inazuma swing arm swap..

[Peterv]

Hello Guys

 

Peter with the most ugly oilcooled bike in the world..lol

Before I start my majer overhaul  , I am (like most of you..) hoarding all parts before I start my build..

I was looking at the parts neede changing and noticed the swing arm was a bit , well boooooring  is the word..

I'm sure t does it work as supposed to (strong enough for my purposes) but a bit more street cred could be used..

I'm gonne coat all shiney bits in tuff black anyway , so best to see what's possible  to do before I coat it all..

Not looking for a single damper set up as I want to keep the double suspension look , I also have no aluminium welding capacity , so kinda stuck  with that aswell..

show me what you got..or have seen..

This is my set up

 

 

Edited December 1, 2023 by Peterv

[clivegto]

Metmachex brace on my one. 

[TonyGee]

the zuma swinger is a bit longer than a lot of others, when i built my Katzuma i had a bandit arm in and it looked to short so ended up with a GSXR1100 swinger in as in the pic.

 

[Peterv]

these look sure enough more beefy to me..

@tony I recon you'ld    welded some suspension brackets on the arm , the GSXR surely came with a monoshock..

 

cheers

 

Peter

[TonyGee]

1 hour ago, Peterv said:

these look sure enough more beefy to me..

@tony I recon you'ld    welded some suspension brackets on the arm , the GSXR surely came with a monoshock..

 

cheers

 

Peter

Yeah brackets welded on 

Edited December 2, 2023 by TonyGee

[johnr]

try looking for an import 400 impulse mk 2 swingarm, theyre quite a chunky aluminium twin shock arm, look pretty trick too.

[SiBag]

Gsx1400, Xjr1300, Zrx1100 there are quite a few nice twin shock rear ends to choose.

[Duckndive]

Unlike other Suzuki Steel Frames the Zuma frame is quite generous at the pivot being 240mm "ish" 

So one of the easier frames to fit another arm in ...

That Said i quite Like the Stock Arm  

Edited December 3, 2023 by Duckndive

[clivegto]

I also like the look of the stock swinging arm. 

[Peterv]

cheers Guys

It seems like all the swingarms with the standard  double suspension set up , kinda all look  alike...as expexted..

I was hoping for a more exotic look like the new swingarms on modern bikes(with a 80's touch) , but they all have the bulky top re-enforcements , making impossible

for a twin shock to be mounted , unless you do some real cutting , and maybe do more harm then good....

I think I'm gonne have to bite the bullet and will have to (let) weld some suspension mountig brackets on afterwards If I like to be a bit "differant"

I also like the zrx on'es , but....I allready got such a bike in my garage (also a project that is waiting on retirement time...)

FYI I make carbon parts for the ZRX  community, selling them world wide , so my free time is mostley "eaten " up by this hobby...

with the freezing cold over here aswell (garage bearly heated) , I've been busy looking up some contenders , and this one tiks all the boxes..

beefy , a bit more design then the staight beams  , comes from a early 90's fzr1000 , so same time period as the azuma , just need to know the

dimensions for comparison

 

 

[spiderpig]

TLR and 08- R1 arms look good twin shocked 

[Peterv]

6 hours ago, spiderpig said:

TLR and 08- R1 arms look good twin shocked 

yep just googeld the TLR one , it's braced at he right side...(underside).... a very good contender !!!

the R1 I have noticed aswell , but the right handed side has a deep undercut for the exhaust to go under the seat.. would look awkward with a standard system..

 

 

 

cheers

Peter

Edited December 4, 2023 by Peterv