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by paulie » Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:48 pm
The biggest disadvantage to lengthening a swingarm is that the bike will turn in slower. A shorter machine is more "flickable". I put a swingarm from a '67 onto my '72 T500 suzuki racer (3" shorter). The bike would turn in real quick, but, it wasn't as stable through the corner. If your making a cafe racer style bike, stick with the stock swingarm length. Try adding rear shocks that are slightly longer than stock, it will turn in even quicker and replace the swingarm bushings with bronze bushings. While your at it, you might as well change your steering head bearings for tapered roller bearings and you will have a much better handling machine. It makes your chassis feel alot tighter.
