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Tiger Time => Girly Talk (1999 - 2006 Tigers) => Chassis & Suspension => Topic started by: VABird on June 24, 2017, 10:18:52 PM

Title: Swingarm interchangability?
Post by: VABird on June 24, 2017, 10:18:52 PM
One of the guys on the "other" forum was inquiring about swapping spoked to cast wheels and it got me to wondering if the early swingarms could be swapped onto the cast wheel bikes so it is lowerable like the spoke wheel models.
Any of you experts have real info on that?
Title: Re: Swingarm interchangability?
Post by: Chris Canning on June 25, 2017, 12:01:47 PM
It can be done either way but you'll need the shock and wheels to go with it not just a swing arm.
Title: Swingarm interchangability?
Post by: DavidR8 on June 25, 2017, 05:55:26 PM
How's the lowering project coming along?


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Title: Re: Swingarm interchangability?
Post by: VABird on June 26, 2017, 12:04:55 AM
Quote from: DavidR8 on June 25, 2017, 05:55:26 PM
How's the lowering project coming along? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The Girly Gurus were correct. In my exuberance, I failed to consider that lowering the bike 1" at the shock would lower it 3" at the wheel. (The shock mount is 7" behind the swingarm pivot, the wheel contacts the ground 21" behind the pivot!)

So... while it may still be possible, it's likely a $700 shock might be cheaper.
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