Patent ID: 7121570

Claim:
A rear suspension for a motorcycle having a frame and a rear wheel, comprising a swingarm having a forward end and a rearward end, said forward end of said swingarm being pivotably connected to said frame by a swingarm pivot assembly for vertical swinging motion, and a spring and a damper connecting said frame to said swingarm at a point on said swingarm spaced rearwardly from said pivot assembly; an axle bearing assembly extending rearwardly from and being pivotably connected to said rearward end of said swingarm for swinging motion in a plane parallel to said plane of travel of said swingarm, said axle bearing assembly having journalled therein a cantilevered wheel axle engaged with said rear wheel; a control arm having forward and rearward ends and extending generally parallel to said swingarm, said control arm being shorter than said swingarm, said forward end of said control arm being pivotably connected to said frame at a point rearward of said forward end of said swingarm, said rearward end of said control arm being pivotably connected to said axle bearing assembly; and wherein said axle is located and journalled in said axle bearing assembly at a point rearward of said rearward end of said swingarm and on the side of said swingarm vertically opposite said control arm.