I'll be goin w/ the 421 and +6 soon, hope i got enough body english to keep it down
Where is the breaking point?
I got a Shee with a 4 mill cub motor. I just got the motor done this winter and had been ridding it on a + 6 swinger, looking at the sky all day long. When I came back from Memorial day I found that my +6 is cracked in numerous spots. I am having a +8 built for it now. This is just a play bike not a full on drag. I have heard that +8 is to long to be a fun bike to ride down in tree shots. The question is how long is to long when just wanting to have a good all around bike. The +8 is almost done so my bed is made but I just wanted to get a feel of what others thought.
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my buddy runs a +6 on his +10 mil.. iits a pay in the a#$ .... its fun but u cant use the motor for what its built for ... u get on the gas..then u have to let off all the time... its hell of fun to ride.but it makes u work to much...
you can have your swingers gusseted and they will hold!
In my opinion, anything longer than a +6 is going to make it hard to maneuver. I probably would have stuck with a 6 if I were in your situation.
My duner is a 7 mil stock cyl on gas that makes low 90's. I run a 6 because it is fun to ride... real hard to launch in a drag race, but its a duner. A good 4 mil cub on gas is going to make another 10hp.... should be REAL fun to ride, but even harder to launch. so a 8 should put you pretty much the same. I weigh 265lbs tho, so if you are lighter it will lift less because the rider weight transfers to the rear tires as a fulcrom. Another option is the tires, I run 10 buffs. with 9 non buffs I can't even get the front end to come up at all.
On my 4 mil cub with gas and cleaned up only was in the 90s. It was fun to ride, +6 with 10 paddle haulers, not extremes.
Tires spun alot...and it would wheelie on command all day long. +8 might be a little tough to manuver...
You could always add gear or adjust air pressure to calm the bite, the problem is the HIT on the motor...from nothing to RIGHT NOW!!!
Tires spun alot...and it would wheelie on command all day long. +8 might be a little tough to manuver...
You could always add gear or adjust air pressure to calm the bite, the problem is the HIT on the motor...from nothing to RIGHT NOW!!!
i duned a 350cc alky with a +8 on it it was hard to wheelie a lot BUT in the tree shooters as long as the turns were not really tight it was a blast. it never really lifted up even on the steepest grade. but was just kinda crappy wheen i wanted to wheelie around... try less paddles it will be better on the 6 over.. i had 11 extreme's on my 485 pv motor on a +6 waYYYYY too much power for a dunner/ dragger i couldnt launch it for [censored]t.. buit man those override shiftin wheelies in between the dunes was FUN!
I've got a +8 on my 421 and it's a handful. At times it'll stay on the wheelie bar for about 200 ft before letting the front wheels down. With no bar, I had to sit on the tank and lower the rear down to the ground to launch comfortably. This was with 15 pdl extremes..I doubt you'd be running those on a duner though. Just giving my experience.
The way it will be set up is 14/44 gearing 22's 10 paddle super lites. From reading what everyone has wrote it will still pull the wheels off the ground and I will be able to dune it around just need to be a little more creative.
The whole light switch with the cub motors is so true. It is either in the power or not and with the +6 I was clutching the hell out of that thing to make it up hills I used to be able to roll in and out of the throttle no problem with the old 350. I think its just a matter of getting more comfortable with the power.
The whole light switch with the cub motors is so true. It is either in the power or not and with the +6 I was clutching the hell out of that thing to make it up hills I used to be able to roll in and out of the throttle no problem with the old 350. I think its just a matter of getting more comfortable with the power.
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