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Offline Digga

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1st Linkage
« on: August 06, 2016, 04:58:55 pm »
Which manufacturer was first with the linkage system & on what year/model???
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Re: 1st Linkage
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2016, 05:51:58 pm »
1980 Kawasaki KX125/250/420
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Re: 1st Linkage
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2016, 07:59:59 pm »
KX was a rocker arm  as with Suzuki's Full Floater, first true rising rate linkage rear suspension was on the 82 Cobas MR-1. The works RM/KX 125's used in the All Japan Championships had rocker arm rear ends in 1980. CR 125 had the Pro-Link in 81


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Re: 1st Linkage
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2016, 08:44:30 pm »
So first Uni-Trak & full floater are eligible for EVO then if they are non linkage ;)
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Re: 1st Linkage
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2016, 09:15:41 pm »
Anything that doesn't directly connect one end of the shock to the swing arm, and the other end of the shock to the frame, surely has to be considered a linkage?

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Re: 1st Linkage
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2016, 09:26:31 pm »
vincent motorcycle would have been the first
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Re: 1st Linkage
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2016, 09:33:47 pm »
Bolger.
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Re: 1st Linkage
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2016, 09:34:26 pm »
Vincent was just a mono, well they had two shocks under seat really. No linkage.
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Offline Lozza

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Re: 1st Linkage
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2016, 11:12:26 pm »
Vincent is a cantilever not a linkage.
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Re: 1st Linkage
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2016, 12:14:59 am »
This is a picture of Brad Lackey racing a Kawasaki 443 at Sittendorf Austria in 1979


Definitely not a twin shock.
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Re: 1st Linkage
« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2016, 08:50:39 am »
Perhaps I should have said "which production MX bike"........... ::)
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