bad_ass_fabrication Posted June 27, 2010 Report Posted June 27, 2010 One of a kind custom +10" Arched Ladder Bar Swingarm for a Banshee. This swingarm will definately set your bike off and catch everyones eye. Made with light weight chromoly tubing. All tig welded for superior strength. Uses factory front and rear chain slider. Uses factory shock linkage. Stock pivot bearings will press right into pivot tube. Round House style carrier. Comes with all hardware. Swingarm weighs approximately 9 lbs. Quote
Blewbyu Posted June 27, 2010 Report Posted June 27, 2010 Holy arch. Id be affraid of it hitting the subframe. lol Quote
alf44 Posted June 27, 2010 Report Posted June 27, 2010 Ya. Definantly one of a kind. Have you ever ran one? Do you have pics of it mounted? How about a video of it in action? Im kinda leary about this one. lol. Quote
eric b Posted June 27, 2010 Report Posted June 27, 2010 thats one sick swinger.... good luck with the sale... i would like to see how it mounts up to..... Quote
joee20002 Posted June 27, 2010 Report Posted June 27, 2010 wow i would also like to see one on a bike... thats like tripple the arch that i have on mine.... Quote
shanYE west Posted June 28, 2010 Report Posted June 28, 2010 lol I wouldn't ever put that thing on any one of my bikes.. Even if I got past the goofy look.. I'd be scared of the function. After looking where the shock tab is in relation to the pivot tube and carrier.. Seems like that thing wouldn't sit anywhere near right.. I'll stick with the site sponsors for my fab work... Quote
bad_ass_fabrication Posted July 5, 2010 Author Report Posted July 5, 2010 lol I wouldn't ever put that thing on any one of my bikes.. Even if I got past the goofy look.. I'd be scared of the function. After looking where the shock tab is in relation to the pivot tube and carrier.. Seems like that thing wouldn't sit anywhere near right.. I'll stick with the site sponsors for my fab work... Everything is in the identical location as stock dude...draw a straight line from the pivot tube to the carrier and the tabs are just above center line....just like stock! honestly its a lot bigger arch than i normally build...i just had this tubing laying around and needed to do something with it.... Quote
banshee332 Posted July 5, 2010 Report Posted July 5, 2010 Everything is in the identical location as stock dude...draw a straight line from the pivot tube to the carrier and the tabs are just above center line....just like stock! honestly its a lot bigger arch than i normally build...i just had this tubing laying around and needed to do something with it.... They are not worried about it being center then are worried about the arch. I think its way to much off an arch bet you if you dont run a strut and run a shaw it will hit the subframe Quote
eric b Posted July 5, 2010 Report Posted July 5, 2010 Everything is in the identical location as stock dude...draw a straight line from the pivot tube to the carrier and the tabs are just above center line....just like stock! honestly its a lot bigger arch than i normally build...i just had this tubing laying around and needed to do something with it.... well if you dont sell it soon, put it on a bike and take some pics of it.... that might help us and you out as well,,, if it functions as well as you say, i am sure you will sell a ton cause it is bad azzzzzz........ Quote
bad_ass_fabrication Posted July 5, 2010 Author Report Posted July 5, 2010 They are not worried about it being center then are worried about the arch. I think its way to much off an arch bet you if you dont run a strut and run a shaw it will hit the subframe it wont hit...i will go put it on a bike at my shop tomorrow and post pics of the ride height and also with someone pushing the bike down so u can see it wont hit the subframe...it is definately more arch than i normally build but i had the tubing from another job and never used all of it so i built this arm for something different.... Quote
bad_ass_fabrication Posted July 5, 2010 Author Report Posted July 5, 2010 I definitely would not put that on a high horsepower bike, thats for sure. There is no structural stength from front to back to keep the swingarm from wanting to twist/flex under a heavy load. I see alot of thrown chains on an arm like that. I have seen alot of custom parts over the years that the idea may end up looking cool, but the functionality of it in real life just isnt feasable. honestly how is this swingarm gonna throw chains off?? haha. a swingarm similar to this was ran by D&M Racing on one of their 10 mills just last thanksgiving at glamis and never once threw a chain and ran perfectly straight up the hill kickin ass the whole way Quote
bad_ass_fabrication Posted July 5, 2010 Author Report Posted July 5, 2010 I definitely would not put that on a high horsepower bike, thats for sure. There is no structural stength from front to back to keep the swingarm from wanting to twist/flex under a heavy load. I see alot of thrown chains on an arm like that. I have seen alot of custom parts over the years that the idea may end up looking cool, but the functionality of it in real life just isnt feasable. Also why do you have pictures of "Lightening Yayito" (the cars themed bike) i believe that was built by D&M....not you Quote
bad_ass_fabrication Posted July 5, 2010 Author Report Posted July 5, 2010 well since we are talking about safety...i noticed while looking at your subframe photos on your website that you use mild steel...i'm pretty sure if i was to be buying one of your subframes i would want high quality steel holding my ass on the seat. " I would hope that you give good thought about the conditions in which loads are applied under different situations placed onto the parts that you build so you do not have to worry about part failure" An average 200 lb guy sitting on the seat when he hits a whoop and bottoms that bike out probably puts close to 850 lb/in of pressure on that cheap ass subframe. trust me that measurement is a very close approximation, i am going to school for engineering and have taken plenty of physics classes to back up that estimate....consider chromolly...thanks for the "professional" advice tho Quote
Phelps Posted July 5, 2010 Report Posted July 5, 2010 you guys can hash this out here, no price no fs ad. Quote
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