Swingarm and Shock question.

So as I mentioned in my intro, I'm going to be doing a VFR single sided mod onto my FZR. I've got most of my parts now, and I'm trying to stratigize how I'm going to do this. But I've got two questions first:
1) Did I mess something up, or is the shock not aligned with the wheel? I'm assuming that the wheel should be centered in the frame. Is this correct?

It seams like the shock will be offset from the wheel and frame.

2) What are my options for the swingarm itself? Paint, Polish, PowderCoat?

Thanks.

 

another one of the other biggies to check is chain alinement, not sure what other manufactures make out of the offset thats built into the engine and frame. Hmm, doesn't look right to me either, I'll have to go check mine now. I'm pretty sure I have more clearance between the tire and swing arm, what year is the swing arm and size is the tire?

 

The swinger is from '90. The wheel is the 8 spoke with a 170 on it.
I've taken the hub apart to replace the brake disk which might account for the tighness of the tire/swingarm since I'm waiting on a new torque wrench to tighten it properly. But looking at it, there is about 1-1/2" difference in the center of the shock mount and the tire. Torquing the hub shouldn't move things that much.

 

This is what I'm seeing by looking the picture; the center line of the swing arm is actually to the right of the shock as it appears in the pic'. Meaning the shock assm actually sits off the the left, again as pictured. I'm basing this off of the center line of the front pivot & not the tire/shock alignment. In therory I guess it would make sense as you have no load bearing fixture on one side so you would want the support to be offset towards the load side of the swing arm:noidea: :noidea:

 

Can anyone post a picture of the rear end of their bike. Spicificly try to show the rear wheel, shock, and frame in the same picture. Maybe this will clear up some confussion.

And I agree T-Bone. I think the alignment of the wheels (front and rear) to the frame is more important. The sprocket is another issue altogether. The max width on a stock FZR is a 160 tire size. This means that I'm going to need to create front sprocket with about 10mm of offset. Should be interesting.

 

Probably not much help, here's one I had taken during my shock swap

 

Ok, looking @ RVFR's pic, using the fuel tank to roughly establish a center line the shock is offset to the swing arm side by about 1/2 the width of the shock mounting boss, the brake rotor is actually the center line. So as MD stated start by aligning front & rear tire centerlines then figure out what needs to be done to align the sprokets & you should be good to go except for the little detail of altering your upper shock mounting point as the FZR shock is centered. I hope your snowed in, I'd hate to doing this kind of mod when it was nice enough to ride.:biggrin:

 

Thanks for the picture RVFR. That was exactly what I was looking for. And I would have to agree with everyone, the disc brake looks to be centered on the frame.

Unfortunitly, I'm not snowed in. The weather in Georgia has actually been nice, but the bike doesn't run correctly right now anyway. Basicaly I'm too busy and scared to clean and re-jet the carb (never had luck with carbs). Plus I'm still recovering from a nasty low side I had back in September. But I've got more titainium on my collar bone than on the bike. Cost me more than the bike did too.

 

Ooo boy, can a relate to this.

Time for a new thread..