I saw some American Star +2 A-arms and noticed that they said, "stock suspension compatible" and was wonder if the a-arms are any good? Can you get Lonestars that will work good with the stock shocks or will it end up lowering the quad a whole lot? I don't want my frame hitting the ground everytime I land so I don't want it to lower the front to much... a little would be ok though.

 

I don't know anything about those A-arms but I do now that I would buy new shocks before I buy the A-arm. Aftermarket shocks may lower the quad but if it is setup right you won't bottom out near as much. I'm using PEP-ZPS Shocks with stock a-arms and it sets almost 2" closer to the ground and corners like a dream. It also jumps better then ever. With the stock shocks I'd bottom out atlease once every lap on my track, but with the PEP's I haven't for months.

 

Aaaah, American Stars are trash. They are the same company as Last Rebel Racing; the company that has a record of screwing their customers so bad, that they had to go out of business. It seems they would realize that customers wont do business with them, even if they change their name.

About keeping shocks, when you add 2" to the width, obviously there will be a bigger gap between your shock mounts, so it would lower the quad. The lowered height isn't really what the problem is, its just the valving of the shocks. Cannondales are set stiff, so it might not be a problem.

 

to answer the shock question,the stock shocks will bolt up same on the aftermarket a-arms, as on the stock a-arms,BUT,the extra width changes the leverage,thus makes the shock softer,possibly too soft,depending on the rider. example: I just got my LSR a-arms,I can use my stock shocks but will bottom out even easyier than before because of the extra width changing the leverage,,hope this helps [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] PEP ZPS's on the way [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

YoDaddy,

Why not send in your Ohlins to Ohlins USA and have them valve it for you and change springs? It would probobly cost a lot less than new shocks or A-arms and with a custom valved shock and spring rate you could get more sag. Don't forget about the rear either you could drop the spring rate on the rear and it would help also.

 

Any idea of what that costs? I'm deffinitely gonna have to play with the rear shock a little... the track I'm going to this weekend is supposed to be VERY rough and the rear shock reacts a bit to quick... it has me bouncin every where, especially in the whoops.