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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/16/2008 9:55:08 PM

CTownForeMan

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You are right. But mud and ruts are totally different stories. Paddles are made for ruts and need to be spun SLOW so they don't get ahead of themselves and eat away what they need to grab.

It you want to get into a mud hole and spin the tires fast thats fine but don't expect to run paddles and spin tires fast in ruts and do any good.

Also deep mud holes don't take on fast speeds well. Maybe thick surface mud would be great for high speeds but a slow rate of speed with big tires would do better in deep mud to let the tires grab and not spin them too fast. They will dig too bad.

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/16/2008 10:11:04 PM

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ORIGINAL: 4wheel4eva

i have had more luck in some holes where you have to nail it and spinn the tires like crazy. think canam,they have low ground clearance but mud good

and thats how u get lots of broken parts too

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/16/2008 11:26:45 PM

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I have been on a few rides with "The Giant Killer" and to tell u it lives up to the name

. I've seen the Honda spin the paddle fast and slow and either way its a force to be reckoned with!!!

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/17/2008 10:37:23 PM

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/18/2008 7:36:41 AM

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I have imbarrassed a few extended bikes but nobody believes such a bike with nothing would or could do it.

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/18/2008 9:28:04 AM

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when i first saw paddles on an axle like that, i thought it was for playin in the water. u learn something new everyday.

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/18/2008 10:13:03 AM

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I have imbarrassed a few extended bikes but nobody believes such a bike with nothing would or could do it.

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/18/2008 10:23:11 AM

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Have yall ever had these in real hard bottom holes with ruts? Ive always wondered how they would work in GA since we have a good bit of holes that are rutted out with HARD red clay.

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/18/2008 10:59:18 AM

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well I have never broken a drivetrain part, and i wish i could put an axle paddle on my wheeler because i can see that they work really good

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/18/2008 12:33:46 PM

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In a completly hard bottomed rut they work GREAT but are very rough. I find they work best when they are being used in muddier conditions so they are not so rough but when on hard clay they bit hard and do great. Ill try to get some pictures or video's of mine in ruts when i finish it.

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/18/2008 10:39:40 PM

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If the rut is hard, there's almost no stopping it. I went to Mud Creek with a few friends a few weeks ago. I hit every hole I came across and only found one that I could not come out of without a little bit of help. I easily went through holes that stuck a Polaris 500 with a 2" lift and 28x12.5/9.5 Outlaws! There were a few rutted holes where I had about a foot of air between my tires and the bottom and the paddle just walked me across!!

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/19/2008 12:38:20 AM

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here's my old sp400 with axle paddle i made for it while i was back in college few yrs ago. funny thing riding one night hit a big hole and my paddle hit my muffler and bent it to were it didnt have any flow out and killed the eng took me 30 mins fig out what was wrong lol. if anybody had a sp400 they'll know what im talking about the muffler has lil pipe sticking out the bottom side.

i dont know how post a pic but here's link below
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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/19/2008 7:05:39 PM

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Yal are crazy...But I bet one of those suckers would fly thru some puddin!!

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/26/2008 1:58:14 AM

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you should put some pontoons on it and take it fishin

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/26/2008 1:01:25 PM

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i wonder how well this would do on a big red 250 lol yall got me thinking now .lol

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 6/26/2008 11:05:28 PM

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That is wild, never ever seen anything like that!!! Looks great!!!

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 9/28/2008 7:13:38 PM

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Anyone ever done 1 for a recon?

And how does thoses small paddles on 1 side do? They still work good?

And wat about a 3weelr, yall ever done that?

Pics Pleez!!!

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 9/29/2008 9:24:14 AM

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And how does thoses small paddles on 1 side do? They still work good?

Not very good. There's not enough surface area for the paddle to grab. Also, being on one side doesn't do much when you high center.

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 9/29/2008 10:03:37 AM

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I just saw this for the first time. Dang that's cool. That would totally rock in our muskeg. Now I wish I'd bought that SRA suspension afterall.

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 9/30/2008 4:12:46 PM

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Well..anyone ever do a small atv or ever a 3weelr?

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 9/30/2008 6:09:47 PM

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I should have some new pics in about a week of the "new" design paddle. It gets me excited just thinkin about it. LOL!

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 9/30/2008 9:36:16 PM

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Well..anyone ever do a small atv or ever a 3weelr?

A Honda 300 is about the smallest bike i've seen with a paddle. It would easily be possible to do on a shaft drive Honda Big Red 3-wheeler, although I don't think it's been done before.

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 10/1/2008 7:44:18 AM

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I think these guys were interested in one for a Honda Recon. I had one planned, but the sold my recon before I was able to get it built. I don't remember who I spoke with, but here is the idea we came up with. It would be a slip on design. Using about a 6 inch diameter pipe, weld a cap on the end. make holes to match the bolt patter of the ATV. Weld the paddles to the 6 inch pipe (not sure on the diameter, just big enough to clear the hub). With this, I think you would have to get longer studs to make it work. Most of my riding is trail, but every now and then I go for a good mud run, so I would have been able to easily install it when needed. Haven't saw any built like this, it may not hold up, but that was the idea another member had came up with (he had built several paddles, just can't remember who it was).

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 10/1/2008 8:05:27 AM

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I think these guys were interested in one for a Honda Recon. I had one planned, but the sold my recon before I was able to get it built. I don't remember who I spoke with, but here is the idea we came up with. It would be a slip on design. Using about a 6 inch diameter pipe, weld a cap on the end. make holes to match the bolt patter of the ATV. Weld the paddles to the 6 inch pipe (not sure on the diameter, just big enough to clear the hub). With this, I think you would have to get longer studs to make it work. Most of my riding is trail, but every now and then I go for a good mud run, so I would have been able to easily install it when needed. Haven't saw any built like this, it may not hold up, but that was the idea another member had came up with (he had built several paddles, just can't remember who it was).

I understand the idea, but it wouldn't really be an axle paddle, more of a tire paddle. Simply getting a more aggressive/wider tire would do the same thing.

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 10/1/2008 8:16:56 AM

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Not at all would a wider tire held. The paddles would be moved near the center of the bike and you could use one on each side. CtownForeman (sp) has/had some built like this on his foreman

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 10/1/2008 2:03:15 PM

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The closer they are to the center of the bike the better it does. The paddles I build have a paddle "wheel" directly in the center. This basically makes it impossible to get high centered. Hub paddles do ok but you still have a gap in the center that is where the most traction can be found.

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 10/1/2008 3:54:40 PM

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Well i was thinkin about a set for my recon but i was also thinkin bout my 3 weelr. ya i got sum 22 gator on that recon so i fall into the 28in holes left by my buddies fairly often. axel paddles wood solve this. the 3weelr wood jus b bad A$$

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 10/1/2008 4:26:51 PM

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On the recon, it would have to be on the left side (when viewing the rear). You would be able to get very close to center. You could probably weld a cap on the other end with a cutout just large enough to slip over the axle and housing (would have to take the hub off to get it on/off). Either way it would be effective. Here is my old recon with 2 inch lift, if any of you guys have better ideas post them up. I posted a link to this thread for info for a couple different people wanting the paddles on a recon, so it would be beneficial for them.

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 10/1/2008 4:47:06 PM

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^^^what year recon is that? Are the new ones any different?

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RE: Let's see the bikes with Axle Paddles - 10/1/2008 6:31:20 PM

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just thought i'd throw this one in there...........this was from a bike at christfest 08

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