Finally after 8 months

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Finally after 8 months

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Of a nice big box from Japan sitting in my garage, I finally got all the planets to align and my swingarm is now on the ZRX.

I must say a big thanks to Evro (or blade boy as the CDT crew will know him as) for doing 90% of the work :kuda: Evro used to be a technician for TKA a few years ago and raced superbikes (a ZXR-750) in the NSW and Australian Championships himself back in the 90's, so he knows shit about bikes that I dont, so he was the man to help out.

I got the arm from the guru in Japan, Drew Jonsen, it is a stock 2nd hand arm he purchased from Yahoo Japan and then sent off to K-Style Custom Factory http://www.kstyle-cf.com/ to be modded to my spec that I requested.

The whole thing worked out much cheaper than the original Onishi Heat Magic Arm I wanted so it was a good result all round. As always Drew was great to deal with and did exactly what he said he could do, I love the hassle free way he goes about sourcing parts from Japan.

Anyway its all on & I cant wait for tomorrow to go for a run :kuda: :kuda:
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Before we started, still a pretty trick looking arm, the std one
Before we started, still a pretty trick looking arm, the std one
Evro hard at work - thanks mate
Evro hard at work - thanks mate
New arm on, still much work to do
New arm on, still much work to do
Finished, now I need to get the wheels up to Harv spec to match the arm
Finished, now I need to get the wheels up to Harv spec to match the arm
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The other side
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Re: Finally after 8 months

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:P :P :P :P :P

was wondering when this was going to be fitted up :lol: looks farken excellent mate . Will be interesting to hear if it has made any improvement to the handling - is it much lighter at all ?

Goodonya Evro for doing the spannering - for a GayBlade rider your All Right :kuda:
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Gosling1 wrote: is it much lighter at all ?
Nah Gos, if anything it would be a fraction heavier as the bracing is additional to an OE arm, but I doubt if would be much.

And travelling through Nasho at 60kph I doubt I'll notice any difference, smile on my face will be bigger and I had to do something to compete with Shaun's Triple Clamps ;) :D
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aah yes the old Clamp envy. Bracksy used to get that all the time when Wobbler only used the infamous testy clamp on Sam !!!! :lol: :lol:

well the new swingarm sure looks the goods mate. Should take away a lot of the attention from Shaun's clamp :lol:
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Looks awesome Phil!

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Mmmmm........as nice as a Neptune Schnitty at the Fingal Bay Sporto ???????

I think so. Well done mate. Looks awesome.
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Thats more Shiney than Shiney himself!

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Mmmm nice, I bet it looks even better in the flesh :kuda:
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Mate that is very very nice. Congrats. Quick question. Your seat is it a custom job ?
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Clarkixlc wrote:Mate that is very very nice. Congrats. Quick question. Your seat is it a custom job ?
Yep, re done in leather with olde school stitching
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MickLC wrote:Mmmm nice, I bet it looks even better in the flesh :kuda:
I have to say I think it is :kuda:
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nobody has asked the question !!!

Is this functional bling ? or just............bling ?

:lol: :lol:
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Gosling1 wrote:nobody has asked the question !!!

Is this functional bling ? or just............bling ?

:lol: :lol:
Functional bling Gos, functional first, bling was getting it polished ;)
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Re: Finally after 8 months

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Grouse :D
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