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300ex wide front ends
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Posted by: SteveRidesQuads

Lets see some front ends. Tell your set up and overall width.

Mines Burgard+4 300ex LT a arms with custom axis 400ex std travel shocks. its 50 inches on the dot

Posted by: SteveRidesQuads

another

Posted by: SET THE STAGE

about 49 to 49.5 i believe

http://i16.tinypic.com/6h6ep77.jpg

yes... i'm aware of one of my wheels having a different offset. i'm working on fixing that lol

Posted by: JoE4554

400ex Burgard +1 Long Travel with Suzuki ltr450 shocks...i think about 48- 49 inches

Posted by: JoE4554

another

Posted by: SET THE STAGE

are you using the stock shock mounts? that setup looks pretty nice

Posted by: JoE4554

if your talkin to me , then yes , i am

Posted by: littledirt929

hey all you guys with the wide front ends i have and 300ex and i was wondering does the extened front end handle like alot better or does it just look cooler kinda new to this let me know thanks.

-David

Posted by: 2muchquad

yes it handles better.

Posted by: JoE4554

pretty much any type of extended arms will help in any type of riding situation, it all just depends on how wide you want to go

Posted by: littledirt929

OO ok thanks and i was also wondering i want to extened my front end but a arm are $$$$$ so i was wondering i saw this kit and it wasnt that expensice it like mounts were u mount your a arm then you mount your a arm to that thing and it makes them wider and is that like a lot load a bull or does that work??

-David

Posted by: JoE4554

if your talking about the kit on ebay, Its an easy way to widen your front end, but alot of stress is put on all the wrong places i've heard. Its supposedly not good for jumping and all that sort

Posted by: littledirt929

so prettey much just spend the money and get wider a arms..... where did you get yours????

-David

Posted by: JoE4554

I got mine used actually from on this site from the parts section. Got a great deal on them.

Posted by: littledirt929

nice man thanks well i have to go bed i got school but thanks for all the help i cant wait to check it out thanks again...

Posted by: 300ex mxracer

heres my old 300

Posted by: aaamx

littledirt929 i have the dimoind j customs kit on a blaster and it was raced on the national mx's here on the east coast. it was raced by a 165lb rider who was not afraid to jump it. its been 75 feet plus and we never had any problems with it. the lower plates are made out of a 1/4" flate stock and its made to keep all the steering and susp travel the same. i love the kit and would do it again. the only draw back would be if you need more travel than the stock susp could provide. i will try and get some pics up of my sons blaster.

Posted by: 300ex mxracer

Actually, the steering geometry is not the same as a-arms. The pivot point for the a-arms and the pivot point for the tie-rods are different. the a-arm pivot points are farther out, while the tie-rods are still in the stock position. This causes bumpsteer. I rode both and the bumpsteer is clear between the two.. I had this kit but switched to extended a-arms after i broke the top bracket and a tie-rod. This was on a 65ft double, and was not a hard landing. It destroyed a front rim and the frame.

Posted by: aaamx

well as far as I have seen and experineced not a single draw back. The system has worked fine and is still in use, but as like any racing product they can and will let go from time to time. Every rider and every bike is different so this is the info and you will have to make up your own mind. hope this helps

Posted by: klutch

Well hey atleast its wider than stock =] 400ex a arms, 450r shocks, and the relocator kit...

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg249/666_HondaTRX/DSC03497.jpg

Posted by: mxcowboy

hey steve im interested in that raptor 350 your partin out please read my comment and get back to me thanks

Posted by: JohnT_98300EX

Here's mine. I have 400EX lowers and 250R upper a arms, 400EX shocks and a KidsOnQuads relocation bracket. The rims are Douglas .160's and the offset adds to the width.
The nice thing is that bump steer is not a problem at all with this set up. The added offset of the rims had me a bit worried about that but is working fine.
As a side note, after market Unilug type wheel spacers, like used on cars, make a great spacer for the 250R ball joints

Posted by: twisted300ex

hey steve can you post some pics of your quad now.. with the new plastics and stuff and if you got them new spastic graphics on there could you post some pics of that to cuz i was thinkin about getting me some spastic graphics but i wanted to see them on another 300 first
thanx

Posted by: Cody_300ex

MY old 300ex +3 GDH LT a-arms With 2-3 wheels it sat right at 49.5.

Posted by: XCAdam89

Cody did you sell the Arms yet??

Posted by: 300maniac

yes he did sell them. I have them now

Posted by: XCAdam89

That's what I thought, just making sure.

Posted by: racer36

hey twisted, I thought you have a yfz now, or do you have that and a 300, if you have any picks, post em on the thread in the 300 section, thanks