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Offline Rainman56

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Re: Best year LT 250 for hybrid?
« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2012, 06:50:30 am »
Quote from: Iceracer on December 20, 2012, 06:05:40 am
As far as holding up in mx, better bring a welder with you. The newest of these frames are 20 years old now, as a 250 there not terrible, but expect to chase cracks. The best thing you can do to alleviate this BEFORE YOU mess with an engine swap, is invest in QUALITY shocks and suspension components OEM doesnt cut it. You will be faster with good suspension than you can ever be with a Crap suspension and a big fast engine.

Anyone I have ever talked to has said the same thing about Hybrids and MX, fun in practice but too much to hold onto to race, unless you run big wide open gp style stuff.

Kinda suspected that.Makes sense...Have to say my 250 has held up very well minus the rear swingarm cracking numerous times and the axle snapping.Have a Durablue in it now.
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Re: Best year LT 250 for hybrid?
« Reply #26 on: December 20, 2012, 07:44:30 am »
my 92 hybrid has held up great on MX for the couple years I was really romping around on it.  sadly these days i have hardly anytime to ride anymore. 
but it has ohlin shocks all the way around.   maybe our tracks are bigger down here or because Im big, but I wouldnt shy away from racing it on MX
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Re: Best year LT 250 for hybrid?
« Reply #27 on: December 20, 2012, 09:24:28 pm »
Quote from: ATVMXR on December 20, 2012, 07:44:30 am
my 92 hybrid has held up great on MX for the couple years I was really romping around on it.  sadly these days i have hardly anytime to ride anymore. 
but it has ohlin shocks all the way around.   maybe our tracks are bigger down here or because Im big, but I wouldnt shy away from racing it on MX

You using the stock swinger?
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Re: Best year LT 250 for hybrid?
« Reply #28 on: December 21, 2012, 09:46:42 am »
lonestar swinger and a-arms
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Re: Best year LT 250 for hybrid?
« Reply #29 on: December 21, 2012, 01:00:14 pm »
My hybrid's been in the air plenty of times, no issues.
It's seen some pretty rough terrain too.
I guess my take on it is that if you start out with a good frame and gusset/reinforce critical areas, you'll have a good frame for a long time to come.
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Re: Best year LT 250 for hybrid?
« Reply #30 on: January 06, 2013, 10:02:23 pm »
who all makes a pipe for this conversion?
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Re: Best year LT 250 for hybrid?
« Reply #31 on: January 06, 2013, 11:06:42 pm »
AAEN, Q (possibly Matt Shearer, I dunno the story between them), most any oof pipe can be made to fit, the CT pipe for the zilla can bolt to a hybrid, not sure if HPR or MHR offers any hybrid stuff but they're pipe builders so you never know.
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Re: Best year LT 250 for hybrid?
« Reply #32 on: January 07, 2013, 02:15:51 pm »
Skully should post up some pics, he does the hybrid mods
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Re: Best year LT 250 for hybrid?
« Reply #33 on: January 07, 2013, 02:43:06 pm »
here is my project
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Re: Best year LT 250 for hybrid?
« Reply #34 on: January 07, 2013, 03:49:32 pm »
I seen track side in mn makes homemade pipes for anything but figured someone had to have one already done so I don't gotta drive up there to have it made
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