swing arm

Got a bike from Craigslist last fall, did a full build and it’s fantastic however on my first Few rides have been a little less than satisfactory. It seems that the rear tire floats and in a right hand turn almost wants to give out. which I equated to bad tires at first, Im waiting for my...

i thought it might feel nice to shoot myself in the foot so i went ahead and dropped my swing arm on the concrete while walking in from painting it. The thing landed right on the pivot sleeve and pushed it in. Any hope repairing this or should i replace it? If so how, would you go about it? I...

Tryng to get the old bushings out of the swing arm. They are not plastic so the hack saw is a no go. Tried heat and no luck. Any ideas?

All parts off 1974 Yamaha TX650A Swing Arm and Swing Arm bolt with crown nut – $35 Clutch Push Lever with all hardware and return spring (plastic assembly broken but there)- $12 Driver foot pegs - $20 for the pair (under scrape on one side, comes with bolt on framing and acorn nuts seen here. I...

I'm looking for sizing and performance feedback from anyone running Avon AM26 Roadriders – particularly on a Special... After a bunch of reading, it's become clear that labeled tire sizes can vary a great deal from the actual measurements. Avon's apparently run on the wide side. My primary...

picked up a shell xs650 replica swing arm.its a lot shorter and can take a wider tyre so will take a longer swing arm bolt (bought off ebay couple of years ago so wouldnt be surprised if it was made by a member.he said he was looking at making shell replic frames as well in the future???) was...

Hey I'm new to the forum and new to xs650's. I recently got a 82 xs650 and while I was installing new lights I happen to grab the rear tire and the swing arm moved. It looks like the bushing are bad. I know bronze bushing are on mikes xs for it and was wondering is it something that needs to be...

title says it all, what do you guys say? was about to order bronze bushings, but read something in another thread and i thought id put this out there, i know what i think based on years of experience with bikes and all things mechanical, but id like to get some opinions.

[/IMG]Ok guys, I'm in the process of installing a gs swing arm on my tracker project. I have researched the heck out of it and found some info but not much on the black art of swing arm swapping. I havnt finished the swap yet but figured I would post some pics of where Im at. Also there...