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just bought a swingarm does anyne know the bearings required please its a gen 1 cheers blinkey

blinkey501 wrote:just bought a swingarm does anyne know the bearings required please its a gen 1 cheers blinkey

Have you lost yours ?

blinkey501 wrote:just bought a swingarm does anyne know the bearings required please its a gen 1 cheers blinkey

Congrats on winning the swingarm

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ah bless - andy is having a VERY heavy period of being a grumpy old git atm :)

(And we do have a wonderfull search function - but i am aware that many folk do realise that some of us old farts know where stuff is automatically.....)

and once you pull the swing arm, it makes sense to sort the bearings out at the same time - the thread i listed does show a cheap source for new bearings, and if a job is worth doing - do it well :)

and reusing those bearings is not straight forward ... read the thread and you can see why folk would change them....

no i didnt know where the technical was but th anks

flatlander wrote:

blinkey501 wrote:just bought a swingarm does anyne know the bearings required please its a gen 1 cheers blinkey

Have you lost yours ?

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blinkey501 wrote:just bought a swingarm does anyne know the bearings required please its a gen 1 cheers blinkey

You didnt fancy the gen II then after seeing how easy it was in mine?

No mate nothing wrong with your choice, but i prefer the style of the gen 1. plus i would not like to tackle what you have taken on having to move battery tray etc
I really do take my hat off to you with what you have done and have planned
and i am sure with the paint job you want the bike will something amazing when finished

That was posted with a hint of sarcasm as I dont even think I would bother tackling what I am doing again.

Although Futura single sider anyone???

I know you was getting a bit dis heartened when i came for panels, but maybe your bike when finished will be a one off, or maybe you might start a trend who knows.

Aladinsaneuk wrote:ah bless - andy is having a VERY heavy period of being a grumpy old git atm :)

Nah - just pointing out the facilities - thought it might be useful for any who had not explored them.

If nobody asked any questions, we'd be complaining that people weren't talking any more. 'Tis a fine line between asking too many dumb questions that have been asked 1000 times and keeping the discussion going.

The Mad Hatter wrote: Although Futura single sider anyone???

Been done on a few Milles so it can be done to the Falco too.

As previously mentioned, probably the biggest issue is sorting out the speedo due to the Futura reading from the rear wheel bearing with a different number of pulses .... usually solved using an after-market dash.

Personally I'm not keen on the look of the Futura wheel .... plus the fact it's not a lightweight wheel .... plus the additional mass of the Futura swingarm. Have considered it in the past though

Good luck getting the old bearing out. What a pain in the arse that job is! (unless you've got an internal puller that's small enough to fit in the void, then it's a piece of piss.. I but I haven't, so it wasnt..lol..)

one of the forum members said he used a dremel, but he did warn me they was not nice to do