Rear swinging fork for a motorcycle

Abstract

Provided is a rear swinging fork (1) for a motorcycle, die-cast in one piece and featuring two longitudinal extending supporting arms (2, 3) each having three supporting walls (6, 7, 8), and a transverse cross member (4) connecting the supporting arms (2, 3). Each of the supporting arms (2, 3) has a mount for pivotal location of the rear swinging fork (1) on a motorcycle frame, and includes in the region of the ends of the supporting arms, opposite the mounts (5), a wheel mount (11) for the rear wheel of the motorcycle. The portion of the fork between the cross member (4) and the mounts (5) is openly configured, and the supporting arms (2, 3) feature in a section transverse to the longitudinal direction of the rear swinging fork (1) an upper supporting wall (6), a lower supporting wall (7), and an inboard supporting wall (8) connecting the upper (6) and lower supporting wall (7) and located in the longitudinal direction of the rear swinging fork (1), with a cavity (16) formed between the supporting walls.

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