Outlaw212
03-14-2009, 06:19 PM
I just got home from a hare scramble today in the North Carolina mountains. Very tight trails, tough hill climbs, a 1 mile MX track and lots of mud. Should have been a great race but I had a serious problem...
I COULDN'T TURN!!!!!!!!!!!
I ride an '08 Outlaw 525 IRS and I know the IRS pushes through the turns. I expect that and I have won several races on this quad so the normal pushing is not what I am complaining about.
Today it was different. For those who don't know, the mud in the mountains is slick as glass. I have seen ice with more bite than this stuff! I would turn the bars and the quad would go straight. The front wheels would never get any grip while the back wheels had incredible grip and just shoved me all over the track. I had to ride about two miles of the course in first gear because at speed it was too dangerous. Not going to win riding like that.
I am a bigger guy (about 250) so there is already a good deal of weight on the back of the quad. If I tighten the preload on the rear shocks and loosen the preload on the front will that solve the problem? I don't want to loose much stiffness in the suspension because it handles the landings so well.
Any help would be appreciated.
To make matters worse, I should have won today with no problem. I have beaten all of these guys before but today I came in dead last. It was painful.
:grr: :grr: :grr:
I COULDN'T TURN!!!!!!!!!!!
I ride an '08 Outlaw 525 IRS and I know the IRS pushes through the turns. I expect that and I have won several races on this quad so the normal pushing is not what I am complaining about.
Today it was different. For those who don't know, the mud in the mountains is slick as glass. I have seen ice with more bite than this stuff! I would turn the bars and the quad would go straight. The front wheels would never get any grip while the back wheels had incredible grip and just shoved me all over the track. I had to ride about two miles of the course in first gear because at speed it was too dangerous. Not going to win riding like that.
I am a bigger guy (about 250) so there is already a good deal of weight on the back of the quad. If I tighten the preload on the rear shocks and loosen the preload on the front will that solve the problem? I don't want to loose much stiffness in the suspension because it handles the landings so well.
Any help would be appreciated.
To make matters worse, I should have won today with no problem. I have beaten all of these guys before but today I came in dead last. It was painful.
:grr: :grr: :grr: