New Alba +2 A-arms (pics)

[400man]

Put my new Alba +2 A-arms on today after getting back from a big weekend trail ride, one of the utility bikes with us clocked about 70 miles total. my full flights were so wore out I noticed when taking em off. All the heim joints had a lot of play in em but they still rode fine for me. These new a-arms have zero play anywhere. bought these brand new off ebay for $400 shipped. Only complaint was that the tie rods they sent were too long and I ended up using the ones from the full flights....no biggie. and they are just a hair wider than the full flights too, but not enough to cause any problems in the woods. Im like right at 47 inches at the bottom of the tires.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/180822942999?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

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[400man]

couple of flex pics ;) I need to stiffen up my shocks just a little

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the front end is kinda soft, in the bottom pic I picked the front up to take some of the sag out

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[CJM]

Very nice!

[HondaRacing83]

looks widdeeee for woods. are those 4:1 wheels?

[quadmanw]

Thats not wide, especially if youre only have 47.. If you could handle the fullflights in the woods, you can handle those lol. But they look great! look the GTT except for the bottom bend, which are great for the woods also!

[jkosakowski]

CLEAN THAT POOR THING lol looks good though :)

[russellsroost31]

those are sweeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!! are they standered travle

[crazya**400exer]

do you like those btter than the full flight?

[Thumpin440ex]

They look really nice.


John

[Kwadrider04]

Those look awesome! I envy you though, my older brother has just ordered these for our raptor 700 but I am not able to order mine yet:( but soon enough. I may miss the introductory price but I'm sure they will b worth it in the end

[CJM]

Ugh, why cant they make +1's. +2 is too wide for where I ride..dang it.

Theres no way I would fit in some of the places at my spot at 47 inches...well maybe IDK..

[quadmanw]

I was just taking a close look at these Albas and they seem to be the same design and balljoints as the GTT they look very similar except for the bottom curve design.

[CJM]

Im sooo debating them right now. But ugh the cash to do it isnt here. Shoulda not PC the frame and just bought stuff like this instead lol.

I got till april 1st to make some cash and do it. I wanted gullwing style arms from the get go. My only worry is they will be to wide, but if the rear fits Im sure the front will-if not theres always 4+1 wheels I guess.

[400man]

yea my wheels are 4:1's. theres a trick to riding in tight woods with wide A-arms. when you have to go through a tight spot with like trees or something on both sides, just get on the gas hard and sit on the back of the seat to suck the front end up....this makes it narrower than just normally riding.

But the best thing I love about these A-arms is that you can run both standard travel or long travel shocks with the adaptor piece. Im gonna keep an eye out for a cheap deal on some long travel shocks now that I have some a-arms that will work with em.

[440rdr1]

mine come in tomorrow, cant wait... putting it on with tripple rate axis's

these deff look better in your pics than on the ebay pics bc of them using a yfz450 not a 400ex:devil:

[400man]

Originally posted by 440rdr1
mine come in tomorrow, cant wait... putting it on with tripple rate axis's

these deff look better in your pics than on the ebay pics bc of them using a yfz450 not a 400ex:devil:

Post dem pics when you get em done :blah:

[440rdr1]

Don't worry I will

[miniquaddad90]

Want to sell the full flight arms?

[440rdr1]

:mad:

mannnn my tie-rods are to long too! and go figure they are closed on saturday.

did you ever contact them and ask them to send you the right ones?

[400man]

hmmm, so it wasnt just mine that the tie rods were too long :huh . No I didnt call or email them or anything, I just used the tie rods from my full flight a-arms. I was gonna have my brother who works at a machine shop fix em for me. I think the correct length that they need to be is around 14 inchs total length.

[440rdr1]

Lol yeahhhhh your not alone lol. I emailed them midnight EST and they emailed me back before I even got up saying they knew about the situation and what happened is they sent 450r tie rods instead of 400ex..... Thanks but I'm still
Not riding today lol. They claim they will ship out Monday and I will have before Thursday

I'm pissed but i liked that immediate response :mad:

[440rdr1]

Quick fix to our problem if anyone else has this problem is get a pair of stock Honda 450r rods

[440rdr1]

as you can see how wide my roll designs where...[

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the install went pretty seamless, aside from the supplied tie-rods beings as long as my roll designs:mad: , i used my friends STOCK 450r tie-rods which mounted right up and worked perfectly. i emailed alba's eBay store at Midnight this past friday and before i even woke up they responded saying they appologize and will send the correct ones out asap on monday :D

here are some more pics, the spray can was put under the front to show the ground clearance which was just what i expected....GREAT



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showing the travel with the long travel custom axis

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and lastly the difference between my roll design arms & my new alba's

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[440rdr1]

before anyone asks, the brake hose clamps where not installed at the time of the pics lol

[miniquaddad90]

Want to sell the Full Flight arms??

[quadmanw]

Looks like ALOT of positive camber eh?

[400man]

Originally posted by quadmanw
Looks like ALOT of positive camber eh?

Thats what I was about to say.............I wont be able to sleep at night :eek2: :p

[honda400ex2003]

those are some nice looking arms thats for sure!

steve

[440rdr1]

well i was so excited to take pics i didnt do the final alignment OR the brake hose clamps before taking pics lol but it was all done before going for the ride

[440rdr1]

Originally posted by honda400ex2003
those are some nice looking arms thats for sure!

steve

they are deff legit. i raised my ride height some but it was mostly the arms... and they look SICK in person

:devil:

[quadmanw]

what'd you end up adjusting the camber to? just curious

[440rdr1]

Originally posted by quadmanw
what'd you end up adjusting the camber to? just curious

I have no idea what degree I have it at but it's only like 2 threads off the joint side of the ball joint. Sorry dunno if that helps

[Big Red Hammer]

i was wondering how well these a-arms were holding up after a couple of months.

[400man]

the a-arms themselves are still holding up fine, with normal paint worn off the bottom the lower arm. but for me the upper bushings worn out pretty quick for being brand new. it seems like the busings are really hard and brittle and get play really easy. I couldnt find any replacement bushings so I bought some off ebay that I thought would fit and and did a little "grinding" to make em work.

[Big Red Hammer]

That sucks that they wore out allready, I was looking at a set but now I think I'll go with some gtt's.

[400man]

yea i think thats probably the best deal in the long run. find some that you can get replacement parts for easy. the only thing these alba a-arms have is the adaptor for long travel shocks

[Big Red Hammer]

Thas true, but the way i see it if im spending 1500 to 1800 on lt shocks another 700 for top of the line lt a-arms is not out of the question.

[jman7290]

Looks good man, but I like the style of the FullFlight better. You can buy better heims and ball joints from FullFlight now, they even have sealed ball joints now. My only complaint is how heavy that they are, but the Lifetime warranty makes up for that if you ever somehow bend or break an A-Arm!

[CJM]

I still wouldnt pay for full flights junk. By the time you add in the better ball joints and bushings you coulda bought some JD arms for the same price.

[jman7290]

Yeah your right, that's what I said after I bought them and the ball joints and heims went bad so fast. Wished I would of spent the extra $150.00 and got some Lonestars, but it was much cheaper to just buy the better ball joints and heims the second time around than all new Arms. I been real happy with the upgraded ball joints and heims so far.

[hondaracer44]

you wanna sell the fullflights?

[MtnEX]

Thanks for the thread!


Now did anyone ever tell the second dude he put his on backwards???? :confused: