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posted January 18, 2009 10:19 PM
Does this look like a macintosh swingarm?
I think Im ready to get an extended swingarm. I was thinking of having a stocker extneded, but id rather have a nice arm that already has a bottle bracket and clearance for the fuel pump. I really like the style of this arm. Do multiple company's make arms that look like this?
Is there any drawback to this style arm? I like it because it looks so slim
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Ninja14
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posted January 18, 2009 10:49 PM
I wouldn't want to ride canyons with that noodle.........kinda thin......
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FIREBRAND74
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posted January 18, 2009 11:02 PM
that's an adams performance arm. i have a mc intosh arm, but i wonder about the weight diff. the adams looks lighter.
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rACeRs
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posted January 18, 2009 11:45 PM
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I wouldn't want to ride canyons with that noodle.........kinda thin......
I think your missing the point of an extended swingarm? But thanks for your input.
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posted January 19, 2009 06:07 AM
i think it is a adams
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Shane661
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posted January 19, 2009 06:37 AM
I just sent a stock arm to be modified by Spencer Cycle. Although the Adams arm looks light, I'm not sure that it would be adequate for torsional loads encountered on the street, or at Maxton. The Adams arms also use bushings (no bearings), and that sounds like a high wear item to me.
I also was not overly happy with the fact that Adams cuts the cross brace for the nitrous bottle. That would seem to weaken the arm additonally for the twisting type loads. It seems that underbracing would be a good idea with one of these arms.
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CrotchRocket
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posted January 19, 2009 07:03 AM
That's the Adams Performance Chromemoly Strong Arm and weighs 13 lbs...
It uses the oem bearings for mounting...
To see this piece in person, it's even nicer!!!
I say it's the best constructed chromemoly arm out there, Coby doesn't fool around!!!
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Shane661
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posted January 19, 2009 07:34 AM
http://www.schnitzracingstore.com/catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=5114888&showprevnext=1
"Bearings have been replaced with brass oil lite bushings that are impregnated with oil to keep weight and cost down while still allowing the arm to pivot smoothly."
Maybe bearings are an option?
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posted January 19, 2009 09:23 AM
13 lbs is damn light... 1/2 the weight of some of the others, but it looks it too...
My Alumipro McIntosh arm is a piece of art, and I would bet money the frame twists before the arm!
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posted January 19, 2009 09:39 AM
Dub, that is a nice arm too...
Since we're not on that other site, I can ask this question!!!
Who is the origonal engineer of that arm, since 3 companies use it???
Trac or McIntosh, Velocity has their name on it too !!!
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posted January 19, 2009 12:34 PM
I have ran Macintosh's arms for years. There are a few things that you will get with his arm that you don't with the others: Terry will call you back the same day usually if he doesn't answer himself, Terry also builds a cradle to hold your nitrous bottle instead of using clamp this is fairly important especially when nitrous bottles cost what they do. I had a Trac arm on my 10 and it was nice except for the clamp style bottle holder but Trac told me 6 weeks and it was almost 16 before it showed up. I have never had a arm from Velocity but I did have one of their turbos and trying to get ahold of Berry is a chore, he is very busy and your on the list to be called back along with everyone else. Another thing that is not huge but matters, when you get your arm from Terry it is ready to mount, the bearings are already installed just add some grease and go. Just my two cents.
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rACeRs
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posted January 19, 2009 12:44 PM
I ordered my Adams arm, which was in stock  Ill have it before the weekend. Ill post up pics when it comes in.
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posted January 19, 2009 04:18 PM
nice...... i wish i had a drag 14 and a street 14....
i like carving too much to extend my bike, but it sure does look cool. Load up some pics for sure!
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posted January 19, 2009 04:48 PM
My bank account pretty much looks like I took financial advice from mc hammer and gary coleman lol. I don't see myself dropping 1200 dollars on a swingarm, and chain anytime soon lol.
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posted January 19, 2009 05:49 PM
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I wouldn't want to ride canyons with that noodle.........kinda thin......
I think your missing the point of an extended swingarm? But thanks for your input.
The point is dragstrip traction........and to never to see the streets again and be worth riding.
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Bawls
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posted January 19, 2009 07:19 PM
you can ride just fine on 6 over... anything over that is pushing it. wanna hear something that might sting a little? a swingarm just popped up in the classifieds today for 800 shipped.
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posted January 19, 2009 07:31 PM
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I wouldn't want to ride canyons with that noodle.........kinda thin......
I think your missing the point of an extended swingarm? But thanks for your input.
The point is dragstrip traction........and to never to see the streets again and be worth riding.
not exactly
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posted January 19, 2009 09:32 PM
With the tens of thousands of bikes I've encountered in the twisties here in SoCal over the years I've never seen one with stretching that didn't basically crawl through the good turns.
I know it has its place for some stright-line racers, but it does limit the riding on those kind of roads. If you live in FLA it is probably perfect.....
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posted January 20, 2009 09:39 AM
Whats up with that rear brake setup is that the new thing now to help lighten things up?(lol)
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posted January 20, 2009 07:55 PM
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Whats up with that rear brake setup is that the new thing now to help lighten things up?(lol)
No rear and 1 front - drag only............
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posted January 20, 2009 08:16 PM
SoCAL huh? WHen are you going to make it down to san diego so that we can hit a few twisties and make some passes at Barona? If all goes well, I'll have a set of leathers soon and I'll be able to do some 1/4 mile racing at Fontana and Famoso.
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posted January 20, 2009 11:42 PM
I've been too damn busy to finish up the bike............
I can't keep the front down or wheel stuck enough to get anywhere.........
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bawls
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posted January 21, 2009 04:12 PM
Bring the vmax out and let me run it. I still can't ride mine because it's broke dick lol
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posted January 21, 2009 04:23 PM
I know someone that had the Adams swingarm like the one in the photo, it broke at the shock mount, Adams replaced it with a new design, and it was on a 06 ZX14.
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posted January 21, 2009 05:08 PM
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I know someone that had the Adams swingarm like the one in the photo, it broke at the shock mount, Adams replaced it with a new design, and it was on a 06 ZX14.
wee
Did it cause a crash? JB is right- that is a thin noodle of a thing.
The BST wheels have me drooling though... with all rotors back on.
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