Alignment specs for mx racing?

[8686]

What is the optimum alignment setup for mx racing? Toe? Camber? Caster? Thanks.

[jherbie28]

what front end? shocks? off set wheels? all matters

also depending on the style of arms

[8686]

Full Roll Design Lobo chassis with Lobo mx a-arms. Custom Axis long travel shocks. 4+1 offset wheels right now but I'm thinking about switching to 3+2 wheels.

[quad2xtreme]

You can get what you need from Houser's website.

Basically, 1/8" toe-in

height to frame under footpeg when seated with full riding gear...7 3/4". height to frame about 12" forward should be an inch higher. Camber should be 3 to 4 degrees. Caster is really a preference for how tight you want to turn versus getting a twitchee feeling at high speeds. I run my caster at 3 degrees forward...meaning the top knuckle is further forward than the bottom knuckle.

From there...you have to play around. You can go lower..some go as low as 7" to the ground. You don't want your frame smacking the ground all the time especially before your shocks are out of travel. If you are mostly jumping and not too worried about corner speed then you might want to go up to 8" of ground clearance.

BTW, every time you adjust your frame height, the camber will change too.