rx7500hpt2 Posted March 15, 2005 Author Report Posted March 15, 2005 Its finally rolling and running. Took over a month to get the elkas. Compression and rebound adjustable dune edition. Just fitted the plastics and my buddy made up some stainless steel brake lines for the front. Just doing some last minute gussetting and tabs. Quote
willow2679 Posted March 15, 2005 Report Posted March 15, 2005 That looks SMOOTH and fast Very good work if you have more pics please post them How did you set the frame, you put the angles you want, or did you copy the geometry of other frame? Quote
racer Posted March 16, 2005 Report Posted March 16, 2005 that thing looks like a mean motha. if you can, get some shots of the spindles. good luck to ya, give a ride report to! Quote
rx7500hpt2 Posted March 17, 2005 Author Report Posted March 17, 2005 I origianally was going to make a 250r copy but I don't have one to copy. The front end I completely designed myself, the rest I used my stock banshee as a reference. My buddy gave me the idea of center mounted a-arms, alot of offroad trucks use center mounted arms. heres another spindle pic. Quote
rx7500hpt2 Posted June 2, 2005 Author Report Posted June 2, 2005 Nothing new yet, I'm busy working on my baja bug and last weekend my cr250 developed a squeak in shock pivot. I've been piecing a lt500 axle together, thats about it. Too much to do not enough time and money. Quote
banshee x Posted June 2, 2005 Report Posted June 2, 2005 Nice work! Back to the swing-arm I had a 86' 250r with a +4 cr 500 swingarm adapted to a 250r carrier w/fox 18" adjustable Fox shock off of a snowmobile i had to go this route because i tried several different shocks and could not find one one that would support a no-link suspension(had tried several different shocks and the local suspension guy could not figure it out either)maybe no-link is just a drag set-up? good luck with your project!!!! Quote
sanddragon2004 Posted June 27, 2005 Report Posted June 27, 2005 ttt 385742[/snapback] wow that looks like one mean mother of a desert runner! how much travel does that thing have? Elka is working on a LT rear for banshee that will give it like 13-14" of travel with linkage. that would be sick on that rear end! Quote
rx7500hpt2 Posted June 28, 2005 Author Report Posted June 28, 2005 It has 12in of wheel travel. I found that the spindle has a flaw that limits the amount of drop I could get. At full droop I gain alot of negative camber. I think Ive figured out what the flaw is but I don't work at a machine shop anymore. I can't make up some new shafts. I think with a stock spindle I could get over 14in of travel. It works real good as is. Quote
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