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General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: orange on February 16, 2006, 03:55:26 am

Title: Fitting carbon fibre swingarm to Beast
Post by: orange on February 16, 2006, 03:55:26 am

Can I fit the carbon fibre swingarm I bought off Ebay to my '96 Beast (with the red ally swingarm)? They seem to have the same pivots? Waiting for it to arrive from the States.

I did buy the swingarm as a spare for my 857, but might as well use it on the Beast if I can!!

Title: Re: Fitting carbon fibre swingarm to Beast
Post by: Simon on February 16, 2006, 08:34:52 am

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Can I fit the carbon fibre swingarm I bought off Ebay to my '96 Beast (with the red ally swingarm)? They seem to have the same pivots? Waiting for it to arrive from the States.

I did buy the swingarm as a spare for my 857, but might as well use it on the Beast if I can!!

No,the 96 worldcup frame has a pivot point behind
the B/B the 97 worldcup frame has the pivot point forward of the B/B.

Simon.

Title: Re: Fitting carbon fibre swingarm to Beast
Post by: orange on February 18, 2006, 06:26:42 am

Mine must be a different year Beast then (I'm not sure) - it has the pivot in front of the BB just like my 857. I think it will fit, it looks the same.

Title: Re: Fitting carbon fibre swingarm to Beast
Post by: Matno on February 18, 2006, 06:30:32 am

There are different models that were labeled as "Beast." If it looks the same side by side, it more than likely is.

Title: Re: Fitting carbon fibre swingarm to Beast
Post by: orange on February 18, 2006, 06:38:41 am

bring it on!

Title: Re: Fitting carbon fibre swingarm to Beast
Post by: Colin on February 21, 2006, 12:03:18 am

Like this one, right?

(http://idriders.com/proflex/files/x57 type Beast.jpeg)

Except this is an Animal...............

I thought they were later than '96, more like '97?

Also sold as a 757..........

http://www.k2bikes.com/tech_library/pdfs/97_spc757.pdf

The Frame is the same part number as an 857 and 957.

Col.

Title: Re: Fitting carbon fibre swingarm to Beast
Post by: orange on February 21, 2006, 08:17:16 am

That's the one. Given instructions apply to all 3 models I'm hoping my conversion will be ok.

Will get some pix up soon.

Title: Re: Fitting carbon fibre swingarm to Beast
Post by: Hammer on February 22, 2006, 01:25:51 am

There were a lot of bikes that we affectionately called the Twilight zone bikes...   mostly the 96-97 crossover bikes..   beasts and animals...  anyways, yours looks like it will workk fine with the 97 carbon swingarm...

Take it easy,

Hammer