Swingarm question

[fatboy666]

I have an 05 450r looking to put a 06 or newer swingarm on it. What all do I need or do I need to do to make it work?

[Scro]

You will need the swinger, linkage, and shock. However, I don't believe the stock shock will work. The reservoir was tweaked a little bit between the years because of differences in the cases. That will have to verified by someone else. I know that one will swap to the other year, but swapping the opposite way, the reservoir will hit the case. The 04/05 linkage and shock will bolt up to the 06+ swinger, but it won't work correctly.

Other than that, everything else will swap right over, including the carrier and axle components.

[fatboy666]

Awesome, sounds easy enough. thank you

[D Bergstrom]

If I remember correctly from what I have read, a 06 and newer shock will work no problem on a 04/05, along with the 06 and newer linakge and swingarm. A 04/05 stock shock will not bolt up to a 06 and newer 450R due to the case being different because of the e-start.

Since you are using 06 and newer stuff on a 05, should be no problem. As Scro said, you just need the shock, linkage, and swingarm, everything else from your 05 can be reused.

Doug

[mx Eli]

I have a 07 swing arm I might sell

[airmobile101]

Originally posted by Scro
You will need the swinger, linkage, and shock. However, I don't believe the stock shock will work. The reservoir was tweaked a little bit between the years because of differences in the cases. That will have to verified by someone else. I know that one will swap to the other year, but swapping the opposite way, the reservoir will hit the case. The 04/05 linkage and shock will bolt up to the 06+ swinger, but it won't work correctly.

Other than that, everything else will swap right over, including the carrier and axle components.
What Scro is saying is that you cant use a 450ER rear shock. Otherwise, you will smoke the schrader valve clean off. The rear shock res. are a different offset compared to a kicker to a ER.

[Lquad71]

and possibly a longer chain!

[Scro]

Originally posted by Lquad71
and possibly a longer chain!

Definitely a longer chain. I forgot about that.