The Zephyr Zone

Has anyone else fitted a ZRX1100 swing arm to their Zephyr? The guy I've spoken to said it made his bike around 50mm shorter and around 50mm higher, any thoughts? thanks

pete12000 wrote:Has anyone else fitted a ZRX1100 swing arm to their Zephyr? The guy I've spoken to said it made his bike around 50mm shorter and around 50mm higher, any thoughts? thanks

As you asked for thoughts .... that level of alteration to the geometry must noticeably change the bikes handling characteristics. Now whether or not that's a desirable or undesirable change is a different question. But it will change, that's got to be a near certainty. Shorter wheelbase and significantly less front rake, my guess is its certain to turn a LOT quicker at the expense of being less stable in a straight line to road imperfections etc.

I'd be considering a steering dampener as part of the change if that's what you decide. May not be necessary, but could be VERY frightening experience to discover one is needed. A tank slapper at high speed is an experience you never forget.

Thanks, pretty much what I thought, I'm not sure why anyone would want to go down that route???

You want it for 750er oder 1100?

I have a ZRX400 swingarm to install on the 750
I will measure the overall lengths
I think the difference between the 400 and 1100 swingarm is the location of the torque arm which connects the rear calliper. The Zephyr 750 and ZRX400 have rear calliper on top of the disc while the ZRX1100 has calliper at the underside of the disc

Hi fitted one to my 600 zephyr and to be honest it looked spindlely and skinny after the thick box of the zephyr arm .

some where on this site is the spacer dimensions . have alook through my posts there in there some where .