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corndawg
06-21-2005, 11:13 PM
does it hurt anything besides the sidewalls of the tires to ride it up on 2 side tires, i was messing around today and was able to ride about 200ft with the left side about 1 1/2 feet in the air, should i stop so it wont mess anything up or will it hurt anything?
Trackburger
06-22-2005, 05:54 AM
You should be okay as long as you dont run over any big rocks to mess up your wheels. I always do this and always have and never had any problems.
SpeedBump
06-22-2005, 06:40 AM
It isn't going to do any immediate damage, but doing it over and over...long term will prematurely wear out your axle bearings...LOTS of STRESS being put on them riding like this. :w00t: Hey, I would just ride anyway ya want and worry about it later...just keep an eye on them, greased and tight.
http://users.adelphia.net/~cinnamonlou/pics/t4#1sm.jpg
OldSchoolin86
06-22-2005, 09:37 AM
I do it all the time, the extra "stress" isn't enough to worry about.
84honda 200X
06-22-2005, 10:48 AM
I dont know my buddy just had to replace his bearing in the front of hes Z250 because he was rideing on the side like that.
OldSchoolin86
06-22-2005, 11:00 AM
I dont know my buddy just had to replace his bearing in the front of hes Z250 because he was rideing on the side like that.
Hard to believe, I've been riding machines on thier sides for 15yrs and NEVER had to replace bearings because of that.
trikerider2oo7
06-22-2005, 11:26 AM
doing a bicycle shouldnt hurt anything too much more quickly than regular riding
slothminx
06-22-2005, 12:00 PM
it has got to be putting more force on the bearings everytime you go round a corner and it is essentially just riding an off camber piece of road. the only thing you got to worry about is tyres

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Blown 331
06-24-2005, 10:11 AM
I don't think it hurts the axle bearings either. I mean come one, most rear axle bearing in a 4-wheeler are bigger than axle bearings in a car or half ton truck. I can't see how a 350-400 pound 4-wheeler is going to hurt them.
400ccHomemade
06-24-2005, 08:03 PM
I do it, no bad bearings here.
TravEX
06-24-2005, 08:23 PM
I do it, no bad bearings here.


is that a motocycle front tire?
400ccHomemade
06-25-2005, 11:13 AM
Ya. The whole thing is a motorcycle. Except for the rear end.
84honda 200X
06-26-2005, 11:36 PM
Hard to believe, I've been riding machines on thier sides for 15yrs and NEVER had to replace bearings because of that.



But then again it was a Suzuki!!