Thats what it takes to be fast. Wide and low. Some events classes are broke down to 350cc and up, so that has me racing with 450s and 700s and the like. So i need every advantage i can get. As far as the ball joints, they have a little more travel before they are setting on them alone. If they break, be a good excuse to buy extended aftermarket. Its just a chance you have to take to run with the large displacement quads. If you cant out run them, you have to out handle them. Most of the time i can hang really close with them or even beat them.