ORIGINS OF THE SWINGARM FRAME

by Dennis Quinlan When looking at the frame of the 1936 works Velocette racer, which debuted in the Ulster GP, Isle of Man TT & other continental races, you can’t help noticing that it (and the MkVIII KTT frame which followed) was the same arrangement as the twin-shock swingarm frames still in use today…..How did this occur?Ivan Rhodes & I have discussed the matter on numerous occasions, and our