the exaust has to go for sure and i wouldn't trust that track either and what's up with the front suspension arms not being in the same angle?TLKD?any answers?
The attack angle (what Mountain Bikers would call "Head TUbe Angle" or what Motorcyclist would call "Rake") of the ski is too steep. That'll cause it to oversteer and throw you over the bar very easily and will probably act very weird in most conditions. Ever rode a Cross Country bike (steep head angle) going downhill... You know what's that about then. Problem is you can't reposition this angle without repositionning the back pivot of the upper A-Arm. You basically need to redesign the front end for it to work right. Somewhere aroung 65 degrees would be good. Right now it's almost vertical, plus the A-Arm suspension arrangement (pivot points) has a path that goes a little forward when you compress it (...) That means it doesn't have the ability to soak up front forward bumps as good as it should...
Talking about other stuff that might not work properly : the pipe is way too much in the way. I can see a guy bending the rear suspension AND front A-Arms because it's only flat bars, not tubes, not stiff enough laterally according to me. I bent my stock swignarms on my Hawk so that,s why I'm saying this. The rear shock push crossbar might bend (I Bent mine on my new suspension, went 1045 Steel instead of Alu, doubled my GF up the mountain just to double-test it, problem solved). If you stay below 25 horses the track might be good enough but you won't have enough of this motor i'm 95% sure, you'll want to soup it up, then the track might let go. Have you seen where the shifter is !
I really don't want to bash on this project because I see a lot of dedicated work done there, but there's probably a few reasons why (besides the dollar factor) it never got completed/tested...
"Nightmare" or "a lot of dedicated design & fab work every night for the next 6-7 months just to make it work as it should", call this how you want. To me I'd just start back on the drawing board, the process would be faster.
I see this as a Museum / Collection piece, I don't think it'll ever run as good as the designer had in mind.
