#1 2007-08-21 10:34:05

rhinoracer22

Member

Registered: 2007-08-21

Posts: 137

Re: weight curiosity....

I know that everybody knows what i'm talking about when I talk about the bucking affect of the rhino when it has the stock suspension. Especially when you jump, and how the front end loves to dive....

Well anyways, I jump alot, and my font end usually dives almost everytime.

The jumping and botoming out doesn't bother me, but now i'm rebuilding my roll cage and i'm taking off my bed to shed a few pounds. Now that i've taken my bed off and have less weight in the back, is my rhino going to do a front flip in the air or what....? haha I mean is it going to nose dive like crazy off of the jumps or am i going to have big bucking problems in the whoops..?

If anybody has done this or anything like this please give me some feed back. I'd like to know what to expect when I hit the whoop section out to comp at Dumont Dunes come this ThanksGiving....

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2007 Yamaha rhino; PRP seats, uni filter without box, CDI, terracross tires, ITP wheels, maier plastics, custom race roll cage, AC exhaust, Walker Evens shocks, HID headlights, Custom bumpers, Crow 4-point harnesess, etc.

max powers

Member

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 133

Re: weight curiosity....

don't let off the gas  until your about to land and you won't lawndart so bad.
also, if you gas it at the bottom, you will compress the suspension and cause a worse bucking affect.
you'll probably bust a shock before to long, then you can upgrade to something that can handle jumping.

Fasttrax

Member

From: West Jordan, Utah

Registered: 2007-06-20

Posts: 897

Re: weight curiosity....

Add a 400 lb rear bumper. that will solve it!

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Are we camping yet?

rhinoracer22

Member

Registered: 2007-08-21

Posts: 137

Re: weight curiosity....

HAHAHAHA THANKS GUYS. I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THE GIVING IT GAS THE WHOLE WAY. I USUALLY ALWAYS LET OFF AT THE TOP, AND YES, I'M JUST WAITING FOR MY 1ST SHOCK TO BLOW.

O ABOUT THE 400LBS BUMPER....I THOUGH ABOUT IT A BIT, I THINK I MIGHT MAKE ONE OUT OF SOLID LEAD. JUST TO SAY I HAVE A LEAD BUMPER THAT WEIGHS 400LBS....HAHAHA THANKS ANYWAYS.

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2007 Yamaha rhino; PRP seats, uni filter without box, CDI, terracross tires, ITP wheels, maier plastics, custom race roll cage, AC exhaust, Walker Evens shocks, HID headlights, Custom bumpers, Crow 4-point harnesess, etc.