Powereng03 said:
Sorry for posting and not responding sooner. I guess I stirred up the bee's nest a bit. I chatted with the mech at the shop here and he doesn't think the iso's are going to be a problem. Probably have to mount the mono shock clost to a 45 deg angle. he thinks it could work. I was also looking at the JS motorsports monoshock frame plans for $10. they might be worth looking at. I'm checking an old buddy I went to school with that builds Russel Mitchel bikes here in Canada to see what he may be able to do for me. I may just break down and buy the SS swingarm on ebay to check things out for now. I'm waiting for my motor to get finished for my 850 Roadster, so I have another week or 2 until I get to do some more work on it, so dreaming it is!!
Um back on subject, Here are some closer shots of my SSswingarm project...Ill measure the angle of the shock and report back.
Mind, this setup hasnt been "proven" yet.
This is a KOWA shock with the stock VFR bottom mount and a real basic setup on top, I think it may have been stock also and we just made the frame fit
And from the rear wheel looking forward
I wonder do you feel that increasing the wheelbase by probably 20%, is likely to improve handling? How did you calculate the correct rear spring rate, and work out what changes were needed to the damper internally?
In general modern machines have a much steeper head angle than old twin-shocks, with the motors mounted much further forward, and this linked to the fact that the distance from the front wheel spindle to the gearbox sprocket is a lot less than a TS bike due to much more compact motor being fitted, means the swinging arm is in most cases about 100-125mm longer than the TS one.
