Frankenstuff, I am really, really impressed with a lot of the work you've done on this bike and the quality of the parts you've made for others (saw your blue handiwork in person when I went to check out Tintop's magnum opus).
I love the R1 swinger you chose and the speedhole treatment you gave it, it looks badass, and the adjustable shock mount is a thing of beauty.
With that said...
Here are some early stages of the project.
...as much as I hate to come into a thread and say something negative, my conscience won't let me disregard that photo. I know that you switched to a different rear suspension setup, but since I don't think anyone else made this point, I have to say that the setup shown in this pic is a terrible safety hazard. It applies a very large bending moment to the stock swingarm which was absolutely not designed or built to handle it.
In addition to that, the spring rate is way, way off (probably 3x too soft), and if you did increase the spring rate to an acceptable level, the damping would then be off by that same factor of ~3. In other words, you'd have a rolling pogostick with a built-in self destruct function.
Like I said before, I know that you changed this and I'm not trying to crap on you or your work. I would just feel bad if someone else who's less talented & discerning than you are saw this picture and decided to adopt a similar approach and ended up getting badly hurt as a result.
Sorry about the interruption.
Can't wait to see the highlighted lettering on your new tires.
