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Is the swingarm on my '83 1100E stock?
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Very little swing arm flex with the "built-up box section aluminum swing arm" on the '82 11E (the quotes are from the July '82 Cycle World review). And no high speed wobble (it's not one of the old Kawasaki 'Widow Makers').
I've never had mine over 120 mph, but even there she plays 'look Ma, no hands!' with no complaints.
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It’s the width of rim rather than dia but a 160 would be stretched on a 5.5 rim so I guess high have the 4.5. It still may have new slightly stretched out to help with clearances.
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Originally posted by salty_monk View PostYou may find that the swingarm has been slightly “stretched” to fit that wheel/tyre combo as well.. it’s possible.
what wheel/tyre does it have on it? Assuming 4.5” wheel and a 160 profile tyre? That’s about the max without more work…
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I'm not certain of that, I thought I was careful to get one off the E but I don't remember what the ebay listing said now haha
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I was in the camp that thought 82-83 were the same except the finish. 82 chrome - 83 black. looking at the rear foot peg / exhaust hanger casting its obvious those are different parts that makes me wonder if the mount point on the exhausts are different.
On a side note - I notice scratches on both swingarms in the pics, Mine has that too. ??? Is there that much swingarm flex? I've often thought that's where my high speed weave comes from. Yes, I have changed the swing arm bearings.......
Originally posted by eldevigo View Post
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Are you sure you have the "E" exhaust and not the "G"? I mention because your fix is the same thing that had been done to my G when fitting 1000E Mufflers to it.
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I'm not much of a tire knower and I haven't checked the spec. I'll try to get the numbers off it tomorrow.
I ended up just picking up a pair of 2" galvanized mending plates and used that to hang the pipes below the stock mounting holes. I'm a little concerned they might drag if i hit a corner *really* aggressively, but otherwise they look pretty good. I'll post pictures!
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You may find that the swingarm has been slightly “stretched” to fit that wheel/tyre combo as well.. it’s possible.
what wheel/tyre does it have on it? Assuming 4.5” wheel and a 160 profile tyre? That’s about the max without more work…
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Originally posted by LAB3 View PostOr you could go the "primitive Pete" route and use a hammer to make a dimple in the muffler to make it miss anything that's poking out too far.
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A guy could always go to the Partzilla website and use the parts fische and compare various parts numbers to see if they're the same between those two years
Or you could go the "primitive Pete" route and use a hammer to make a dimple in the muffler to make it miss anything that's poking out too far.
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Although the '82 and '83 11E are in many ways identical, they do have different passenger foot peg mounts. This may affect the exhaust. Swingarms and rear shocks are, I believe identical.
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