FYI its because when you change the gearing on the bike and have to change the lenght of the chassis, the eccentric chain adjuster messes with the swingarm angle. Its a pain and part of the reason why Honda doesn't use it anymore.
On a single Duc, ride height is more easily addressed than adjusting chain slack on a double...loosen two nuts, adjust ONE adjuster, tighten two nuts. Chain slack? Loosen two bolts, adjust eccentric, tighten two bolts. What do you have to do to adjust ride height on a double? Fuck me...I have to pull the lower shock mount? And a chain adjustment? It's three nuts just to get started. I've had this "discussion" before. You, nor anyone else, can dissuade me of the merits Ducati's single provides. Be that as it may, consensus is single-sided swingarms suck. No way that design can handle the torque forces and side loading without twisting. Given that, it's kinda ironic that the top three best handling production bikes* ever all have single-sided swingarms and, in the case of a Panigale, put out more torque than any of the competition. * 748, MV F4 and 996, respectively. How misguided I must be to not see what an abomination these swingarms are to the whole package.
looks like the spy shots are the real deal. (confirmed by a former ducati employee who was in charge of the SL project)
Well if those are the real deal looks like I'll be saving a bunch of money not buying that abomination
Same here. Although I can say some designs grow on me. Especially seeing it personally vs crappy pics . We will see.
Despite having a "form follows function" kind of mentality, I could not follow the form of the 1st gen. Panigale. It looked great in pics, tho'. (Yeah. In person, that shock bothered me, too.)
