Long Travel vs. Standard Travel
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Personally, If I was in your shoes, I would be thinking about what I ride most. If its woods, then a +1 arm would be the way to go. If you do a plus 1 then you could change the front width by 2", either 1" narrower, or 1"inch wider by offest of rims.
Example: stock width cannibal is 44" on the front, if you add the +1 arms you got 46". For MX, you could put 2/3 offset rims on and get to 48". For tight woods riding, go with a 4/1 offset rims and put the bike back to 44". That sounds the most logical if you ride the woods more than the track. If its the other way around and the woods are wide enough to get a 46" wide bike through, go with the +2 and use the wheels to get to 50" and back to 46".
As far as long travel goes, its all about the coin and the look, you can live without it, but do you like the look and feel of standard travel. Put it like this, its pretty easy to roll up the windows on the chevy luv, but its way cooler to push a button to power windows on that Rancho suspended extended cab.
Example: stock width cannibal is 44" on the front, if you add the +1 arms you got 46". For MX, you could put 2/3 offset rims on and get to 48". For tight woods riding, go with a 4/1 offset rims and put the bike back to 44". That sounds the most logical if you ride the woods more than the track. If its the other way around and the woods are wide enough to get a 46" wide bike through, go with the +2 and use the wheels to get to 50" and back to 46".
As far as long travel goes, its all about the coin and the look, you can live without it, but do you like the look and feel of standard travel. Put it like this, its pretty easy to roll up the windows on the chevy luv, but its way cooler to push a button to power windows on that Rancho suspended extended cab.
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Originally posted by Exodus
Put it like this, its pretty easy to roll up the windows on the chevy luv, but its way cooler to push a button to power windows on that Rancho suspended extended cab.
Put it like this, its pretty easy to roll up the windows on the chevy luv, but its way cooler to push a button to power windows on that Rancho suspended extended cab.
I would say it is more like a Chevy Blazer vs. GMC Yukon. Pretty much same freaking vehicle but the GMC does have some minor upgrades.
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OK, Happy, you the award for better analogy. Ya'll get my point though. If you got the money and like the ride, invest in long travel. I did, and I'm not looking back, I luv it. But I had to save more money to do it. Its all about the budget and how much time you have to get the quad to look the way you want it. Theres really no disadvantage of long travel other than the light pocket book when your done. If you buy long travel, you wont regret it, until your late on the light bill.
i have standard travel Elka triple rate SSD with +2 lonestars and i really am happy with that setup. i only went this way due to the fact that i got the arms used for 250 bux. i seem to have more suspension problems on the rear than the front. i also race MX, since i forgot to mention that earlier. just my 2 cents:drink:
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Originally posted by FUGITV
i have standard travel Elka triple rate SSD with +2 lonestars and i really am happy with that setup. i only went this way due to the fact that i got the arms used for 250 bux. i seem to have more suspension problems on the rear than the front. i also race MX, since i forgot to mention that earlier. just my 2 cents:drink:
i have standard travel Elka triple rate SSD with +2 lonestars and i really am happy with that setup. i only went this way due to the fact that i got the arms used for 250 bux. i seem to have more suspension problems on the rear than the front. i also race MX, since i forgot to mention that earlier. just my 2 cents:drink:
****, if you ever see another deal like that let me know!