something different...

[DR]

a similar idea was utilized by Can-Am (I think maybe it was Ossa..I dunno! ) anyway this idea was seen years prior to this pic but I've never seen it on a Suzuki before

[mx250]

What is it? Suzuki's version of the parallelogram suspension?

[Hoony]

rear telescopic forks with coil over springs?

[brent j]

I'm with Hoony on this one.
I'd say trying to get some of the load off the shocks by using a longer travel shock. Less leverage on the shock = less heat.

The forked swing arm is just to fit the extra shock length in, Harley did it by putting the shocks behind the axle on their first MXer

Brent

[David Lahey]

I think it was Bultaco that tried forks as shockies on a works Pursang

[firko]

The Phantom above is fitted with a Bolger rear end that'd been developed by a guy named Dr Joe Bolger. We bought a basket case OSSA MAR trials bike into the country a couple of years ago fitted with a Bolger rear end. Apparently it's being restored by it's current owner whom we've lost track of after he moved house. It's out there somewhere.

I think it was Bultaco that tried forks as shockies on a works Pursang

It was Harley Davidson that tried the forks instead of shocks on their works prototypes in 1975. It apparently worked pretty well but was way too heavy according to reports.