SWINGING ARM
Mar 09, 2020
3 minutes
By KEVIN CAMERON
Photography by
JEFF ALLEN
The first motorcycles had no formal suspension, front or rear. Suspension allows the wheel to independently move up and down over bumps, supporting the chassis and rider through a spring or other elastic element without transmitting all its motions to the chassis.
Front suspension came first out of necessity—to prevent larger bumps from wrenching the bars out of the rider’s hands. The rear wheel, passively following the front, could get by as on
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