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Single sided swing arms were developed to allow lightning fast tire changes for racing.

There is no benefit to a street going motorcycle, other than, as worntorn mentioned, looking like a Ricky Racer.
In fact, being a heavier fabrication and needing car-sized wheel bearings are two big drawbacks.

JMWO
 
hybridracer said:
I can only assume that the modern Chinese and Indonesian K81s are crap.
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Well in 82 when I bought my first Commando the K81's on it white lined badly, went to Avon's Roadrunners within 2 weeks and they transformed the handling so they were crap then.
 
kommando said:
Well in 82 when I bought my first Commando the K81's on it white lined badly, went to Avon's Roadrunners within 2 weeks and they transformed the handling so they were crap then.
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I found that the roads freshly scraped for resurfacing were the most unnerving surface to ride on, but that was only at low speed. At speed they always worked faultlessly. I did try Avon Roadrunners but, unlike the Dunlops, I had no feeling of what they doing. That gave me no confidence that I could safely throw the bike into a 70 mph bend with everything grounding so they were quickly replaced with Dunlops.
 

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concours said:
Single sided swing arms were developed to allow lightning fast tire changes for racing.

There is no benefit to a street going motorcycle, other than, as worntorn mentioned, looking like a Ricky Racer.
In fact, being a heavier fabrication and needing car-sized wheel bearings are two big drawbacks.

JMWO
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A ton of heavyweight touring rigs and or baggers for 1, are a total pia to get the rear wheel out, that can include a lift to a shop for tire service, vs the few that are sss in that category,, that allow easy out anywhere, anytime.

Actually, the gl 1800 goldwing being sss means way more out there, but prob even having sss, some are better than others for easy wheel out
 
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74ok said:
A ton of heavyweight touring rigs and or baggers are a total pia to get the rear wheel out vs the few that are sss in that category.
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Well yes, a Harley bagger compared to a Gold Wing. Good point.
I would offer that clever engineering (swingarm aside) that makes the Wing easy to change could be applied to others.
Who remembers the hinged fender?!💡
 
concours said:
Well yes, a Harley bagger compared to a Gold Wing. Good point.
I would offer that clever engineering (swingarm aside) that makes the Wing easy to change could be applied to others.
Who remembers the hinged fender?!💡
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I think early Harleys, maybe hardtails, prob others.

bmw kl1200s with sss have a 4 screw square panel at the back
 
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The Vincent has a hinged rear fender with Tommy bars on the front and rear axles. The nuts opposite the Tommy bars are housed to prevent turning while spinning the Tommy bars.
No wrenches are needed for wheel removal fore and aft.
It also has dual front stands that will hinge forward to hold the front wheel off the ground for front wheel removal at roadside or anywhere.
The two Phil's had toured the world together in the 1920s. They struggled to fix many flats at roadside, so they were both keen on incorporating easy wheel removal into the design of the new bike.
 
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