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Laverdaroo:
No the rear is 18 but there’s heaps clearance for it. It was all tried and test fitted with a pals rear wheel before bits were bought.


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Trigger:
I did a load of road test some years ago to see what could be fitted with a flat hoop. With 325mm and 335mm length shocks the wheel hit the bottom of the seat pan and locked up the rear over pot holes and a hump back bridge and, tried to kick me off the bike like buckaroo  :o
Increase the shock length over 340mm and it effects the handling while braking into corners ( the rear end tries to over take the front ) and the drive chain angle had changed that much that it was cutting in to the swinging arm.
The only way i found it to work was, a kick up hoop to give that extra 25mm of travel with 335mm shocks.

I am surprised that it worked for you on a road test. What length shocks are you using ?

Laverdaroo:
I can’t remember without digging them out of the spares bin, they’re YSS  after market hobbies. I did have concerns hence the measure up. There’s so little of anything standard on this I had doubts that everything would work together as I had no reference points to work from and the info is vague at best as so many have been messed with etc.

I’m hopeful I’ve done my maths right but this build hasn’t half been a bugger so there’s time yet for a catastraf*ck of a scenario to pop up and wee up me leg


Lacking a swing arm pivot bolt at the min as I had to cut the arm off the old frame and sacrifice it to save the arm, there’s one left at CMSNL but reluctant to spend £44 plus the dreaded vodka and tonic plus import duty. Hoping somebody on here might have a spare lurking under the bench somewhere!


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Bryanj:
Roo, i can lend you one for mock up till you aquire one, 500 that is

SPR:
I've got a 500 one that I got as a spare with my other swing arm - you are welcome to it if it fits ..... just PM me your address

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