How do swingarm extensions work

With the longer swingarm, the length of the chain is significantly longer. That means there is more distance between the engine sprocket and the rear wheel sprocket which leaves a greater area for chain slop.

I would assume then, while swingarm extensions have a certain coolness about them depending on your tastes , they would require much more maintenance and would be hard on the life of a chain.

Is that a correct statement? Also, would a swingarm extension affect handling of the bike? The engine is the densest area of the bike. Effectively moving it forward makes it harder to lift. Longer swingarms are common in drag racers to help take offs without wheelies and improve straight line stability. Hill climb bikes also have extended swingarms because the upward angle makes flipping too easy.

Extended swingarms make steering slower and the turning radius larger. Most street bikes have them for appearance sake to look like dragsters because looks are more important to their riders than function. When not running in a straight line, handling suffers. What's new. New posts. Log in. Install the app. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.

You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Swingarm extensions - good or bad? Thread starter gigdeth Start date Jul 6, Ive seen a bunch of those cheap swingarm extensions on ebay for sale and was wondering if anyone on here has them, or if theyre just lousy and no one would ever use them? Im looking for a way to get the extended swingarm, and was wondering if this was an alternative?

Any info on these things would be great. Thanks a lot. Professor Hayabusa Immortal Staff member. The extensions work unless you start putting too much horsepower to them. Make sure you get good ones. There is some junk on the market. Yanishiki comes to mind. NoFearSpear Stop Looking! Donating Member. Professor,whats to much horsepower? NoFearSpear Jul. Click to expand Step 2 Now hook the strap to the end of the strap and take it over the motorcycle from the other end. Tighten the strap and make sure that the motorcycle is stable.

After this remove the axle and loosen the grip from the rear axle. While doing this make sure that the wheel is provided with a proper support. Step 3 From the motorcycle swingarm roll out the wheel and remove the chain from the sprocket. Now take off the brake line and the caliper from the brake line and cut the chain with the help of grinder.

Do not worry about the damage of the chain since you will use a new chain for installing the swingarm. Step 4 Remove the rear brackets and take a new swingarm for the motorcycle. Locate a proper spot where the axle sits and and slide the motorcycle extension in the front. On both the sides screw the brackets properly. Step 5 Keep a proper check that the extensions are properly installed else they will fall off. After this install the brackets and attach it with a hardware.

Extending your swingarm will also impact the height of your bike. Incorporating a swingarm extension will in fact raise the height of your bike although the reason lots of people install a longer swingarm is to imitate the long, low look of drag racing bikes.

Your bike is taller because whenever you move the rear axle back, the swingarm pivot is raised up. You might need to install lowering links if you want to lower your motorcycle back to the initial height or even lower.