Who would be interested in single side swingarm kits?

[werase643]

Mak,
you smoking the good stuff....
1  it's over 100 bucks....ya just lost 95 %
2  900-1100...that is the $ of a gs to most...here

i hope you sell one
so you don't completly waste all your time

I'm glad you didn't waste your time and $ on the cheap bastids

[erbilabuc]

If you had something that I could simply bolt on and hook up a 240-250 rear tire on it and single sided then I would buy it.

[The Buddha]

Yea I suggest a 10 ft length of doggie chain and you just put it right on the sissy bar and loop it through the tar and lock up.
That way, it works as a rear tar, cos its behind and it works just about the same as them brudda's with hayabusa with 250 tars for handling.

Q: Hey, What do you call a (well its a racist joke I am cleaning up for the racial people here muhahahaha ) hayabusa rider with a stock hayabusa.

A: Poor.

Cool.
Buddha.

[makenzie71]

If you had something that I could simply bolt on and hook up a 240-250 rear tire on it and single sided then I would buy it.

If you've got about $6500 I can pull it off....$4500 if you supply your own wheel.

[erbilabuc]

If you had something that I could simply bolt on and hook up a 240-250 rear tire on it and single sided then I would buy it.

If you've got about $6500 I can pull it off....$4500 if you supply your own wheel.

wow that expensive huh.

[makenzie71]

When you're looking at adapting a similar size tire/wheel as stock, it's not as extreme, but when you're looking at nearly doubling the sire width you're looking at a lot more modifications than just putting on a new swingarm.  There's a lot time and work invoved in just doing a 4" wheel...when you start looking at custom sprockets and crazy carriers capable of handling the required offset...makes the simpler option seem like just putting in a new air filter.

[tt_four]

Wouldn't it be easier just to take a hacksaw and a file and cut off the right side of the stock swingarm? You'd lose your back brake, but big deal. That would just make it easier to mount rearsets off other bikes because all you'd have to worry about is the shifting setup.

[makenzie71]

No.  The tubing on the stock swingarm isn't strong enough to handle all the force on just one spar.  The bearings in the wheel also are not capable of supporting the wheel.  It requires a great deal of modification to make something that really does sound simple work properly.

[JEREMY JOCK]

If one of these were to be made, and I could actually see it on a GS, I would definitely be interested. I don't think I could drop that kind of cash on something that I've never seen before, though. 

[jeremy_nash]

I offer donation of my bike to this cause, it would have to be done in a week, and you wouldn't be allowed to charge me for this.  lol

[Chanse]

I suppose you could fab up one using the same concept as the 300 big tire kits for bigger bikes. They make one with a double sprocket that pushes the chain out a few inches. Im sure if you reall y wanted this it can be done. Fabricated or bought and customized to fit.

This ones from   www.fat300customcycles.com

[tt_four]

No.  The tubing on the stock swingarm isn't strong enough to handle all the force on just one spar. 

that was just a joke, I know the sarcasm didn't translate well though

[makenzie71]

Chanse...that's the only way to put a wide tire on the GS because of frame clearance stuff.

[JEREMY JOCK]

If it looked like this:







Then yes.

[makenzie71]

That'd be the best way to go about it, but not with the trump swinger.  The Duc swinger is a better peice...magnesium, even, and has a much better carrier.