Cross Country

[lghickman21]

For those of you who race cross country post up some specs for me please.
How wide are you running your front?
How much toe in are you running?
How much camber?

and does anyone that has the GPR experience the post coming out of the arm? Just some questions.

[sammy5x]

2007 TRX450ER w/kicker
2005 spindles and hubs
Laeger's LT front end + .5"
Laeger's +1" stem
RPM carrier, anti-fade, MX axle
Elka Elite F&R w dual linkage
Tireballs F&R
Hiper 4/1 front rims for narrow courses 47"
Hiper 3/2 front rims for wider courses 48"
Rear end set at 47" for narrow courses and 48" for wider courses

Front end measured when a-arms are parellel to ground
12mm camber, 5mm toe in

[lghickman21]

Thank you! Do you run any local harescrambles where the tracks are tighter? or have any problems with width? I see you run pro-am so i assume you don't have many problems. If you can P.M. me i would like to talk to you.

[treadway47025]

why did you use the 05 hubs??

[oldskoolex400]

Originally posted by treadway47025
why did you use the 05 hubs??

06 07 are crap, they dont handle nearly as good

[sammy5x]

Originally posted by oldskoolex400
06 07 are crap


As you can see lghickman21, with juvenile responses like this one, you can understand why I answered your other question by pm only.

Responses like these have driven most of us professionals away from this site.

By the way, 06/07 TRX models simply handle a certain way that the vast majority (re-read the last two words) of owners will never have an issue with.

Let the defensive flaming begin kids.

[treadway47025]

sammy5x I am currently setting my 06 450er up to ride trails and do some scrambles. If the 05 hubs and spindles would make the atv handle better I would invest and do the swap. with the stock tires and suspension I have felt the atv to push or understeer a bit but I have only ridden it about 20minutes since I got it about a month ago. Ive added prm everything(skids and bumpers) next I plan to address suspension, then tires and maybe wheels, bars and handguards....etc etc...

[Sjorge450R]

im on stock arms and i am running about a 1/4" of toe in on each side. Never let me down, i am also running bajas and I am measuring:

Front about 46
Rear about 48

[oldskoolex400]

Originally posted by sammy5x
As you can see lghickman21, with juvenile responses like this one, you can understand why I answered your other question by pm only.

Responses like these have driven most of us professionals away from this site.

By the way, 06/07 TRX models simply handle a certain way that the vast majority (re-read the last two words) of owners will never have an issue with.

Let the defensive flaming begin kids.


i am not going to flame, do not have a reason to, simply stating what i have experienced on a 2004 450r and a 2006 450er, rode them the same day, i dont think that the 06 handles as well as the 04 i rode did, both completely stock. spent about 30-45 minutes on each machine back to back, prefered the stock power of the 06 to 04, but i believe the 04 beats it in the handling department. apparantly i am not part of the so called "vast majority" of people that have ridden them both. i didnt like them, if i bought a new 450r i would personally change them out. simply stating how i felt the 06 handled, so chill out bud.

[sammy5x]

Originally posted by treadway47025
sammy5x I am currently setting my 06 450er up to ride trails and do some scrambles. If the 05 hubs and spindles would make the atv handle better I would invest and do the swap. with the stock tires and suspension I have felt the atv to push or understeer a bit but I have only ridden it about 20minutes since I got it about a month ago. Ive added prm everything(skids and bumpers) next I plan to address suspension, then tires and maybe wheels, bars and handguards....etc etc...

Sounds like you are on the right track to a nice ride. You are correct that the stock front tires will push no matter what setup you have in front. Try running 7psi in front and 5psi in the rear. PM me your stats and I will let you know what you can do to dial in the stock suspension.

[sammy5x]

Hey Sjorge300EX, sounds like you have a sweet 3 hunny. Got any pics of that beast? I have a soft spot for that bike as it was my first race atv back in 1988(250X). If you are near Philly are you gonna hit some AGP races with us this year? First one is this weekend in southern NJ.

[Sjorge450R]

Originally posted by sammy5x
Hey Sjorge300EX, sounds like you have a sweet 3 hunny. Got any pics of that beast? I have a soft spot for that bike as it was my first race atv back in 1988(250X). If you are near Philly are you gonna hit some AGP races with us this year? First one is this weekend in southern NJ.

haha I may hit some AGP races. Im focusing on running A class in D-6 Right now, so the PA Series is priotity, but any race i can catch for the AGP I will prob swing by and run some A class or maybe Pro-Am. Im not sure how the Competition is in the AGP series. Heres a link to my 300. Its for sale and I think its finally basically sold :(. I have so many hours into it, that its kinda hard to let it go. Pappy did the PC work on it and I did everything else.
http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n142/Sjorge3442/Summer%20Rebuild%2006/

Heres some links to it right next to a stock 300. Big difference!
http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n142/Sjorge3442/Motor%20Swap/