lowering kits

chris99 · #1 07-28-2005, 07:02 AM

I have been reading up on lowering kits for the 660 or other quads. will lowering my quad help keep the front end down off the line? i dont do a lot of jumping so im not concerned about clearance as much but i dont want the thing bottoming out either. what do you guys think about them?

ktyfz · #2 07-28-2005, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by chris99

I have been reading up on lowering kits for the 660 or other quads. will lowering my quad help keep the front end down off the line? i dont do a lot of jumping so im not concerned about clearance as much but i dont want the thing bottoming out either. what do you guys think about them?

I don't think a lowering kit will help much with keeping the front end down. Lowering will help stabilize the quad when cornering. If you want to keep the front end down get an extended swingarm. You can put a bigger front sprocket would help too.

Vinny3299 · #3 07-28-2005, 04:56 PM

yea has to do something after getting whooped by a stock yfz ;-0 my yfz isnt stock any more ;-0 no excuses heheh...

j/k

chris99 · #4 07-28-2005, 06:13 PM

lol! vinny, dude, put the pipe down and step away that stuffs bad for you!

oh, btw your last one wasn't stock either but for the life of me, i cant figure out why you sold it. Thought it might have been because it got beat by a raptor. lol you have to admit it was funny timing lol

hey did you get your friends, oops i mean your pipe tight? cant have that thing leaking

chris99 · #5 07-28-2005, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Crunk

I don't think a lowering kit will help much with keeping the front end down. Lowering will help stabilize the quad when cornering. If you want to keep the front end down get an extended swingarm. You can put a bigger front sprocket would help too.

im actually going to a 12tooth in the front. the reason i asked about the lowering kit keeping the front down is because i saw a guy selling them and he said that it makes the swingarm paralell with the frame and its supposed to help. i donno if its true or not i guess ill just have to try it out.

i do need it for cornering as well

**Woody_YZF** · #6 07-28-2005, 10:50 PM

Ditto on what Crunk said, if you want to keep the front end down, get a longer swinger.

ktyfz · #7 07-28-2005, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by chris99

im actually going to a 12tooth in the front.

Going to a 12 is only gonna make it worse. Go to a 14 if you want to keep the front end down, plus you'll pic up some top end. I'm sure Vinny will love that too

chris99 · #8 07-28-2005, 10:58 PM

well i want to get the front down but i still want to launch hard. im getting set up for sand and im told ill need the 12 tooth to turn my paddles strong.
i guess i cant have both unless i get a longer swingarm.

ktyfz · #9 07-28-2005, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by chris99

well i want to get the front down but i still want to launch hard. im getting set up for sand and im told ill need the 12 tooth to turn my paddles strong.
i guess i cant have both unless i get a longer swingarm.

In sand your gonna hookup better then in dirt, so if your front is coming up in dirt then it'll come up even more in sand. When I drag in sand on my YFZ my front comes up all the way through 3rd and I'm running 1 size bigger front sprocket too. You can also compensate with your body weight by starting with your weight forward and then shifting it back as you get out of the hole. Launching for dragging takes practice, but once you get it down it makes all the differences in the world. From the 300' drags I've been in the race is won or lost out of the hole. Also, learn to start in 2nd!!!!

chris99 · #10 07-28-2005, 11:29 PM

yea i do start in second first is just to high. it does take some getting used to. i sit all the way on the tank and once i go im on the back of the seat. i have to hit it just right because too much throddle and it wants to flip me off .too little and it kills it so i have been slipping the clutch a bit off the line. and thats no good. soon ill be hitting woody up for a new clutch as well.

**Woody_YZF** · #11 07-28-2005, 11:34 PM

A 12 tooth will give you major torque and you'll be shifting through the gears fast. A front sprocket is pretty cheap though, so you can always give it a try and if you don't like it change it back.

ktyfz · #12 07-28-2005, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by chris99

yea i do start in second first is just to high. it does take some getting used to. i sit all the way on the tank and once i go im on the back of the seat. i have to hit it just right because too much throddle and it wants to flip me off .too little and it kills it so i have been slipping the clutch a bit off the line. and thats no good. soon ill be hitting woody up for a new clutch as well.

Ha! I feather out the clutch like mad, especially on the track! Your clutch should be good for a while. Sounds like you're getting the technique down for launching though. Like Woody said, front sprockets are cheap so get a few.

chris99 · #13 07-28-2005, 11:41 PM

i got the chance to ride one with the 12 tooth and i liked the low end it had i didnt get off the line hard because i didnt want to have to fix it if i broke it. i think i will get one and try it out.

**Woody_YZF** · #14 07-28-2005, 11:53 PM

I almost never feather the clutch. On 2nd gear starts, I just drop it and go.

chris99 · #15 07-28-2005, 11:55 PM

i used to drop the clutch with my dunlops but with the new kendas it gets way to much bite.

sjd78 · #16 07-29-2005, 06:04 PM

Well Chris if you do get the lowering kit let me know how it handles after instalation! If I'm not riding with ya that is lol