A new swinging arm

[JAYNEYT]

Wonder if anyone could help me please.............:burnout:

I am looking to change the swinging arm from my M750.

Does anyone know what I could replace it with? I want an ally one that can be polished.

I have been told that I could put a 916 single sided swinging arm ? If I did this what other mods would I need to do i.e. new wheel, caliper etc etc.

Sorry for being so thick ................. I am a woman ! :confused:

[superlight3]

Oooooooooo, what are you replacing?

A single-sided conversion costs $$$$$$$$$$$ (lots)...

Or are you just looking to replace a rusty steel item for a spanglely ali jobbie??

Quite a few options available, what year is your bike?

Cheers.

Lee.

[CK & AK]

Janey, go for it.
If you want any help PM AK, or I can give you his mob number for a chat.
As Lee says, there are quite a few options.

C

[JAYNEYT]

Hi

My bike is a 98 750. The swinging arm currently on is the standard steel one - I have looked into having it chromed but there are rust patches on it and have been advised against it. (Only 2k miles and the bloody things rusty!)

I saw a piccy of a monster on one of the forums and it had a single sided swinging arm and looked the dogs danglies.

Just how much are we talking here to have a 916 single sided swinging arm and the associated mods..........? I get the impression were talking 2nd mortgage material?

Are there any other swinging arms that I could use/adapt and maybe get Metmachex to brace or something?

Either way my swinging arm has goda go !

p.s. Thanks for your help

[robht]

Jayney,

There is no question that the 916 style swinging arms look the business on monsters, but if the ££ puts you off, Ducati Performance sell a couple of double sided swinging arms - which fit the latter model monsters. Look on www.ducati.com in the performance catalogue.

Also, and probably cheaper than the DP ones are Metmachex http://www.metmachex.co.uk/ who do them ready polished. They also list a single sided swinging arm for around £2700...

Hope this helps,
Rob

[PaulS]

If all you want is a swinging arm that doesn't rust and can be polished I would have thought the simplest and cheapest option was to replace yours with one from a later monster that had an alloy one to start with.

[JAYNEYT]

I think your right Paul.

Just bin quoted £2500 from Metmachex for the signle sided - bit too much.

They also advise getting one of an earlier monster which is ally.

Okay.........any ideas where I can get a second hand ally one from.....and what year did they put ally ones on?

Thanks

[fatbloke]

Loads of Ali arms about at breakers.
Its not the year its the model Ali arms are fitted to most years.
I fitted one to mine its much prettier.
If you do get one from a breaker make sure its complete ie with
all the adjusters and sliders etc. They can be pricey if bought
seperately.

[JAYNEYT]

Do you know what bike your swinging arm came from?

[fatbloke]

It came from an M900s but I have no idea of the year.

[DesmoDog]

Originally posted by JAYNEYT

Okay.........any ideas where I can get a second hand ally one from.....and what year did they put ally ones on?

Thanks [/B]

Jayney, there's an S4 ali swing arm on e-bay going for £20, it only has 4 hours left and it's 2:30 now. So unless you skive at work and do this you might miss out.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2458506583&category=10448

I'm not sure if that link will work but ut's worth a try.:cool:

[JAYNEYT]

Will this definately fit my bike ???? Looks completely different to the one currently on my bike... although as I said I am a woman and a lump of metal is a lump of metal to me !!

Will I just need to get rear wheel adjuster and spindle for it to fit?

[DesmoDog]

I dont' know, I only point the way..

There is one in Germany, also for £20 which looks more like a regular Monster one (I guess 6, 7, & 9 are all the same??) - got a few days left on the Auction but I reckon the price will stay the same.

Don't have that link though. :-(

[DesmoDog]

Yes I do!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2458919754&category=25632

[superlight3]

Oi, hands off...! ;)

It won't fit the early bikes, just the Mk2 Monsters.

Cheers.

Lee.

[DesmoDog]

is that the S4 or the German one?

[dukiwi]

the DP ones are nice: http://www.kc-international.com/rearswinmadf.html

rather expensive, mind you.

[infoage1]

Here'a another swingarm company, with the easy-to-remember website: http://swingarm.com/

Not sure they make a production swinger for the Monster.

I do like the look of the DP unit though.

[Byron Kauffman]

I put a 94 851 swingarm on my 2000 monster, the bike was a 750 dark when I started. It now has a 900SP motor too. The Monster frame did not change much until the second generation so you can grab parts from earlier models and they bold directly on with no mods.
Look for any early Monster or 851 swingarm on ebay. Be sure you get all the pieces.
I have less than $200. US in my conversion and all came from ebay.

[JAYNEYT]

Does anyone know if a swinging arm off an 851 will fit my monster?

The guy at Bike Enders who has one for sale told me to find out if the pivot spindle on the 750 is the same diamater as an 851?

Pivot spindle????..............Wouldn't even know where to begin to look?

Can anyone help me please..............

[grunter]

851 will fit just fine:D