rear shock

[bansheedave1]

What is the rear shock length from the mount, center to center?

[bansheedave1]

Eye to eye I ment.

[bansheedave1]

I am building a blaster. I already have the frame modified to fit a cr125 motor, exhaust and cooling system. Now I'm setting the rear up to run a banshee suspension.

[sstaton1983]

I can measure one when i get home be about half an hour. got one laying on the bench.

[bansheedave1]

I can measure one when i get home be about half an hour. got one laying on the bench.

thank you

[bansheedave1]

Since my topic got moved to suspension, I have one other measurement question. With the bike in the air and the rear drooped out, what is the measurement from the dog bone mount at the frame to the link mount on the swingarm? I need these so I can get the geometry correct.

[Starwriter]

This is not going to work. See that big ass cross brace in the Blaster swingarm, right behind the pivot tube? That's exactly where the Banshee shock would need to go. You can't just cut that brace out or the swingarm will have the rigidity of a garden hose on a San Diego lawn in June. Even if you do somehow manage to pull this off, you will have a Blaster that rides like a truck, because the Banshee shock is sprung and valved for a much heavier bike. And you can't just have a suspension shop set up your shock for a Blaster with Banshee suspension.

[bansheedave1]

This is not going to work. See that big ass cross brace in the Blaster swingarm, right behind the pivot tube? That's exactly where the Banshee shock would need to go. You can't just cut that brace out or the swingarm will have the rigidity of a garden hose on a San Diego lawn in June. Even if you do somehow manage to pull this off, you will have a Blaster that rides like a truck, because the Banshee shock is sprung and valved for a much heavier bike. And you can't just have a suspension shop set up your shock for a Blaster with Banshee suspension.

thanks for the input. I am well aware of it. I will be getting a custom swinger built for this project. My blaster swingarm is being used as a mock up tool. It will be sent off the the builder to replicate the measurments. I won't be using the stock swinger.

[Starwriter]

But it's still going to have the 2 piece pivot tube with the engine mounted in between? OK, good luck.

[bansheedave1]

But it's still going to have the 2 piece pivot tube with the engine mounted in between? OK, good luck.

do you ride dirtbikes? How does that swingarm bolt in? I do ride bikes. Have for years and know how to build bikes. Thanks for helping me out.

[sstaton1983]

13 3/4 eye to eye. That's a stock rear.

Edited December 4, 2013 by sstaton1983

[bansheedave1]

13 3/4 eye to eye. That's a stock rear.

thank you

[bansheedave1]

That's a bit shorter than the works shock I have. Once I get the other measurement I need, ill have to make the difference up.