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Old 09-03-2011, 07:46 AM
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Made some progress with the swap today
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Next weekend, im gona take it back to peices and grease the spindles, get sprocket sorted, splitlinks & clean but at least its a rolling chasis now
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Old 09-03-2011, 02:18 PM
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Very nice work!!!

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Originally Posted by Tweety
The measurements that I took are free to use, free to spread around... If you make and sell those, I'm fine with that as long as it's on "self-cost" basis... Ie cost of production & shipping and round it of at the top, not high profit...

But it should be noted that the dimensions are not going to work very well with a stock VTR shock or an aftermarked shock with stock length... For one, the rear will point very high in the sky... And two, the linkage needs a slightly softer shock setting than stock to work optimally...

You need either an aftermarket shock with adjustable length or like me a rebuilt F4i shock with an adjustable clevis mount... I'll gladly provide all basic information needed to build that...

But like the information I gave Gaggenau, I give the basic measurements and an idea... The final shape and form is up to you to figure out... If you have the know-how it's "easy"... If you haven't got a clue, well... Then you are likely to hurt yourself if you get to much help building it... That's how I look at things...
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Old 10-29-2011, 04:01 AM
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Update, took delivery of the 2 into 1 exhaust system yesterday, fitted it, sounds absolutly mental Gona have to get the jetting set up as no doubt it will run like an absolute pig.

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And the CBR900 6 spoke wheel well chuffed i found this, firestorm discs and spacers all fit to make this a direct bolt in, and its 17" which is mega rare, plenty of 16" kicking about.
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Old 10-29-2011, 04:13 AM
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By chance would you have and be wiling to share the CAD file for that link?

Great looking project..
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Old 10-29-2011, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by E.Marquez
By chance would you have and be willing to share the ""CAD file for that link?""

Great looking project..
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Old 10-29-2011, 03:01 PM
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I wish you smart people would have a cad drawing for the stock shock setup as i can find someone to run the cad with a working drawing.

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Old 10-29-2011, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Stumpy
I wish you smart people would have a cad drawing for the stock shock setup as i can find someone to run the cad with a working drawing.

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If what you are reffering to is changing the link Gaggenau/I have made and using it with the stock length shock, then it's not going to happen, since the problem would then be that the link would be impossible to manufacture, and the geometry wouldn't work... This is because the stock shocks is to long, the bottom end needs to sit lower than the current to fit, ie you can either move the mount down with the longer shock, and get a high rear and need a much softer spring than stock to make that new geometry work... Or you can use the geometry that works with a shorter shock...
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Old 11-01-2011, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by E.Marquez
By chance would you have and be wiling to share the CAD file for that link?

Great looking project..
If you read on previous posts, I havent put any miles on the bike yet, when I have and it is still safe then ill put the information out, I just dont want anyone to get hurt because of somthing that I have designed and havent tested. I am not holding on to the drawings to make money out of it.

The hole dimmestions have been freely posted by Tweety on the forum, I think that are in this thread, designing ur own isnt that hard, I have put some dimms for spacings for the engine tie bar and shock.

On another note, today I had been looking thorugh my local Honda dealers website that list bike parts for bikes, I could not find a CBR900/929/954 that has a 6 spoke 17" front wheel, only 16", so I think that the wheel is an SP1 front wheel, as they had 6 spoke 17" front wheels.
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Old 11-04-2011, 05:34 AM
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looks awesome!
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Old 12-04-2011, 06:10 AM
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Well i have finished it ...well for now!

Just got to get the suspension sorted as the rear is rock hard, but from the little ride i had today, its running ok, no immediate signes of reduced power due to the 2 into 1 exhaust, roll on the summer

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Old 12-04-2011, 11:16 AM
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Could I ask a question here?? Apart form aesthetics, what advantage do you have fitting this swing arm as opposed to buying a Ohlins shock for the standard set up and tuning the suspension??
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Originally Posted by PappySmears
Could I ask a question here?? Apart form aesthetics, what advantage do you have fitting this swing arm as opposed to buying a Ohlins shock for the standard set up and tuning the suspension??
because it looks so much nicer.......
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Old 12-04-2011, 01:40 PM
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Well, since I was the one doing it initially I'll but in... I personally wanted a tad longer swingarm and higher rear, which this easily produces... It moves the weight forward, less wheelie prone bike, more stable through corners... Combined with a sorted fork, the much stiffer rear, and altered geometry makes the bike corner like it's on rails...

You can get similar results from a braced stock swingarm and sorted damper... But that's about the same amount of work, all parts of it together...
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