# Motorcycle Rear Suspension and the Evolution of the Swingarm.

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Podcast: [Cycle World Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cycle-world-podcast-6850183)
Published: 2026-03-25T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cycle-world/episodes/Motorcycle-Rear-Suspension-and-the-Evolution-of-the-Swingarm-e3gtkpi
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## Resource

Listening to our listeners (and viewers), this topic came from you guys: Kevin and Mark take a look at motorcycle rear suspension starting with "all arm and no swing" rigid frames of the early days to the many variation on the swingarm as we know it today. A sprung saddle is "rear" suspension, no?

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