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While We Are On The Subject Of Swingarms!
« on: November 04, 2009, 08:39:12 pm »
Any idea as to the brand of this one?






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Re: While We Are On The Subject Of Swingarms!
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2009, 08:51:23 pm »
IMO a no brand Brad , someones made it up as a one off .Check the axle keepers - something not quite right there.

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Re: While We Are On The Subject Of Swingarms!
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2009, 08:57:26 pm »
Hope not as it looks good and well made.

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Re: While We Are On The Subject Of Swingarms!
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2009, 09:07:03 pm »
what shocks are they?
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Re: While We Are On The Subject Of Swingarms!
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2009, 09:16:07 pm »
Hope not as it looks good and well made.

Its made of modern box section Brad .The period box style arms all had the radiused corners.
Check it out yourself.

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Re: While We Are On The Subject Of Swingarms!
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2009, 10:10:49 pm »
I had one of these in a while back for some repair work, I was wondering what it was too.
It had a DG sticker on it but I highly doubt it was DG.
The chain adjuster with it was stamped Pro-Tec
Extrusion profiles are available in many different shapes & sizes, square edges etc. do not indicate age or grade, but simply the profile that was readily available at the time.

The one I repaired seemed to be "old"
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Re: While We Are On The Subject Of Swingarms!
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2009, 10:16:43 pm »
I might have to take it to a wider audience ala Marks Swap Meet.

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Re: While We Are On The Subject Of Swingarms!
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2009, 11:26:04 pm »
My hunch is it's a Pro-Tec but the workmanship and construction looks a lot like a Kozman drag racing swingarm I've got for a Z1000 Kawasaki. Kozman did make some MX stuff in the 70s/80s but they're very rare. That's a Pro-Tec chain tensioner by the looks too.

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Re: While We Are On The Subject Of Swingarms!
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2009, 08:05:17 am »
Leith the shocks are Bitubo.

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Re: While We Are On The Subject Of Swingarms!
« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2009, 08:28:20 am »
Leith the shocks are Bitubo.

And i have found they work very well ;)