flipping rims

[paintslinga2010]

Then dont flip the,. Its not that huge of a deal. My rears are flipped and it doesnt make that huge of a difference.

 

[pelphrey]

I bought a set of flush mount valve stems. A set contains 4 of them. 2 of them are used and the other 2 are brand new. If your interested I will sell you all 4 of them and the adapter needed to put air in the tires. Send me a PM with an offer.

 

[yakuza]

I beg to differ......Flipped wheels make a HUGE difference in the way a stock bike handles.

 

[02yfm350]

even if they don't make a huge difference I still want to do it. Do you guys think I would be good if I flipped my rims, put the flush valves in and not worry about tie rod? all I do is TRY to wheelie LOL and I just spin and slide everywhere. If I jump I get a maximum 2-3 inches of air which is not a lot cause I can't make jumps.. but I am going to just bring a shovel some day and make some if my dad likes it or not! (yes im a bad ass) so anyways tell me what you guys think

 

[yamarider]

****, I told my dad about the tie rod thing and he goes "well we better not do it then" "its just a money pit" but really, I don't ride hard as in going off jumps right away so wouldn't you guys think it would be good? we could flip them until I go of jumps then get a stronger tie rod! help me with things to tell me dad so I can do it!!

I don't think you're really going to have trouble with your tie rod ends breaking. Like I said, I had my wheels flipped for about a year and a half. It was almost a year till I broke my first one, and it was my fault. The same thing may have even happened even if the wheels weren't flipped. I got stuck in the mud, and was walking alongside the quad as it was getting towed back out. The wheel caught a rut and pulled to the side all the way, and then when I pulled the bars to straighten it back out the end snapped. The second one I broke, actually just bent, was when I crashed head-on into a boulder-lined ditch 3rd gear pinned, so that's not really that bad. And I ride pretty hard, do a lot of jumping (and some crashing) and almost everywhere I ride is extremely rocky in certain places. I don't think you'll ever have a problem, and if you would happpen to break one, you can usually get a used one at the local shop for like 7-10 dollars. And yes, I know my front tires are ridiculously wide, and that probably doesn't help the tie rod situation.

 

[02yfm350]

ok thanks a lot, I just have to get my dad to let me do this ****. He never wants to work on anything, he just wants to sit and drink beer and talk with my uncle when i'm out riding I told my dad we should bring the quad home and he said it is going to be too cold and we should wait till it gets warmer. and I said wth so that will be the spring? so I'm just gunna bug him everyday!

thanks for the help/

 

[yakuza]

Or you could learn how to do this stuff on your own. It would make your life a lot easier if you knew how to work on your own bike.

 

[02yfm350]

exactly what I am going to do. It would be a lot better if I could keep my quad at my house and I could do a few things to it that aren't that hard. The worst thing that might happen is i might have to sell my quad cause of the lack of time to ride. we are looking for a new house with some land but my dad is cheap. theres a nice house with 5 acres for like $324,900 canadian and he thinks its too much, but you can't expect a 4 bedroom house with 5 acres to be cheap.

 

[dave76]

I bought the 2+3 ITP T9s with the stock suspention and had no problems, I did bend the tie rod ends but that was because I wacked a tree root in a really tight trail one time, and it actually spun the quad around, luckily I didn't get hurt, F'ed up the left tie rod and the tweeked the lower steering stem wear the tie rods mount. But you wont have trouble, and by the time the ball joints wear out you'll want a new quad anyway.