I just bought a blaster for my daughter. I ride dirt bikes and never owned a quad. I want to make the quad as safe as possible. I bought wheel widening spacers and now looking into extended swing arm. This is for trail riding, there are a lot of whoops where we ride and want to try to stabilize it. Should I extend the swing arm? If so how much longer? I found 2 inch bolt on extension kit with everything I need, is that a good route to go? If not I also found i can extend the swing arm myself, I am a good fabricator and welder so no problem but I don't know how long to make it.
swing arm extension
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The advantage to a extended swing arm is that you can be more aggresive without it lifting up. Like when launching out the whole for instance. On a stock blaster +2 is plenty for her. I wouldnt imagine shes smash the throttle asking for trouble anyways. +2 is a good extension.
I ran the +2 swingarm extention on my bike for about a year. I rode aggressive in the trails. I do not jump high. I never had any problems.
Thank you for the reply. Yeah sounds like 2 in would be enough. She is a beginner and doesn't gas it much so not sure I will bother extending it if it only helps on hole shot. I thought it might help over the whoops or even help keep it straighter if she does get it sideways. Does it help at all with those?
The main thing I noticed with the extended swinger is wheel spin. I am running a +4 now and it spins a lot more.
