The XR650R Project........Progress!
No more theorizing. Started work on the SwingArm. Wanting to keep the basic geometry of the motorcycle and being inspired by RedRider's extended aluminum swingarm, I decided to mate a stock 05 TRX arm to the stock XR arm. Since the shock linkage point is way toward the front of the XR arm, the decision was made to cut the motorcycle swinarm right behind the linkage mount. This way, the stock rear suspension would not be altered. Then after deciding the overall lenth of 21 1/2in, We were able cut the TRX arm to the correct length for the union. There was some milling involved to get a nice fit. The next step will be to weld the two arms together and then some serious plating. I should note that the work is actually being done by master fabricator, Warren Roll, father of Doug Roll (Roll Design). The fixture is Doug's actual TRX swingarm fixture. I will post some more picks after the arms are welded together and plated.
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85 250R
82 250R
84 200x
85 185s
84 185s
85 Big Red
85 225 shaft
Coming soon: ATC 650R!