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Old 01-04-2021, 01:05 PM   #11
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Default Re: Question about Jakes vs AllSports long travel

Have a Jakes on mine, its strictly off road like mud, dirt and more mud for the last five years. Shocks aren't that great due to leakage, on my third set.
Don't think you will find a smoother ride for on road or off road,

Going to tear mine down this spring for new heim joints and atv shocks.
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Old 01-09-2021, 11:00 AM   #12
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I've driven my cart around my house and property for years with no damage. If the ground is saturated, like in the spring, any tire will leave marks, but most of the year my ground is firm so no issues there. If you want to peel grass you will lol, but if you're just putting around those tires will be just fine.

In contrast, I tried out some mud tires recently and absolutely hate them. They were used so the price was right, I like the tall size, but they are too aggressive. They do tear the grass up just a bit. They have more of a hard rubber edge on the tread blocks, they cut like a knife in soft soil. They work great for mud, terrible for hard surfaces. The 489's worked much better.

The photos below show both tires on my cart. I prefer the 489's and would recommend them to anyone who wants a tire that will "do it all". The tires in the third pic are the All Trails (I think), more of an "all terrain golf cart tire" rather than an atv tire. They do ok on everything except mud and snow, they pack up too much and spin. They ride good on hard surfaces though. The owner of the cart picked those out. I've used those tires before on an Ezgo I built years ago.

I've used the Jakes LT before. Good solid kit. It's designed very similarly to a sport atv suspension and works really well off road. It softens the ride up quite a bit, makes driving a cart off road much more enjoyable. Some have complained about the shocks, but I've never seen or heard anything negative from the ones I've built. I've also used the Jake's double a arm, Jakes standard a arm lift, All Sports a arm lift, All Sports drop axle lift, of various different builds. I've attached a photo of one of the carts I built with the Jakes LT.

As you can see, my camo cart is a Yamaha G1. I originally started with a Jakes 6" a arm kit. It was terrible, had a bad camber angle that I couldn't resolve with different shocks. Jakes doesn't make an LT kit for the G1, so I had to make my own LT suspension from an atv. It handles fantastic! I'm a huge fan of long travel atv type suspensions, and the Jakes LT kits ride and handle as good as the one I built. I'm a fan.
What size AT489's are those on the camo cart? Can the AllSports lift be adjusted up and down like the Jakes lift?
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Old 01-10-2021, 10:39 AM   #13
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What size AT489's are those on the camo cart? Can the AllSports lift be adjusted up and down like the Jakes lift?
Don't know the answer to the All Sports question. Might check their website or search YouTube?

The 489 tires on the G1 are 23", stock size for a 2000 Polaris Scrambler. The rims and tires were actually purchased at a Polaris dealer. The rears fit the 4 x 4 bolt pattern, but the fronts will not fit a stock golf cart. My front atv suspension hubs have the same bolt pattern as the Polaris Scrambler. The 489's are available in lots of sizes. I prefer slightly skinnier tires in the front.
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Old 02-11-2021, 05:49 PM   #14
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Sorry for my ignorance but I ordered a Jakes LT for my 2015 EZGO RXV (currently been waiting for 9 months for it to arrive) and I noticed that the LT prior to 2014 was listed as adjustable from 4-8". Is this the case for the newer LT's? I would prefer to be able to keep it at 4" and adjust if needed for off-road, most of my travel will be on the street however. Thanks.
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