not got one but quite like them think most people put off by price most go for the later model ie model ally arm found a pic in my files of one though
Lovely bike, its for my carby SS Im considering. Do you find the eccentric adjusters easy to live with?
According to their website they stopped producing swingarms in 2017! Are they being reproduced at another manufacturer or will you have to chase something used?
if you search metmachex on ebay a rd 350 lc arm comes up for £775 seller is metmachex in alfreton contact details should be there
Can't help sourcing one, but as an aside, I spent the last few years of my engineering apprenticeship at Metmachex (METal MACHining EXperts) This was 30 years ago, I still use many of the skills and knowledge I learnt there. One of the owners, Bill, was the best welder I have ever seen. The number of times "someone" would come in offering training courses in welding, they would watch Bill for 10 minutes and then offer him a job teaching the courses Bill taught me to TIG and MIG, I can still do a reasonable job at MIG now. Bored and looking for a project, Bill used the swing arm ally section and made a frame for a 350LC engine, with WP suspension, home tuned engine, pipes and loads of trick bits .... just for fun. I'm sure I heard that someone took the bike amateur racing and won a few races on it. We worked on the racing engines for Steve Webster in the mid 80's, when he was the world champion side car outfit. Balancing cranks by hand with a DTI gauge and a leather mallet Back in the day, the work they turned out was second to non.
I had one of these beauties on my old TLS (back in the day). Workmanship was sublime. I remember the eccentric adjusters being a doddle to use. Apologies for the shit photo.
Go with brushed. I've never lacquered finished parts myself. Rimwax does a good job of protecting them and makes cleaning easy. Should say though, I only take the bike out in decent weather.