I just bought the Grizzly, I love it, but I feel like it could be a little more stable. Does anyone have any suggestions? Shocks, wheels? The cheaper the better.

 

also I meant to ask if anyone knew of a good pipe that was not too loud and would one from 07 work? thanks.

 

you could get wheel spacers.

 

also Welcome to the forums

 

question. whats the safety record on wheel spacers, I have had wheels come off before and that was a one time thing, but I wonder about doubleing the number of bolts, is that making that more likely to happen? do you have to check the wheels more often? if not that sounds great, because I really love the quad its just a bit tipsy for my taste and I dont want to give the impression that its a bad machine I love it. Im just a little rusty and my last one was a Honda 400 and thanks for the welcome!

 

i'm not sure because i've never had them. i didn't think the grizz would be top heavy because they lowered the gas tank, but i'll find out how it feels to me when i get mine.

 

Dont go over 1" wide with the spacers, or the detriment to handling will outweigh the improvement in stability.

DV

 

Do you have aftermarket tires? I would go with a wider tire before I did spacers. I had a 2003 Grizzly 660 that seemed a little tippy. I added 26" ITP Mudlites and it improved things greatly. Stock tires are 8" and 10" wide front to rear. The Mudlites are 10" and 12" wide front to rear. I now have a 2007 Grizzly 700 and added 26" Mudlites before I took it home from the dealer. The Grizzly 700 feels much more stable than the 660 ever did. Get rid of the stock shoes. You may also look at where your adjustable shocks are set. If you have not adjusted them, give it a try. They are adjustable to five different positions. Dialing them up will stiffen the ride but give you less body role when cornering. Dialing them down will soften up the ride but increase body role. Just make sure that your shocks are on the same setting on both sides. You can, however, have different settings from front to back. For example, I have my Rhino set to the firmest setting on the front because I have my snow plow attached and the rear is set down one notch from max firmness to soften up the ride a little. During the summer, I will set front and rear to setting 3. On my Grizzly 700, I have all 4 shocks set to 3. Hope this helps...

 

If your still running stock tires I am going to guess what your experiencing is mostly tire roll under. The stock Dunlops have very soft side walls and roll under very easily. Try running 7.5-8.5 psi in the fronts. I bet you will notice a dramatic difference. Getting new tires would be the very first thing I'd do. The stockers are probably the weakest thing on the Grizzly.

My stock wheel set-up was Front tires at 7.5 psi, rear tires at 5.5 psi with the front shock preloads on the softest setting and the rears on the third setting. This set up allowed me to power slide through corners and got rid of that "tippy" feeling I think you are experiencing. I ran my stockers until I burned them up which didn't take long.

Here is a link to a post that is worth a read to everyone. http://forums.atvconnection.co...atid/5/threadid/522027 It does a great job at explaining how suspension really works, how to test if yours is set up properly and gives you the information to quickly make the proper adjustments. I find it fun testing my setup out to see how it performs. I'll also say that even if this is your first time setting this up if you had a portable tire pump and a wrench to adjust your shocks it will take you less than a hour to find what your bike likes...then you can fine tune as you ride.

Good luck

 

I would just get a set of ITP aftermarket aluminum rims and tires (holeshot ATRs, Mudlites, Terracross, etc.). The ITP rims are effectively 1" (I think) wider than the stock rims once they're mounted. Even with stock sized ITP rims and tires, my 2005 Grizzly is much more stable. Wheel spacers are kind of a waste IMO.