If the Lakota has 6.9 inches of travel in the front stock,how many more does it get if you turn the wheels around -vs- just putting some aftermarket spacers that normaly come at 1.5 inches each side? If doing either one of this methods and installing a DuraBlue Eliminator Axle(wich gives you 2 to 4 more inches of travel)in the rear(8.5 inches stock).Will it help the quad (Lakota) increasingly on the suspension area?What about the sharp corners and fast trails,will the quad be able to make them with better ease?[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

LakotaSportRider:

You can't gain anymore inches of travel by putting on wheel spacers or an axle. When you install wheel spacers, it gives you more width in the front. The Lakota is about 43 inches wide so if you put on 1.5 inch spacers in the front on each side the Lakota would be about 46 inches wide, but the suspension travle would not change at all.

Also the axle is a +2+4 axle which means you can make the back end 2 inches wider than stock or 4 inches wider than stock, but it has nothing to do with suspension travel. In order to gain more travel on your quad, you would have to buy aftermarket a-arms and a swingarm, and aftermarket suspension.

 

Well what im trying to know if is this going to help my quad or not?Oh I saw your web page nice quads , so did you felt a difference in the stability of the Lakota when you changed the tire size f/r? Your future mods were do you plan on buying them from?(A-arms,race plastice,FST 322 bore kit)[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

LakotaSportRider:

It all depends on what type of riding you do. If you ride a lot in tight trails, then you don't what to make it much more wider than it is. But installing an aftermarket axle is always better. Also when you put on spacers or if you flip the wheel around, it puts a lot more stress on your front spindles. Others in the forum have done this and didn't have any problems but it's just a concern.

Thanks for checking out my site. I haven't changed the tires on my Lakota yet, but I will be soon. I think I'm gonna get Razr's or Holeshots. You should talk to Gaff he has done a lot of work to his Lakota, he could give you alot of answers. As for the future Mods, FST-Four Stroke Tech makes kits for the Lakota, they have a 322 kit and a 354. I don't anybody who makes a-arms for the Lakota but I think that the Mojave a-arms would bolt right up. HSD Racing, and Burgard Cycle make aftermarket a-arms for the Mojave.

Hope that helped. Like I said ask Gaff and a few others, they could give you some more info on the Lakota.

Later

 

I can't help you on the spacers or the wider axle, but I have Works front shocks with rezzies on my Lakota and it feels like a completely different machine from the stock shocks. I'm not sure if I actually gained any suspension travel or not, but I think I am now actually able to use the travel that is there more efficiently. The quad is much smoother in the woods now.