Is The OEM Swingarm Steel or Aluminum?

• Is The OEM Swingarm Steel or Aluminum?
  Posted by Glen on 24 Jan, 2013 17:05
• I know on my '89 it is aluminum. But I just bought an old issue of 3&4 wheel action magazine that had a test of the '88 'zilla. It mentioned that the swingarm is steel but painted to look like aluminum. any truth to that?
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  Posted by SBLT500R on 24 Jan, 2013 17:29
• all stock 87-90 lt500r swingarms are aluminum.  same with the 85-92 lt250r. 
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  Posted by Glen on 24 Jan, 2013 19:35
• ok, makes sense. I just wonder how they got it so wrong though
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  Posted by FX4Pitrone on 24 Jan, 2013 19:57
• Sometimes i wonder if anyone even edits those mags!!  There is so much mis-information and misprints/typos all the time!  It can be embarrassing at times....
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  Posted by GrkGuy on 24 Jan, 2013 20:01
• i have a steel one i will sell you. tubular swinger with a square carrier, just like stock
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  Posted by Glen on 24 Jan, 2013 20:10
• Quote from: GrkGuy on 24 Jan, 2013 20:01

  i have a steel one i will sell you. tubular swinger with a square carrier, just like stock
  

  
  thanks, I don't need one though. I just thought it would have been strange if Suzuki put a steel swingarm on their top-of-the-line quad
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