jscobey

after the RC front end, plus a few other mods ive done to the shawk, i cant stop. i love wrenching almost as much as i love riding, and now im determined to do the swingarm brace mod. IMO a run of the mill R1 or CBR etc... may be all fine and dandy but nothing special. I much prefer to mod the SHawk and suprise those same guys on the brand new liter bikes when im keeping up with them on an "old" bike. never get tired of the looks on their faces when i give em a run for their money.

Anyway's my questions are about the 900RR swingarm brace mod. whats better to use (im sure ill get varied opinions) the two bar brace, or the block brace? ive searched around and read that one is beefier than the other. also in relation to making the dent for the shock, which one is better? ive seen the block one just be dented in using a pipe and blow torch, but what about the two block? do u grind away at it. im thinking of buying another VTR swingarm as well so i can get all the welding done without any down time for the bike seeing as i commute as well on it. then ill sell my current SA.

i also know that the brake caliper from the 900rr is needed in order to clear the brace, but i think i read that its a male on the VTR SA and a female on the RR SA, so am i correct that u need to grind off the VTR's brake mount tab and weld on the RR's tabs?

any help or advice is appreciated!
as stated i used the search funtion BUT if theres a thread that i missed that goes in depth on all this then just point me there please

kenmoore

Have a look at the post below yours by Mr Marquez- Swingarm Brace And Underslung Caliper.

I have a braced swingarm and the difference is unbelievable.

Wolverine

Fixed ^^

Have a look @ Eriks, kenmoores, and james threads. Tons of info there. If that isn't quite enough, www.vtr1000.org has a nice write up.

And the OCMD will not go away.

KCCO