Recent content by tao40

Great job on the bike! If you find you need to adjust the height in the rear, I have read where some people swap out different length "dogbones", on the rear suspension, and that can raise or lower the rear end depending on their length.

Re: Salt City Cafe Build 1970 CB750 Whoops, sorry see you already found that out! ::)

Re: Salt City Cafe Build 1970 CB750 So I definitely scored today. I walked over to one of my neighbors who always has sport bikes out and is always working on them and asked about parts he may have laying around. Well long story short I picked up a decent of rear sets for 10 bucks! I'm not sure...

rafanomenon, Thanks, you've been a huge help to me with this guidance! Good luck with yours, it is coming along great!!!

Raf, what year and model Kawasaki did the aluminum swingarm come from? I'm looking for one with similar dimensions for my Honda Ascot FT500 project. Yours is almost a drop in! Tom

Hmm, food for thought!!

Swagger, Funny you should mention, the thought crossed my mind (great minds think alike!)! I thought it would be cool to monoshock it, but might leave that for down the road.......

Tim, Oops, my bad, I think you are right, it is close to 9" wide; will be able to confirm once I disassemble the rear end. Terry, thanks for the input, my intent with the aluminum swingarm is to lose some weight, and also for the looks. I understand swapping swingarms is a popular...

Hello to all DTT members, I recently purchased a Honda FT500 Ascot to trick out into a cafe racer. I would like to put an aluminum swingarm on it, so I was wondering if anyone out there has ever done this? I believe the swingarm is about 19 1/2" wide at the pivot point (haven't...