The long and short of this is I'm looking for swingarm ideas...
I'm not restoring this. It's my crappy bike and I like it that way. Still, there's the matter of comfort...
So, I wrapped a layer of foam and pleather around the seat it already came with, and changed the mount so it's adjustable back or forth a bit. I also bought some 8" Michelin scooter tires with the idea that I will replace the 6" ones. Next I'll have to decide on rims hubs and sprockets...
But I also want to lengthen the wheel base by maybe a couple of inches by extending the swingarm somehow. I imagine some carefully drilled angle iron mounted to the existing mount holes can accomplish this. But I wanted to ask if anybody has done rear wheel extensions like this, and specifically on a soft tail bonanza. I really don't want to weld onto the existing swing arm fyi.
Anyone feel me on this? I'm 6'1 200lbs and pushing 58yo, so you might be able to imagine why I'm after this sort of modification. Comfort and stability. I love riding this little guy, but it's quite a small and stiff soft tail at the moment.
By the way I have the same michelins in 10" on my Ramrod and they roll and handle like an absolute dream!
I'm not restoring this. It's my crappy bike and I like it that way. Still, there's the matter of comfort...
So, I wrapped a layer of foam and pleather around the seat it already came with, and changed the mount so it's adjustable back or forth a bit. I also bought some 8" Michelin scooter tires with the idea that I will replace the 6" ones. Next I'll have to decide on rims hubs and sprockets...
But I also want to lengthen the wheel base by maybe a couple of inches by extending the swingarm somehow. I imagine some carefully drilled angle iron mounted to the existing mount holes can accomplish this. But I wanted to ask if anybody has done rear wheel extensions like this, and specifically on a soft tail bonanza. I really don't want to weld onto the existing swing arm fyi.
Anyone feel me on this? I'm 6'1 200lbs and pushing 58yo, so you might be able to imagine why I'm after this sort of modification. Comfort and stability. I love riding this little guy, but it's quite a small and stiff soft tail at the moment.
By the way I have the same michelins in 10" on my Ramrod and they roll and handle like an absolute dream!
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