Thrown together to ride til winter

i love where this is going, i honestly am going to go home and polish the rims on my mags now... idk if it will look that nice but man those are pretty!!

also Leon! that swinger looks killer! i keep tossing around the idea of going mono shock... but i just bought new tires and my welding skills need some work yet to make it safe but when the time does come im coming to you for swing arm help!

bearshawk wrote: i love where this is going, i honestly am going to go home and polish the rims on my mags now... idk if it will look that nice but man those are pretty!!

also Leon! that swinger looks killer! i keep tossing around the idea of going mono shock... but i just bought new tires and my welding skills need some work yet to make it safe but when the time does come im coming to you for swing arm help!

My welding skills aren't the best either but big brother will be involved to slap me when i go off track. LOL "circles circles circles slow down damn it" POW lol

these zx636 swingarm swaps are a cool affordable way to go the mono shock route,or not.
the first one i did is getting dual shocks,tho.
i'd be happy to help you bearshawk,shoot me a pm if i can help you.

leon

531blackbanshee wrote: these zx636 swingarm swaps are a cool affordable way to go the mono shock route,or not.
the first one i did is getting dual shocks,tho.
i'd be happy to help you bearshawk,shoot me a pm if i can help you.

leon

hey there, whats the max on tire size with that swingarm?

I realize this Question was for Banshee but I am hoping for a 190 with a 99 ZX6 the 03 ZX6 comes with a 180/55 17 a 190 will fit easily I would think a 200 would also be possible with the correct wheel

Got my swingarm back today I must say words dont do it justice. Sweet!
thanks again Leon. Now I have to decide do I paint it or try and polish it.
My ADD keeps me from focusing on anything that takes forever to do like
polishing. It has to be sanded either way so I will start on it and
see if I can stay on task.

Got home today to a bad Pump on the washing machine No big deal
except that this one takes the expensive pump. No new Tire this week!!

Hope they have it in stock in evansville online it's 179.00 online
but I have only looked one place.

Guess I am going for the USD zx6 forks as soon as I get the mono setup done
I need to start parting out the GPZ So I can finish this project before
spring I plan on riding by 1st weekend in May for the Blessing of the Bikes.

Any Tips on Polishing the swingarm??

Ok so my girl says "we will never ride if I dont get off the
computer and start working"

So I went ahead and mocked the wheel up on the swinger I will
say I really have to get busy.

I am ordering the Sprocket from PMP
tomorrow/ the smallest I can go with this wheel is 40 tooth in a 520
does anyone have any experience with colored sprockts or is there
an advatage to the "hardcoat" process or is this a gimmick to oversell
their product.

ordered a of brake pads now gotta get sanding and painting/or polishing



I should have biught a new Rotor this one is a little iffy





The wheel needs a little more polishing not sure if you are ever
done with that process. Work has slowed down so I hope to
get alot done in the next 3 weeks.





Leons Beautiful work



Shock is a little ratty plan on cleaning and maybe painting

well I am thinking the only way to know how bad its gonna be to
polish this swing arm is to srip the paint and try it.

I need to invest in a Soda Blaster but I am still on a budget
not in the cards on this build.

I still have some leftover stipper from my wheel polishing adventure do
I will give that a shot


Looks like it's working pretty good maybe I will keep goin


The paint is coming off pretty good so I grab an brush and its
brushing off pretty easy

So after a couple applications without any gloves (that shiz burns)
i break out my pressure washer and hit it.

My selection of sandpaper is horrible all I have is 60 80 220 a piece of
500 and and sliver of 800 so I decided to work the rough finish down
with the 80 then go to 220 I quickly sanded the whole thing then hit it with
the 500 wet decided to hit it with some Mothers just to see how bad
this was gonna be


220 grit










a quick polish with the mothers

So it's official I am gonna go with a polished swingarm
going to pick uo some sandpaper tomorrow
When I get the scratches out I will hiy with some 2000 grit and
some rouge and hope it was worth it

ramtough_63 wrote: ...need to invest in a Soda Blaster but I am still on a budget
not in the cards on this build....

Patton wrote:

fxdl2051 wrote: I need to strip the old paint off my sidecar. I'm looking at Harbor Freight's soda blasters, any suggestion? I'm looking for something easy to move that won't take up too much room but with sufficient power to get through some pretty thick paint. Thanks upfront.
~Ken

Links to diy soda blasters:

www.kzrider.com/forum/21-tools/318083-budget-soda-blaster

kawpen.edebris.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2049

www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/

www.garagenight.tv/diy-soda-blasting-build-your-own-rig-cheap/

Am doubtful about soda blasting to remove thick paint.

Good Fortune!

the polish job looks good. :ohmy:

thanks for the kind words.

i have seen some swingarms where they left the coating on the inside of the arm and just polished the outside to save some work :huh: .

my buddy has a stunter dude that polishes wheels and swingarms and he said that he starts with 40 grit and works up to 2000.just hearsay so take it fwiw.

your work on the wheel polishing speaks for itself so keep on keeping on.

leon

Thanks leon I am gonna experiment around with it I am cutting it close. reserved the garage and my brothers undevided attention for next week. hope I can get everything ready once we get started it will be a whirl wind.

Gonna mount the swingarm wheel and brakes. measure my offst and chain length then tear the bike complletely down. it always makes me nervous to totally disassemble bikes they have a unique way of ending up in a few tubs and shoved to the corner of the garage.

Gonna try and get as much done as possible going into this mess. umm I mean build

keep your eyes on the prize !!!!!!!!!!


you'll be just fine.

leon