What do you guys think about this??

Raptor Swingarm Extender

 

$269 isn't to bad a price campared to $450 and up for a swingarm, and then a carrier. You may add that little more weight, but for the general all around rec-rider for like the dunes, it'll keep the front end down, which it despiratly needs. I bet it's actually going to be a pretty good seller simpliy because it does two things, 1) keeps the cost down, and 2) keeps the front end down. I will passing this onto my brother-in-law for his Raptor, since he really wants an ext-arm, but hates to spend the kind of money for a complete new swingarm.

 

I like the look of the gegv one. Wish there were better pictures to see how it attatches etc. I also like what Airraptor has to say about weight. If I lost the 20lbs on the quad I wouldn't need to lose it off of me. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] and if I did, thats a 40lb saveings. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

i just ordered a tucker swing arm from sandtoyz 310-793-1553, it was 350 and 150 for carrier,i was going to get the bolt on kit, but the weight thing, my motto is to take off not put on.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Raptorboy, Sandtoyz just relocated to a new shop 3 miles from my house! (very dangerous for me). They were nice guys with good prices. They had some VERY clean Banshees in there.

 

Greg V, I took my swing arm and had 4 inches welded into it. The guy that I took it to done an awsome job with the welding (actually the welds look better than the factory welds on the rest of the arm) Yes it may add a few pounds, but for 140 bones your not going to see me conplaining.

As for the pushing with the 4 inch extension I didn't notice it at all. It keeps the front end down and makes wheelies even more fun when you do want to pull it up. The only downside was that you lose some traction, but that can be ok because it makes the bike super easy to spin around and you can throw a tornado spin just about anywhere you want to.

I hillclimb though is the reason I went with 4 inches and the traction loss you fell on flat groung goes away as soon as you start up the hill the bikes weight and yours is transfered back to the rear tires and BAM.. It hooks up awsome. I honestly feel the 140bucks on the swing arm was the best money that I have spent yet on my bike.

As for the link that you put there I dont think that two little pieces of steel is worth 270bucks. Try to find someone to do the weld, and put the rest of the money towards other mods, you can always go back and buy the whole arm is you would like.

 

TO: TheRaptorMan

where did you get yours welded up at? was it at a shop, friend, or ? Got any info or numbers. You wouldn't happen to have any pics of it would you? Thanks,

 

I will have to try to scan in some pics of my bike, but I don't have any yet.

The guy that done mine was at a local shop called Teays Valley Welding here in WV. I called around to some shops until I found one that welded aluminum and said he had done swingarms before. I took the bike down to him and he looked at it and I said the two thing I wanted to hear
1st he would make sure that it was straight
2nd it would be strong

At this point and time with the National hillclimb comming up I really didn't care about looks, but when I got the swingarm back I was extreamly impressed.

 

hey raptor man... how did the guy extend your swing arm?? like what did he weld or where did he put the new peices of aluminum at. what size of aluminum