Hey guys took a serious tumble on the raptor today. I was trying to climb a hill and stallled it. Well the quad did'nt make through. It rolled for probably 150ft downhill. The crappy thing was that towards the end it hit a lip and flied 10 to 15 ft in the air and landed in a bush. I bent my axle and bent the bars and managed to get out of the way of the rolling raptor. Its was a pretty amazing site seeing that thing roll downhill and see it fly in the air and land in a bush. Anyways I was looking for a good after markmarket axle. Iam not on a budget so I was looking for a decent axle. I was thinking going about 2 inches more on the axle. What do you guys think. I ride mostly trails and hillclimbs with the occasional trip to the dunes and iam not big on big jumps. What about bars I was thinking of running some pro tapers atv bends. Well let me know guys? Iam feeling kinda lucky about not having that thing hit me. I got hit by my quad last week in the tricepe. Not feeeling to good in the arm. MAybe I'll have to give up hill climbing?

 

I personally have been using a Lonestar Excalibar on mine for the last 4 years with no problems. In your case, I think I'd go with the new G-Force axle. Should be a great buy for the money.

Also, chances are that your steering stem is bent as well. They're pretty flimsy, and easily bend with the bars.

 

How could tell if the stem is bent. I looked over it pretty good. I rode it back to the truck bent axle and all it seemed to ride straight?

 

Unless it's bent real bad, you probably won't notice its bent until you put the new bars on. I didn't.

 

RPM axle is pricey. I have NOt seen any bad remarks about it. look around.

 

RPM is one of the best if not the best, but Lonestar is good, and i haven't had one problem with my Durablue. the G Force is supposed to be a great axle according to Dirt Wheels, but you can't rely on them, but it's hard to beat $199 compared to a 300+ dollar axle.

 

Anyone know who has good deals on RPM Axles.

 

plus the gforce comes with a locking axle nut and a lifetime warranty. you will have to wait until march before its back in stock though.those things sold out quick[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

oh yeah i'm sure they did, 199 bucks and it's a +2 on each side, yeah i'd buy one too, actually thinking of ordering one this summer