so my bike was in pieces this week getting the forks redone and new tires.. so i finally got around to cutting my leo vance sbk into a shorty.. also painted the swinger black.. race filter and -1 +2 gearing... all i gotta say is i should have done this the first day i bought her about three yrs ago... feels like a new bike and looks sweet

 

it looks good. i don't know why its the way it is, but you'd think that a nice staniless looking swingarm would look better than black....

but for some reason, a blacked out swinger just does it for me. its much cleaner. and good job cuttin the shorty. i can't stand the big *** cans. too bulky, too quiet

 

Con, i looked at a pic of mine before it was chopped......it looked goofy....swingarm/pipe looks good.

 

o i know! its rediculous! i never understood why it was so big and bulky. i mean, it goes against what the 954 was about. small, lightweight, nimble. - but big bulky huge exhaust... - just doesn't make sense

 

I seriously hate the f*cking 954/929 3/4 pipe. Why does the 2 into 1 have to be exposed? Is this large 3'' plus pipe necessary???

 

couldn't agree more, you cant use any other pipes with it.

 

noice one glad to see you went aheadwith it.
it looks sweet it'd be nice to see a before/after picture tho
was there much work involved in the swingarm

 

I went the other way and removed the black paint on the frame. I used a scotch brite scrub sponge of all things and some rubbing compound. I started using 320 grit sand paper on the textured portion. It's hard to get all the black off that lower portion of the frame.

I just noticed our exhausts are identical except for mine is the carbon fiber can.

 

i dont really have a b4 pic but the exhaust was about and inch or so past the tail in length, painting the rear swinger was easy just used some autozone bedliner paint. ive painted a few F2, f3 and f4i frames with the stuff and it holds up great..

 

moose...

that looks sweet... btw how much of a pita was the decal removal on the lowers