is this bike anygood? and i have one question about the linkage, it looks like it would be hard to fit a 7 or 9 inch rear suspension on that. is this true?
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yes, it would be very hard as you would need a longer stroke shock, thus resulting in the swingarm hitting the mainframe (since there is no linkage). talk to NitroMike about the goodness of the bike.
dammit, i need a good god damm bike. every one ive looked at has its bad things absout it.
Most rear travel you can possibly get is just over 6" using a 8" x 2.5" shock .. only 1/2" more than stock.
In that price range, everything in the world has a bad thing or two about it.DR. Dirt said:
Why do you need that much travel? Stick with the stock amount of travel and you'll be fine. Then, when you've learned a little more, you can save some money and buy a better one.
My friend snapped his swingarm in half off a 4 ft to flat drop. So there's my opinion.
..? That's not even a useful fact. You can snap anything in half even off the tiniest drops if you've abused it up until that point. There's a million variables that contribute to frame breakage, and one snapped swingarm isn't really a useful statistic.Jou said:
i was hopefully getting a fricken iron horse sgs sport, but the kid hasnt meailed me back
He treated the bike well from what i saw.binary visions said:
Done plenty of 4' and a few 5' to flats on mine and haven't broken the swingarm. :dunno:
Bad luck i guess, he has alot of it. Ask his face of 19 stiches.
Doesn't really mean much.. Does he weigh a lot? Is his suspension set up correctly or does it bottom a lot? How's his riding style? Does he ride like a hack? Does he do drops to flat a lot?Jou said:
I wasn't trying to be rude, but it's difficult to jump from one anecdote about a broken swingarm and no other information to it being a poor frame...
Hope your friend heals quickly!
He weighs 160lbs or so, he did ride it pretty hard, i don't what counts as alot of drops to flat. We do 1/2 our riding on our DH coarse(biggest is 12 ft w/tranny), and the other 1/2 in town dropping whatever we find, biggest was about 6 to flat(with a 10 ft take off, it was sweet). I'm just trying to say that I've seen one break, just to throw it out there.
do you like this bike?? and i have a questioin about the chain guide,Nitromike said:
it looks like you wouldnt be able to fit a bash gard around that thing. is that true?
For the $800 is costs its one hell of a bike, I've had mine for a few months and have abused it in every way I can think of and the only problem I've had is with the fork, no rebound control and the rebound is way too fast
You can definitely fit a bashguard, remove the outer plate of the chainguide and adjust the rest along with the guide wheel.
You can definitely fit a bashguard, remove the outer plate of the chainguide and adjust the rest along with the guide wheel.