RadarRacing Posted May 2, 2013 Report Posted May 2, 2013 Its not necessarily just that its a single aarm. My single aarm is a cadillac on whoops whether accelerating or decelerating. Not saying its completely right but on a single aarm if your shaws are soft at all on either a stock frame or chassis its like riding a 3 wheeler. You literally have to steer to keep the bike upright , add bumps and short travel with drag arms or shaws and they suck bad. Phelps that pic makes sense even if its done in crayon. Haha. Quote
atcandbanshees Posted May 2, 2013 Author Report Posted May 2, 2013 Ya the pic helped I understood what you were saying before and my tie rods looked exactly like the "bad" drawing but I flipped them around and now they look like the "good" hopefully that will work Quote
RadarRacing Posted May 2, 2013 Report Posted May 2, 2013 Also , if you have skinny little 17 or 18" front tires it will ride much differently than with larger tires. Quote
Phelps Posted May 2, 2013 Report Posted May 2, 2013 Phelps that pic makes sense even if its done in crayon. Haha. lol Quote
okbeast Posted May 2, 2013 Report Posted May 2, 2013 Would a shock placement like you drew be better/worse than having the shock run to the lower arm? Quote
Phelps Posted May 2, 2013 Report Posted May 2, 2013 i had both setups and neither really felt better than the other. i like the shock going to the arm over it being used to hold the spindle straight up and down.... at least if the shock mount breaks you still have some control vs the shaw/shock coming apart and allowing the spindle to become a flopping rag. Quote
Phelps Posted May 2, 2013 Report Posted May 2, 2013 perfect example of a horribly setup front single arm. the tie rods are mounted way too high on the stem and way too far back and the tie rod length was no where close to the same length as the arms. Quote
m671054 Posted May 3, 2013 Report Posted May 3, 2013 Looks like the rear arm mount and upper strut mount are lined up= little to no caster Quote
Phelps Posted May 3, 2013 Report Posted May 3, 2013 yeah there wasn't much thought that went into that chassis design other than looks. looks over function will get you killed in some cases. Quote
m671054 Posted May 3, 2013 Report Posted May 3, 2013 You have a picture of a single arm that doesnt use the strut to support the spindle. im interested in seeing this. sounds like it could be beefy Quote
m671054 Posted May 3, 2013 Report Posted May 3, 2013 Thats what i was picturing in my head. not as good looking in my opinion but looks stronger and safer. Quote
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