Motorcitymadman
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Hi All,
New to the group and just wanted to give a heads up on oversized wheels, offsets and how it effects the safe handling of the machines. I'm sure a lot of you know this already, that it is very dangerous to put offset wheels on the front.
We went on an 140 mile ride up in northern Michigan this weekend on advanced trails, and I rolled my quad three times. These trails are nasty with big rocks, stumps, tree-roots, sidewalls that go straight up three or four feet. The tires sticking out 3 or 4 inches further on each side than they are supposed to totally screws the steering up and here is how. Looking at the front of the machine, the centerline of the tire from the centerline of the balljoint distance is much greater than a stock setup. What this does is give anything that hits the out side of the tire great leverage to rip the bars right out of your hands, plus they grab the ground really good so when the wheel gets yanked quick, the quad flips over. I got the bruises to prove it. Anyways, this is just for anyone considering putting wide stance rims on the front. And as I said, many of you probably already know this. My big rims and tires are off and I'm back to all stock wheels. Hate it cuz they looked really nice on there. It isn't worth breaking my neck over.
There is only one thing worse than flying off your quad and getting slammed on the ground, knowing the 550 pound running quad is going to land on you in about one second. :shock:
Ron
New to the group and just wanted to give a heads up on oversized wheels, offsets and how it effects the safe handling of the machines. I'm sure a lot of you know this already, that it is very dangerous to put offset wheels on the front.
We went on an 140 mile ride up in northern Michigan this weekend on advanced trails, and I rolled my quad three times. These trails are nasty with big rocks, stumps, tree-roots, sidewalls that go straight up three or four feet. The tires sticking out 3 or 4 inches further on each side than they are supposed to totally screws the steering up and here is how. Looking at the front of the machine, the centerline of the tire from the centerline of the balljoint distance is much greater than a stock setup. What this does is give anything that hits the out side of the tire great leverage to rip the bars right out of your hands, plus they grab the ground really good so when the wheel gets yanked quick, the quad flips over. I got the bruises to prove it. Anyways, this is just for anyone considering putting wide stance rims on the front. And as I said, many of you probably already know this. My big rims and tires are off and I'm back to all stock wheels. Hate it cuz they looked really nice on there. It isn't worth breaking my neck over.
There is only one thing worse than flying off your quad and getting slammed on the ground, knowing the 550 pound running quad is going to land on you in about one second. :shock:
Ron
