Rear Axle / Front End Question for Ice racing

[bamaquad]

Well, I think I've officially decided on what I'm doing for the front end, I think I'm going to run r6 shocks on the front. Instead of a lowering kit. 2 bolts and the shocks are out vs pulling the a-arms off completely. Fairly cheap investment. (like $70ish) for 2 fronts. looking into options for the rear.

Put a 2 in spacer on the right front and right rear to offset it to +2 on the right side. Get the adjustable turnbucle off ebay for the rear.

[SULLY0556]

  Krandall,
  Take a weekend and come over here.  We've got a very nice oval and road track on a lake just out of town, usually 15-25 bikes there every weekend. We also set up a drag strip.  First weekend of Feb is the big party.  I'll even put you up for the weekend.

[SULLY0556]

   I bought a set of Honda 250 shocks off Ebay and they slip in the front real nice.  Lowered me about 4" and still have a little suspension.  I also made my own sway bar that works pretty well.  I flip the link on the rear suspension to drop me another few inches and call it good.  My problem is too much engine for the track, when I get on it I have a hard time holding traction.  New tires are here and I'm waiting for KK to ship the studs.  I nut every stud on the inside to hold them in tune better and it works pretty well.  I'm trying a new tire design on the front this year and am still deciding on how to stud them up,  If I load them up too much I'm afraid it'll skate.  Any opinions on that?


Sully

[SULLY0556]

  Oh yea,  I like the idea of spacing the right side out 2"!!  My problem is it really sucks when we jump to the road track...

[Bert]

Sully what are you running for a front tire?
My front 20" Razor MX's have 300 studs each. I liked them but it would be nice to play around with tire/stud combos 

[SULLY0556]

  I'm going to try the Carlisle trail wolf.  Lots of meat down the center and plenty of room for studs.  I'm looking at a minimum of 182 per tire but there's lots of room for more, I'm just worried about them skating with too many studs...

[SULLY0556]

  I ran dirt hooks last year which I love but I can't find any this year.  I also tried trimming my rears which is supposed to work better when the track gets messy but I didn't notice any difference.  I'm trying a new pattern on the rears this year so we'll see how it works.  Here's some pics of last years tires.

[Krandall]

damn, I'd love to get out there this winter!!!!

I'll hit up up if I do!!!

[SULLY0556]

  Open invitation!  Come on a weekend when we're playing and you can come be a rock-star with us! 

[Flynbyu]

He would rather be a groupie.



~Brian

[SULLY0556]

   His boobies aren't big enough!   

[Flynbyu]

This girl was in the crowd?

We're there dude.

~Brian

[SULLY0556]

  That was last year.  I wasn't watching for the dude, I was enjoying the show... 

[Bert]

I wasn't sure what would work so I left myself the option of adding studs. I liked they way they felt so I left them.


The rears need some shaving to be effective for passing on the outside

[Krandall]

I think it's in Quad that has some good tips on how to stud the tires.