hello i just wanted to know where i could find or how to extend my swing arm on my quadsport. I see that alot of you have overhalled you quadsports and they look awsome. want to start to fix mine up too.

thanks

 

hey welcome to the forum!

lengthening of the 230 swingarm is usually all custom (unless you manage to find a super rare aftermarket swinger!)

its very simple and straightforward, how are your metalworking skills?

 

average at best. I just wanted to see if there was maybe another year or make that would work for the quad.

 

well that depends on how much longer you wanna go...

 

looking to go +3 if I can

 

ok well then that pretty much rules out using a swingarm from a different bike (as far as i know). there was a guy on here that used an lt250r swingarm with slight modifications, but it was a pretty inane extension, around 8 inches if i remember correctly.

but you can still extend your stock one quite easily (however i highly recommend picking up a used on to mess with). you first need to decide where you want the added length. if you extend in front of the lower shock mount, you lose ride height (unless you get a slightly longer shock). if you extend in front of the lower shock mount, then the rear gets squishy. you may be able to fix that by adjusting the preload but im not entirely sure.

the only tricky part is cutting the arm and keeping everything straight as an arrow while you weld it up. otherwise, welding is easy since its all square tube, and the stock material welds to common mild steel very well, and the wall thickness is good enough to get a very good bead going.