Re: My Suzi T500 Project
Johnu, That was the point. With different forks and swingarm my 28/29 degree GT750 was sitting at around 22 degrees with the swingarm where I want it and that isn't going to work too well.
I'd suggest you bolt on teh forks and front wheel and slip in the swingarm and rear wheel and then start to raise the center on the frame to get the rear end geometry you are looking for and measure the front end. I suspect you will find that you can reach or pass that objective without cutting the front end of the frame.
Plus the front wheel goes from 19 inches to 17 inches so teh front is much lower and if the forks are shorter the front end will be lower again. Just going 19 to 19 with a one inch drop in teh front end and one inch added at the rear took a stock Gt750 too steep.
BTW, 24 is pretty steep for a bike with a relatively bendy frame. If it comes out to say 5-8 degrees static swingarm droop and say 24-26 degrees of rake it should work, but measure twice and cut once as they say.
Johnu, That was the point. With different forks and swingarm my 28/29 degree GT750 was sitting at around 22 degrees with the swingarm where I want it and that isn't going to work too well.
I'd suggest you bolt on teh forks and front wheel and slip in the swingarm and rear wheel and then start to raise the center on the frame to get the rear end geometry you are looking for and measure the front end. I suspect you will find that you can reach or pass that objective without cutting the front end of the frame.
Plus the front wheel goes from 19 inches to 17 inches so teh front is much lower and if the forks are shorter the front end will be lower again. Just going 19 to 19 with a one inch drop in teh front end and one inch added at the rear took a stock Gt750 too steep.
BTW, 24 is pretty steep for a bike with a relatively bendy frame. If it comes out to say 5-8 degrees static swingarm droop and say 24-26 degrees of rake it should work, but measure twice and cut once as they say.