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Moto Board => Tech => Topic started by: Monster750ie on September 09, 2011, 11:52:20 AM

Title: Newbie here need help w/ swingarm
Post by: Monster750ie on September 09, 2011, 11:52:20 AM
Afternoon everyone,

I recently purchased a 2002 750 ie. The swingarm on the bike has quite a bit of rust so i was wondering if anyone can point me to an aluminum monster swingarm that would fit as a direct bolt on or with some minor mods. I greatly appreciate the help!!

Title: Re: Newbie here need help w/ swingarm
Post by: Slide Panda on September 09, 2011, 12:15:51 PM
Unless you're dead set on aluminum you're better off just cleaning up the current one unless it's more than surface rust. Finding an aluminum swing arm would need to be a salvage thing... unless you go buck wild and have one made (yes someone had a CNC billet one made). So you might be hunting for a long long time.

If it's just surface rust you could have it cleaned and powder coated for a few hundred bucks. Done and done.
Title: Re: Newbie here need help w/ swingarm
Post by: Monster750ie on September 09, 2011, 01:09:35 PM
do you know if a 99 M900 swingarm would fit? my current arm is past the point of salvaging its more than surface rust. 
Title: Re: Newbie here need help w/ swingarm
Post by: Slide Panda on September 09, 2011, 01:24:31 PM
It will not. In 2001/2002 they frame was changed and so was the rear suspension. You shock and suspension will not work with a swing arm from the 'hoop' era. Do an image search in Google for 2001 Ducati monster and you'll see the hoop I mention. It's attached to the swing arm and then to a rocker which the shock is attached to as well.

Look for a something from 2002 or later. A 900, 750, 800 or S4 should be good donors.
Title: Re: Newbie here need help w/ swingarm
Post by: Speeddog on September 11, 2011, 11:17:24 AM
'01 and '02 S4 definitely.
IIRC there was a M800S that had the aluminum swingarm.
'02 M900 may have had one.
I don't think the '02 M750 had an aluminum swinger.