For the last year I raced a suzuki kingquad 450 on the local harescramble series. This year i plan on racing the blaster i've been fixing. Needless to say, I need some coaching when it comes to manual transmission... How do you guys take on big hills? What gear is best to go into them? How far down do you downshift? How do you control the front end from lifting so much?
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the key is to to try and keep the engine at the powerband. take as much speed into a hill as u can, and down shift when u feel the engine is about to lose acceleration, hard to explain in text realy
Well 2nd Gear is a good power gear i usually hit the bottom of the hill in 3rd and bang that baby into 2nd when needed
in a harscramble you want to be consistant not go thru as fast as you can you will get wore out fast
just go at a steady pace then when you get the white flag for the last lap let it all out
just go at a steady pace then when you get the white flag for the last lap let it all out
Why do you think chris boritch most of the time would be in 4th place and come back on the last lap to win??
By the looks of it, as soon as you come off that ridge on top, kick it down a gear, wait till tires touch, then hit the powerband.
So the race was a blast for as long as it lasted. Crazy hills up and down. Tons of bikes showed up (of which there were a couple of sick blasters). Unfortunately for me, after 10minutes of crazy up and down action, the ball joint on my right lower A-arm decided to take a vacation and completely came off the A-arm. I have to admit the A-arms were very old. I am also using the norman spindle set up for front hydros. Having this said, how could this happen? Did I miss something on the setup with the norman spindles or is this what happens eventually to all old A-arms?
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