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NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« on: August 01, 2014, 03:28:22 PM »
MotogpWerks has taken over Cal Fab and is remaking the swingarms for the 750/4 Honda's, they are 20mm longer than a stock K swingarm and look great.... 8)

https://www.facebook.com/motogp.werks?fref=nf

A Motogpwerks Cal Fab arm being made... ;)

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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2014, 04:13:03 PM »
I'm sure it's on your list, eh Mate?  Wondering about the cost.
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2014, 04:31:20 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on August 01, 2014, 04:13:03 PM
I'm sure it's on your list, eh Mate?  Wondering about the cost.

I've got some good choices now Steve, I have the modified GSXR arm, a very good GS1100 alloy arm and now this one, regardless of price i'll end up with one... :o ;D ;)
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2014, 05:07:36 PM »
I had a Cal Fab on my 80 CB750F, wish I had never sold that bike. :(
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2014, 06:59:06 PM »
Saw they are making arms.
Excited to see/hear more
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2014, 07:05:28 PM »
Quote from: Tintop on August 01, 2014, 05:07:36 PM
I had a Cal Fab on my 80 CB750F, wish I had never sold that bike. :(

I had a nice red and white 900F2 with a Yoshi pipe that i was kind of fond of after making the damn thing handle a bit better.... ;D
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2014, 07:51:52 PM »
 I had a CalFab swing arm on my first bike.  It was a 1978 KZ1000 LTD.  I bought it at a motorcycle swap meet for just $ 50.oo  That was in 1982
 Man those were the days.   ;)
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2014, 03:46:44 AM »
Looks impressive and a lot stronger. What's the general opinion: do our CB750s need a longer s/arm for spirited street riding?

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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2014, 09:43:55 AM »
Browsed the FB page and read this:


July 29 at 10:39am · Edited · Like

MotogpWerks Price,depends on how many are sold,the more the cheaper I can get the material and costs off making them down ...around $600-700 retail and Race guys a discounted rate ,used on ebay they are $500 so about $100 more than what was being sold for 25 years ago from Calfab
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David Pirie any info on lenght and tyre,. wheel size combatability. Im building a cafe racer and want to run a 17 x5.5 rim and a 180 tyre.
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MotogpWerks They are all for stock OEM brakes and wheels anything else is a special build
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2014, 01:20:52 PM »
Quote from: dragracer on August 10, 2014, 09:43:55 AM
MotogpWerks They are all for stock OEM brakes and wheels anything else is a special build

Thats fine, you can run a 4.25-4.5 inch rim in a stock arm easily and a small mod to spacers and you can run any brakes, thats all relatively easy to do... I'll be running a rear disc on mine, only mod is the tabs on the top of the arm for the bar that holds the caliper mount and a little bit of machining on the spacers....
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2014, 08:35:33 PM »
well crap....  I'm going to need one of those.
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750 and 550
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2014, 05:18:46 PM »
550 Cal fab swingarms being built by motogpwerks


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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2014, 05:39:03 PM »
That's pretty yummy looking!
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2014, 05:43:24 PM »
It looks nicer than the oem GS1100E unit also.
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2014, 11:10:31 PM »
Quote from: grcamna2 on October 22, 2014, 05:43:24 PM
It looks nicer than the oem GS1100E unit also.

I have one of them as well... ;D :o
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #15 on: October 23, 2014, 05:38:14 AM »
Quote from: Retro Rocket on October 22, 2014, 11:10:31 PM
Quote from: grcamna2 on October 22, 2014, 05:43:24 PM
It looks nicer than the oem GS1100E unit also.

I have one of them as well... ;D :o

RR, does that one use needle bearings and inner collars similar to the GS1000E ?
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #16 on: October 23, 2014, 03:37:50 PM »
Quote from: grcamna2 on October 23, 2014, 05:38:14 AM
Quote from: Retro Rocket on October 22, 2014, 11:10:31 PM
Quote from: grcamna2 on October 22, 2014, 05:43:24 PM
It looks nicer than the oem GS1100E unit also.

I have one of them as well... ;D :o

RR, does that one use needle bearings and inner collars similar to the GS1000E ?

Yes, its a needle bearing arm, I have to have the 750 frame pivot bolt hole opened up to suit the larger pivot bolt and i'm shortening the arm at the pivot end so its exactly 1 inch longer than the stock K arm... ;)
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2014, 04:51:32 PM »
Retro - couldn't you get the 550 arm instead and relocate your pivot hole? Seems a shame to alter that arm from Chris  :-\
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2014, 06:25:04 PM »
Very nice work.

Im subscribing to this thread and looking forward to more pics and updates.

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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2014, 07:20:18 PM »
Quote from: calj737 on October 23, 2014, 04:51:32 PM
Retro - couldn't you get the 550 arm instead and relocate your pivot hole? Seems a shame to alter that arm from Chris  :-\

Cal, you must have misinterpreted what i said somewhere mate, Chris's arm will fit perfectly and won't be altered at all, the GS1100 arm I have is being altered, funnily enough, to the same specs as the Motogp calfab arm  ;D ;) I have 2 different aluminum arms now and a 3rd coming..... 8)

Hmmm, maybe i misinterpreted Gamma's question , I was referring to the GS1100 arm compared to the gs1000 arm Gamma mentioned, they are both roller bearing....sorry for the confusion... :o
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2014, 07:25:35 PM »
Yup, my bad.
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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2014, 02:20:09 PM »
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cb750 swingarms are done ,new bronze bushings and just waiting on the chromoly Axles to be ground to the correct size ...



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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #22 on: December 08, 2014, 02:34:31 PM »
That looks to be a very nice piece of work !

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Re: NEW Cal Fab swingarms for the 750
« Reply #23 on: December 08, 2014, 03:45:38 PM »
Quote from: vfourfreak on December 08, 2014, 02:34:31 PM


That looks to be a very nice piece of work ART!!

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« Reply #24 on: December 08, 2014, 03:47:12 PM »
I graciously concur !

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