Honda employed an odd layout for the rear suspension linkage arrangement on the FWS1000. Then again it was the early days of single shock linkage style suspension so they had to start somewhere.

Working through the long list of parts needed to push this project along. These are some images of the triple clamps and rear suspension linkage parts. All parts designed and machined by Mario of RICCI Engineering http://riccieng.com/. If you need any bespoke bike parts made hit him up through the website or his facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RICCIEngineering/

The swingarm of the FWS1000 is a unique and complex multi-piece aluminium weldment design which was quite the challenge to fabricate.

With the main frame completed it was time to turn our attention to the subframe. The tubes of the subframe wrap tightly around the rear cylinder head particularly on the left hand side and form the upper mount for the rear shock and seat unit. Bending the tubes and arranging the fixturing was quite a tricky set up.

Some progress pictures of the frame construction.

Now that we’ve established the basic chassis parameters it was time to start building. We began with making and setting up the steering head tube, swingarm pivot and suspension link parts.