Finally getting another RGV swingarm to play with. :icon_mrgreen:
Last one was a Gamma, which werase643 has now.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=170044453815&rd=1,1
(http://i5.ebayimg.com/01/i/08/da/ba/6d_1.JPG) (http://i17.ebayimg.com/05/i/08/d0/16/bf_1.JPG)
awesome, did you have one on a gs before this?
the banana requires a couple of bushes made up, but looks cool on a gs :D
have fun :D
Quote from: 94suzuki500 on November 06, 2006, 12:46:34 PM
awesome, did you have one on a gs before this?
Yep. I did a conversion on a non-banana (Gamma) model. Basically both sides look like the left side of the banana. I have a pic at home.
It was very easy to convert. I had bushings with captive spacers made for the pivot bolt and axle. No modifications to the swingarm were required. I made a caliper hanger and used a 01-02 GSXR1000 caliper. This one comes with a hanger but I am not sure what caliper I will use. Planning on swapping bearings in the Kat wheel to use the RGV axle but I should need some spacers to align it properly. No problem since I have access to a tooling & machine shop.
The only real issue I had with the Gamma installation was the shock length. I had to shorten the shock (Fox Twin Clicker) as much as possible to get the ride height were I wanted it. This time, I will be building the bike from scratch so I can adjust the height of the upper shock mount as required. I have another Fox TC so I will still have ride height adjustment.
A sweet complement to the GSXR USD forks I have.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/dgyver/avatars/bannana.gif)
D,
use the kat 600 rear....looks real good in the double brace
and it matches the gsxr front.....
if you need any of the space measurements let me know
Thanks. I should still have the drawing from which I had them made.....somewhere.
Ken...I found the drawing of the spacers that I had made.
Here is the Gamma install:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/dgyver/GS500/RGVswingarm02.jpg)
(http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5148/imagefs8.jpg)
(http://gs500e.free.fr/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=30)
Was there a point to posting picture of someone else's bike? Or do you just like to fill threads with unnessasary and over sized pics?
I was going to use this thread for future work but I see no need now.
Sometimes I wonder why I even bother with this place.
thought you might like to see how it looks on a gs, man get over yourself. the world doesnt pivot on the end of your knob
I love you dgyver. Please don't stop "bothering" with this place. I'll feel hollow inside.
I'm excited to see your future work!
-Turd.
dang that black swingarm looks sweet!!!!!
i bet it would look even better with a kat 600 wheel
FYI the Banana arm is 91-92 VJ 22
the double braced is 93-96 VJ 22
and then the VJ 23 went back to the banana style
also another info tid bit
a gamma was a RG250/400/500
from the late 80's
I-2 or square 4
my very first road bike was a rgv vj21 with the banana arm, 60 hp of 2 stroking fun, a great bike for any 15 year old to own when they first get their licence :D
Its a gamma cos Vasco Da Gamma rode it when he discovered Indiana. :icon_mrgreen:
That's why you have vasco road in Livermore CA. It follows the path he took all the way through to Indiana though the road has been renamed in places to somethign else. I80 I think. :thumb:
Its also why they say You DA Man. Its started out as Vasco Da Gamma Man, became vasco Da Gamman, and eventually Da man. O0
Yea he sailed from like Phillipines and found Indiana. yea O0 ...
Cool.
Srinath.
does this help handleing?
its lighter (i think) its stiffer. so yep a tiny amount
Quote from: hmmmnz on November 09, 2006, 08:59:31 AM
my very first road bike was a rgv vj21 with the banana arm, 60 hp of 2 stroking fun, a great bike for any 15 year old to own when they first get their licence :D
you must have had a nice RG-V
they didn't come with the banana until the VJ22
or USD forks
Quote from: werase643 on November 09, 2006, 05:56:35 PM
Quote from: hmmmnz on November 09, 2006, 08:59:31 AM
my very first road bike was a rgv vj21 with the banana arm, 60 hp of 2 stroking fun, a great bike for any 15 year old to own when they first get their licence :D
you must have had a nice RG-V
they didn't come with the banana until the VJ22
or USD forks
owwwwned!!!
sorry it was 11 years ago i owned it, vj22 it was then :D
heres a pic of it (this is after i sold it the guy has painted it black from the original blue/white)
i think its still running as well
(http://w1.bikepics.com/pics/2005%5C08%5C11%5Cbikepics-407006-800.jpg)
servus,
here the banana in a german gs with underengine exhaust:
(http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/6255/photo00909vv.jpg)
Someone mentioned putting the Katana 4.5 " Rim into the RGV swingarm.
Will the same problems arise that a 160 tire on the (Katana) 4.5" rim causes chain interference?
Thanks for the thread & keep us posted on your progress dgyver, this is all very interesting. A little bird told me quite a few people run RGVs up at NHIS and parts are plentiful :)
hmmmnz,
help me get a RG-V upper/windscreen and Buddha Loves You pad for a VJ22
and I won't make fun of ya
dang mine was blue/white and painted primer grey
I got a RG-V250 SP with dry clutch...Jap domestic market
with a blowed up engine
ill talk to some of the guys on the rgv forum im on and see if i can find ya something :thumb:
never like blowing up rgvs, but it always happens :D damn 2strokes soo much fun but sooo much work
oh yeah whats a Buddha Loves You pad?? passenger seat? :icon_mrgreen:
found a couple of seats, still waiting to here back about fairing
Quote from: l3uddha on November 10, 2006, 06:22:32 PM
Someone mentioned putting the Katana 4.5 " Rim into the RGV swingarm.
Will the same problems arise that a 160 tire on the (Katana) 4.5" rim causes chain interference?
Thanks for the thread & keep us posted on your progress dgyver, this is all very interesting. A little bird told me quite a few people run RGVs up at NHIS and parts are plentiful :)
Not sure yet about the tire clearances. There is more room to adjust the wheel but then there is chain alignment. A different sprocket carrier may be a possible fix. There are plenty of good options in a 150. I probably will post pics when done.
or.................
I could get off my a$$ and go down stairs and take a pic of my braced arm with the kat 6 wheel....
I need to re make the upper shock mount one of these dayz