i want to get a set of +2 lonestar race a-arms. what i want to know is do i have to get long travel suspention for that or can i use my stock length shock becuase i want to buy works triple rates and i don't know if it would fit

 

You only need long travel shocks if you buy long travel a-arms. If you buy regular +2 a-arms your stock shocks will bolt right up.

 

Yeah what he said but your stock shox aint gonna be stiff enough for that extra leverage and you'll be bottoming em out all the time. Shox irregardless must match a arms.

 

If you buy new shocks for the LS aarms, be sure to tell the shock tech that you have extended aarms...

 

you dont want to use your stock shocks, and I dont recomend that you get the works, they just arent keeping up with the technology that the others are Elka or Axis are the top choice

 

I would get a cheaper set of a arms such as armadillo, wicked, ect. since they are just as beefy, and don't require you to spend excess money on offset rims or other various parts such as ball joints. You can then use the money you saved to go all out on suspension. I can't tell you how much I recommend axis, elka, pep, tcs, or ohlins over the works, they are by far superior over them. If you buy the suspension just save a few months longer, you'll be many more times satisfied with the mentioned brands over the works. I have the armadillo a arms, and they've taken all sorts of beatings on boulders, ect without getting any dings once so ever (they are very thick chrome moly steel, and well powdercoated too).

 

i don't care how far ahead in technology elka and axis are im not spending 1200 on shocks im not rich

 

The money you can save from NOT buying the lonestars and rather buying one of the cheaper a arm sets will give you enough to pick up some of the simpler sets of the good brands of shocks. Lonestar is just overpriced for us rec riders, I'm just trying to help you get the bigger bang for the buck. Just figure you can save 2 to 300 on a different set of a arms, and if you just saved about 1 to 200 more you could end up with dual rate elkas or similar.

 

alba makes a good set of A arms but if you go to motojoe.com they probably have the best deals on combo sets, you can get the rec lonestars with elka dual rates with rez and braided brake lines for $1200

 

I picked up my triple rate zero preload Elkas for my 400EX, for under $500. They're so much better than the Works I ran on my Banshee.
J.