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Raptor 350 => 350 Suspension Work => Topic started by: exentix on June 15, 2008, 05:14:43 PM
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after yesterdays ride, ive come to the conclusion i want new shocks, but i dont want to spend a fortune on new ones, but after me and devan talked about it a little, he mentioned a thread from the "other forum" lol that a guys found a 350 for sale with yfz 450 shocks on it... anybody care to shed some light on this situation? is it possible? will it help the ride at all or will it mess up things so much it will be worse?
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shit I dont have the elkas anymore :lol:
I can you tell you for sure a 450 rear will NOT fit.
I'm guessing the 350 had a widening kit like mine had but with a shock conversion kit also.
www.diamondjcustoms.com
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shit I dont have the elkas anymore :lol:
I can you tell you for sure a 450 rear will NOT fit.
I'm guessing the 350 had a widening kit like mine had but with a shock conversion kit also.
www.diamondjcustoms.com
i remember reading about the thread but devan said by the picture, he could tell it was a direct mount up? i dunno but i would buy your elkas if you still had them lol... i know they make a conversion kit though
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99% sure its not a direct mount up. these are alot longer
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I remember reading about it, yes, it was a direct mount up. Lemme go look..
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Yea, it was craigslist posting and now its deleted. But if they did fit and i could find a cheap set i
would will do the same thing.
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exentix, whatever that means, dont do it. you will get a upgrade eventually. youll regret the money you spent on your 350 ( i did for my blaster). hell who knos you might get devans ( tell your mom to do better in bed) :lol: just messin man
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exentix, whatever that means, dont do it. you will get a upgrade eventually. youll regret the money you spent on your 350 ( i did for my blaster). hell who knos you might get devans ( tell your mom to do better in bed) :lol: just messin man
:swinger: = :jerkoff: = :humper: eventually ='s :hang: Exentix = :puke:
even though i just said i would do the same thing, i agree. I would have to think about dumping MORE money in a 350...
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im pretty much done dumping money into it rk, except for some small things like tires after i wear mine off and im getting warning label covers, but i cannot stand the suspension on this thing, i had to stand up 50% of the time last time i went riding lol... but yea about that other part, you can talk to devan about that :confused: im going to my corner to cry now :'(
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I hate having to ride standing up because the suspension sucks so bad.
I ordered some sweet warning label covers from here http://www.hardlooks101.com/items/yamaha/list.htm?1=1 .
I got a large left front fender tribal blank, and a skull and cross bones but i dont remember what border, and a mounting kit :wootwoot: $27 shipped
Should be here sometime this week. Ill post pics :thumbs:
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I hate having to ride standing up because the suspension sucks so bad.
I ordered some sweet warning label covers from here http://www.hardlooks101.com/items/yamaha/list.htm?1=1 .
I got a large left front fender tribal blank, and a skull and cross bones but i dont remember what border, and a mounting kit :wootwoot: $27 shipped
Should be here sometime this week. Ill post pics :thumbs:
i think im getting some soft grips too, the ones i have arent too great, nicer than the stock ones but not very soft lol
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your supposed to stand when riding
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when everybody else is sitting and i have to stand?
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I hate having to ride standing up because the suspension sucks so bad.
I ordered some sweet warning label covers from here http://www.hardlooks101.com/items/yamaha/list.htm?1=1 .
I got a large left front fender tribal blank, and a skull and cross bones but i dont remember what border, and a mounting kit :wootwoot: $27 shipped
Should be here sometime this week. Ill post pics :thumbs:
i think im getting some soft grips too, the ones i have arent too great, nicer than the stock ones but not very soft lol
Get Pro Taper Pillow Top grips, i love them! very soft and tacky, they are like $11 on RMATV
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im pretty much done dumping money into it rk, except for some small things like tires after i wear mine off and im getting warning label covers, but i cannot stand the suspension on this thing, i had to stand up 50% of the time last time i went riding lol... but yea about that other part, you can talk to devan about that :confused: im going to my corner to cry now :'(
meow
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im pretty much done dumping money into it rk, except for some small things like tires after i wear mine off and im getting warning label covers, but i cannot stand the suspension on this thing, i had to stand up 50% of the time last time i went riding lol... but yea about that other part, you can talk to devan about that :confused: im going to my corner to cry now :'(
meow
haha good one :rofl:
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hmm thats strange, my quad came with yfz shocks :confused: :help:
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your supposed to stand when riding
Not the whole time though! Riding a bike with bad suspension you'll do anything to lessen the blows to your lower back and knees.
~Brian
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hmm thats strange, my quad came with yfz shocks :confused: :help:
woah! mine too! :grin_nod:
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I have a friend that purchased YFZ shocks (front only) and had them modified to fit his Warrior. A local shock guy cut them down and revalved them.
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your supposed to stand when riding
Not the whole time though! Riding a bike with bad suspension you'll do anything to lessen the blows to your lower back and knees.
