Long Travel vs. Standard Travel
Long Travel vs. Standard Travel
Ok so winter is here, time to start putting a little money into the quad (pending income). Im trying to decide if I want to spend maybe $1300-ish to get my ohlins converted to tripplerate ssd and get some +2 housers, all standard travel, or spend however much more and get an LT setup. I dont know too much about LT so this is mainly and informative thing for me.
At the moment Im basically a weekend warrior, ride trails, sandpits, stuff like that. I am very interested in getting into racing this summer, Im not sure exactley what kind of racing though, I would like to try a little MX and a little XC and see which I like better. I would like to have a setup that is fairly versatile since I dont have enough money to have two different quads for MX and XC, and I would like to be able to still get out and hit the trails (reason I am choosing to go +2 instead of +3). What do you guys think?
At the moment Im basically a weekend warrior, ride trails, sandpits, stuff like that. I am very interested in getting into racing this summer, Im not sure exactley what kind of racing though, I would like to try a little MX and a little XC and see which I like better. I would like to have a setup that is fairly versatile since I dont have enough money to have two different quads for MX and XC, and I would like to be able to still get out and hit the trails (reason I am choosing to go +2 instead of +3). What do you guys think?
rear stays the same. doug has LT TCS at a real reasonable price. i took a ride on his machine and was instantly sold on LT. he's A class and i'm F class and i was completely comfortable with the set up. keep yourself glued to the internet and you can find deals on a arms. tyler lenig had a LT front end on exriders for $850 for shocks and arms a few months ago, but i believe they are sold.
LT can only help keep you from bottoming out. you said you wanted to try xc and mx. a good soft xc valving would probably have you bottoming out alot during an easy mx race. LT would give you a little more travel to combat that.
my standard travel axis are valved for xc. one track we race on has some smaller jumps through out the course. i don't like jumping that much but still bottomed out regurally. i can crank up the compression to stop the bottoming but then the shocks are jarring and harsh.
the only down fall of LT is a little less ground clearance do to the mounting points below the a arm.
i'm sure jeff can valve what ever set up you decide on to work well for you. give doug a call and get some prices, then decide if it'll be worth the investment.
my standard travel axis are valved for xc. one track we race on has some smaller jumps through out the course. i don't like jumping that much but still bottomed out regurally. i can crank up the compression to stop the bottoming but then the shocks are jarring and harsh.
the only down fall of LT is a little less ground clearance do to the mounting points below the a arm.
i'm sure jeff can valve what ever set up you decide on to work well for you. give doug a call and get some prices, then decide if it'll be worth the investment.
Thanks guys, this has all been really informative and helpful, keep the suggestions coming (if there are anymore). Once I figure out my money situation for the next couple months since I have an internship I will be doing and the simple equation: internship = no money, I might have to wait a little bit. At least now I know what I am looking at. I always just assumed that LT was grossly more expensive than standard travel.