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To disconnect or not to disconnect the anti sway bar?
This subject brought some heated debate and discussion to this forum in the past. Some saying it helped greatly, others saying there was no difference and others that just wouldn't do it because Honda must have had a reason for putting it on there. Doesn't come up too much anymore, but figured I would share my take on it now.
I was one of the guys that wouldn't do it regardless of what others were saying. Left it hooked up over a year and then it would come up again, kept meaning to try it. Finally unhooked it, zip tied it up and gave it a shot. Told the wife about it and she wasn't real happy with the idea, told her I'd hook it back up if it sucked. After unhooking it, I thought it felt soft just pushing down on the rear end sitting in the garage, so I cranked the shocks up one more notch.
That was in April, took the machine out for the first real ride today, she had forgotten all about it. Put it through its paces, 50" quad trails all day, tight, banked turns, off camber, whoops, through the woods and hitting the limiter. After an hour or so I asked her so what do you think? Had to remind her what I'd done and she said 'I thought it was riding smoother'. I went into it skeptical as well and it made a believer out of me.
The best I can describe the difference is that it used to feel really tight in the rear and choppy on bumps, like you were losing ground contact with the rear tires. You'd think that this would have gotten worse after I cranked the shocks higher, but it didn't. Smooth, never felt like it was chopping which meant better control. Didn't have horrible body roll either, took a couple of curves pretty fast just to get a feel for it.
FWIW, thought I'd share that with those that might still be on the fence. Easy to try and put back if you don't like it. Needless to say, I won't be hooking mine back up.
PS. Never would have done this if not for this forum. Thanks guys!
This subject brought some heated debate and discussion to this forum in the past. Some saying it helped greatly, others saying there was no difference and others that just wouldn't do it because Honda must have had a reason for putting it on there. Doesn't come up too much anymore, but figured I would share my take on it now.
I was one of the guys that wouldn't do it regardless of what others were saying. Left it hooked up over a year and then it would come up again, kept meaning to try it. Finally unhooked it, zip tied it up and gave it a shot. Told the wife about it and she wasn't real happy with the idea, told her I'd hook it back up if it sucked. After unhooking it, I thought it felt soft just pushing down on the rear end sitting in the garage, so I cranked the shocks up one more notch.
That was in April, took the machine out for the first real ride today, she had forgotten all about it. Put it through its paces, 50" quad trails all day, tight, banked turns, off camber, whoops, through the woods and hitting the limiter. After an hour or so I asked her so what do you think? Had to remind her what I'd done and she said 'I thought it was riding smoother'. I went into it skeptical as well and it made a believer out of me.
The best I can describe the difference is that it used to feel really tight in the rear and choppy on bumps, like you were losing ground contact with the rear tires. You'd think that this would have gotten worse after I cranked the shocks higher, but it didn't. Smooth, never felt like it was chopping which meant better control. Didn't have horrible body roll either, took a couple of curves pretty fast just to get a feel for it.
FWIW, thought I'd share that with those that might still be on the fence. Easy to try and put back if you don't like it. Needless to say, I won't be hooking mine back up.
PS. Never would have done this if not for this forum. Thanks guys!
