[ KB ] Single Sided Swing Arm Conversion
 

Category: Test Category 1
Type: Test Type 1

Article Name: Single Sided Swing Arm Conversion
Author: mamisano
Description: How to install a single-sided swing arm on a VTR1000F

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Those pics are pimp, makes me want the belly pan and that single swingarm... Somebody hook me up! Will anybody convert my bike for $300? ha! Not likely! Fess up then, what does something like this cost?

No takers? If there was any wrench spinners out there that stepped forward and said, "yeah E I'll convert your bike for $X" I'd probably jump on the chance. I think that makes the bike look ten times better. I'd have the paint reshot and leave all the honda/sh emblems off of it so that people could look at it and wonder, "What is that?"

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Unfortunately, the VFR SSS is much sought after by the cbr/gixxer crowd and who knows who else. That keeps prices up, generally $500+ for a full setup and that's just the VFR parts. You'll still need to fab up the exhaust and relocate the shock mount.

Brian was thinking about selling his at one time.......

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Nice one mate and thanks for all the advice when I did mine.
I can't explain how cool it makes the bike look....even more so now mine is a street fighter.


Daz

daz.sear@ntlworld.com

Sweet!
I owned a VFR before my Hawk. Frankly, I got tired of all the engineering involved with the VFR, preferring the simple, straight-forward approach to the Hawk. But seeing the clean look of the SSS set-up gets me thinking. The stock Hawk swingarm is dull by comparison.

How has the change affected handling? Does it change the wheelbase?

Just noticed that the fairing is different also - the signals are relocated to the "scoops" and it extends down further to match up with the lowers.

I assume that's an aftermarket purchase, not a personal modification? Looks great! Details?

Thanks

I believe those fairings are the work of the Notorious Mario Nava in Italy who sells them.

http://web.tiscali.it/mario_nava/Vtrb_01.jpg

Here is a link to his VTR1000 pages

http://web.tiscali.it/mario_nava/index_e.html

Well, i'd like to read the article, but the page keeps redirecting me to a maintenence screen...

Trey

Mario looks like Aiden Quinn.

That SSSA is great. I wonder if the SSSA from the Hawk GT would work. I doubt it, I guess. Now if all the VFR owners would pile up their front ends for us. . .

People put VFR swingarms on Hawk GTs. It should work the other way around.

Wow, just how much Site Maintenance is needed:confused:

Trey

The NT650 runs a much narrower wheel (and way uglier IMO).

Yeah, the main advantage to running a vfr swingarm is that the sought after vfr wheel would not have to be machined to make it fit. The nt650 wheel just uses a single nut, where the vfr has 4 lugs.

True. The Hawk GT wheel is fugly, by comparison. For some reason, to me, the VFR wheel even looks kind of narrow.

I forget which is which. But they had 5" and a 5.5" wide, between the five spoke and eight spoke wheels.

Yeah, I'm thinking of this mod for my SH also. I own a HawkGT, and I've always thought the swingarm on my "Junior Hawk" was way cool. I can remove a rear wheel in less than a minute! VFRs and Hawks leave the disc and sprocket attached to the swingarm during wheel removal.
"Jr" currently has a modded VFR wheel to match the front F2 wheel I added along the way. My '96 VFR wheel was welded/machined to fit a stock Hawk spindle.

As far as width of VFR wheels is concerned... I did some research for the mods on "Jr".
90-93 VFRs had (have) 8 spoke wheels, 5.5" wide
94-97 VFRs had 5 spokers, 5" wide (slightly lighter)
98 & later VFRs had 5 spokers, 5.5" wide (as light as a 5")

All 3 of the wheels are visually different, and there are silver, gold, white or black wheels stock from Honda. All VFR wheels bolt up w/ 4 lug bolts. 1990 RC30s (also designated "VFR"s) had completely different wheels that are 8 spokers 6" wide (and won't work on other VFR hubs without significant mods).

Hawk GTs have 6 spoker 4.5" wheels, and their wheels (spokes & centers) are different from all US VFRs. Hawks in the US only had 1 type of wheel all 4 years they were made. European Hawks (called "Bros") switched to a different type in later years, when Honda stopped importing Hawks here.

Anyway this write-up can be ressurected? I get a "404 Error".

Thanks.

Erik

https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...ead.php?t=9874

it's a sticky in the knowledge base

Thanks Drew, I was looking around in there last night, must've missed it.