I moved my pivot over on my monster frame to fit a 999 swingarm. Be careful if moving over on the frame, as this will have an effect on the exhaust outlet routing.
that swingarm is pretty sweet, might have to look at one for my SS. I'll be interested in seeing how the shock sits, have you tried it with the stock unit?, will it go?
I enquired at the tank shop listed, didn't even bother to reply to me. Let me know if you have any better luck .
I enquired at that shop long ago as well and got no reply. I can have an alloy one hand made in Poland for about 500 GBP to replace monster one. I guess a easier shape, smaller café racer style tank would be less.
Or....go for. Firbeglass cover and have a cheap alli tank hidden underneath ala one of those old Ducati things
I used these many moons ago for an alloy NCR rep tank on my Pantah. Finish was excellent. Took a little fitting but in the sceme of things well worth the trouble.
Will be trying to sell all me spare Superlight body work and bits to cover some of the cost, biggest issue is sorting the rear end out (Frame suspension and seat), Tank is next then exhaust. Wiring.....speedo....fuel pump. This will be a very slow project I fear... And I always want it done yesterday.....ferk.
I have seen one of their tanks, cant remember who's race bike it was on, and it was first class IMO. Just getting them to respond and do the work seemed to be the issue
Initially got myself a 900I.E frame for the bike thinking it would be ideal due to the lack of frame work at the back compared to carby frame, I also preferred the footpeg layout. However I tried the carby frame (The 1 I used as the mock up for my Water-cooled Superlight) and it fits the bill far better typical. The rear of the frame is more level and will be easier to fit the seat unit. As for the pegs I'm gonna use a set of a 696 rearsets which means I can cut the rear of the frame of complete with the footpeg mounts (Roughly where the yellow marks are ). The carby frame also gave me more clearance for the rear shock.....although not enough yet. I have an alloy swingarm that would slot right in but I wanted it to look slightly different and that would be tooo easy! So the 900SS shock measures 88mm in diameter and is a snug fit - not really enough frame to shock clearance (Cheers to Rick for measuring a 696 shock, thought this could be an option if it had a smaller diameter but they measure the same). So measured my Ohlins on the Superlight and that measures 80mm......mmmmh, just had the Ohlins serviced and had a new spring fitted so wondering if I can fit the old ohlins spring to the SS shock???
Well stripped down the Showa and fitted the Ohlins spring, had to invert the shock to prevent catching on the swingarm (Bit snug, so will have to see how it goes but it does allow me to get dimensions and hopefully prevent cutting the frame :biggrin. Stuck the rear cylinder head back on and the headers just to make sure I've got enough clearance all seems good so far, wheels are away for paint.
hi,i am making some alloy f2 style tanks to fit the std ss frame,the ss frame is wider so you cant use the pantha f2 tank,i am just in the process of making the pattern for them.
if that swing arm's cast, I bet yu could machine out the shock clearance and fir that engine won't make any difference.
Hi Sev did think that....could possibly take 5-8mm from the cast and space out on the outboard side?? However in the garage thought I would try and adapt and overcome. Delayed jumping in until Steve has a look at welding the frame to support the shock. Cheers Pablo
When you say some tanks . Mmmm [ QUOTE=rcv4;277026]hi,i am making some alloy f2 style tanks to fit the std ss frame,the ss frame is wider so you cant use the pantha f2 tank,i am just in the process of making the pattern for them. View attachment 23176 [/QUOTE]
