I'm looking to buy a KQ 700 but when I saw the IRS on the ATV, I didn't felt very comfortable. I don't know if any has previous experience with the following part of the suspension... there is a "link" that is set just after the foot rest of the atv that link together the arms on the IRS and a sort of stiffing bar that swings up and down along with the movement of the suspension, is gray color like aluminum I think but it looks pretty unprotected and not very robust...

Any comments?

Thanks!

 

I have followed many forums and posts since buying a KQ 700 myself a year ago. There has never been a reported problem with the IRS. I think you are looking at the anti-sway bar. Never heard of a problem with it.

 

Thanks for the response, I don't know how that bar is called but it is se on the frame above the skid plate between the engine and the rear suspension part of the ATV

 

what is the anti-sway bar for anyway? Excuse my ignorance but haven't seen that before on a polaris for instance.

 

That's why Polarises sway. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

Actually a rear anti sway bar has been a common component of high berformance automotive suspensions for years. What it does is limit the 'sway' or lean away from a corner by tying the sides of the suspension together with a torsion bar of a predetermined strength.
Some people disconnect the King Quad's suspension sway bar and are able to navagate the rough and have the rear wheels at radically different heights while doing rock work, without the body doing strange things. Of course there is a comprimise with high speed handling when you do that. Some say though that they can hardly feel it. You'd have to see for yourself I guess.

 

do you think that if the sway bar is disconnected but with the ATV loaded on the back with camping items (somewhere around 100#) it might help on estability at high speeds? I do go in rocky terrains.

 

I'd leave it. It's a superior suspension the way it is designed. The guys disconnecting the anti sway bar are doing ridiculous things like having one back wheel 2 feet higher than the other one.
Parlor tricks, these and not neccessary for good riding.

The bar isn't an extra piece of needless equipment. It's part of a well designed system. Works for me! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

And yet look what I found on another site!

Subject: Take it off!!! (at your own risk)

"I went on a good 30 mile ride today in the pennsylvania mountains with my swaybar removed. Definately a difference! I think for the better but it suits my riding style. I'm not one for punching it into a corner so it will slide and it's definately harder to slide with the bar removed.

The big difference is in the rocks. Pa is known for them and the King handles them much better without that swaybar. I run stock shocks with 26" highlifter MST's as tires. I didn't take nearly as much of a beating this time out.

I think you owe it to yourself to try it. It's easy enough to do should only take 30 minutes. If you don't like it put it back.

As with all mods do this at your own risk. Suzuki puts it there for a reason.

Jer
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Subject: Take it off!!! (at your own risk) Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:29PM
I've had mine out for a year and half now, and could not imagine going back to one. I do have upgraded shocks which helps with stability, less dive. Once you learn how to ride without it, it will corner as good, if not better than before. Hitting angled ruts, or bumps that are on one side of the trail are a breeze to handle.
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Let me see if I understand this correctly, first I was thinking that the sway bar was there so that when cornering the ATV wouldn't slide but it would hurt performance on rocks. Now with the other site quote, I understand that the sway bar will make the ATV slide on corners and will help tremendously on rocks... Is this right? Ind your opinion, which way it will tend more to tip or slide when cornering?

 

It'll tip more readily without the sway bar. It will slide more readily with it. The back wheels will accommodate really extrordinarily rough and uneven rock better without the bar. It will handle better overall in most situations except that really slow speed-severe terrain stuff, with it.