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posted June 22, 2010 10:22 AM
65-68" wheelbase
If I wanted a adjustable 65-68" wheelbase, how many inches over would I need to get. I'm thinking about getting a swingarm....
  
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posted June 22, 2010 10:23 AM
9-12".
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posted June 22, 2010 10:52 AM
6 over is right around 64. so i'd say 6-10" over will put you at 64-68
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posted June 22, 2010 11:55 AM
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6 over is right around 64. so i'd say 6-10" over will put you at 64-68
That's what I was thinking but I wasn't sure. What is the stock wheelbase? 58.5"?
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posted June 22, 2010 12:10 PM
57.5"
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gilberjj
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posted June 22, 2010 12:18 PM
So 10 over should be 68"...... right???
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posted June 22, 2010 12:35 PM
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So 10 over should be 68"...... right???
Yeah, sure. As long as you don't count the usually oversize axle blocks and wheelbase lost from lowering the front end. The angle of the arm also ensures that 10" of arm length will often not translate to 10" of additional wheelbase.
Do you think I said 9-12" in order to mislead you, lol? 6-9" gives you around 65" (depending on the arm design) when all is said and done...remember, I have a 6-9" arm...and I have measured the wheelbase many times.
I doubt you will find a +10" arm that gives a true 68".
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posted June 22, 2010 12:54 PM
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So 10 over should be 68"...... right???
Yeah, sure. As long as you don't count the usually oversize axle blocks and wheelbase lost from lowering the front end. The angle of the arm also ensures that 10" of arm length will often not translate to 10" of additional wheelbase.
Do you think I said 9-12" in order to mislead you, lol? 6-9" gives you around 65" (depending on the arm design) when all is said and done...remember, I have a 6-9" arm...and I have measured the wheelbase many times.
I doubt you will find a +10" arm that gives a true 68".
Shane
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gilberjj
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posted June 22, 2010 12:57 PM
 Thanks for clarifying.
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posted June 22, 2010 01:00 PM
if you can get the axle to go all the way back with 0 chain adjustment you will have the full length, but how will you tighten your chain?
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posted June 22, 2010 01:27 PM
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So 10 over should be 68"...... right???
Yeah, sure. As long as you don't count the usually oversize axle blocks and wheelbase lost from lowering the front end. The angle of the arm also ensures that 10" of arm length will often not translate to 10" of additional wheelbase.
Do you think I said 9-12" in order to mislead you, lol? 6-9" gives you around 65" (depending on the arm design) when all is said and done...remember, I have a 6-9" arm...and I have measured the wheelbase many times.
I doubt you will find a +10" arm that gives a true 68".
Shane
not to be a smart ass, but how do you lose wheelbase by lowering the front end?
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posted June 22, 2010 01:30 PM
Edited By: Shane661 on 22 Jun 2010 21:31
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not to be a smart ass, but how do you lose wheelbase by lowering the front end?
Because....as the front wheel goes upwards it also goes backwards, due to the rake of the forks.
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posted June 22, 2010 01:33 PM
so this weekend when i take another inch out of my forks my wheel base wont be same?
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posted June 22, 2010 01:34 PM
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so this weekend when i take another inch out of my forks my wheel base wont be same?
It is going to decrease some, if your are truly 1" lower in front.
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posted June 22, 2010 01:35 PM
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so this weekend when i take another inch out of my forks my wheel base wont be same?
It is going to decrease some, if your are truly 1" lower in front.
i'm gonna try, damn bike is a 4x4 
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posted June 22, 2010 01:43 PM
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posted June 22, 2010 01:48 PM
i'll have to measure it up, i know what the WB is now, and after i lower the front some more i'll have to see where it goes. thanks, makes more sense now
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posted June 22, 2010 02:10 PM
I saw close to an in lost in WB from lowering the front
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posted June 22, 2010 03:49 PM
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So what you are really saying is our forks look like a baby stroller...
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gilberjj
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posted June 22, 2010 03:50 PM
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So what you are really saying is our forks look like a baby stroller...
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posted June 22, 2010 05:19 PM
thats clearly a double prong marshmellow roaster
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01 ZX-12R 8.84 @ 156.3 no bars, DOT tires. Pump Gas, NA.... turbo 8.47 @ 164.
00 ZX-12R 8.62 @ 165.2 no bars, slicks, Pump Gas, 55 shot.... turbo 8.32 @173
00 ZX-12R Fastest NA Kawasaki in the world 1: 222.046 1.5: 226.390 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R street turbo 1: 227.9 1.5: 234.1 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R LSR turbo 1: 263.1 1.5: 266.5 Loring AFB Worlds fastest ZX-12R
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posted June 23, 2010 03:42 AM
nope... he has a really thin penis with two balls hanging freely and no sack.
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