Is this a difficult mod?

[The Bearded Duc]

There is a guy with an M750 for sale with a 916 Swingarm Conversion. I'm real interested in doing this, is this a difficult mod?

[junior varsity]

Yes.

[WetDuc]

I've always dreamed of getting the swingarm conversion.  It's a huge mod.  Major change and involves a lot of work.  I'm still researching and haven't done anything yet.

[junior varsity]

I ought to refine my post.

There are kits. They cost over $3k. It becomes essentially an in-depth bolt on affair.

[The Bearded Duc]

I ought to refine my post.

There are kits. They cost over $3k. It becomes essentially an in-depth bolt on affair.

I've seen some of the kits online. Most of them where for the big wheel conversion as well. I didn't realize it was that expensive . Might have to hold off for a bit

[He Man]

hold off?

an sbk swingarm conversion is a mod you do to be unique. And youd have to be well off with spare cash to do it.

save your money, its not worth it. Do your suspension, get some new rims. or just get m1100.

[The Bearded Duc]

hold off?

an sbk swingarm conversion is a mod you do to be unique. And youd have to be well off with spare cash to do it.

save your money, its not worth it. Do your suspension, get some new rims. or just get m1100.

I was being sarcastic. The head banging was me realizing I wanted a different bike after I bought the one I have

[Duck-Stew]

First off, enjoy the ride you currently own before jumping ship.  The single sided arms are cool and all, but to fit one to an early framed bike is a H-U-G-E undertaking, and even if you *could* find one of the Febur "kits", they suck.  They're only *slightly* less of a total pain-in-the-ass to get onto an early frame and they most certainly do NOT bolt-right-on.

An S2R800 can be had these days for cheap enough though...

[The Bearded Duc]

All of you are right, more wisdom than I could imagine
I love my bike more than anything and I just get these crazy mod ideas in my head and want to find a way to keep the bike I fell in love with so many years ago but really make it mine!

[junior varsity]

Just some thoughts from one member, here, who has done lots of 'minor' modification to his bike:

Each thing you change or alter, is one thing more to worry about and routinely check than now. Illustration: Reroute oil lines on other side of horizontal cylinder means cutting new oil lines, affixing the fittings and putting it all together (if you don't just buy hypermotard lines). Now when you get off, you are triple checking for oil leaks and making sure those lines are holding up, etc. This is along with the 'normal' stuff, like chain and sprocket wear, oil consumption (if any), brakes and all the other things.

When you change this and that, you need to continually make sure that the modification has gone soundly. It was built one way, likely a product of numerous compromises, and a modification will require more close attention.

By modification, I mean something more than simply replacing a clutch cover or alternator cover. And remember, every dollar you spend on the bike's modifications and accessories is not a dollar you will ever get back when you go to sell it. A huge pet peeve of mine is the craigslist seller who itemizes out each bolt on addition and even tosses around a price to go with it. Sure a few things are notable, but their prices are not, and do not factor into a fair selling price.

Food for thought before you start spending big dollars on modifications.

[The Bearded Duc]

Thanks ato, definitely something to think about. Especially since I will want to get a "bigger", newer Monster at some point!

[jwoconnor]

From an S2R owner, my next Monster (not selling this one) will be a DSS carbed 900. Mainly because I want laced wheels on a Monster for my Scrambler project and it would be rather more expensive on a SSS. And I want big flat-slides too!

[muskrat]

just keep checking the ads for sale in craigslist and cycletrader along with ebay like I did for 5 months.  I too wasn't totally satisfied with me previous bike but my patience landed me an S4R for $2k below NADA.  Now, the mods since are a whole other story, no more savings that is. 

[JEFF_H]

I thought everybody had an M750 with a single-swingarm.
I do 

(for a long time it was the only one in the US, guess there's two now)

btw- the mods to do that cost approx the same as the bike cost new.

[slowkitty]

The easy but spendy way out ....

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