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Flox floats for drag bikes


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Maybe fouled can chime in on the weight difference between these and shaws? Are the floats still lighter then shaved shaws?

They're going to be very comparable. My 18" Fox Evols only weigh 4.5 pounds. Take off the rezzies and subtract a couple inches and they should be around 3 pounds.

 

 

 

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much better than shaws  IF your suspension can MOVE>  fronts work great on dual a-arm setups.  

 

single arm setups shouldn't move more than about an inch to 1-1/2" of total travel!!!!!!  the bump steer is horrible and will cause a wreck..  adn no you cannot just bolt one into an existing single arm setup..  

 

rears are easy to do.  you would just need them setup correctly.  and also on a rear setup if you want it comfy its going to have to handle some travel.  with a loooong arm this usually ends up with to much chain deflection and it will cause the chain to get tossed or become so tight on accel it will snap..  this is the main reason the LSR sand shark chassis looks the way it does.  it moves the swingarm piviot point right inline with the front sproket. and that causes no tightening or loosening of the chain through the suspension's travel.   that is bad ass..

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much better than shaws  IF your suspension can MOVE>  fronts work great on dual a-arm setups.  

 

single arm setups shouldn't move more than about an inch to 1-1/2" of total travel!!!!!!  the bump steer is horrible and will cause a wreck..  adn no you cannot just bolt one into an existing single arm setup..  

 

rears are easy to do.  you would just need them setup correctly.  and also on a rear setup if you want it comfy its going to have to handle some travel.  with a loooong arm this usually ends up with to much chain deflection and it will cause the chain to get tossed or become so tight on accel it will snap..  this is the main reason the LSR sand shark chassis looks the way it does.  it moves the swingarm piviot point right inline with the front sproket. and that causes no tightening or loosening of the chain through the suspension's travel.   that is bad ass..

single arms can have more travel than that, all the angles all have to be right and itll work. 1 to 1 1/2 inches might as well be a rigid.

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