better suspension on my outlaw 90.

[seabeebuggy]

My sons new outlaw is a great looking bike but really sucks in the suspension. It is too stiff as he is only about 45 lbs. I made a bolt on kit to move the shock mounting inward on the upper and lower part of the shock. The geometry is better the stock IMO. It travels 8'' now. Stock was like 6 It is more adjustable and moves well. I am thinking of adding 2 or 3'' spacers to add to the mix.
I will be working on a longer rear trailing arm next . That will be really easy to add 2 or 3 inches. I Hope the dealer does not bust my chops for the warranty...

[seabeebuggy]

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[seabeebuggy]

Well here is how I did it. One side is done the other is not. With this adjustment it is about as soft as one would want it. I am going to drill a mid hole on the bottom a arm for 1 more adjustment. We are going out to test it this sat.

It now has 9'' of travel. stock is 6''

[dericsdad]

Hopefully with all that extra leverage on the lower a-arm it doesn't bend on hard landings!

Better option would be to replace those stock front pogo sticks with a good aftermarket shock. The stock shocks offer little control over rebound.

Adding front wheel spacers also increases bump steer making it hard to control on a rough track. i wouldn't use larger than 1" spacers.

Dan

[seabeebuggy]

Well after 6 hours of dune time everything is fine. I have worked with a arms and steel for some time. It would take a lot more than my son jumping it. The shocks do suck, rebound is so slow and will hardly pick its self up if pushed down It did that with the shocks in the stock mounting. While driving it The cycled about 60% of the travel. The one thing I did not think hard on was the Camber on the single a arm. I try to have the shock setting at about 30% drop to make sure it gives the best ride. It worked very well in the rough stuff but looked like this / \ half the time. I adjusted the shock and it held it's self better but lost some of the cushion. Over all it is a safer ride but needs a a-arm kit. The quad did well in the sand but really lacked power or pep. A CDI will be next on the list and perhaps some clutch mods are needed. I need to see how much of the clutch is used. Perhaps it needs adjustment. I don't know squat about that.

First of all mark your variator see how much you are using then go from there. Clutching plays the biggest roll in these cvts.

[seabeebuggy]

Yes. I was going to do that today and give you a call Monday. We talked on the phone last week. Can I run it up on a stand or does my son need to ride it to get the results?

On a stand its deseciving. You need the weight of the rider on the quad as on a stand it will rev more giving fasle results as no rider weight means more rpms. More rpms can be more belt travel which the end result is falseafied what its doing on a load is totally different than just turning the wheels on a stand. Call me any time you want. Thanks Seebuggy

[seabeebuggy]

I will need to find a older kid to run it. My son may or may not do it right. He is 5.