Extended swingarm, FJR/R1 Wheels

[remmertb]

Extended swingarm 3" and braced (did all the fab myself); Morley's driveshaft extension; FJR 1300 rear wheel; R1 front wheel; streetfighter headlight; ninja windshield; maier chin spoiler, summit shift light; custom airbrush paint (me); Kerker slip ons; soon to have a Morley's 1327 w/ 12:1 comp and a Holeshot Performance Powershifter 2. It's a beast now, going to be completely off the hook with the new motor!

 

[Diablotin]

Nice ride man !!!
How difficult was it to fir the R1 front wheel ?

 

[Rand-5107]

Very cool.

 

[rebar]

Looks great!:clapping:

 

[gamorg02]

very nice work man, few questions though:

1. you going to be upgrading the front brakes?
2. the offset of the rear wheels seems worse than most, is that due to the fjr wheel?

 

[Rollie]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[one2dmax]

Soon, the engine will be ready! Hopefully get started on it next week (and it won't take long to get it ready). Engine is back from bore/hone and have the new pistons and reworked rods ready too!

Sean

 

[06VMAXIMUS]

Looking gooooooood!! Welcome to the Forum!

 

[remmertb]

garrett,
no need to upgrade the front brakes, it stops everytime I sqeeze the lever. The rear wheel being off is just an illusion... OK, it's because I did it all in one day in my garage and didn't feel like redoing it. Seems to ride pretty straight though, one of these days I'll get it lined up better.

 

[remmertb]

diablotin,
Fitting the wheel wasn't too bad, had to shave the wheel a bit so the rotors would line up with the calipers, and used 2 vmax front wheel bearing spacers as bushings so I could use the max axle with the larger R1 bearings. probably not the best way, but it's gotta be the cheapest, and it works.

 

[Diablotin]

diablotin,
Fitting the wheel wasn't too bad, had to shave the wheel a bit so the rotors would line up with the calipers, and used 2 vmax front wheel bearing spacers as bushings so I could use the max axle with the larger R1 bearings. probably not the best way, but it's gotta be the cheapest, and it works.

I guess it's pretty normal, guys who did fit a Thundercat wheel usually have to modify a bit the fork leg or the caliper.
Here I could easily find a good R1 wheel, I was just wondering how difficult it will be and now tnx to you I have a good idea

 

[brettr77]

Did you have to do anything special to get the rear wheel to fit?