rear shock:aero/elite50(shock mount Ext. installed w/ pics)

RedRucker · Post by **RedRucker** » Sun May 10, 2009 6:21 pm

How low can you go... rear shock length that is . what are the "lowriders" on this forum running?

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Sun May 10, 2009 6:23 pm

scooterwerx · Post by **scooterwerx** » Sun May 10, 2009 11:24 pm

lowered aero=no good handling! scrape city! its scary enough dragging center stand around corners...

RedRucker · Post by **RedRucker** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:46 am

scooterwerx wrote:lowered aero=no good handling! scrape city! its scary enough dragging center stand around corners...

Lowered aero also = less wasted launch at the drags... i plan on buying 2 shocks

you wanna talk scary scrapeage , check out my ruckus :

i have to keep its center stand in the garage

Wheelman-111 · Post by **Wheelman-111** » Mon May 11, 2009 10:40 am

Greetings:

If you succeed in rear-mounting the drivetrain, you may find the stock shock lowers the rear substantially. DayWOT sells a red 260 and a blue 270 (mine), as well as a length-adjustable aftermarket shock if you insist on decreasing what is already inadequate lean-angle clearance.

The 270 made a night-and-day difference on my Aero in terms of improving both the ride and cornering clearance. No Chicken Strips on my Pirellis.

RedRucker · Post by **RedRucker** » Tue May 12, 2009 10:38 pm

Wham, bam ... aero got SLAMMED!

maddog · Post by **maddog** » Thu May 14, 2009 2:13 am

the ruckus is a 4 stroke and will get slammed off the line by a 2 stroke, and never cut aero rear panels with a worthless nb-50 engine

RedRucker · Post by **RedRucker** » Thu May 14, 2009 8:29 am

accually the aero jumps on the the ruck and just keeps walking away... that was w/ the 50 top end still installed.... im still trying to figure out what your point is....

RedRucker · Post by **RedRucker** » Thu May 14, 2009 8:44 am

I am goint to RACE this bike... the plastic WILL more than likely get damaged anyhow... so who FU**ING cares if i cut them a lil. were not talking bugattis here peeps their just low buck lil scoots. sh* t the aero never even retailed over 700 bucks new. not exactly destained to become a valuable collecters item

maddog wrote:never cut aero rear panels with a worthless nb-50 engine

... anyhow... you got a dio motor to give me?

burnt_toast · Post by **burnt_toast** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:16 am

lol if you'd been here long enough you'd know its best to just ignore that comment..

lookin good slammed, gonna do anything to the front?

Wheelman-111 · Post by **Wheelman-111** » Thu May 14, 2009 4:28 pm

Greetings:

I'm not normally a fan of low-riding bikes, but for your purpose it makes perfect sense. And it looks hot!

How'd you fab that laydown shock mount bracket? Details, please.

RedRucker · Post by **RedRucker** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:24 pm

im was hoping i could rob a steering stem and forks outta a spree (shhh keep it on the down low , i dont want the spree guys after me too

)
and lowering them a bit. im not sure if itll be a direct replacement.

id like if i could get it to rake foward a little more so i can get the front wheel back on the ground sooner on launch

thanks for the positive comments.

someone correct me if im wrong but didnt the aero only come with an nb50 till 84... mines an 86 =P

Wheelman-111 · Post by **Wheelman-111** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:48 pm

Greetings:

Another weird tale of Honda-san's twisted nomenclature:

The '83-'84 bikes were almost completely different from the '85-'87s, but all carried the model code NB50. The earlier ones were designated NB50M, and the later ones H. The '85 alone among the "H" models had no kickstarter, and another main difference was that it sported a 2-bolt intake with the SB50-type reeds. It seems Honda engineers developed the next-generation of certain components, then tacked it on to next year's models. Then they went ahead and changed the rest of the bike around that component. You need a program to keep up...

'85-'87 Aeros have the "SE50" AF05 engine version, like the '87 Elite SE50 and '88-'93 SA50 Elites. Not sure what engine code is on the '83-'84 engines, but it looks like a completely different set of castings. Bore & stroke are different. Even the kickstarter is backwards. Among the Aeros, the '86-'87 are the most moddable. The intake is close enough to the SA/16 that an adaptor can be fabbed to use later intake tubes and all the aftermarket goodies. There are a few pipes and even 16/32 gear sets from Malossi. What you can't get is stroker cranks and pistons bigger than 47mm = 65cc.

losthope · Post by **losthope** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:49 pm

ya ignore the bs, love the bike. looks *. thanks for sharing.

bradthreee · Post by **bradthreee** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:59 pm

The Spree forks are shorter butr handling purposes are not as good as your Aero Forks because they dont have the 2 shocks up front. Also the steering stem is much shorter and your handle bars may be around your knees.
If your gonna do custom might as well get front forks with disc brakes off of a dd50.
I remember reading somewhere that you can lower your front by some other manner while retaining your stock front suspension. Sorry I just dont remember where

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