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Luckystar64 · 08-06-2008, 04:22 AM

Coupla ideas... I was looking into a KX65 conversion arm a while back, but I don't weld, and I couldn't find anyone to fab one for me. Here's what I came up with.

I thought about taking a Metaltek swinger-- its' steel-- and grinding off the bridge from it. Then weld on some tabs to use an upright shock with a BBR or other shock tower. If you look at the Metaltek swingarm-- it's similar to a KX65 swingarm, only with a bridge on it. With that, you wouldn't have to worry about the rear wheel lining up.

Now that I saw the Pitster conversion-- I'd be leaning in that direction-- it's cool and cheap!

The third solution? I want to run the whole KX65 as a pit bike! I'm so sick of dicking with 110's-- I just want to drop heavy springs, and mod the 65 shock, and run that. It's a project that I'm thinking about in the near future. ---L*64

08-06-2008, 04:22 AM	#11 (permalink)
Luckystar64 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brunswick, Ohio Posts: 744	Re: kx 65 swing arm to 110 conversion Coupla ideas... I was looking into a KX65 conversion arm a while back, but I don't weld, and I couldn't find anyone to fab one for me. Here's what I came up with. I thought about taking a Metaltek swinger-- its' steel-- and grinding off the bridge from it. Then weld on some tabs to use an upright shock with a BBR or other shock tower. If you look at the Metaltek swingarm-- it's similar to a KX65 swingarm, only with a bridge on it. With that, you wouldn't have to worry about the rear wheel lining up. Now that I saw the Pitster conversion-- I'd be leaning in that direction-- it's cool and cheap! The third solution? I want to run the whole KX65 as a pit bike! I'm so sick of dicking with 110's-- I just want to drop heavy springs, and mod the 65 shock, and run that. It's a project that I'm thinking about in the near future. ---L*64