Beef up the rear.

You may want to try the Radian swingarm and some diffrent shocks.
The swing arm will bolt right on my shocks are about 13' giving it more clearance.

 

Is that a Radian front sprocket cover I see there?

I have a spare Radian swingarm... Too bad I don't have a 550 anymore

 

Ya bum. I suspect the swingarm on my '83 is slightly tweaked, and I have a BRAND NEW NOS replacement ($9 off eBay) sitting here and now I probably won't use it.

Is the Radian swingarm radically stiffer or improved over the original round-section one?

 

Radian motor. I think the box design is stronger.

 

Now I wanna see what one looks like. Have you got a spare you can snap a pic of, from above say, so I can compare the design with the original?

Or from any view that would show how it's different from the stock one?

That's quite an increase in rear ride height-- I'm comparing swingarm angle to stock-- does it change the handling much, as it shortens the front numbers? (Less rake and trail...)

 

should be, but I highly doubt anyone here is gonna push the limits of the stocker...LOL

 

Fitz, here you go.

Sorry, it's filthy...

EDIT: it should be noted that the Radian and the XJ550 share the same frame.

 

..."he don't know me vewwy well, do he?"...

That being said, the jury is out. I don't like the "kink" in the inside wall of the tube where it bends; the original swing arm's round section tubing didn't kink with a bend that mild. And I'm not so sure that the cross-beam "box" is necessarily stronger than the stamped "web" welded across the original.

I'll shoot a couple pics of the stock one and we can compare.

 

What are the footpegs you're using off?

 

FZ600

 

Not a model we saw a lot of here

The stock footpegs touch down very easily so I am looking for alternatives that go in the same spot

I have a pair of the same shocks I am going to try while I save for my spanky ones