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a ground-hugging UFO!
At first glance it might appear to be a low-flying ship from a different dimension or a radical foreign sports car, but it’s really a tricycle with some dynamic styling, a vehicle made for some serious highway joyriding!
Weezie’s Wild Rides on Main St, next to Brandenburg Park is part of the Polaris Adventures network, renting Polaris ROVs for recreational self-guided tours.
This spring Chris and Tracy “Weezie” Green drew a lot of attention when they brought a new, radical vehicle to town. A 3-wheeled open roadster, the Polaris Slingshot is not an off-road vehicle, but is classified as an autocycle which requires a valid driver’s license to operate on the highway.
The vehicle is available for rental, along with their ROV rides for off-roading.
The street legal Slingshot is fully equipped with a GM Ecotec LE9 2.4L DOHC motor to give you the ride of a lifetime. It has a 5-speed manual transmission to add to your precision control and the thrill of the ride.
Polaris® always recommends you wear a Department of Transportation approved helmet.
The Greens are co-founders of the Red River Off-Road Coalition which was created for the purpose of assisting the Forest Service in repairing and maintaining the off-road trails. The first focus for the group was to repair and reopen the Old Pass Road, also known as the Red River Hill. As a result of their cooperation with the Carson Forest and the National Forest Foundation, the Old Pass reopened for vehicle use in February.
The historic pass was built by the Forest Service at the request of the Red River Good Roads Association and was officially opened in 1917. Known as the Questa-Elizabethtown Project, it was hailed at the time as a wonder of engineering and was featured in an article in Popular Mechanics magazine. It operated as the main highway from the Moreno Valley to Red River until highway 38 was built in the mid-1960s. It became a popular sightseeing road for jeeps, trail motorcycles and OHVs until closed in September 2017 because of safety concerns.
Other trails on the group’s agenda are Goose Lake Road, 4th of July Canyon and Trail Canyon.
The organization puts an emphasis on a safe and fun off-road experience.
