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Hey Guys. My project is coming to a close so I thought a few of you may be interested in seeing the work I've done over the winter.

 

 

 



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holy crap that swingarm makes the dt look tiny lol looks sick thou was it hard to fit? =] looking nice with the swing arm sm wheels and forks man just a little left and will look sick

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****ing hell thats well nice! love that swing arm and fat supermoto wheels, interested to know how hard it was to fit that swing arm?

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Cheers! It was a mare fitting the swingarm. We had to grind the linkage to fit. Should be worth it tho, it weighs nearly half the DT one with it being aliminium and it now has a twin pot caliper on

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seriously thinking about doing it lol is it much wider than the dtr one? and is it not possible to use the dt rear brake?

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It's the same width if I remember correctly. The wheel fits straight in aswell. I'll have a look at the weekend to see if the original caliper fits, I think we we're toying with the idea of making a bracket at one point but it seemed pointless with this brake already on it.

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what about them front forks, yokes? what did you have to do to fit them? and what bike are they from? i want some!! nomnom

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did you use a dtr linkage or yz?

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mr karnage wrote:

did you use a dtr linkage or yz?


Id like to know this aswell, Easy dtlp, bike looks sweet as :) Ive been looking at doing a 250 rear end but after seeing this i now want it, Was the shock the only problem/modding needed to fit this, and is that a dt wheel on the rer, If you could upload any more pics of the rear end, close ups that wuld help

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likewise ive been thinking about the same thing

knowing the swingarm is the same width just made it alot easier

all that bike needs is a DEP or gianelli and a white seat cover

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saw a wr400 swingarm on ebay for £30 buy it now last night, was soo tempted, gone up to 60 now :(

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I used the original linkage, just whapped the grinder out to make it fit. Had to take the corners off and it now it fits like a glove! I'm pretty sure it's the same swingarm from all YZ's/WR's so they are easy enough to pick up.

The wheels are both DID Dirtstars. 16.5" on the front and 17" on the rear and both had to have little shims to fit over the axle. The forks are off a KTM 250 SX and took no fitting at all, just had to get the bearing to match up and a tiny shim made to fill the gap.

I'm currently in the middle of putting a 4GW loom/stator/CDI on so I can wire in an electric start etc.

Considering this bike started life as a TDR125 (3SH) it's came a long way!

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The original shock is still on but the bike was HUGE so I opted for SM wheels. I have the WR shock to go on but i'm going to have to move some stuff around to make the chamber fit.

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I used the original linkage, just whapped the grinder out to make it fit. Had to take the corners off and it now it fits like a glove! I'm pretty sure it's the same swingarm from all YZ's/WR's so they are easy enough to pick up.

The forks are off a KTM 250 SX and took no fitting at all, just had to get the bearing to match up and a tiny shim made to fill the gap.



 is that where the linkage bolts onto the swingarm?

 

and tell us more about the forks, dt bearing on ktm spindle? and shim in the top yoke?



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mr karnage wrote:
DTLP wrote:

I used the original linkage, just whapped the grinder out to make it fit. Had to take the corners off and it now it fits like a glove! I'm pretty sure it's the same swingarm from all YZ's/WR's so they are easy enough to pick up.

The forks are off a KTM 250 SX and took no fitting at all, just had to get the bearing to match up and a tiny shim made to fill the gap.



 is that where the linkage bolts onto the swingarm?

 

and tell us more about the forks, dt bearing on ktm spindle? and shim in the top yoke?


 That's the one!

 

I'll have to have another look at the forks and get back to you on that...we did it months ago. I forget which bearing we ended up using. But yeah...shim on the top yoke.



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i get it

it uses dogbones to fix the swingarm to the linkage and you would have had to get a set of yz/wr linkage bolts or did the dt ones just fit?

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Its not the dt shock though is it?

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its the original shock

check 5 posts before yours

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do like that rear swinger,looks well beefy! looks like it grew there too,top job fella



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mr karnage wrote:

its the original shock

check 5 posts before yours


Cheers although it does say linkage not shock :)

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good price

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-Yamaha-YZ250F-YZF250-swingarm-swinging-arm-/150812876949?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item231d25e095

 



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DTLP wrote:

The original shock is still on but the bike was HUGE so I opted for SM wheels. I have the WR shock to go on but i'm going to have to move some stuff around to make the chamber fit.


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cant wait to see it finished mate keep it up, make sure u do all the ods an ends as the final small items make it 100% better

loving the anodised yokes an WP usd's

just an idea what i did on my mx sm's i cut  a recess in the fat bar pad so the trail tech vapor/speedo u have sits inside it, makes its loads tidier looks abit odd with it sat on 1 side...just an idea each to there own i no lolbiggrin



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Very nice.Can you post a couple of pics under the swingarm to see the linkage?Thanks

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