xr50 rear shock

I have a 2003 xr50 that I got for my 3 year old son but he is still to young to ride it. (Does not know how to ride a bike yet and has no sense of what slow and safe means.) So until he gets a bit older like 4-5 years old he will not be riding it soon.

Since he is not able to ride it I plan on making it my little pit racer. I have arleady got new triplle clamps and pro taper bars on it but I want to change up the supension a bit to make it more forgiving. I really do not want to go all out on the bike since I will have to put it back to stock for my son once he is ready to ride.

I was looking on ebay and found a few shocks that I want to get for the bike but I am unsure if they fit.

So my question is if I could use a 10, 10.5 or 11 inch rear shock on this bike with out getting a new swing arm.

Has anyone tried this and if you did what kind of problems did you run in to or did it just bolt on and fit perfectly?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Thanks for the replay and yes I understand that the bike would be a few inches taller if I go with a longer shock. I think that is what I am going for because at the moment the stock shock on the bike is not cutting it. I am already planning on changing the fork springs in the front to stiffer ones that are about 1 inch longer to give it some more wheel clearance and a better ride. So the geometry of the bike should not change much if I swap out the front and rear supsension.

So back to my question do you know if a 10, 10.5 or 11 inch shock would fit into the xr without getting a new swing arm or modifying the frame??

Thanks

After thinking about what you said I think you are right. It would actually be within my budget just to swap the springs out on the bike and keep it as close to stock as possible. I do not plan to ride anything crazy with the bike since it will be for my son. I just want it to ride a bit better if someone bigger decided to take it for a spin.

Thanks for the good advice.

Also do have any suggestions on what type of springs I should get for the bike???

Patman,

What does the PVC spaces do to the front forks? If I put the PVC spaces on the front forks do I still need to get stiffer springs or can I just use the stock ones? Also do you know who sells them and were I can buy them?

I want to explore every option and try to save as much as possible.

Does anyone have any opinions or experience with the Applied Racing fork and rear shock springs. And how about the Two Brothers front and rear shock springs. These are a few bucks cheaper than the Red Baron and BBR springs.

Again any advice or suggestions would be very helpful.

Thanks