|   I HAD A VISION 14" OF UNBEAKABLE TRAVEL | BIGHITBOY
Jan 28, 2002 6:10 PM | | duriing my afternoon nap i light came and told me a great idea. i dont know if it will work but i saw a yz 250 (dirt bike) and it had a 14" travel fork that had HUGE stanchions and a 35mm trough axle. could u get this on a bike it would kick ass high low compressin and rebound high price tage and wheight but it might work. i need to get the steerer tube width! any body know more on dirt bikes i want this thing |
| Dude, get a grip. | Flip
Jan 28, 2002 6:14 PM | | nm |
| WHAT'S UNBEAKABLE TRAVEL? | Zonic Man
Jan 28, 2002 6:21 PM | | You're losing it, son. |
| Bird-proof | cg
Jan 28, 2002 8:56 PM | | I think he means that while the bike's sitting in a bike rack, birds can't accidentally change the suspension travel. It's a nice feature, especially since the birds would probably be drinking rainwater out of the trough axle anyway. |
| go back to sleep (nm) | Jm
Jan 28, 2002 6:24 PM | | nm |
| I WANT TO DO IT!!! | BIGHITBOY
Jan 28, 2002 6:39 PM | | it will take a few paychecks but i want to try the fork on the 02' yz 125 or 250 or 426 who knows if it will fit. it will kill every fork out there look at the damn thing its huge and bad jcust like me lol! no one will beable to break that thing ive got to figure out the headtube deal though anyone have a yz! |
| It will destroy your frame... | DanburyG
Jan 28, 2002 6:51 PM | | and besides it has practically been done. nothing new. Things like that dont work when WE have to power it. fossil fuels my friend, fossil fuel..... |
| There is a pic of bike in the gallery with a MX fork. NM | CraigH
Jan 28, 2002 7:01 PM | | nm |
| YOU CAN DO IT ALL NIGHT LONG!! | Jm
Jan 28, 2002 7:35 PM | | it will be funny when it breaks your bike in half. |
| Don't come back... | Till U Do
Jan 28, 2002 7:51 PM | | and shut off those fricken CAPS. |
| re: Won't work, here's why... | kail
Jan 28, 2002 7:21 PM | | 1. The head tube on a dirt bike is like 2" in diameter at least. 2. A dirt bike fork weighs about 20 pounds + or - a few.
3. Even the lightest springs you could buy are designed for a 210 pound bike and a minimum rider weight of 110 pounds. You could never use all of that travel on a mere 50 pound bike. You would break your arms and probably your back before you bottomed that thing out. I once did a 20' drop to flat at 45 miles per hour on my KX 250 (unintentionally; I failed to check out the landing). I still didn't bottom out the bike and I almost broke my arms and ankles on impact. On a good hucking bike such as a TMX or Army, you'd be lucky to use 9 inches before your arms broke.
4. If you want to get really crazy, just buy a damn MX bike. They're cheaper than a full blown hucking bike and blow them out of the water in every area of performance. Yeah, and go back to sleep. You'll come back to your senses in the morning. Good luck to ya! |
| re: I HAD A VISION 14" OF UNBEAKABLE TRAVEL | biggghit
Jan 28, 2002 7:53 PM | | Dude, what's all this talk of big this and big that? Are you trying to compensate for a lack in another area all together? There are pumps you can buy for that you know and I don't mean a Blackburn. Nah, just kidding but that is a bad idea though. You'll never be able to use all the travel and you'd just be lugging all that extra weight for nothing. |
| re: I HAD A VISION 14" OF UNBEAKABLE TRAVEL | krispy
Jan 28, 2002 8:09 PM | | did you know one leg weighs25lbs? Try an avalanche |
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