Hey all, just finished my swingarm conversion on my '03 Blackbird. Wanted to post a few pics to let you all see. It was a fun project,,,
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Went for a shake down cruise today and so far so good,,,

how hard was it and did you use a vfr swing arm

That is a nice bike dude! Good job!

5 spoke wheel, looks like a 5th gen VFR. Sweet job

Wow!...more info please.

I used a '92 VFR swingarm and a 5th gen wheel that I modded to fit the swingarm wheel carrier. I made the linkages and spacer for the swingarm and had to move the shock mount over about an inch. Any more and the tank bolts wouldn't have fit and it was just enough. I used the CBR1100XX shock. I ran the rear brake line inside the swingarm and switched the muffler to a high mount on a bracket I made with the midpipe being made by a muffler shop here in town.
On a scale of one to ten, I say the project was an eight. It took about 100 hours worth of work time, but a second one wouldn't take as long now that I know the steps. I had done a 240 wide tire upgrade on a VTX 1800C I used to have, so starting a project like this wasn't a totally new experience. I did the wide tire VTX before you could buy a kit to do it with. Using a '94-'97 swingarm would have made the linkage part easier, but required a wider swingarm spacer. There is a bunch of pics on the other XX site, or tell me what you want to see and I'll put it on this thread,,,

That is one sweet Mod to your Bird. I have thought about this before too, but was not sure how to go about it.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet Dawg!!!

Dude, that's bad ass!!

Maybe you could make to order kit of parts you made and instructions and part list of parts you need to buy with instructions that us others could do this mod. You did an awsome job. bet that reduced a lot of weight.

Originally Posted by flblackbird

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet Dawg!!!

Nice and clean!

Originally Posted by ArmyStrong

Nice and clean!

Back off Russ......I saw it first


Nice ....nice.....nice

That's very impressive, I especially like the idea of running the brake lines inside the swingarm, do you have any photos from the other side?
Cheers
Steve

Friend you have done a wonderful job. Unfortunately here in Italy it is not possible to do likewise and've got to go on the road normally. At most you can go to the track with these changes. The law does not permit this to the media modified to run freely in the streets unless it obtains approval! Very difficult to obtain!

Texasdawg. As you can tell from all the aboves, we are in awe of your talents. I just Love it. Man I want one.