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Marketplace => Wanted => Topic started by: AdamN on August 05, 2010, 09:39:53 pm
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Hi everyone,
anyone got a good swingarm that I can use in my RM465X that they would be prepared to part with? The one on the bike needs some cracks welded, and generally has had a hard life and doesn't look real flash at all. I'm thinking it would be easier to just put a nicer one in. I'm in Sydney, but I guess one could be posted, happy to pay obviously. PM or post here if you can help, let me know the details.
Thanks for any help :)
Cheers
Adam
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Adam, give me a call tomorrow and Ill give you a number for a guy that makes them.
Cheers Rod.
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Still looking :-\
Adam
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Adam, where does a 125 & 250 fit in the equation?
Just bringing a 84 back to life that had an earlier (82/83) swing arm fitted. I have fitted the correct 84 swing arm and have the old one as excess, but I think it is a 125 unit but can't be sure.
Bahnzy
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Gday Bahnzy,
The problem I have is I cant be sure the arm in this 465 is the correct one either, as the back of the bike is a bit of a bitza ??? Has had a different wheel and brake torque arm thrown in it. I put a square on the underside of the arm in line with the verticle centre line of the strut mount tag, and measured forward to the pivot verticle centreline and got a measurement of 215mm +/-. If anyone can confirm if that is the correct one, that would be a start.
My brother in law has a very original RM125Z that he is restoring, so I borrowed it's swingarm and compared to what I have. I would trust that bike to be more correct than mine. I measured it in the same fashion as above, and it has a dimension of 230mm +/-. I fitted it in my 465 frame and it fits perfectly. The length, width, fits around the cases etc . The rest of it looks to be identical, so the only difference is the struts mount 15mm further towards the rear axle. What difference that will make I don't know, and it would make 3/5ths of bugger all to me anyway, so I could use a 125Z arm if need be.
I checked with the cross reference programme lukeb1961 sent me, according to that the 250/465X and 250/465Z interchange. So I guess anything from '81-'83 would work. The more I look at mine, the more r00ted it is, so i'm sending it to scrap, the only thing it's good for. Hopefully a better one will show up ;).
PS If anyone has the correct round aluminium brake torque arm, i'd be interested in that too :-*
Thanks for the help
Adam ;D
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Gidday Adam just to let you know there are 3 different swingarms for these early full floaters 1981 1982 1983 as i have all three here, you are right the 125 mounts are different and will not work on the 465, as for the other 2 the 250 and 465 x z are the same the 250 and 500d are a touch longer, i do have a near mint spare 500d swing arm this will work on the 465, i know this as we are currently putting together 7 more rm full floaters. Adam i do have one for sale, pm me and i will give you the details Bear