~Brian
kidneys belts help a lot for me and ive torn that muscle in my lower back from pitching.
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Ex don't you have the kit from diamond j/ :confused:
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Do you know if a Warrior a-arm is the same as a Raptor 350 a-arm ?
I received my yfz shocks and my warrior is sitting in the garage, I can look into it to see the difference for you :thumbs:
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Do you know if a Warrior a-arm is the same as a Raptor 350 a-arm ?
I received my yfz shocks and my warrior is sitting in the garage, I can look into it to see the difference for you :thumbs:
I am pretty sure there the same.. ???
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Ex don't you have the kit from diamond j/ :confused:
i have a front lowering and widening kit, i dont think its from them tho ill check tomorrow. i just had devan order it off ebay when i was at a friends ???
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Ex don't you have the kit from diamond j/ :confused:
i have a front lowering and widening kit, i dont think its from them tho ill check tomorrow. i just had devan order it off ebay when i was at a friends ???
o0o. Well I was going to say just buy the conversion kit for your front end and a set of yfz 450 shocks up front.
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have you looked at their prices tho?... its like 400 bucks for brake lines and lowering kit and everything, plus the cost of the shocks, for that price i could buy elkas or something... then i wouldnt have to worry about the lowering kit breaking on a jump or something that would happen to me lol
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have you looked at their prices tho?... its like 400 bucks for brake lines and lowering kit and everything, plus the cost of the shocks, for that price i could buy elkas or something... then i wouldnt have to worry about the lowering kit breaking on a jump or something that would happen to me lol
if you look at their auctions instead of their buy it nows you can choose whatever kit you want if you win, i think ???
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We will usually have auctions on shock converion kits and auctions on widening kits. We want to point out that if you win one of our shock conversion kits, you can choose either the Honda 300ex to 400ex shock conversion kit, or the Warrior shock conversion kit. If you win one of our widening kit auctions,
you can choose any of our widening kits (even if the model in the title of the auction is a different model). For instance, if you win an auction with the title "Honda 400ex Widening Kit" you can still choose to have us send you the Yamaha YFZ450 Widening Kit, just by sending us an email after the auction has ended. If you have questions about this, please send us an email and we will clear up any questions you still may have. DiamondJCustoms@yahoo.com
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Yamaha-Raptor-350-Shock-Conversion-or-Lowering-Kit-Only_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43974QQihZ007QQitemZ170050784844
You already have the lowering kit for the front don't you? Buy that 80$ piece and a set of yfz 450 fronts, and there you go.
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We will usually have auctions on shock converion kits and auctions on widening kits. We want to point out that if you win one of our shock conversion kits, you can choose either the Honda 300ex to 400ex shock conversion kit, or the Warrior shock conversion kit. If you win one of our widening kit auctions,
you can choose any of our widening kits (even if the model in the title of the auction is a different model). For instance, if you win an auction with the title "Honda 400ex Widening Kit" you can still choose to have us send you the Yamaha YFZ450 Widening Kit, just by sending us an email after the auction has ended. If you have questions about this, please send us an email and we will clear up any questions you still may have. DiamondJCustoms@yahoo.com
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Yamaha-Raptor-350-Shock-Conversion-or-Lowering-Kit-Only_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43974QQihZ007QQitemZ170050784844
You already have the lowering kit for the front don't you? Buy that 80$ piece and a set of yfz 450 fronts, and there you go.
what the hell does that do exactly? allows you to run longer shocks?... it doesnt look very sturdy to me
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Basically yea. Your very picky aren't you? You want cheap but you say it doesn't look sturdy. Your gonna ether have to go cheap or go elkas or works.
:lol:
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Basically yea. Your very picky aren't you? You want cheap but you say it doesn't look sturdy. Your gonna ether have to go cheap or go elkas or works.
:lol:
not cheap, i dont mind spending money on stuff that is worth it but i dont want to have my freakin shocks snap off in mid ride :lol:
it would be just as much to get that 80 dollar piece and yfz shocks as it would to buy elkas and get them set up for me specifically
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Hey, I finaly got some pic of my yfz on the warrior, well it don't fit bolt-on, they are too long, there's too much distance for them to fit.... Here's the pictures
(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm203/vreds/Warrior%20yfz%20shock/HPIM2228Large.jpg)
(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm203/vreds/Warrior%20yfz%20shock/HPIM2229Large.jpg)
(http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm203/vreds/Warrior%20yfz%20shock/HPIM2231Large.jpg)
sorry it don't fit bolt-on, unless you do a little bracket.
What i would do if I were to really do this swap, i would make a bracket that bolt to both OEM upper shock mount then extend it to fit the higher upper mount of the shock, that would do the trick, but it takes time...
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told ya its not a direct fit bitches.
and vreds thats exactly what the kit does :thumbs:
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Lol, I didn't look at the kit.. maybe i'm a good engineer ?
