Suspension
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Suspension
Would it be possible to beef up an elite or sprees suspension enough to survive a ramp to dirt jump?
Along with my racing career im interested in building a moped that can be soared through the air much like motocross bikes.
Call me crazy but im landing the first moped backflip this summer
Planning out the 12 hour drive to the Pastrana compound in maryland now
Along with my racing career im interested in building a moped that can be soared through the air much like motocross bikes.
Call me crazy but im landing the first moped backflip this summer
Planning out the 12 hour drive to the Pastrana compound in maryland now
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Re: Suspension
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se50 crank...
SpreJunk 87elite in a spree body
ruckus variator , 3.5 tire , 1500 drive face spring , a 64 bbk ,
8 gram rollers, stock carb , after market air filter and 105 jet
Re: Suspension
If you did beef the suspension the frame would just buckle.
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Re: Suspension
...or shear a shocker mount. Or tear welds. Or mash rims. Either way a light weight scooter made for street use will suffer a structural failure one way or another, and will not be fun to experience as a rider or a spectator. When you see frames on dirt bikes with cracks in them and they're designed for off road use, can you imagine standing on the floor of a scooter and hitting the ground from a couple of feet of air? Ugly...
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Re: Suspension
short answer....NOSpreeMadness520 wrote:Would it be possible to beef up an elite or sprees suspension enough to survive a ramp to dirt jump?
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Re: Suspension
Beefed suspension or not, the spree/sb50 frames will bend on bigger jumps. The wheels,bars, engine mount will also bend.
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Re: Suspension
I think with enough reinforcement its possible, maybe a custom frame with stronger mounts and what not would survive it.
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Re: Suspension
why is this even being thought of? if you want to do something like this get the right equipment for the job. dirt bike not a scooter. no wonder your moniker is spreemadness. this is madness.
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how cares if the scooter will make it... its you that need to make it and i wood hate to hear you fkuc up big itme and now your * in a bag!!!
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looking for
se50 crank...
SpreJunk 87elite in a spree body
ruckus variator , 3.5 tire , 1500 drive face spring , a 64 bbk ,
8 gram rollers, stock carb , after market air filter and 105 jet
looking for
se50 crank...
SpreJunk 87elite in a spree body
ruckus variator , 3.5 tire , 1500 drive face spring , a 64 bbk ,
8 gram rollers, stock carb , after market air filter and 105 jet
Re: Suspension
SpreeMadness520 wrote: Call me crazy but im landing the first moped backflip this summer
Would that still be considered a moped/scooter?SpreeMadness520 wrote:maybe a custom frame with stronger mounts and what not would survive it.
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Re: Suspension
it should, remake the exact same frame just a lot stronger, you could even put the plastics back on it
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dirt bikes have swing arms.SpreeMadness520 wrote:it should, remake the exact same frame just a lot stronger, you could even put the plastics back on it
the scooter engine/trans is the swing arm.
By the time you converted it to handle landing a jump without breaking, it would not resemble a scooter anymore.
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Re: Suspension
Buy a set of Honda Spree body panels and hot glue them onto a Suzuki DRZ400 bike (or similar) and you're set.
Otherwise, this should not be done.
Otherwise, this should not be done.
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Re: Suspension
The suspension can hadle if you swap dirt bike ones on. The engine case won't. Those thise break in half just jumping off sidewalks. The frame might but that's after adding another 50lbs of metal to it maybe more then you might as well back flip a 50cc dirt bike instead
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Re: Suspension
i say go for it....it would be epic
be sure to post the vid
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