I bought a two-wheel drive motorcycle with a totaled frame, and just for kicks I'm planning to build a scooter utilizing only the front engine (and fork assembly).
To be sure, this is only a "scooter" for tooling around the neighborhood --not meant for high(er) speeds--, and a project to keep me off the couch and watching football.
It appears that ALL swing arm design uses diverging lines for the stays from the rear axle toward the front pivot. In other words: the width between dropouts for the axle is wider than at the point where the cross member joins the two stays (around the tire).
Since this is a wacky sort of thing, I was thinking to reverse that custom and have the pivot points at the frame wider than the width between the axle drop outs.
Question: anyone see or know of any problems for trying this?
The approximate measurements will be 3.5" between the drop outs and 5" at the frame (cross member of the swing arms stays).
Big thanx in advance!
(see attachment for drawing)
To be sure, this is only a "scooter" for tooling around the neighborhood --not meant for high(er) speeds--, and a project to keep me off the couch and watching football.
It appears that ALL swing arm design uses diverging lines for the stays from the rear axle toward the front pivot. In other words: the width between dropouts for the axle is wider than at the point where the cross member joins the two stays (around the tire).
Since this is a wacky sort of thing, I was thinking to reverse that custom and have the pivot points at the frame wider than the width between the axle drop outs.
Question: anyone see or know of any problems for trying this?
The approximate measurements will be 3.5" between the drop outs and 5" at the frame (cross member of the swing arms stays).
Big thanx in advance!
(see attachment for drawing)