increasing an RTs ground clearence

[VAL. H.]

I'm in the prosses of doing a few aterations to my R80 (ex RT) outfit. I'm thinking about increasing the ground clearence a little.

Is the RT swing arm the same length as the g/s swing arm?

I know they are different part numbers and the g/s has the shock mounted on the swing arm and the RT has it mounted on the FD, but was wondering if the g/s shock or moving the RT mount forward onto the swing arm would put too much of an angle on the out put shaft at the gearbox.


Val.

 

[igormortis]

Monolever RT? In that case I know for sure that the swingarm is the same length.

Also, if you’re gonna mount a shock G/S style, I believe the shocks on the mono road bikes sit further outboard due to the different mounting arrangement.

 

[VAL. H.]

Monolever RT? In that case I know for sure that the swingarm is the same length.

Also, if you’re gonna mount a shock G/S style, I believe the shocks on the mono road bikes sit further outboard due to the different mounting arrangement.

That's good to know, thanks.

I know too that the g/s shock is mounted on the swing arm and the 80 mono's shock is mounted on the Final drive. So does that mean the mono and the g/s share the same shock and that it is simply mounted differently to give a higher ride hight? Something tell's me that's not the case though.

I was hoping I could simply fit a g/s shock to lift the RT an inch or so.


Val.