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True. What about aluminum tubing then?

Ignore the seat/tail!! This is a mid build picture, haha. We did this one awhile ago and I still have a mostly complete parts bike. We were able to hide the electricals and battery (save the regulator) all inside a little leather bag with partitions inside to keep anything from jostling around...

Sorry to jump in late but I have a ton of CX500 parts, hit me up if you need anything.

Aluminum. We know a welder who can do aluminum so the welding won't be an issue. It's pretty thick aluminum too.

Yeah, we still have the linkage that came with the swingarm, and that's actively plan B, but we'd like to see if we can get this setup to work because we like the look of the shock relatively where it's at. What do you think of the idea of running some tubing from the rear of the swingarm up to...

That paint looks nice! And I love the stop sign seat pan!

Thank you for your input! This is something I was thinking about. Two things I'm wondering before we start looking at fabbing up the vertical mono shock linkage A)it looks like the shock mounts on the swingarm are cast onto the support gusset which is then welded to the swingarm, so they are...

I realize that it's tons of fun to make fun of the newbie that makes stupid mistakes in fields he's not experienced with but hey, at least we're trying and listening instead of flipping the bird and carrying on. If you want to be abrasive, that's cool.

Here is a better picture of the swing arm shock mounts... We were thinking they seem decently beefy and the whole bike would struggle to weigh 350lbs wet, and for the frame mount we are planning on building brackets to hold a shorter shock at a more closer to vertical angle and gusseting to...

Nah, don't mean to come across as not listening or thinking I know better, we signed up here to learn and hear from the community and I'm very glad we posted, looking back, not sure how we thought that would end up working, I guess we never thought the swingarm on the bikes would be as weak as...

It's just dusty.

Will do! And thank you for your input! I hope I don't come off as confrontational. This bike is more of an experiment to see if we can get this setup to work more than anything else, so the comments and critiques are welcome!

Yes, I am. We are NOT using the stock CB750 shocks, they are only being used for mockup and to get it around the shop, I thought I wrote that into the original post. I'm fully in agreement with you, right now it's a terrible terrible idea to ride it but we're not done with it. We're ordering...

Hahaha no, I used all the same metric screws. I said American grade 5 as a lame attempted pun. They're from Denton Bolt Co, it's a great local company and they can match pretty much any screw, nut or bolt you could possibly pull off a Honda (except the specialty ones like on the axle, etc)

I should also mention that if the stock swingarm doesn't work out, we are thinking of making ourselves another one out of studier metal.

We own it, it's an experiment, we like the look, and we want to see if it works. If it doesn't we can always build something different. That's half the fun of these bikes, getting an idea, giving it a shot, and working out the kinks. If something goes wrong, we can always bob it or build a new...

We haven't finished the seat completely but the swingarm has about 13" of travel before it hits the seat, we are going to weld on some bumpstops and limit it to about 12" of travel. My math is rusty, but I calculated I'd need shocks with a spring rate around 1.4kg/mm with a fat rider (me)...

Thank you!! We didn't think the rear suspension would work either, but it does! The stock shock are NOT strong enough and we will be using some much stiffer shocks in the end but to keep it together around the shop it works pretty well. The stock shocks on the stiffest setting are strong...

Hello again! This is NobNoc Motorsports with our fifth build! We're trying to get this one done in the week lull while Old blue's frame is at the powdercoater. This is a 1974 Yamaha RD250 with 5xxx miles on it that we did a frame off restoration on a few months ago, and now it's back in again...

Oh yes! 1. Good day today! Stripped the bike back down and welded two 3/4" steel tubes coming off the back of the frame with some nice gussets for strength. We're still debating on the seat. Either going to go with a bobber seat or custom fab a wood-leather seat. Now that that's all done...