Ride Height for MX

[Airik79mx]

What ride height is everyone running for MX?

[bwamos]

I may be totally off, but I think they run at about 7" - 7 1/2" ?

[XCRACER26]

same here I read that in a magazine some where.

[Airik79mx]

Ya, I'm running 7 1/2 now.. I've read 6 3/4 but that seems to low.. Just wondering what other people where running.

[Jersey450R]

7" from rear peg mount and for every 5" up on the frame rail, it should increase by 1/2 an inch.

[Airik79mx]

Hmm..that seems odd. I was told to keep it flat or 1/4 higher in the front..

[trost66]

I though it was suppose to be a 1/4 high in the front

[R3Concepts]

Originally posted by Jersey450R
7" from rear peg mount and for every 5" up on the frame rail, it should increase by 1/2 an inch.


The 450R frame is flat on the bottom..It needs to sit flat. Run the ride height between 6-8 inches depending on track conditions. The smoother the lower, the rougher, the higher the ride height.

[Airik79mx]

Originally posted by R3Concepts
The 450R frame is flat on the bottom..It needs to sit flat. Run the ride height between 6-8 inches depending on track conditions. The smoother the lower, the rougher, the higher the ride height.


Sounds like a good idea..;)

[440ex kid]

7" from rear peg mount and for every 5" up on the frame rail, it should increase by 1/2 an inch.

So what your sayin is, that if the frame is 7" at the peg, and the frame is twenty inches long, that my ride height at the 20 in mark should be 17 in? I run 7 1/2, seems to work fine.

[Jersey450R]

Originally posted by Jersey450R
7" from rear peg mount and for every 5" up on the frame rail, it should increase by 1/2 an inch.

i meant it should increase by 1/4 inch, not a half.

[natehibbs]

sebastian at elka told me 7 in the rear and 7 and half under the ft motor mount works good for me

[thugpassion4lif]

Originally posted by 440ex kid
So what your sayin is, that if the frame is 7" at the peg, and the frame is twenty inches long, that my ride height at the 20 in mark should be 17 in? I run 7 1/2, seems to work fine.

i think you did your math wrong, by his equation 20" up the frame it should sit 2" higher idk how you got 17"... personaly that still seems way off, an inch higher maybe but i prefer a level bike

[R3Concepts]

Originally posted by thugpassion4lif
i think you did your math wrong, by his equation 20" up the frame it should sit 2" higher idk how you got 17"... personaly that still seems way off, an inch higher maybe but i prefer a level bike

Good info Tupac..Have you ever set a bike up? Hows Biggie? Hope he's gonna drop somethin' soon.

[slosh13]

I'm runnin about 7 3/4"-8" and mine seems to sit pretty good.

[926x]

for some one who is not going to change their ride hight with every track condition. at joe brds quad riding school he told us 7" with rider on the bike just in front of the foot peg and at the point of your frame in front where it rakes up.

[Lyon218]

December 2004 issue of 4-wheel atv action states that you should put the rider of the machine in full riding gear and set him on the bike and measure the riding height from the bottom of the frame tube behind the footpeg to the ground and from the rear mount of the lower a-arm to the ground. The height can vary from 7-1/4 inches to 7-3/4 inches on most tracks. The ground clearance at the front can be 1/8 to 1/4 inch higher.