Just bought a PitPro 140

[geezus18]

Hey,
i have a pit pro i got about two weeks ago and the rear hub broke apart and the bearing broke out. the rear wheel was a throw away, so i got myself a 15mm axle hub and filed out the swing arm so the 15mm axle would fit. oh by the way i was jumping it over a smalish table top about 3m long and got about 1m hight i reckon. that was all good for awhile but now it seams the frame is bending a bit. It might be i just got a lemon.

i cant see how all those preoblems came from doin a tabletop that big...ive been jumping twice that on my Atomik ad its still holding up! im guessing you have the pitpro 125 because the 140 comes with the 15mm axle stock. sound like you got a lemon...

 

[Zent]

Zent, what type of pitpro is it?

Well i bought it only a couple weeks ago off ebay so i assume its a 07 mod, its a 140cc and looks the same as the one in the posts. I agree with you Flarry the frame is bending and not just my bike but i have found that talking to others at the track they have had same problems, and no im not fat only 74kg. but in saying all this i guess its what you pay for, but all else is good on the bike and the motor i find is quite strong. dont worry to much about bending frames unless your jumping it.

 

[geezus18]

ive put my atomik frame through hell and it hasnt bent..i cant see how a double tube cradle mount frame can bend easier...???

 

[Maylands Performance]

I have the same Pitpro frame and have jumped and landed heaps of 1m jumps and even cased it quite a few times,I weigh 87kg,..If your suspension is not setup correctly ie Too soft and the suspension bottoms out hard,sooner or layter You Will bend or break any frame regardless the quality...Something has to give..!!!

 

[Flarry]

Yes thats true, my old bike had terrible suspension and I used to do a jump about 3 feet high and land on flat ground and I'd land so hard that the kickstand would smash down, I ended up snapping the frame and breaking the gear box on that jump, yesterday I did the same jump on my Pitpro and I went even higher and it landed as softly as a cloud!

 

[Flarry]

Well i bought it only a couple weeks ago off ebay so i assume its a 07 mod, its a 140cc and looks the same as the one in the posts. I agree with you Flarry the frame is bending and not just my bike but i have found that talking to others at the track they have had same problems, and no im not fat only 74kg. but in saying all this i guess its what you pay for, but all else is good on the bike and the motor i find is quite strong. dont worry to much about bending frames unless your jumping it.

Are you landing on flat ground when you jump? This can bend the frame if you bottom out.

 

[Flarry]

If your suspension is not setup correctly ie Too soft and the suspension bottoms out hard,sooner or layter You Will bend or break any frame regardless the quality

Very true, my friend even snapped his twin spar frame from landing on flat ground.

 

[Franky]

The pitpro frame in reality isnt as strong as the Atomik agb21 frame, amazing eh

 

[Flarry]

How do you know that? Thats pretty hard to belive, I think the suspension would make a difference.

 

[NinetySix]

not everything said on this forum is scientifically proven

 

[Squeeby]

Well anyway... here is a quick video from the weekend ride.

I was doing a few jumps and landing on the flat from about 1m and was impressed with how the suspension took that. Sorry I didn't get any footage of that we were only filming at the beginning of the trail and the jumps are 1km away.

 

[Franky]

not everything said on this forum is scientifically proven

Hey mate, i've had both the bikes, and the pitpro suspention was shocking, the front forks would bottom out and the rear shock even broke, im actually comparing it to the Atomik MotoX 125cc, thats correct the non USD forks, with the fast ace rear shock, it never let me down unlike the pitpro!

 

[motoluver]

Non usd forks? Are you kidding they are about 20 years behind in technology they might be soft but they handle a **** load better then non usd forks.

 

[Franky]

Im comparing it to jumps, not overal comfurt

 

[Franky]

Well anyway... here is a quick video from the weekend ride.

I was doing a few jumps and landing on the flat from about 1m and was impressed with how the suspension took that. Sorry I didn't get any footage of that we were only filming at the beginning of the trail and the jumps are 1km away.

LMAO Whats with the elbo pads and the lame horn? ahahahaha, And little tip, the reason your bike is so hard to kickstart is because your clutch is ingaging because its too tight!

 

[motoluver]

You will find that it has nothing to do with the clutch. It's the compression the 140's have a lot compared to my ducar 125.

 

[Franky]

Ah ok thanks for the thumbs up on that, Just remembered with a few of my bikes when the clutch was tight it was hard to kickstart, Gotta hate compression sometimes eh? haha

 

[Flarry]

Yeah my 140 has alot of compression, really hurts your foot sometimes when you're trying to start it and it backfires.. but on my 125 the compression dissapeared after a little while and was really easy to start and it still had plenty of power...

Yeah the pitpro suspension is pretty bad, the rear shock is crazy and the front end bottomed out when a jump I did went a bit wrong and I landed on the front wheel today. I heard it bottom out, it went CRACK but no damage was done.

If you changed the suspension on the Pitpro it would be a real nice ride its a pitty they come with bad suspension it really effects the handling etc

I thing if the pitpro had good suspension it would be alot harder to bend the frame and the frame is stronger than the agb21 frame.

Im thinkin about replacing that rear shock on my pp..

 

[Franky]

Yeh im just talking out of my ass, trying to start some e fights, lol.

 

[geezus18]

haha ur a nut frankly lol..ill smash ya! HAHA
i have the same forks on my avenger and i have never bottomed out even flat landing nose first....im not too keen on the look of the rear shock on the pit pro...