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Mlakritz, I paid very handsomely for a German manufacturer's piece. Rebel Gears out of TN that said he has a 15T but also seems like he was open to running a batch.

I had a hang up with the German sprocket, but the guy took care of it for me. In fact, I didn't even have to adjust the drive side wheel spacers at all. Bolted straight up after modifying the caliper bracket. 

Thanks for the tip on Cognito. I wouldn't have imagined only $250. This may be a viable option.

Definitely agree. I couldn't stand riding it for more than a couple miles. Nothing more than some carpet padding between your ass and the seat pan.

Throw back before I started butchering 🔪

I'm in the same position with the RD street tracker seat. Still fearful the Accu-Products rearsets aren't going to be what I'm looking for. I'm sure they are quality, but they are far from inexpensive. Look forward to hearing your review of these new pegs after some seat time.

Swing arm swap is complete. Now I'm onto contemplating the front end.

Apparently I was incorrectly under the impression that All Balls offered a "kit" which included bearings, seals AND spacers for a triple clamp swap. Apparently, they do not offer spacers, which now has left me to using a machine shop to press the RD stem into the FZR lower triple.

Did All Balls ever offer a complete kit with spacers for front end swap? I swear I've heard of these kits (with spacers) existing in the past. I also have a buddy that says the same.

Nice work. I've got two sets of pegs laying around. Neither of which I plan to use. Starting to debate cutting a set and replicating what you've done here unless these Accu-product rearsets show up soon. They look great.

I still think an 'arm off an early-ish XJR400 is worth a try.

Extruded aluminum, twin shock, dirt cheap on Yahoo Japan.

https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c1186462431

https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s1215249153

I had no idea Yahoo Japan was a thing for bike parts. Good stuff.

Looks like the upper limit of tire size on a stock XJ is 130-140. After trimming the pivot tube down, that would be a really sweet swing arm if you don't want to go modern day fat with tires.

have you verified you have correct number of steels & fibers in there and ordered correctly? Also, the whole clutch assembled correctly?

This is a great question. There was a common upgrade that added an additional fiber. Following the manual wouldn't illustrate that. I ran into an issue with order of fiber vs steels a few months ago, and of course, the manual wasn't helpful at that point.

Looks great. For whatever it's worth, I enjoyed learning how to powder coat with my case covers. $40 cheap powder coating gun on marketplace, $35 toaster oven plus a 1lb of single stage powder ($13). Looks like you have everything else you would need.

I've spilt fuel, oil, brake cleaner and it hasn't touched the original finish at all.

Pictures aren't for the purists 

Just curious, what is your goal with a swing arm swap? If you want to keep drum brakes and are happy running a 120 tire, my opinion would be an SR500 swap which seems as straightforward as it gets.

I'm wrapping up with an SRX600 swap, but the only aspect I wanted to keep original was dual shock. I'm ready to stuff a 150-160 on this bad boy.

I'm in a similar situation with choosing rearsets. The mounting bracket looks very similar to AccuProducts(?) which is exactly what my long legs need.
The things

The TZR wheels I had were really narrow, like 1.85 front, 2.50 rear and had a single 300 or 330mm disk on the front and a 8" rear disk

I bought them cuz they're TZR wheels, but could never find a use for them and ended up giving them to buddy that used them for TZ125 rains

After a lot of research, I'm fairly sure they are FZR 400 wheels. These are a lot wider. Surprisingly, the correct FZR 400 sprocket carrier is not nearly as easy to come by as a 600 carrier. I've decided to use the 600 wheels purely from a cost saving perspective, and I'm certain they will fit my application.

Either way, I appreciate the info!

Thanks gentlemen. I appreciate the confirmation. Based on these responses, it's an FZR 400 wheel. 3 bolt pattern for the rotor, tuning fork stamped (so not a GSXR), matching Cush drive bits, etc. 

So the final question is whether or not these wheels would be interchangeable to the FZR 600 wheels without different spacers.

If I remove a 600 wheel from any given bike, slap the 400 wheel on, am I good to go? I've been told yes, but I trust y'alls knowledge base more. Thanks again guys

I need help identifying these wheels. Apparently TZR wheels and a few select models of FZR 250/400 look near identical. Maybe they are identical and I'm just spinning my wheels. No pun intended.

I dont have a rear hub, and I know TZR wheels will not work for my particular project. I just have no way of identifying what I have. Hopefully someone out there can confirm.

I look forward to pulling it apart. It's an SRX 600 swing arm. Rough measurements between the stock pivot tube with bronze bushings, and the SRX pivot tube, it's so damn close.  Hopefully digging in within the next few days.

Holy crap,
this company I search for since a while. I had contacted them a few years ago and due to a computer crash I lost the conversation and I forgot the name of these guys.
They are the manufacturers of the Motolanna swingarm.......
I have a teammate who has emigrated to Thailand and is in the Thai racing scene. I will call him and he should contact them.
Regards Uwe

I went digging for them when I read your post from years ago! You made a similar comment about loosing the conversation bc of a computer crash.

That post is the ONLY reason I went digging around to try and find them. Pretty cool