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Lol, I didn't look at the kit.. maybe i'm a good engineer ?
well did make your own custom brake relocation thingy ma jigger :lol:
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ok i just measured my length of my shocks from eye to eye its almost 14.5" and yfz shocks are 15.5"....
so... does anybody know the length of something like 400z or 400ex shocks?
im open for ideas here lol
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get the lowering bracket vreds. Or maybe the dimondj +2 extension, but just for the a-arms, leave the shocks at stock. SHould stretch it out enough to give you some room. Or, give me the shocks. :lol:
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I don't want these on my warrior, it was just to show what a yfz front shock look like on a warrior and why they don't fit ;) they're on my 700 now.
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ok i just measured my length of my shocks from eye to eye its almost 14.5" and yfz shocks are 15.5"....
so... does anybody know the length of something like 400z or 400ex shocks?
im open for ideas here lol
just buy the freakin kit and the shocks already or some used works
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ok i just measured my length of my shocks from eye to eye its almost 14.5" and yfz shocks are 15.5"....
so... does anybody know the length of something like 400z or 400ex shocks?
im open for ideas here lol
just buy the freakin kit and the shocks already or some used works
lol i wanna do something... does anybody know anything about the bracket? would you trust it or should i just get used aftermarkets?
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ok i just measured my length of my shocks from eye to eye its almost 14.5" and yfz shocks are 15.5"....
so... does anybody know the length of something like 400z or 400ex shocks?
im open for ideas here lol
just buy the freakin kit and the shocks already or some used works
lol i wanna do something... does anybody know anything about the bracket? would you trust it or should i just get used aftermarkets?
well i know how you ride (meow) so you should be fine with them not bending. Just dont pop a wheelie, hit a bump, and come down sideways and bounce several times and its all good
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ok i just measured my length of my shocks from eye to eye its almost 14.5" and yfz shocks are 15.5"....
so... does anybody know the length of something like 400z or 400ex shocks?
im open for ideas here lol
just buy the freakin kit and the shocks already or some used works
lol i wanna do something... does anybody know anything about the bracket? would you trust it or should i just get used aftermarkets?
well i know how you ride (meow) so you should be fine with them not bending. Just dont pop a wheelie, hit a bump, and come down sideways and bounce several times and its all good
haha yea at least i ride OUTSIDE of my own yard :lol:
i think it will be ok but ya never no lol... oh well... i need a new cell first then ill probably work on getting that and setting money aside for a vehicle too
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ok i just measured my length of my shocks from eye to eye its almost 14.5" and yfz shocks are 15.5"....
so... does anybody know the length of something like 400z or 400ex shocks?
im open for ideas here lol
just buy the freakin kit and the shocks already or some used works
lol i wanna do something... does anybody know anything about the bracket? would you trust it or should i just get used aftermarkets?
well i know how you ride (meow) so you should be fine with them not bending. Just dont pop a wheelie, hit a bump, and come down sideways and bounce several times and its all good
haha yea at least i ride OUTSIDE of my own yard :lol:
i think it will be ok but ya never no lol... oh well... i need a new cell first then ill probably work on getting that and setting money aside for a vehicle too
exentix 1
kyle 0
:owned: :rofl:
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ok i just measured my length of my shocks from eye to eye its almost 14.5" and yfz shocks are 15.5"....
so... does anybody know the length of something like 400z or 400ex shocks?
im open for ideas here lol
just buy the freakin kit and the shocks already or some used works
lol i wanna do something... does anybody know anything about the bracket? would you trust it or should i just get used aftermarkets?
well i know how you ride (meow) so you should be fine with them not bending. Just dont pop a wheelie, hit a bump, and come down sideways and bounce several times and its all good
haha yea at least i ride OUTSIDE of my own yard :lol:
i think it will be ok but ya never no lol... oh well... i need a new cell first then ill probably work on getting that and setting money aside for a vehicle too
exentix 1
kyle 0
:owned: :rofl:
who rides a 450 and who rides a 350?
-1 for the 350
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kyle-1
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ok i just measured my length of my shocks from eye to eye its almost 14.5" and yfz shocks are 15.5"....
so... does anybody know the length of something like 400z or 400ex shocks?
im open for ideas here lol
just buy the freakin kit and the shocks already or some used works
lol i wanna do something... does anybody know anything about the bracket? would you trust it or should i just get used aftermarkets?
well i know how you ride (meow) so you should be fine with them not bending. Just dont pop a wheelie, hit a bump, and come down sideways and bounce several times and its all good
haha yea at least i ride OUTSIDE of my own yard :lol:
i think it will be ok but ya never no lol... oh well... i need a new cell first then ill probably work on getting that and setting money aside for a vehicle too
exentix 1
kyle 0
:owned: :rofl:
who rides a 450 and who rides a 350?
-1 for the 350
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kyle-1
my 350 sees more action than your 450...
exentix-1
kyle-0 :lol:
remember kyle, its not the size its what ya do with it
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Well since this topic is way off track, Locking it down.
Exentix, feel free to start another if your issue is unresolved.
Aaron