Learn me single sided swingarms?

Can some explain how wheel bearings are done in this setup?

It's basically the same as a FWD wheel bearing. The wheel is held on a live spindle that is pressed onto either a double row angular contact bearing or a combination tapered bearing.

The VFR-750 Was the greatest motorcycle ever made. It had an aluminum single-side swing arm.

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Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: The NT-650 Hawk GT was the greatest motorcycle ever made. It had an aluminum single-side swing arm. /thread

Fixed that for you...

Tom Heath wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: The NT-650 Hawk GT could have been the greatest motorcycle ever made (like the VFR is) if it had a liquidy smooth and torquey V4. It did have an aluminum single-side swing arm though making it a nice option if you are not blessed with the good sense to own a VFR. /thread

Fixed that for you...

Just a slight correction

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

Tom Heath wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: The Ducati 916 (and variants) were the greatest motorcycles ever made. The NT-650 Hawk GT and VFR750 are runner-up. Actually the RC30 ranks above both. These are nice options if you are not blessed with the good sense to own Italian. /thread

Fixed that for you...

Just a slight correction

Come on now, the Ducati is clearly superior to the Honda...

I thought about the GTS1000 as well. I wanted to verify before I put that up; I thought it had single sided swingarms front and rear. But alas, front only. I had opportunity to ride one and almost bought it. Probably should have as that opportunity is not likely to present itself again.

ok then, so how do spoke wheels and single sided swing arms work?

The same way spoke wheels and a British car work. They have a splines on the live hub that a splined spoked hub interfaces with. This way the spoke center section comes off but can still take drive torque. Alternately they can use a drive plate with a non-splined hub and use drive studs or rubber blocks to drive the wheel.

racinginc215 wrote:

kcmoken wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

Tom Heath wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I

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hotlink?

Jamesc2123 wrote:

racinginc215 wrote:

kcmoken wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

Tom Heath wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: I

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confused

hotlink?

Purchase a 95 or so VFR and all will be clear. Some people find jesus... they should have kept looking.

Excuse me, VFR 400?

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I'll see your 916/955/996/998 variants, NT650s and VFR 750s and 800s and raise you the actual single sided swing arm winnah, hotlinked here for your motorcycle fapping pleasure.

The 1990 Honda RC30 - though it carried the "VFR750R" designation I'll assume that previous posters would have said "RC30"...

I had the RC30 on there already. NO hotlinked picture though.

I'll take the Ducati over the RC30 every day though. Granted if I am buying today I can't afford the RC30. The RC30 makes less than 100 hp.

nocones wrote: The same way spoke wheels and a British car work. They have a splines on the live hub that a splined spoked hub interfaces with. This way the spoke center section comes off but can still take drive torque. Alternately they can use a drive plate with a non-splined hub and use drive studs or rubber blocks to drive the wheel.

Ok but I was still missing how the disk brake worked out with the dish of the wheel. So I went and looked.

The wheel is not built like a bicycle wheel at all . It seem to help that the rear rim is so wide. The spokes do not meet at the center of the rim. They run from one side of the hub to the opposite side of the rim. Also they kept the rear disk diameter small and mounted the piston on the out side(like most bikes). It's cool to see when good engineering gets all 10lbs of E36 M3 in a 5lbs bag.