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10/20/2016 4:15pm
10/20/2016 4:15pm
Hey gang - I am in search of an aluminum swingarm for my 1979 Honda CR250. I had one on order and paid in full from KLP but he shut down due to fire. He promptly refunded they money. Super bummed and was really looking forward to getting it.
I'm looking for a FOX or Mugen style. Replica or original. I have searched around the net but can't find anything. Really appreciate the help.
I'm looking for a FOX or Mugen style. Replica or original. I have searched around the net but can't find anything. Really appreciate the help.
The Shop
We're working on having our own swing-arms for the '78-'80 CR250 ready for next year. They won't be a "replica", but our own design, built for the serious racer.
We're hoping to have a retail price of around £650. If anyone's interested drop us an E-mai!l The more interest we have the sooner production will start!!
Stevie
Signed,
nervous in Texas
I should, hopefully, have some CAD drawings to show in a few weeks.
Stevie
KLP foreground, Fox middle, VMX rear (this one is shaped right, but significantly more massive than the Fox extrusion).
The HollyEquip guys have regularly been selling Mugen 250 replicas on EBay; don't know where they source them.
I didn't have any big issues with fitment. In the end, I wanted it to be more identical to the original (same reason I ended up ditching the VMX arm). My original FF swingarm had a mostly cosmetic imperfection I was looking to swap out for my build, but I am sticking with it. Others here have had issues with longevity on KLP arms, can't speak to that. It was simply my personal wish to have it look as much like the original as possible; VMX had the shape but the spars are big and it was heavy; spars on KLP were right, but shape not. (From recall, VMX arm came in at about 11 pounds, Fox arm at 8, KLP at a bit over 6)
I'm just thinking, unless you were comparing the shape to your other different year/shape original FF swingarm?
To be fair to Karl, I think he was trying to eliminate some of the shock frame clearance issues with the original arm, particularly if using Fox airs. He also used to fab the bracket to drop the lower chain roller up front.
But I was looking for something that was more true to the original, warts and all.
Pit Row
Looking at your KLP arm though, and as you mentioned, it seems Karl may have added more of an angle into the later ones as mine seems to have a lot more angle than yours (mine looks the same as Bnagazina's).
Tried to take a pic but it's hard to show the angle:
Unfortunately newmann, we have already refurbed a set of 17.75 Fox Air Shox, so just have to hope it sits OK with them or it may be back to the drawing board with them!
We also didn't realise you had to dent the frames for Fox Shox to fit (Rockets are new to us!), so we had to scrap the freshly powdercoated frame by heating it and denting both sides, and getting it powdercoated again). We removed the side stand bracket before getting it done again which looks 10x better.
We're not doing a replica bike really so these details don't matter too much, but good to discuss! Oh, and the bike won't be ridden either. Far too many rare parts including a NOS '79 Fuel Tank and NOS Kick start off FTE if i remember correctly!
But a month later came across another NOS kicker (go figure, I calling it God ) that I got for almost exactly what I sold the other one for.
For what it's worth, eyeballing, your arm looks a lot closer to the original Fox angles than mine did; probably would have kept it had it been that close.
But that's mental, you were so lucky to find another NOS one! But even more crazy to find a complete NOS motor!!
Here's our NOS tank as mentioned previously too.
Yeah those days are long gone unfortunately it seems.
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