Leveling Links on Pinwall?

[Wade 2000]

Looking on eBay and came across this Monoshock which seems to have non factory links. By the pics it looks like its off of Ponches bike. Does anyone know if he had leveling links or a lowering kit? Or maybe someone can tell by looking at it. Thanks. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=200688093797&globalID=EBAY-US

Edited January 17, 2013 by Wade 2000

[Gary N.]

Kind of hard to tell from that picture. The stock links look like a dog bone and most of the leveling links I've seen are straight. There is only about a 1/4 or 3/8 inch difference in length so you can't see that in the picture.

[Mike G in SC]

I don't know Ponch's bike, but those look like home made or fab shop.

They are not Yamaha stock and not Baron's, like noted, those are dogbone shape.

 

I had a shop make some for me and they look more like that.

 

I'm sure it's the picture angle but they almost don't look same length, which would not make sense. They also look longer than stock which would lower the bike, but that is probably photo too.

 

(But I have bought from Pinwall and was happy with my purchase.)

 

EDIT: PS,,, also, the stock and the Baron's links are stamped metal, not cut and shaped. Not like pictured.

Edited January 20, 2013 by Mike G in SC

[Wade 2000]

I don't know Ponch's bike, but those look like home made or fab shop.

They are not Yamaha stock and not Baron's, like noted, those are dogbone shape.

 

I had a shop make some for me and they look more like that.

 

I'm sure it's the picture angle but they almost don't look same length, which would not make sense. They also look longer than stock which would lower the bike, but that is probably photo too.

 

(But I have bought from Pinwall and was happy with my purchase.)

 

I have bought from Pinwall also a few times, very happy with them. So you are saying the longer the length the lower the bike??

[Mike G in SC]

I have bought from Pinwall also a few times, very happy with them. So you are saying the longer the length the lower the bike??

 

Yeah, Wade. The math goes backwards on them, as they attach from the swing arm to the bottom of the shock. A shorter link holds the shock closer to the swing arm and thus raises the bike. The Barons links that LOWER the bike are actually a bit over 1/2" LONGER than the stock links. And that lowers the bike 1 1/2".

 

And, though I haven't put hands on them, I would guess the Diamond R "leveling links" that raise the bike are shorter.

 

Next time you have a minute, lay down on the right rear side and stare at it a minute, contemplate longer and shorter.

 

 

 

 

Someone else once posted that for each 1/4" change in the links, you raise of lower the bike 1".

[Wade 2000]

Yeah, Wade. The math goes backwards on them, as they attach from the swing arm to the bottom of the shock. A shorter link holds the shock closer to the swing arm and thus raises the bike. The Barons links that LOWER the bike are actually a bit over 1/2" LONGER than the stock links. And that lowers the bike 1 1/2".

 

And, though I haven't put hands on them, I would guess the Diamond R "leveling links" that raise the bike are shorter.

 

Next time you have a minute, lay down on the right rear side and stare at it a minute, contemplate longer and shorter.

 

 

 

 

Someone else once posted that for each 1/4" change in the links, you raise of lower the bike 1".

 

Gotcha, Thanks! I'm sure somebody knows if Ponch had his bike raised or lowered in the rear. The pics of the bike doesn't look like its lower but I'm not confident enough to pull the trigger and order the bracket

[Squidley]

David's bike, as far as I remember did not have either. It was the stock links, his bike wasn't lowered to the best of my knowledge and he was a bit short to have leveling links on it.

Just looking at those pics it is Ponch's bike, I can tell by the trunk and the badges on it. Funny that it has taken a year and a half to see it being parted out :-(

[Wade 2000]

David's bike, as far as I remember did not have either. It was the stock links, his bike wasn't lowered to the best of my knowledge and he was a bit short to have leveling links on it.

Just looking at those pics it is Ponch's bike, I can tell by the trunk and the badges on it. Funny that it has taken a year and a half to see it being parted out :-(

 

That was my thought also that he was a little short to have put the links on but it also occurred to me that he could have made his own lowering kit? Either way the links pictured seem to be homemade

[Mike G in SC]

That was my thought also that he was a little short to have put the links on but it also occurred to me that he could have made his own lowering kit? Either way the links pictured seem to be homemade

 

Yeah. If you drop the rear the full 1 1/2" of the Baron's links then you have to also have the calliper relocation bracket ($$). But if you just wanted to drop it, say 1/2" or so, you might get away with homemade links and not moving the calliper. Then it would depend on your passenger load and amount of air in the rear shock. The relocation bracket is needed so the calliper does not hit the fender under load.

 

You can make those at home with stock metal (someone said from Lowes) for under $10.

 

Edit: oh, and Yamaha stock and Baron's links are stamped metal. Those are cut & shaped. So, yeah, homemade.

And, Wade, I just looked at the bike pictured. If you zoom in on the bottom right picture, the bike does not have a Baron's calliper relocation bracket. You would see the calliper below the muffler if it did.

Edited January 20, 2013 by Mike G in SC

[Wade 2000]

And, Wade, I just looked at the bike pictured. If you zoom in on the bottom right picture, the bike does not have a Baron's calliper relocation bracket. You would see the calliper below the muffler if it did.

 

Thanks for the keen eye! I think probably he lowered it just a skoche. Oh well I thought that might be a cheap way to get some leveling links and I met Ponch and LilBit in Cody WY I just happened to be gettn to town when everyone else was pullin out of the Rally. Anyway at breakfast Ponch gave me his card and told me to check out this site and when I finally did I read about his accident. What a shock! It would have been neat to have something he made on my bike