Hello,
there is another underrated advantage of the Suzuki rear wheel in the Norton swinging arm:
In case the rear wheel needs to be dismantled, the chain, sprocket carrier etc. can be left in place. Even the chain tension can be left as is. You don't have to touch this assy, because the original (but slightly altered) dumy axle is still in use. I think that is a real big advantage.
But there is also a big disadvantage of the whole set up: The braking performance of the rear wheel is only marginal, due to the bowden cable running from the left to the right hand side of the bike. I now try a differnt bowden cable that comes originally with the necessary bendings. I found one: It is the clutch cable from the Suzuki TL 1000. It needs to be altered also but let's see.
There may be another reason why the braking performance of the wheel wasn't satisfactory. I got the original Suzuki brake shoes re- lined by some company in Germany which are not speciallized on motorcycle brakes. They may have picked the wrong material. I will now try Ferrodo brake shoes and together with the new bowden calbe I hope to have found the right answer.
The marginal braking performance wasn't too important to me during the last 7000 miles, because my front brake is exceptionally good with the 12,7mm brake piston conversion I have for the front brake.
Best Regards
Klaus