Can it be cut down safely? Would it create a bad form of bias? Is this a stupid question?
Are you looking for rear wheel steering?
Yeah I sorta figured it was a dumb question :-[
I just hate the look of the DSS and would like to change it.
Nope... But I did cut, lengthen & fill one with lead once! ;D
get one made out of ti so it can be smaller with same strength? allthough i know certian aspects of Ti make it a bad choice due to different stresses? also its expensive..
SC swingers are nice. Prolly nice and rare too
Quote from: Buck Naked on January 08, 2014, 11:02:27 AM
I just hate the look of the DSS and would like to change it.
Someone got industrious and had a new one CNC milled out of a huge hunk of billet... but if I recall the costs was rather horrific. The block of metal was the better part of a grand before it ever was touched by tooling.
Quote from: memper on January 09, 2014, 04:41:35 PM
SC swingers are nice. Prolly nice and rare too
How difficult of a mod would that be? Stew?
What about a SS swingarm with the shock mount on the vertical valvecover? I cant remember if it was NCR or another company that sold the mount. The swing arm looks a bit better & loosing the linkage would prob. drop some weight.
How about an SSS from an S4 !
Or a JMC braced swinger ($$, nice alum piece but heavy, w a geometry changing eccentric adjuster) A friend had one on an SS yrs ago.
Apparently quite a few people have done the S4 SSS on M900's ...machining engine cases a lot
Quote from: caperix on January 10, 2014, 07:34:52 AM
What about a SS swingarm with the shock mount on the vertical valvecover? I cant remember if it was NCR or another company that sold the mount. The swing arm looks a bit better & loosing the linkage would prob. drop some weight.
That's come up a few times here and on the other Duc boards. Apparently requires drilling the cases and quite a bit of other fabrication and $$.
Dub Luv used an SS swinger on an S2R frame I believe...looks like all it required was the valve cover mount.
Quote from: Buck Naked on January 10, 2014, 06:28:12 AM
How difficult of a mod would that be? Stew?
Upper shock-mounts are going to be an issue.
Powdercoat the swingarm black and any ugly you saw before goes away.
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm21/JonTravisKing/BPsMonster1.jpg)
I always loved this swingarm. I can't remember who made it.
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm21/JonTravisKing/Misc/BarrySheene.jpg)
Quote from: silas on January 10, 2014, 09:05:12 AM
How about an SSS from an S4 !
S4R? The S4 also has the DSS in question
moto corse from Italy
We're working on the 696 and 1100 swingarms. The plan is to build trellis swingarms out of chromoly tubing. We're just too tied up with other development at the moment.
Quote from: Travman on January 10, 2014, 12:10:53 PM
I always loved this swingarm. I can't remember who made it.
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm21/JonTravisKing/Misc/BarrySheene.jpg)
Why don't you just use one from a Bimota? ;D
Quote from: Travman on January 10, 2014, 12:10:53 PM
I always loved this swingarm. I can't remember who made it.
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm21/JonTravisKing/Misc/BarrySheene.jpg)
Beautiful...this is how they should've been from the factory. Only available for '02+ of course. [thumbsdown]
Quote from: Duck-Stew on January 10, 2014, 11:37:57 AM
Upper shock-mounts are going to be an issue.
Weld the hoop mounts on?
Quote from: Slide Panda on January 10, 2014, 05:51:32 AM
Someone got industrious and had a new one CNC milled out of a huge hunk of billet... but if I recall the costs was rather horrific. The block of metal was the better part of a grand before it ever was touched by tooling.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7378/11918638833_234e8f8a8a_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23081877@N02/11918638833/)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3713/11918636923_6b799de147_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/23081877@N02/11918636923/)
one off?