i did it! 350x shock on a 250x swingarm!

[TheX1992]

well boys it can be done. if you have the right tools you can do anything. i have a 350x rear shock on my 250x with a 250x swingarm still there w/o cutting. all i did was fabricate some bushings and bearings and set it to the side of the 2 posts and she works like a dream. no more bottoming out for big man. ill take some pics as soon as i can. im very happy w/ the results.

TheX1992, you dont happen to have a 96 blaster and a 93 banshee do you? anyways cool get some pics.

[TheX1992]

:huh



what are you talking about

I seen you post a pic of ur so called 93 banshee on this forum one day, then i seen it on bluetraxx. I saw a pic of a blaster that hte guy with hte 93 shee owns and it had your 250x or one just like it in it.

[dad400ex]

Sorry dude,but putting a 350x rear shock on a 250 x is going backwards in engineering.Put a 400ex rear end(shock,axle and swingarm w/linkage)then your be doing something like I did on a 300ex.

[Dustybear300ex]

im sorry, i have been reading all of these forums about swingarms for 250r, 350x, and 400ex swingarms all on 300ex's. Then there is the linkage thing. What exactly is this. I have seen pictures of shocks with mounts on the bottom that split off for two mounting holes, i know that is not what mine does. If that is what a linkage is, then can't you just take the bracket off and mount the shock directly to the swingarm? I feel stupid asking this, but i would really like to know. thanks

[fly400ex]

the linkage provides a progressive rate for the shock

[DarkStarRacing]

thats great , but did you ride with it yet? might not be that great...good luck with it

[cdalejef]

Originally posted by dad400ex
Sorry dude,but putting a 350x rear shock on a 250 x is going backwards in engineering.Put a 400ex rear end(shock,axle and swingarm w/linkage)then your be doing something like I did on a 300ex. Thats not true...the 350x shocks is much better than the 250x shock!

[eldoexrider01]

350x shock has the rezzie on it.

[quadfamily]

theX1992, I'd like to see some pictures too. How does it ride now and how does it land big jumps? Is the ride height the same? Does anybody know if the shock length is the same or different? And by the way, were you able to put the 250X shock back onto the 350X so that bike would be complete too?

Dad400EX, lets see some pictures of your setup. Sounds sweet, did you have to do much if any cutting/welding? Did you use all stock 400EX parts?

I know my rear suspension stinks!

[countypark]

I put a 350X rear shock and swingarm on my 300EX and raced it once. Went back to the stock 300 shock for a better ride (which still sucks) because the 350 shock was way too stiff and abusive.

I'd go for a 400 or 250R shock myself as a cheap alternative to a new works or something.

I'm holding out for an Elka.

The 350X rear would be a good TT set-up, low and stiff.

[toby400ex]

i saw a 300ex at my race a few weeks ago and it was sitting so low in the back i thought there must be somethin f'ed up about it. I looked at it and it was the 300 shock and swingarm but it looked like a he mad a bracket that went lower than usual and it made it sit real low, like 4 inches lower. well the guy got the holes shot over 400exs and z400's so he must know what he is doin, if i see him another time , my next race is on nov 10th so i might see him then, if i do i might ask him what he did and get back to you guys with it.

[TheX1992]

sorry i havnt replied sooner

yes i have ridden with it. ive bottomed it out i think 3 times. it has about half as much travel but my bike rides higher. i dont jump any 50 foot doubles so its not to bad. you can adjust the spring lenght itself, a knob under the spring, and on the rezzi. i think its alot better than my stocker. i use to sit on it and the fenders would go down to the tires. im 265 and 6"5 so not many shocks can keep me up :P


sorry no pics as of yet



this may help though

[TheX1992]

Originally posted by EXracer8601
I seen you post a pic of ur so called 93 banshee on this forum one day, then i seen it on bluetraxx. I saw a pic of a blaster that hte guy with hte 93 shee owns and it had your 250x or one just like it in it.

thats my friends machines. his name on bluetraxx is 93banshee. his house is like my 2nd home. we got our track and everything there. the man with the most land rules! thats my golden rule. and yeah that was mine in the pics with his blaster and shee. he owns the yami's and i own just my x. i ride them every once in a blue moon and he takes mine for a bit sometimes. but no those are his yami's