thanks mate
ritza has determined that the knuckle needs to be fairly flat when the swingarm is at its maximum extension ie: unloaded. Note that as the knuckle rotates when the rear shock is compressed, it will also move in the horizontal as per the arc drawn by the radius of the dogbones.
to achieve this he has raised the mount where the top of the shock bolts into the frame. i am trying to see if there is room for me to bodgy it by only shifting the bottom mounting location and lengthening the dogbones (the bits that connect the swingarm to the middle pivot point on the knuckle).
The geometry is actually a bit difficult for me to visualise, i think i have my head wrapped around it now after sleeping on it. Some photos of how Suzuki actually fit this arrangement would be very helpful
if i can see a photo of the unloaded geometry, i can load it into CAD and extract the angles and compare to mine. That plus the clearance between the shock and the swingarm will let me check any calcs i make (or let me just do it, without having to test out my fading trig).
