He'd better be!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Nice to know I'm not the only one still into these little LT's

 

Looks good.

 

I noticed the angle of your tie-rods and I'm curious how much toe-out you get when the suspension is compressed? On my setup I had to build spacers on the spindle side to get the tie-rods as parallel to the ground as possible, thus reducing the toe-out effect I was seeing...


What a-arms did you use or are they custom built?

 

These are 1990 Lt 250s a arms, in the other photo the angle is off because of the shocks I stuck in during the Building phase, when I had the shocks made for my sons rider weight there is a 2 degree tow out at bottom and a 2 degree tow in with zero load. I had to shim under the steering post to archive this perfectly. Not sure what degree of caster u chose but in my case I went with 4degrees similar to a honda 250r. One thing is for sure I could not believe how well it works considering it was a one off build.

 

Lt 80 have experimented with the ct long travel pipe yet??? Seems to work good at high rpm, definitely loud though!!

 

Agreed...folks would be surprised how well these can handle. My neighbor has a stock LT80...it's night & day compared to my son's. I too, am surprised by how well our one-off custom rides/handles!


Glad to see another nutty father out there!!!!!

 

Yup. Exactly.. good on high. Terrible out of the hole. They recommend going to 3 rollers on a stock machine.
I tried and tried to get that pipe to work with my motors. After rolling 10 ft..watch out.

 

[QUOTE=DirtDevil101;3372197]I noticed the angle of your tie-rods and I'm curious how much toe-out you get when the suspension is compressed? On my setup I had to build spacers on the spindle side to get the tie-rods as parallel to the ground as possible, thus reducing the toe-out effect I was seeing...

Tis called "bump steer".

 

Lt 80 I had a little trouble with the low end but after some machining in the secondary I got the belt higher and fix the problem, only thing is it works best with a slightly worn belt, guess I will have to keep my other 2 machines stock to break in belts!!! FYI I am using three rollers but I made them from magnesium and I have them threaded so I can adjust weigh via set screws. Pipe would likely work better on a "stock" exhaust port.