Recent content by Shawn Browne

been riding it for a few weeks when its nice, prob about 200km. So far so good! Feels great, only issue to date is I nailed the be all end all of a pothole and marked up the tail light. If it happens again i may have to raise it a bit.

thanks!, what you consider the iffy part is exactly what i was going for, with a rider on it looks as if the tail is just floating there. I cant wait to get the seat on as a few more inches of padding will definitely change how the bike looks from this angle. Right now with no "meat" in that...

got some fresh snow today... :( so used the time to snap a few pics.

ya! god damn hip kids with there hip i phones and hip filters on instagram. getting the GPZ ready to be torn apart and a plan made.

arms are killing me, ha! hand sanded and polished tank/tail.

grips are ebay specials, shock is a re-sprung cbr600 shock. with the new o-ring chain / tires / and mono set up it felt like riding a very loud and slow new sport bike. Very happy so far, but our roads are still very dirty form winter so time will tell how it feels out on the twisties, but so...

wheels were off to get some new rubber, added bracing to the swing arm as i didnt have any reason not to do it while it was apart. Rubber got back, chain installed and got to take it for a burn around the block!!!

Well thanks for the input!

As for the rear swing arm brace, have you personally had experience with them flexing, or can you show me someone who has had issues? I'm open to others experiences, but from my personal experience building tube structures for race cars, as well as control arms and other suspension components...

If you were to strap down to the floor there is 4in until tire hits tail section, and with no tail section it can compress with enough force 10in as said until shock can no longer move as it's bottomed out.

Re: Silent Social Club - GS400 KZ650 CL100 CB650 GPZ550 All of the stock tin bracing has been removed and rebuilt out of 1/8in steal plate. Other then wayyyy nicer welds then the factory ones it appears stock with added tabs for the shock.

having a hard time figuring out what your question is asking exactly. If say you removed the spring, and the rear tire did not have a tail section to hit under compression, the rear axle has ruffly 10in of movement before physically bottoming out the shock. Hope that answers your question!

Re: Silent Social Club - GS400 KZ650 CL100 CB650 GPZ550 Got the exhaust done on the mono GS400. Picked up a RD250

Re: Silent Social Club - GS400 KZ650 CL100 CB650 GPZ550 Tons, because of the length of the arm in relation to the shock pick up point. With out any thing in the way it could move 10+ in before bottoming out the shock.

Re: Silent Social Club - GS400 KZ650 CL100 CB650 GPZ550 KZ getting there.