That's interesting what you said with the chain getting looser as the kit collapses. I road race 1000cc bike in the US on the west coast and I am fairly proficient with my suspension and bike set up and the professionals I have learned from (and what I've seen) on supersport bikes atleast, the chain gets tighter as the swingarm comes up. If you have it too tight the chain will bottom out the suspension and take away from the compression of the shock. Probably how the tensioner is ran with the kit and the soft strut collapsing but interesting.
Yes you are right on sport bikes and on Moto. It’s all in the swing arm angle. When bike is normal, the swing arm is angled down a bit, as it goes through the stroke and the swing arm gets inline with the countershaft sprocket. That’s it’s longest (tightest) point, then as it goes past that, in Moto anyway cause of more travel, as it goes past, you start to get a little slack in chain again. The geometry of the Snowbike kit. It gets looser as it compresses cause as it goes up, the sprocket jets closer to the motor
Hey Frank, This year is my first year running scratchers but I just use the Skidoo scratchers and they have been working pretty good, you have to drill a hole in rails but they just mount towards the front of the flat part of the rail and I welded little knob on the end so it hooks and stays on the rail when I wanna Stowe it away
Hey Cody, thanks for your videos. I rented a bike last year and built my first one this year! is there a specific reason for why you use your foot break vs your hand break or is it mostly a comfort thing for yourself?
Hey Zak! That’s super rad, good to hear! So as far as the rear brake go, there is a few reasons. First off is the brake on a snowbike is a rear brake, so if you ride a lot of dirtbike it’s a lot more natural to have it on your foot, you can also use it in more situations I find rather then trying to work it with your throttle hands. And lastly it’s is 100% more natural to do brake taps in the air with a foot brake!
@@CodyMatechuk111 Right on man, I'm transitioning from sledding and so it all feels a little different because this is my first real bike in general. I have it hooked up to my hand brake, but maybe next year I'll switch it up after riding my first real dirt bike all summer with the rear brake! Thanks for the reply!
Thank you, this video is very helpful,
Thank you for all the great basic information. Do appreciate all the torque specs and all the help. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks Cody.
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That's interesting what you said with the chain getting looser as the kit collapses. I road race 1000cc bike in the US on the west coast and I am fairly proficient with my suspension and bike set up and the professionals I have learned from (and what I've seen) on supersport bikes atleast, the chain gets tighter as the swingarm comes up. If you have it too tight the chain will bottom out the suspension and take away from the compression of the shock. Probably how the tensioner is ran with the kit and the soft strut collapsing but interesting.
Yes you are right on sport bikes and on Moto. It’s all in the swing arm angle. When bike is normal, the swing arm is angled down a bit, as it goes through the stroke and the swing arm gets inline with the countershaft sprocket. That’s it’s longest (tightest) point, then as it goes past that, in Moto anyway cause of more travel, as it goes past, you start to get a little slack in chain again.
The geometry of the Snowbike kit. It gets looser as it compresses cause as it goes up, the sprocket jets closer to the motor
Hey Cody Thanks for another great tips and tricks. What do you run for scratchers? Where did you mount them? Thanks
Hey Frank, This year is my first year running scratchers but I just use the Skidoo scratchers and they have been working pretty good, you have to drill a hole in rails but they just mount towards the front of the flat part of the rail and I welded little knob on the end so it hooks and stays on the rail when I wanna Stowe it away
Hey Cody, thanks for your videos. I rented a bike last year and built my first one this year! is there a specific reason for why you use your foot break vs your hand break or is it mostly a comfort thing for yourself?
Hey Zak! That’s super rad, good to hear!
So as far as the rear brake go, there is a few reasons. First off is the brake on a snowbike is a rear brake, so if you ride a lot of dirtbike it’s a lot more natural to have it on your foot, you can also use it in more situations I find rather then trying to work it with your throttle hands. And lastly it’s is 100% more natural to do brake taps in the air with a foot brake!
@@CodyMatechuk111 Right on man, I'm transitioning from sledding and so it all feels a little different because this is my first real bike in general. I have it hooked up to my hand brake, but maybe next year I'll switch it up after riding my first real dirt bike all summer with the rear brake! Thanks for the reply!
@@vokeyguitars Not a bad idea! Its worth a shot, always good to experiment to find what you like!