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What is now new is old,

What is old is new,


" Look" at history is has happing in past...

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Originally posted by DAKITEZ Someone please help out a non-engineer on how that leading link works. I just can't figure how it smooths anything out, besides the bushings of course will help a little, but i don't understand the bar

ok here is the advantage of the LL

The first video shows how much vibration the pilot is suffering from on a rigid buggy, and then the same stretch of beach with a Viper Buggy

Suspenion Buggy V Rigid Buggy

The second video, show what happens to the "anti roll" bar at the rear of the front wheel, in this case on the Dominator

LL on the Dominator


and this is a similar LL on a smaller Buggy

PL conversion

The anti roll bar stops the wheel from tilting over and keeps the wheel square in the forks

Finally the LL in action on the Cheetah buggy

LL on The Cheetah


Suspension on the rear of a buggy can alter many characteristic's of a buggy as the buggy will tilt on the kite side when powered up ( unless there is an anti roll bar added like on a car), but the front suspension is great, not only does it smooth out a rippled beach, it keeps the front wheel permanently planted on the ground, that in turn equals maximum grip, with a fixed fork, you hit a 4" gulley at 40 mph your front wheel is way off the ground that means for a split second you have zero grip on the front end....I have yet to be told by anybody who can give me a scientific reason why the LL cannot go as fast as a rigid fork on an upwind run

Thanks PTW. Seeing it in action really helped me understand how it works.

I didn't pay enough attention to the pictures to notice that the forks do not go directly to the wheel axle. They are set back making it like a pivot point. In the videos it looks like it works extremely well. Now I want one.

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Originally posted by DAKITEZ Thanks PTW. Seeing it in action really helped me understand how it works. I didn't pay enough attention to the pictures to notice that the forks do not go directly to the wheel axle. They are set back making it like a pivot point. In the videos it looks like it works extremely well. Now I want one.

Believe me once you have rode a buggy with a LL you will never go back....I went back to old school with the superbug 2 and had a fixed fork....one session on a quite smooth beach...I soon realised at the end of the day my knees were aching like mad. I soon made a new LL for the SB2

SuperBug 2

" THank You" Very good job on the expantion Carlas very very good..

" THank You" Very good job on the expantion Carlas very very good..

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Originally posted by DAKITEZ Now I want one.

keeps your skirt from flapping up and down.

nice work Popeye!

Popeye,
Great photos of the assembly of the SuperBug 2. I realy like the alignment jig you have to keep it all in place when fabbing it. Far more dedicated than my wood blocks and C clamps. Yours is more of a frame machine. May have to fab one up if and when I build another buggy.
Dave.