Single-Sided Swingarm Fellas....

I dont wanna get into details right now, but mechanical issues have had me dwelling on the idea of a single-sided swingarm conversion... how difficult and expensive is this procedure? I'm just wondering what kinda feedback I can get from pros like yourselves...

 

Here is a link , if you hunted the parts over a bit of time you should be able to get what you need for 5-7 hundred bucks but it is a bit of a project, time estimate is given in kegs not cans.

http://vfrworld.com/forums/mechanics-garage/19487-single-vs-double.html

 

sell the gen two and get a gen three ...its already done for you from the factory..... besides the gen twos are crap

 

Go Gen 3! Its still one of my top five picks for all time most beautiful bike.


Jez

 

I am seriously considering upgrading to a gen3... I love my gen2 but it's rapidly deteriorating because it's my daily rider and it's as old as me... anybody know someone who may be willing to trade? =P

 

That old huh?

Made back in the olden days?

 

yeah wow that old........... maybe we can trade you in a newer youngin.. whats the problem with the old girl anyway?

 

oh, the sorrow...

sigh... I need a new chain, already bought a rear sprocket that is now sittin' in my garage... and now, for some crazy reason, the rear sprocket studs keep coming loose and walking themselves out as I ride... they chewed gouges out of my swingarm :frusty: and I dont know how to fix it... I tried threadlock on the studs and put em back in, but they still come loose every once in a while. At first I thought it was my chain bein' too high tension, so I eased it up, but still... and on top of that, I think I've lost spark to one of my plugs due to old ass coils... oh, and I officially have an exhaust leak as of last night for reasons I can't fathom... I'm a shitty mechanic.

 

If the studs are coming loose on that sprocket, it is toast- chuck it.
Buy a new chain and a front sprocket while you are at it.
You might have to look into a used swingarm if you gouged enough material out of your current one.
And change that coil or the wire! This is minor stuff to fix!

You keep whining about minor mechanical stuff and the bike gods will smite you with the dreaded engine problems- then you are screwed my man.

 

pretty sure you can find an old wheel for the girl...used swing arm ...don't give up on her!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I havent given up... just not enough $ to do all that I want to... I have the rear sprocket, savin' for the chain and front sprocket. I know these things NEED to be fixed, just havent had the funding...