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Do not mix offset and trail. The offset is the distance between the steering axis and the center of the front wheel. The trail is the distance between the steering axis and the center of the front wheel's contact patch. Here are some reference links: Bicycle and motorcycle geometry -...

No, with the front axle in the most forward position the offset is the largest, but the caster trail is the shortest, and the bike is set up for cornering ease rather than a high-speed stability. Like Tuner said, more offset = less trail = less stability. And vice versa.

Looks pretty simple. Find a green ground wire and connect it to the plug's ground terminal. The other two wires should be connected to the round pins, the polarity shouldn't matter.

The other way around, if the offsets are 22mm stock and 18mm optional.

You take the triple clamps off the bike. Then, I think, you flip the eccentric steering stem washers around, and bam -- a different offset. So, if the stock offset is 22mm and the other offset is 18mm, then the optional offset creates a longer trail and more stable steering, right?

I played with the rear sag today. I ran 102mm sag before because all the tuners recommended 100-105 mm sag. I was unhappy that the bike was understeering mid-corners. To my shame I have never played with the sag before on any of the bike's that I owned. I kept hearing the advice to play with...

You can also practice your replying or posting skills in the Test Area. This is exactly what that area is for. https://altaownersforum.com/forums/test-area.42

Here is the Entrepreneur.com article re-posted for your reference. Mikal E. Belicove Guest Writer June 28, 2012 8 Do's and Don'ts for Marketing on Online Forums and Message Boards Online forums and message boards can be fertile grounds for finding new customers or gaining insights from those...

We have to implement a new commercial sales and advertising policy: Personal member-to-member sales and advertising are unrestricted on this Forum. Feel free to post your items for sale in the Classifieds sub-forums. If you have created an Alta-specific product and would like to offer it to...

Awesome! Now all the carbon fiber drooling guys will want your skid plate. Will you be making a dozen? Also, curious, will you be laying the carbon fiber on the outside or on the outside? Is it a mold or a plug?

@TCMB371 has the same shock as on my newer MXR. He posted its OEM shim specs here: MXR Updated Stock Shock Valving

You can read your rear spring stiffness written right on the rear spring. The MX spring says "WP 63-265", which means 63 N/mm spring rate and 265mm length. Check yours and let us know. You might have to spin the spring around. The front spring should be proportional to that on the MX. Here are...

This thread went off-topic but in a good way. I have created a second MXR rear shock specific thread here: MXR Rear Shock v.1 vs. v.2

Here are the illustrations of different MXR shocks: Exhibit 1 -- A bad shock from my first MXR VIN #323: Exhibit 2 -- A really good shock from my second MXR #445: As you can see, the part numbers are different. The bad shock ends with a "1". The really good shock from a newer bike ends...

The front hub is 14mm wider. You can use 7mm spacers on both sides, plus 7mm spacers to move the brake caliper inward.

The EX uses the same suspension as the MX. I think even the spring rates are the same.

Damn! This whole thing is so sketchy. So many things could have gone wrong. You did great. That rhythm section after the triple was the most difficult. You nailed the one right after it. You had to keep doubling and doubling, even though sometimes it looked impossible, else slamming into those...

Last Saturday I went to do some rock crawling with a bunch of jeep guys here in Arizona. Had a Shinko Fatty in the front and a Dunlop MX52 120x80-19 in the rear. The pressures were not low, 15/12 psi front/rear, and I ran Tube Saddles in both tires to prevent rim dings and pinch flats when...

Main or no main -- this is still pretty awesome. You got to run a practice and two full races on a real supercross track! From here on, if you want to improve at this, you just need to keep doing it. Today you confirmed that you are competitive.

I have a couple of wishes: 1) I want my name in a more conventional and readable font. 2) I do not want a team number on the back. It will be hidden under my chest protector and my camelbak anyway, and I want to be able to use this shirt for other racing, where my number is different.