Due to the difficulty in scaring up funds to get this going, I have decided I can save a bit of money by using the Ninja frame and swing arm. I think I can overcome some of the twist issues by beefing up the pivot pin and adding a truss across the top of the swing arm. I am also going to resort to either the Fred Flintstone or Huck Finn methods of reverse for now.
I have ordered a rear swing arm and everything attached to it from a 2009 Ninja EX500. It has disc brakes instead of the manual drum brakes on the bike I have now. I think it should bolt in. I hope. Having hydraulic brakes will make it much easier to balance the brakes after I am done. I may make a new read disc and caliper mounting bracket though. Increasing the diameter of the rotor would give the rear brakes more stopping power than stock without a major system change. The faster rotor speed would probably wear pads a bit faster, but that seems to be a fair trade off.
I will post pics of the conversion at some point.
