Meatheads and MX riders, few questions.

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@crAppAchic0

One of the things I found that helped reduce arm pump - use your legs more. Granted that was on a bike, not a quad- but same thing applies, I’d guess.

Grip more with your legs into the frame- maybe slapping grip tape on the frame rails might help (rips the crap out of your boots though, so try it with a crappy old set of boots first)- but the whole point is to be able to use your arms and legs efficiently the majority of the time, and still be able to manhandle the bike/quad when you need to. You’ll feel your arms get less and less fatigued, and you may even notice it in your lower back as well.

Other things to try- try a set of very hard grips- transfers the vibration even moreso than normal- forcing you to relax your grip more than normal- great to practice with if you’ve got an extra set of bars that you can swap on and off occasionally.

sadly, the same thing doesnt apply on a quad as on a bike. I used to ride dirtbikes before I decided to switch over and my sister still does ride so I ride her’s every once in a while. I can countless laps on her bike, where I would get tired with half the laps on my quad…just think about it…

on a quad you are fighting 4 times the width, twice the weight, you pick up 3 times the track conditions etc. I have a steering dampener on my quad but that doesnt help for arm pump.

As far as frame rails, I have pro peg nerf bars on my quad. The pegs are 4" wide…

I also have a anti-vibe steering stem on my quad, with a anti-vibe tripple fat bar clamp along with the steering dampener. I dont get alot of bad vibration but I still get enough due to my quad being a hybrid and having a dirtbike motor instead of a quad motor which have internal balance rs to reduce vibration.