SoCal Fix-Up: The Next Generation

[racerman_27410]

Frank, If you have any intrest in it I installed a 02 or later R1 wheel under the back of my FZ1. It's not that big of a job. The drive side  remains the same and all the mods are made in the brake side.

Kim

thanks Kim but i already have two extra rear wheels ( its nice to have a fresh set of rubber mounted up and ready for a wheel swap/tire change ).... the R1 is 6" wide right?... i know some R1 guys run a 180 on their 6" rims ...do you run 190 or 180?

how can the changes all be on one side and the wheel stay centered?

[tqmx1]

 180 roadtech2 when ever I where it out I might try a 190/55 every thing I have seen says it's the best of both worlds.

I wish you were cloaser I have a 170/60 mounted up on a 5.5 try it you might like it

Kim

[threejagsteve]

Well, soreness from the recent chest-beating contest having subsided, I thought I'd post an update for those following my progress:

Unless I come across new and different information, I've pretty much discarded the swingarm transplant idea. Since it seems that the T-Ace arm if fact isn't shorter than stock and the FZ1 arm is a little longer, neither would fulfill my main goal of shortening the wheelbase any better than extending the axle holes in the stock arm as suggested by Arnie in another thread. Frank and others have said that weight savings, if any, would be minimal, and I seriously doubt that the slight lowering of CoG achieved with the underslung caliper would even be noticeable. And unless/until I go for a monster motor, I really don't need any more strength or rigidity. So although doing the swap would probably gain me a better table at the Modders' Ball, for my purposes at least the whole notion fails the old hot rodders' basic bottom line: Will it improve performance?

On the bright side, yesterday I picked up a few .030" washers for my carb needles, so now I can slot my pickup rotor when the spirit moves me.

My 5.5x17 rear wheel is supposed to arrive on Monday, and on Tuesday I'm gonna go see a man about his 3.5x17 front wheel, dial indicator in hand.

Ever onward and upward!

[tqmx1]

One other you might try is slipping a R1 or R6 front end under the bike you would gain cartrage forks in eather standard or inverted legs depending on year and bike chosen.

From what is said it shortens the wheel base and quickens the stearing.

I am about to do the dirty deed on my FZ1

[Ratchet_72]

I wanna be there for that one Kim. Let me know when you're gonna get started on that.

[threejagsteve]

One other you might try is slipping a R1 or R6 front end under the bike you would gain cartrage forks in eather standard or inverted legs depending on year and bike chosen.

Yes, I have the strong suspicion there is a front-end upgrade somewhere off in the future, but right now the weakest suspension link is my stock rear shock. That was the reason for getting the swingarm issue sorted now - didn't want to get an expensive shock and then 6 months down the road realize that I should have ordered it a little different to mount to a different arm...

In the meantime, today it's supposed to be ~80* here in LA... as soon as UPS delivers that package, I'm gonna go out and put some wear on my tires!

[tqmx1]

Thats the super nice thing about the Penskie shock the lower attach can be changed from fork to eyelit with 2 - 1" wrenches.