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.
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
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?
lonestar swinger and a-arms
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.
who all makes a pipe for this conversion?
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.
Skully should post up some pics, he does the hybrid mods
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