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trx single side swingingarm
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:20 pm
by talula
Hi there all you TRX lovers, I saw a singlesided conversion for a TRX on the old Evilbay a while ago, I was wondering if anyone out there knows anything about it.
Ride safe Talula
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:41 pm
by phuk72
It was a Triumph swinger
Whatever swinger is used, you will need bespoke linkage which works out expensive
Good luck if you go down that route (and keep us posted)
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:09 am
by Quan-Time
get the trumpy 955i swinger and wheel.. also search the forum as a fair few ppl have done it before.
it DOES weigh quite a bit more than a trx unit, but the sex appeal is very high.
and as stated, you are going to need to play with some linkages to get the coil / spring to opperate properly.
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:12 am
by Glen1TRX
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:15 am
by Quan-Time
im always a fan of the "bling" polishing..
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:59 am
by talula
thanks for that, the picture looks really cool, might be worth a look at for a winter project
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:57 pm
by madivi
I don't see the point. What's the advantage of having a single but heavier swinger (except routing underseat exhaust, yep that's important
)
Think of having one single cylinder ofset from the middle...
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:03 am
by phuk72
madivi wrote:I don't see the point. What's the advantage of having a single but heavier swinger (except routing underseat exhaust, yep that's important
)
Think of having one single cylinder ofset from the middle...
Falls under the "because I can" category which I favour
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:19 am
by Trixz
phuk72 wrote:madivi wrote:I don't see the point. What's the advantage of having a single but heavier swinger (except routing underseat exhaust, yep that's important
)
Think of having one single cylinder ofset from the middle...
Falls under the "because I can" category which I favour
I woudn't, I like the idea of getting a light as possible
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:19 pm
by phuk72
don't get me wrong - I wouldn't either but you have to admire the engineering work that goes into it
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:50 pm
by Trixz
phuk72 wrote:don't get me wrong - I wouldn't either but you have to admire the engineering work that goes into it
I agree
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:41 pm
by TRXHooL
Look at this!!!
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:25 am
by burty
Are these two here from Hondas? Both the Ducati and Triumph wheels attach using one big central nut, but these appear to have four wheel retaining nuts.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:59 pm
by CULater
I allways loved seeing a single swinger in a bike, so when i could buy a swingarm from a crashed Triumph i didn't hesitate for a minute.
(getting it in the frame was a different story
)
Seeing the rearwheel rotate freely (well it looks like that) and than specially with the exhaust not blocking the view, i think it looks sexy on a bike. Honda swingers have wheels with four or five nuts and Duc/MV an Triumph have a single central nut
I like what Woti did with his Rex
And another pic of my own ride (again? yes again
)
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:18 am
by billy budge
man i cant get enough of your tdm culater, it really is jaw dropping in my opinion mate.
not a big fan of single siders but yours looks like it came that way as standard. did you do the high level pipes yourself, i like them lots!!!!
always fancied doing that myself. if you have any close up pics of the mounting brackets that would be nice!
